| |  | 1950 | Born Melbourne, Victoria | | 1972 | Diploma of Teaching (Art/Craft), Melbourne State College | | 1978 | Diploma of Art and Design, Chisholm Institute, Melbourne | | 1979 | Member Print Commission, Print Council of Australia | | 1981 | Graduate of Diploma of Art (Printmaking), Chisholm Institute, Melbourne | | 1972-79 | Secondary Teaching, Victorian Education Department | | 1981-82 | Tutor, Printmaking, various Melbourne Colleges | | 1983-86 | Lecturer and Tutor, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania | | 1983-91 | Studio member of Chameleon Artists Co-operative, Hobart, Tasmania | | 1984 | Artist in the Community, Screenprinting Project, Risdonvale CYSS, Tasmania | | 1985 | Curator, ‘Approaching Landscape’, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart | | 1986 | Curator, ‘The Geeveston Print Project’ for the Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board’s ‘Art for Public Buildings’ Scheme | | | Print commission, Burnie Art Gallery, Tasmania | | 1987 | Mural, Warrane Neighbourhood House, Hobart | | | Visiting Artist/Tutor, Canberra School of Art | | | Community Artist in Residence, Savage River, Tasmania | | | Patron Print commission, Print Council of Australia | | | Australian National Gallery, Bicentennial Print portfolio commission | | | Print commission, Wilderness Society, Melbourne | | 1988 | Poster commission, Parliament House Construction Authority | | 1987 | Poster commission, Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs, Canberra | | | Commission for Launceston General Hospital, Art for Public Buildings Scheme | | 1988-90 | Panel member, Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council | | 1988-90 | Board member, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board | | 1988-91 | Chair (1988, 1990, 1991) and Committee member, NETS Tasmania | | 1989 | Community Artist in Residence, Savage River, Tasmania | | 1988-90 | Banners in collaboration with David Keeling, Tasmanian Trades and Labor Council |
more ...| 1990 | Art co-ordinator, Summer School, Victorian Department of Sport and Recreation | | | Artist in Residence, Rosebery District High School, Tasmania | | 1991 | Artist in Residence, University of Western Sydney, Kingswood, New South Wales | | | Participant, ‘Common Ground’ Seminar, Arts Tasmania | | | Print Commission, Print Council of Australia | | 1991-2003 | Tutor/Lecturer, Printmaking, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart | | 1992-95 | Chair (1993) and Board member Contemporary Art Services Tasmania | | 1993 | Co-ordination of ‘To the Surface – Contemporary Landscape’ Exhibition at Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart | | | Public painting, Redline Bus Depot, Hobart, with David Keeling and Helen Wright | | | Collaborative book project with Milan Milojevic, Penny Carey Wells and Peter Jackson, University of Tasmania | | 1993-94 | Research, France, print production at Atelier Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris | | 1994 | Participant, ‘Lost in Landscape’ Seminar, Island Magazine, Hobart | | | Moet Chandon Fellowship judging panel | | 1995 | Consultant West Coast Cultural Trail CEAD project development | | | Curator, ‘Figure-Ground’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart | | | Participant in School of Art research team for small ARC grant on ‘Picturing Wilderness’ | | | Commission of Public Artwork for Lake St Clair Visitors Centre | | | Keynote Speaker TATA conference, Launceston | | 1996 | Research, France, print production at Atelier Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris | | 1995 | Print commission, Lacourière et Frélaut, Paris | | | Judge, University of Western Sydney Printmedia Prize, New South Wales | | 1996-2002 | Developed Cultural Landscape Research/Teaching Program, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart | | 1997 | Poster commission, Megalo Access Arts, Canberra | | | Public Art Project, ‘The City Provoked’, Melbourne Festival, Australia Council Project Grant | | | Curator, ‘Excursive Sight – Contemporary Prospect and Historic Precedent’, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania | | 1998-99 | Research, France, print production at Atelier Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris | | 1999 | Print commission, Lacourière et Frélaut, Paris | | | Geelong Print Prize, Victoria | | 2000 | Study for Master of Fine Art, Monash University | | | Etching Master Class, National Art School | | | Curator, ‘Between Phenomena – The Panorama in Tasmania’, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania | | 2001-05 | Research, France, print production at Atelier Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris | | 2004 | Masters of Art (Research), Monash University |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2010 | 'Raymond Arnold', Devenport Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania
| | 2008 | 'Timber Mill/The Fetish of the Painted Subject', Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Western Mountain Ecology’, Landscape Art Research Queenstown (LARQ), Tasmania
