Robyn Backen b. 1957

  • Artist (Digital Artist/Designer),
  • Artist (Video Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
Robyn Backen is an interdisciplinary artist who works with ideas from science, communications technology and philosophy to make art installations that focus as much on formal and poetic elements as they do on the way the objects make use of space in which they are placed.
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Name
Robyn Backen
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Digital Artist/Designer)
  • Artist (Video Artist)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
Other Occupation
  • Coordinator of Master of Coursework - Sydney College of the Arts
Birth date
1957
Birth place
Canberra, ACT
Active Period
  • 1985-
Training
  • Diploma of Visual Arts, 1977 Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, NSW
  • Bachelor of Visual Arts, 1983 Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, NSW
  • Master of Art History & Theory, 2003 College of Fine Arts, University of NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Faculty of the Built Environment, University of NSW

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Other occupations
  • Coordinator of Master of Coursework - Sydney College of the Arts
  • Coordinator of Master of Coursework - Sydney College of the Arts
References [<ExternalResource: Vernon, Christopher (September-October 2005), "100 Forests/100 Gardens", Architecture Australia.>, <ExternalResource: (2001), 'Intersections of Art and Science', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington, NSW, exhibition catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Holder, Jo (1995), 'Casula Powerhouse Regional Art Centre', Art and Australia, Art and Australia, Spring 1995.>, <ExternalResource: Couacaud, Sally, 'Public Art in Sydney', Artlink, vol 14 no 3 Spring 1994.>, <ExternalResource: Cater, Melissa, ''Contemporary History in the Making', Artlink', Artlink, vol. 14 no 3 Spring 1994.>, <ExternalResource: Millner, Jacqueline (10 April 1998), 'Art Sensor', RealTime, p. 41, .>, <ExternalResource: Backen, Robyn (1999), 'Artist Choice: The Holy Face', Art & Australia, p. 348, vol. 36,.>, <ExternalResource: Best, Susan (September/October 2000), 'Public Art in the Olympic City', Architecture Australia, pp. 81 - 85.>, <ExternalResource: Brassil, Joan, 'Robyn Backen: The Archaeology of Bathing', Art & Australia, pp. 72 - 73, Vol. 38, Spring, 2000.>, <ExternalResource: Macgowan, Tempe (Oct/Nov 2000), 'The Art of the Airport', Monument, No. 38, pp. 104 - 107.>, <ExternalResource: Skinner, Peter, 'Funk & Functionality', Architecture Australia, pp. 60 - 63, Vol. 90, No. 1, January/ February.>, <ExternalResource: Saines, Deborah Durie (1993), 'Interview with the artist', Unknown.>, <ExternalResource: Couacaud, Sally (2004), '2003 Echigo-Tsumari Triennial', Art & Australia, Vol. 41 No. 4, Winter 2004, pp. 535 - 537.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'A10383 Earrings (pair), Bakelite/ rubber/ steel/ wire, Robyn Backen, Australia, 1984', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: Vernon, Christopher (September-October 2005), "100 Forests/100 Gardens", Architecture Australia.>, <ExternalResource: (2001), 'Intersections of Art and Science', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington, NSW, exhibition catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Holder, Jo (1995), 'Casula Powerhouse Regional Art Centre', Art and Australia, Art and Australia, Spring 1995.>, <ExternalResource: Couacaud, Sally, 'Public Art in Sydney', Artlink, vol 14 no 3 Spring 1994.>, <ExternalResource: Cater, Melissa, ''Contemporary History in the Making', Artlink', Artlink, vol. 14 no 3 Spring 1994.>, <ExternalResource: Millner, Jacqueline (10 April 1998), 'Art Sensor', RealTime, p. 41, .>, <ExternalResource: Backen, Robyn (1999), 'Artist Choice: The Holy Face', Art & Australia, p. 348, vol. 36,.>, <ExternalResource: Best, Susan (September/October 2000), 'Public Art in the Olympic City', Architecture Australia, pp. 81 - 85.>, <ExternalResource: Brassil, Joan, 'Robyn Backen: The Archaeology of Bathing', Art & Australia, pp. 72 - 73, Vol. 38, Spring, 2000.>, <ExternalResource: Macgowan, Tempe (Oct/Nov 2000), 'The Art of the Airport', Monument, No. 38, pp. 104 - 107.>, <ExternalResource: Skinner, Peter, 'Funk & Functionality', Architecture Australia, pp. 60 - 63, Vol. 90, No. 1, January/ February.>, <ExternalResource: Saines, Deborah Durie (1993), 'Interview with the artist', Unknown.>, <ExternalResource: Couacaud, Sally (2004), '2003 Echigo-Tsumari Triennial', Art & Australia, Vol. 41 No. 4, Winter 2004, pp. 535 - 537.>]
