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Name
Robert Owen
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Other Occupation
  • Lecturer
Birth date
1937
Birth place
Wagga Wagga, NSW
Active Period
  • 1962-
Residence
  • 1988- Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1975 - 1988 Sydney, NSW
  • 1966 - 1975 London, UK
  • 1963 - 1966 Greece
  • c.1962 - c.1963 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1937 - c.1962 Wagga Wagga, NSW
Training
  • 1962 National Art School, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Twenty: Sherman Galleries 1986 - 2006

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Other occupations
  • Lecturer
  • Lecturer (Lecturer Associate Professor and Head of Sculpture at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic. from 1988 - 2001.)
Related people
  • Dadswell, Lyndon (associate of)
  • Redgate, Jacky (associate of)
  • Tillers, Imants (associate of)
  • Parr, Mike (associate of)
  • Boyd, Arthur (associate of)
  • Hessing, Leonard (associate of)
  • Nolan, Sidney (associate of)
  • Fernanda Cardoso, Maria (associate of)
  • Dadswell, Lyndon (associate of)
  • Redgate, Jacky (associate of)
  • Tillers, Imants (associate of)
  • Parr, Mike (associate of)
  • Boyd, Arthur (associate of)
  • Hessing, Leonard (associate of)
  • Nolan, Sidney (associate of)
  • Cordoso, Maria Fernanda (associate of)
Related person groups
  • ARC One Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
  • ARC One Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
Related works
  • Craigieburn Bypass (creator of)
  • Webb Bridge (creator of)
  • Memory Pond (creator of)
  • Discobolus (creator of)
  • Axiom (creator of)
  • Vessel (creator of)
  • Craigieburn Bypass (creator of)
  • Webb Bridge (creator of)
  • Memory Pond (creator of)
  • Discobolus (creator of)
  • Axiom (creator of)
  • Vessel (creator of)
Related collections
  • Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (collected in)
  • British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London, UK (collected in)
  • Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia (collected in)
  • Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France (collected in)
  • Staatliche Museum, Berlin, Germany (collected in)
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (collected in)
  • Banque National De Paris, France (collected in)
  • Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Rome, Italy (collected in)
  • Polaroid Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe (collected in)
  • National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico (collected in)
  • National Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (collected in)
  • National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India (collected in)
  • National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (collected in)
  • Narodna Gallerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia (collected in)
  • National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece (collected in)
  • National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Central Art Gallery, Beijing, China (collected in)
  • Museo de Arts de Sao Paulo, Brazil (collected in)
  • Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Archivio Arti Contemporanee, Venice, Italy (collected in)
  • Vizard Foundation Art Collection, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne (collected in)
  • Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, NSW (collected in)
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, Vic. (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Art Gallery, Wollongon, NSW (collected in)
  • Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • The University of Melbourne Collection, Vic. (collected in)
  • Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT (collected in)
  • Armidale City Art Gallery, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA (collected in)
  • Mildura City Art Gallery, Mildura, Vic. (collected in)
  • Naracoorte Art Gallery, SA (collected in)
  • Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • New Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Perc Tucker Art Gallery, Townsville, Qld (collected in)
  • Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (collected in)
  • British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London, UK (collected in)
  • Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia (collected in)
  • Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France (collected in)