| | 2007 | 'In Harm's Way/Ligne de Chance', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | ‘In Harm’s Way’, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart
| | 2005 | 'Body Armour', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | ‘New French Prints’, Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Nature/Culture: Raymond Arnold Survey’, Australian Embassy, Washington DC, USA
| | 2004 | Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
| | Gallery 482, Brisbane
| | 2003 | Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
| | 2002 | Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | Gallery 482, Brisbane
| | Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
| | 2001 | Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut
| | Cité Internationale des Arts
| | 2000 | Gallery 482, Brisbane
| | 1999 | Lacourière et Frélaut, SAGA Print Fair, Paris
| | Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | Australian Galleries, Collingwood, Victoria
| | 1998 | Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | Musée des Beaux Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland
| | 1997 | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1996 | Lacouriére et Frèlaut, SAGA Print Fair, Paris
| | Nisart Gallery, Launceston
| | 1995 | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | Grahame Galleries, Brisbane
| | Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 1992 | Grahame Galleries, Brisbane
| | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | School of Art Gallery, University of Western Sydney, Penrith
| | 1990 | Cockatoo Art Space, Launceston, Tasmania
| | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 1988 | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart
| | 1987 | ‘Poster Survey’, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart
| | 1985 | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1984 | Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1983 | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1982 | Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1981 | Hawthorn City Art Gallery, Melbourne |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2010 | 'Artists' prints made with integrity', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2008 | 'Stock show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2007 | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'The story of Australian Printmaking: 1801 - 2005', National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
| | Winner of ‘The John Glover Prize’, Tasmania
| | 2006 | 'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | '50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Impressions', Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
| | 'Double Vision', Raymond Arnold and Ian Westacott, Albury Regional Art Gallery, NSW
| | 'Bookish', Australian Galleries Works on Paper
| | Melbourne Art Fair, Australian Galleries
| | ‘National Works on Paper', Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria
| | 2005 | 'Contemporary Works on Paper', Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
| | ‘Double vision’ (with Ian Westacott), Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
| | Australian Print Workshop Benefit Exhibition
| | ‘Notes from the Natural World’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
| | ’Gravures Monumentales’, Atelier Lacouriere et Frelaut
| | 2004 | ‘23’, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
| | ‘Contemporary Australian Prints’, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
| | ‘Modern Master Printmakers’, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
| | ‘Tasmanian Printmakers’, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
| | 2003 | ‘Wallpaper’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
| | ‘The Australian Print Workshop Archive 2’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
| | ‘Future Perfect’, Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Profan ou Sacre’, Musée Courbet, Ornans, France
| | 2002 | ‘Memory becomes history’, Imperial War Musem, London
| | ‘VII Bienal Internacional de Grabado’, Ourense, Spain
| | ‘Profane ou sacré?’ Musée Courbet, Ornans, France
| | 2001 | ‘No Muttering’ Ivan Dougherty Gallery (touring exhibition)
| | ‘Poets and Painters’, Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 2000 | ‘Death and Decoration’, University of Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery
| | 1999 | ‘L’Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut’, Cabinet des Estampes et des Dessins, Liège, France
| | ‘On or About the Surface’ Creative Paper, Burnie touring to Hobart, Sydney and Melbourne
| | ‘Zero Horizon’, Contemporary Art Services, Hobart
| | 1998 | ‘Excursive Sight – Contemporary Prospect / Historic Precedent’, Plimsoll Gallery
| | ‘Decalogue – A catalogue of Australian Printmaking 1987/97’, co-curated by Ruth Johnstone and Di Waite, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul, Korea
| | Nisart Gallery, Launceston