Related person groups
  • Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (associate of)
  • Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (associate of)
Related works
  • A10383 Earrings (pair), Bakelite/ rubber/ steel/ wire, Robyn Backen, Australia, 1984 (creator of)
  • Delicate Balance (creator of)
  • atrophy (creator of)
  • whispering trees (creator of)
  • it's me...i'm here...where're you (creator of)
  • vinculum (creator of)
  • break in play (creator of)
  • droplet (creator of)
  • also (creator of)
  • eternal silence (creator of)
  • rice talk (creator of)
  • sso (creator of)
  • catching...the harbour (creator of)
  • building that speaks (creator of)
  • weeping walls (creator of)
  • littoral (creator of)
  • purdah in the kitchen (creator of)
  • archaeology of bathing (creator of)
  • scales of the sole (creator of)
  • dots to data (creator of)
  • blindfold (creator of)
  • presage (creator of)
  • bifocal (creator of)
  • verge in rain_in translation (creator of)
  • christ knows (creator of)
  • verge in rain (creator of)
  • pronto (creator of)
  • azolla (creator of)
  • sprung (creator of)
  • shoulder neckpiece (creator of)
  • Delicate Balance (creator of)
  • atrophy (creator of)
  • whispering trees (creator of)
  • it's me...i'm here...where're you (creator of)
  • vinculum (creator of)
  • break in play (creator of)
  • droplet (creator of)
  • also (creator of)
  • eternal silence (creator of)
  • rice talk (creator of)
  • sso (creator of)
  • catching...the harbour (creator of)
  • building that speaks (creator of)
  • weeping walls (creator of)
  • littoral (creator of)
  • purdah in the kitchen (creator of)
  • archaeology of bathing (creator of)
  • scales of the sole (creator of)
  • dots to data (creator of)
  • blindfold (creator of)
  • presage (creator of)
  • bifocal (creator of)
  • verge in rain_in translation (creator of)
  • christ knows (creator of)
  • verge in rain (creator of)
  • pronto (creator of)
  • azolla (creator of)
  • sprung (creator of)
  • shoulder neckpiece (creator of)
Related collections
  • 1981 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • 1984 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • 1984 Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, ACT (collected in)
  • 1988 Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • 1992 Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • 1995 Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • 2001 Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • 2008 Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • 1981 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • 1984 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • 1984 Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, ACT (collected in)
  • 1988 Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • 1992 Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • 1995 Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • 2001 Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • 2008 Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Asialink, Visual Arts Residency program (received)
  • Asialink, Visual Arts Residency program (received)
Related events
  • It's Me...I'm Here...Where're You (exhibited at)
  • Break in Play (exhibited at)
  • Vinculum (exhibited at)
  • SSO (exhibited at)
  • Littoral & Scales of the Sole (exhibited at)
  • Littoral (exhibited at)
  • Scales of the Sole (exhibited at)
  • Verge In Rain...A Translation (exhibited at)
  • Presage (exhibited at)
  • Verge In Rain (exhibited at)
  • Pronto (exhibited at)
  • Sprung (exhibited at)
  • Seeing Double (exhibited at)
  • Second Generation (exhibited at)
  • Coming Through (exhibited at)
  • Coming Through (exhibited at)
  • It's Me...I'm Here...Where're You (exhibited at)
  • Break in Play (exhibited at)
  • Vinculum (exhibited at)
  • SSO (exhibited at)
  • Littoral & Scales of the Sole (exhibited at)
  • Littoral (exhibited at)
  • Scales of the Sole (exhibited at)
  • Verge In Rain...A Translation (exhibited at)
  • Presage (exhibited at)
  • Verge In Rain (exhibited at)
  • Pronto (exhibited at)
  • Sprung (exhibited at)
  • Seeing Double (exhibited at)
  • Second Generation (exhibited at)
  • Coming Through (exhibited at)
  • Coming Through (exhibited at)