Robyn Burgess

BIOGRAPHY
Lecturer, Painting and Drawing (Head of Drawing) LaTrobe University, Bendigo
Lives and works (studio) in Melbourne
QUALIFICATIONS
2001-02 MFA - Monash University
1985-86 Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art (Painting) Victorian College of the Arts
1982-84 BA (Fine Art) Warnambool Institute of Advanced Education
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 City, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
The White Show, LaTrobe University Gallery, Bendigo
2003 Pilgrimage and the Foreign City, LaTrobe University, Bendigo
300 Years of St Petersburg, Melbourne Town Hall
2002 Russia Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
Perspicacious Works on paper, Bendigo
2000 Italy and Lola, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
Viaggio Phyllis Palmer Gallery, La Trobe University, Bendigo
Long Distance (travelling exhibition), Victorian Regional Galleries
1999New York Snow & Longing Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
1998 After - Image Fitzroy Gallery
1997 Exhibition of Prints Helen Gory Gallery, Melbourne
Parliament works on paper Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Studies of Parliament La Trobe University, Bendigo
1995 Art- line Foy and Gibson Gallery, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 The Group Show, Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne
2003 MFA Examination Exhibition, Monash University Gallery
2002 Luminous, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
Robert Jacks 'Works on Paper Award', Bendigo Art Gallery
2001 Celebrating The Exquisite Corpse, Arts Victoria & Monash University
Summer Exhibition, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2000 About Face Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Celebrating The Exquisite Corpse Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
1999 Staff Exhibition, LaTrobe University, Bendigo
Robyn Burgess + Stanley Farley Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne
Finding Before Seeking, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
1998 9x5x25 - V.C.A Graduates Victorian Arts Centre
Summer Print Exhibition Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
1997 Spring Festival of Drawing Mornington Peninsula Gallery
Form & Interstitium Works on paper National Trust Building, Bendigo
1996 Artist Books University Art Museum La Trobe, Bundoora
1995 University Art Museum La Trobe, Bundoora

AWARDS
1986 National Gallery Society Award
1985 National Gallery Award for Drawing
PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
2004 Gabriella Coslovich, 'A remembrance of winters past', The Age, August 21
2002 Russian Arts Program, interview, Channel 28, 2002
Robert Nelson The Age Sat 18 May
2000 Jeff Makin "Choice Views" Herald Sun 9 October
Robert Nelson "Marks of Tribalism" The Age 11 October
1999 'Art and Australia', Vol 37 No. 2, pp. 307
Jeff Makin, Herald Sun, 19 July
COLLECTIONS
ArtBank 1990, 2002
Bendigo Art Gallery
Barkes & Barkes, London
Concorde Mining, Denver USA
Deakin University
Golden Shamrock Mining Company Melbourne
Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
Joseph Brown Collection
National Trust
UENO University Japan
Victorian College of the Arts
Private Collections - Australia, UK and USA
GRANTS AND AWARDS for STUDY AND RESEARCH OVERSEAS
2004 Greece, Germany, UK
2002 Prato, Italy - Monash University Centre
2001 Russia
2000 Italy and France
1999 USA
1993 Japan and UK
1988 Europe