  • Staatliche Museum, Berlin, Germany (collected in)
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (collected in)
  • Banque National De Paris, France (collected in)
  • Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Rome, Italy (collected in)
  • Polaroid Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe (collected in)
  • National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico (collected in)
  • National Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (collected in)
  • National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India (collected in)
  • National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (collected in)
  • Narodna Gallerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia (collected in)
  • National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece (collected in)
  • National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Central Art Gallery, Beijing, China (collected in)
  • Museo de Arts de Sao Paulo, Brazil (collected in)
  • Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Archivio Arti Contemporanee, Venice, Italy (collected in)
  • Vizard Foundation Art Collection, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne (collected in)
  • Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, NSW (collected in)
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, Vic. (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Art Gallery, Wollongon, NSW (collected in)
  • Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • The University of Melbourne Collection, Vic. (collected in)
  • Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT (collected in)
  • Armidale City Art Gallery, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA (collected in)
  • Mildura City Art Gallery, Mildura, Vic. (collected in)
  • Naracoorte Art Gallery, SA (collected in)
  • Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • New Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Perc Tucker Art Gallery, Townsville, Qld (collected in)
  • Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • RAIA Joseph Reed Urban Design Award for 'Craigieburn Bypass' (received)
  • RAIA Joseph Reed Urban Design Award for 'Webb Bridge' (received)
  • Craigieburn Bypass: Melbourne's Northern Gateway' (received)
  • Webb Bridge' (received)
  • Australia Council Visual Arts/Craft Board Emeritus Award for Lifetime Service to the Arts (received)
  • Memory Pond', fountain, light and text installation for Grattan Gardens Plaza (received)
  • Discobulus', Hellenic Tribute, Sydney 2000 Olympics, sculpture installation, Olympic Park (received)
  • Axiom', Atrium sculpture, Commonwealth Law Courts (received)
  • Vessel', public sculpture, Nippon Exhibition Centre, Chiba, Japan (received)
  • 1988 : Artist-in-residence, Gertrude St Artists Studio, Melbourne, Vic. (received)
  • Artist-in-residence, Centre Europien D'Actions Artistiques Contemporaines (CEAAC) (received)
  • Night Companion', sculpture tower, World Expo 88 (received)
  • Artist-in-residence, Victorian College of the Arts (received)
  • Artist-in-residence, Air & Space Studio, London, UK (received)
  • Visual Arts Board Grant to participate in D'un autre continent, ARC/Musie d'Art Moderne de la Ville (received)
  • Interiors, design production (costume, stage & lighting), Sydney Dance Company (received)
  • Visual Arts Board Project Grant to participate in 38th Venice Biennale, Italy (received)
  • RAIA Joseph Reed Urban Design Award for 'Craigieburn Bypass' (received)
  • RAIA Joseph Reed Urban Design Award for 'Webb Bridge' (received)
  • Craigieburn Bypass: Melbourne's Northern Gateway' (received)
  • Webb Bridge' (received)
  • Australia Council Visual Arts/Craft Board Emeritus Award for Lifetime Service to the Arts (received)
  • Memory Pond', fountain, light and text installation for Grattan Gardens Plaza (received)
  • Discobulus', Hellenic Tribute, Sydney 2000 Olympics, sculpture installation, Olympic Park (received)
  • Axiom', Atrium sculpture, Commonwealth Law Courts (received)
  • Vessel', public sculpture, Nippon Exhibition Centre, Chiba, Japan (received)
  • 1988 : Artist-in-residence, Gertrude St Artists Studio, Melbourne, Vic. (received)
  • Artist-in-residence, Centre Europien D'Actions Artistiques Contemporaines (CEAAC) (received)
  • Night Companion', sculpture tower, World Expo 88 (received)
  • Artist-in-residence, Victorian College of the Arts (received)
  • Artist-in-residence, Air & Space Studio, London, UK (received)
