Robyn Burgess
Resides in Melbourne
Lecturer and Head of Drawing, La Trobe University
Qualifications
2002 Master of Fine Art, Monash University
1986 Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art (Painting) Victorian College of the Arts
1984 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), Warnambool Institute of Advanced Education
Solo Exhibitions
2006 Skating on Thin Ice, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2004 One City, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2003 Pilgrimage and the Foreign City, LaTrobe University, Bendigo
300 Years of St Petersburg, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne
2002 Russia, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
Perspicacious, Works on paper, Dudley House Gallery, Bendigo
2000 Italy and Lola, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
Viaggio, Phyllis Palmer Gallery, La Trobe University, Bendigo
Long Distance (travelling exhibition), Victorian Regional Galleries
1999 New York Snow & Longing, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
1998 After – Image, Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Exhibition of Prints, Helen Gory Gallery, Melbourne
Parliament, Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Studies of Parliament, La Trobe University, Bendigo
1995 Art- line, Foy and Gibson Gallery, Melbourne
1994 Drawings, La Trobe University Gallery, Bendigo
Little Show, Blaxland Gallery, Melbourne
1992 Horses, Blaxland Gallery, Melbourne
Exhibition of Drawings, Phyliss Palmer Gallery, La Trobe University, Bendigo
1991 Drawings, Judith Pugh Gallery, Melbourne
Portraits, Judith Pugh Gallery, Melbourne
Marks, La Trobe University College of Northern Victoria
1990 Change Artcontrol Gallery, Melbourne
Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
Works on Paper Bendigo College of Advanced Education
Group Exhibitions
2006 Decade Acquisitions, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
Drawcard, National Art School, Sydney
Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
Kyneton Art Fair, Kyneton Town Hall, Kyneton, VIC
Exhibition of Painting, LaTrobe Museum of Art, Melbourne
2005 Luminous Two, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
The White Show, Visual Arts Centre, City of Bendigo
Winter Salon, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
Drawcard, National Art School, Sydney
2004 The Group Show, Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne
Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
Drawcard, National Art School, Sydney
The White Show, La Trobe University Gallery, Bendigo
2003 Master of Fine Art Examination Exhibition, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
2002 Luminous, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
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, Melbourne
Summer Print Exhibition, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
1997 Spring Festival of Drawing, Mornington Peninsula Gallery, Victoria
Form & Interstitium, National Trust Building, Bendigo
1996 Artist Books, University Art Museum, La Trobe University, Bundoora
1995 University Art Museum, La Trobe University, Bundoora
1993 Staff Exhibition, La Trobe University Gallery, Bundoora
Dominique Segan Drawing Prize, Castlemaine Art Gallery
1992 Swan Hill Drawing and Print Prize, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria
1989 15 Artists, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
Dominique Segan Drawing Prize, Castlemaine Art Gallery, Victoria
1988 Acquisitive Drawing Exhibition, Grafton Gallery, Grafton, NSW
Arden Street Artists, Artery Gallery, Geelong, Victoria
Selected Women Artists, Albury City Art Gallery, Albury
Works on Paper, Arden St Gallery, Melbourne
Diamond Valley Art Prize, City of Diamond Valley Gallery, Victoria
1987 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Show, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria
Three Painters, Arden St Gallery, Melbourne
Murdoch Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
World Trade Centre, Victorian Trade Union Exhibition, Melbourne
Gold Coast City Drawing Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
1986 Gold Coast City Painting Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
Bibliography
2006 Chris Reid, Article, Australian Art Collector, Issue 37, July – September, 2006
Dr Lisa Beaven, ‘Skating on Thin Ice’, catalogue essay, June 2006
Megan Backhouse, ‘Skating on Thin Ice’, Megan’s Galleries, The Age, 24 June, 2006
David Hansen, ‘Deer oh Dear’, Sightlines, The Age, 23 June, 2006
2004 Gabriella Coslovich, ‘A remembrance of winters past’, The Age, August 21, 2004
Good Morning Australia, Interview with Burt Newton, Channel 10, 18 August 2004
2003 Robert Nelson, Review, The Age, October 2003
Jeff Makin, The Herald Sun, October 2003
2002 Russian Arts Program, interview, Channel 28, 2002
Robert Nelson, The Age, Sat 18 May
2000 ABC Radio, Interview, 23 August, 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
1987 Gary Catalano, Review, The Age, July, 1987
Awards & Grants
2002 Monash University Grant - Italy
2001 La Trobe University Travel Grant - Russia
1986 National Gallery Society Award
1985 National Gallery Award for Drawing
1984 Award for Scholarship Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education
1973 Commonwealth Scholarship
Collections
ArtBank
Bendigo Art Gallery
Barkes & Barkes, London
Concorde Mining, Denver USA
Deakin University
Diamond Valley City Collection
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
Commissions
2004 Project Commission, Designed and executed the Mural for facade of The Visual Arts Centre, City of Bendigo (Architect – Peter Elliott & Associates, Melbourne, winner of the Australian Institute of Architects Award for Victoria, 2006 for the The Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo)
Research Overseas
2006 Rome, London
2004 Greece, Germany, UK
2002 Prato, Italy
2001 Russia
2000 Italy and France
1999 USA
1993 Japan and UK
1988 Europe