  • Visual Arts Board Grant to participate in D'un autre continent, ARC/Musie d'Art Moderne de la Ville (received)
  • Interiors, design production (costume, stage & lighting), Sydney Dance Company (received)
  • Visual Arts Board Project Grant to participate in 38th Venice Biennale, Italy (received)
Related events
  • AUSTRALIA Contemporary Non-Objective Art (exhibited at)
  • Inside and Out; Irving Sculpture Gallery, 1984 5th Biennale of Sydney 1984, Sydney, Nsw, Australia (exhibited at)
  • Prelude (exhibited at)
  • Music for the Eyes (exhibited at)
  • 21st Century Modern (exhibited at)
  • Turrbal-Jagera, The University of Queensland Art Projects (None)
  • Long Before Moving (exhibited at)
  • London, Looking East. Australian artists in Australia Council Studios (exhibited at)
  • Architecture, Melbourne Masters (exhibited at)
  • New Acquisitions in Context (exhibited at)
  • the text of light (exhibited at)
  • Flickering Light (exhibited at)
  • Different Lights Cast Different Shadows, The 2nd Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project (exhibited at)
  • McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award (exhibited at)
  • see here now, Vizard Foundation Art Collection of the 1990s (exhibited at)
  • Sculpture 2003: Installations (exhibited at)
  • Towards a Free Tibet (exhibited at)
  • A History of Happiness (exhibited at)
  • low-down: recent acquisitions, Monash University Collection (exhibited at)
  • The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award (exhibited at)
  • Buddha: Radiant Awakening (exhibited at)
  • Quietness (exhibited at)
  • Art & Kabbalah: Contemporary Responses to an Ancient Tradition (exhibited at)
  • Silver (exhibited at)
  • Construction in Process VI: The Bridge (exhibited at)
  • Leaving the Memory Behind (Cubes & Hypercubes) (exhibited at)
  • Geometric Abstraction in Australia 1941 - 1997 (exhibited at)
  • Spirit + Place (None)
  • Ghost Tantras and Coloured Spaces (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Circle, Line Square, Aspects of Geometry (exhibited at)
  • Reinventing the Grid (exhibited at)
  • aussemblage! (exhibited at)
  • Lightworks (exhibited at)
  • Inner Space, 5th Australian Sculpture Triennial (None)
  • Sunrise (exhibited at)
  • The Angelic Space, A Celebration of Piero Della Francesca (exhibited at)
  • Re-Vision (exhibited at)
  • Off the Wall - In the Air, A Seventies Selection (exhibited at)
  • Three Installations, Echo (A Warring Peace; A Sweet Wound; A Mild Evil) (exhibited at)
  • Out of Asia (exhibited at)
  • Inland, Corresponding Places (exhibited at)
  • Re-Vision (Three Works) (exhibited at)
  • Deux Ex Machina (exhibited at)
  • France-Australie Exchange D'artistes (exhibited at)
  • Prints by Twenty-Five Australian Artists (exhibited at)
  • Olympiad of Art (exhibited at)
  • Phase Zone Three; Into the Light (exhibited at)
  • A Warring Peace; A Sweet Wound; A Mild Evil (exhibited at)
  • The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Retrospective Installation (exhibited at)
  • Trace of a Silent Bell (exhibited at)
  • Easy Science (exhibited at)
  • 3rd Australian Sculpture Triennial (None)
  • Geometric Abstraction (exhibited at)
  • 6th Biennale of Sydney: Origins, Originality & Beyond (None)
  • Australian Perspecta: Instruments of Art (exhibited at)
  • Biennale Des Friedens (exhibited at)
  • Persephone's Towers (exhibited at)
  • Resurrections (exhibited at)
  • Turn of the Moon, Folds in the Lake of Light and from the Centre (exhibited at)
  • Continuum 83, Australian Contemporary Art in Tokyo (exhibited at)
  • From the Centre (exhibited at)
  • Presence and Absence (None)
  • Hammer on Rock (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art of the Last Ten Years (exhibited at)
  • The Seventies into Eighties (exhibited at)
  • Ambiente (exhibited at)
  • Anzart: Art Encounter (exhibited at)
  • Re-Constructed Vision (exhibited at)
  • First Australian Sculpture Triennial (None)
  • Plain Images (exhibited at)
  • Burano, Colourworks (exhibited at)
  • 3rd Biennale of Sydney: European Dialogue (exhibited at)
  • Cross-Reference (exhibited at)
  • 38th Biennale of Venice (exhibited at)
  • Documentation (exhibited at)
  • 7th Mildura Sculpture Triennial (None)
  • Memory & Logic Units (exhibited at)
  • Some Past/Some Future Work (exhibited at)
  • Constructions & Drawings (exhibited at)
  • Seven Days (Drawings 1966 - 1974) (exhibited at)
  • Relief Constructions (exhibited at)
  • Three to Infinity (exhibited at)
  • Four Australian Artists (exhibited at)
  • Constructions (exhibited at)
  • John Moore's Liverpool Exhibition 7 (exhibited at)
  • AUSTRALIA Contemporary Non-Objective Art (exhibited at)
  • Inside and Out; Irving Sculpture Gallery, 1984 5th Biennale of Sydney 1984, Sydney, Nsw, Australia (exhibited at)
  • Prelude (exhibited at)
  • Music for the Eyes (exhibited at)
  • 21st Century Modern (exhibited at)
  • Turrbal-Jagera, The University of Queensland Art Projects (None)
  • Long Before Moving (exhibited at)
  • London, Looking East. Australian artists in Australia Council Studios (exhibited at)
  • Architecture, Melbourne Masters (exhibited at)
  • New Acquisitions in Context (exhibited at)
  • the text of light (exhibited at)
  • Flickering Light (exhibited at)
  • Different Lights Cast Different Shadows, The 2nd Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project (exhibited at)
  • McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award (exhibited at)
  • see here now, Vizard Foundation Art Collection of the 1990s (exhibited at)
  • Sculpture 2003: Installations (exhibited at)
  • Towards a Free Tibet (exhibited at)
  • A History of Happiness (exhibited at)
  • low-down: recent acquisitions, Monash University Collection (exhibited at)
  • The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award (exhibited at)
  • Buddha: Radiant Awakening (exhibited at)
  • Quietness (exhibited at)
  • Art & Kabbalah: Contemporary Responses to an Ancient Tradition (exhibited at)
  • Silver (exhibited at)
  • Construction in Process VI: The Bridge (exhibited at)
  • Leaving the Memory Behind (Cubes & Hypercubes) (exhibited at)
  • Geometric Abstraction in Australia 1941 - 1997 (exhibited at)
  • Spirit + Place (None)
  • Ghost Tantras and Coloured Spaces (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Circle, Line Square, Aspects of Geometry (exhibited at)
  • Reinventing the Grid (exhibited at)
  • aussemblage! (exhibited at)
  • Lightworks (exhibited at)
  • Inner Space, 5th Australian Sculpture Triennial (None)
  • Sunrise (exhibited at)
  • The Angelic Space, A Celebration of Piero Della Francesca (exhibited at)
  • Re-Vision (exhibited at)
  • Off the Wall - In the Air, A Seventies Selection (exhibited at)
  • Three Installations, Echo (A Warring Peace; A Sweet Wound; A Mild Evil) (exhibited at)
  • Out of Asia (exhibited at)
  • Inland, Corresponding Places (exhibited at)
  • Re-Vision (Three Works) (exhibited at)
  • Deux Ex Machina (exhibited at)
  • France-Australie Exchange D'artistes (exhibited at)
  • Prints by Twenty-Five Australian Artists (exhibited at)
  • Olympiad of Art (exhibited at)
  • Phase Zone Three; Into the Light (exhibited at)
  • A Warring Peace; A Sweet Wound; A Mild Evil (exhibited at)
  • The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Retrospective Installation (exhibited at)
  • Trace of a Silent Bell (exhibited at)
  • Easy Science (exhibited at)
  • 3rd Australian Sculpture Triennial (None)
  • Geometric Abstraction (exhibited at)
  • 6th Biennale of Sydney: Origins, Originality & Beyond (None)
  • Australian Perspecta: Instruments of Art (exhibited at)
  • Biennale Des Friedens (exhibited at)
  • Persephone's Towers (exhibited at)
  • Resurrections (exhibited at)
  • Turn of the Moon, Folds in the Lake of Light and from the Centre (exhibited at)
  • Continuum 83, Australian Contemporary Art in Tokyo (exhibited at)
  • From the Centre (exhibited at)
  • Presence and Absence (None)
  • Hammer on Rock (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art of the Last Ten Years (exhibited at)
  • The Seventies into Eighties (exhibited at)
  • Ambiente (exhibited at)
  • Anzart: Art Encounter (exhibited at)
  • Re-Constructed Vision (exhibited at)
  • First Australian Sculpture Triennial (None)
  • Plain Images (exhibited at)
  • Burano, Colourworks (exhibited at)
  • 3rd Biennale of Sydney: European Dialogue (exhibited at)
  • Cross-Reference (exhibited at)
  • 38th Biennale of Venice (exhibited at)
  • Documentation (exhibited at)
  • 7th Mildura Sculpture Triennial (None)
  • Memory & Logic Units (exhibited at)
  • Some Past/Some Future Work (exhibited at)
  • Constructions & Drawings (exhibited at)
  • Seven Days (Drawings 1966 - 1974) (exhibited at)
  • Relief Constructions (exhibited at)
  • Three to Infinity (exhibited at)
  • Four Australian Artists (exhibited at)
  • Constructions (exhibited at)
  • John Moore's Liverpool Exhibition 7 (exhibited at)
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