| | 1997 | ‘Le mois de l’estampe à Cambrai’, Ecole supérieure d’art Cambrai, France
| | ‘Knock Knock’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Excursive Sight – Contemporary Prospect/Historic Precedent’, Cradle Mountain Visitors Centre Gallery
| | 1996 | ‘City of Hobart Invitation Art Prize’, Carnegie Room, Hobart City Hall
| | ‘ ‘Imagine Nature’, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania
| | 1995 | ‘Chameleon: A Decade’, Long Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Aspects of Australian Printmaking – The Last Ten Years’, National Gallery of Victoria
| | Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart – A Print Portfolio, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
| | ‘Prints from Australian Galleries’, Latrobe Regional Arts Centre, Morwell
| | ‘Art of Reproduction’, Plimsoll Gallery School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart
| | Blundstone Invitation Art Prize, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
| | ‘Poets and Painters’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 1994 | Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
| | Brisbane Book Fair, State Library, Queensland
| | 1993 | ‘To the Surface – Contemporary Landscape’, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘The 2nd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Honmachi, Japan
| | ‘Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, Hawaii
| | ‘International Biennale of Graphic Arts, Ljubyjana, Slovenia
| | ‘History of Australian Posters’, National Gallery of Australia
| | ‘Small Works’, Exit 339, North Hobart
| | ‘Source’, a collaborative book, Entrepot, School of Art, Hobart
| | 1992 | ‘6x6’ Australian Prints Exhibition for Thailand
| | Henri Worland Print Survey Exhibition, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool
| | ‘Tasmanian Tiger Shows’, CAST member exhibition, Long Gallery, Hobart, Arthouse, Launceston
| | ‘Selected Prints’, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy, Victoria
| | ‘Wilderness Society Benefit Exhibition, Lyndon Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
| | ‘My Head is a Map – Prints of the Decade’, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
| | 1991 | ‘Abadare Art Prize’, Ipswich Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
| | ‘Reflexion – David Stephenson and Ray Arnold’, Cradle Mountain Visitors Centre
| | ‘Group exhibition, Gallery Two, Ritchies Mill, Launceston
| | ‘South of No North’, Group exhibition, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | The Melbourne Savage Club, Invitation Print Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
| | 1990 | ‘Palimpsest’, Fine Arts Gallery, University Centre, Sandy Bay, Hobart
| | ‘Australian Printmakers – Ray Arnold, Rod Ewins, Bea Maddock’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Contemporary Print Show’, Callery Cimitiere, Launceston
| | ‘What Happened to the Gum Trees’, Fifth Biennial Mitchelton Print Exhibition, (touring exhibition)
| | ‘Shifting Parameters’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1989 | ‘Paradise Lost – Tasmanian Prints, Regionalism, Postmodernity’, The Print Council of Australia (touring exhibition)
| | ‘Recent Contemporary Prints’, University Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
| | ‘Presettlement to Present: Survey of Printmaking in Australia’, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
| | ‘One Country – Two Views’, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
| | 1988 | ‘Right Here – Right Now’, National Screenprint poster touring exhibition organised by Co-Media, Adelaide
| | ‘LandFall’, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Early Efforts’, Bicentennial Exhibition, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart
| | 1987 | ‘Fabrications: Recent Contemporary Art from Tasmania’, Hobart and George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘A New Romance’, University Drill Hall Gallery, ANG extension, Canberra
| | ‘The October Show’, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
| | 1986 | ‘The Geeveston Print Project’, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart, installed Geeveston High School
| | ‘Prints from the Collection’, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart
| | 1985 | ‘8+Tasmania: recent works by Tasmanian Artists’, Editions Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia
| | ‘Approaching Landscape’, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart
| | 1984 | ‘The Chameleon Print Show’, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart
| | 1983 | ‘Chameleon Members Exhibition, ANZART in Hobart’, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart
| | 1982 | ‘Australian Screenprints 1982’ presented by the Print Council of Australia in conjunction with Festival ‘82 Warana and Commonwealth Festival (toured Australian State and Regional Galleries)
| | ‘Michelton Print Exhibition’, Monash University Gallery, Shepparton and Benalla Art Galleries, Victoria
| | ‘Print Council Exhibition 10’, Print Council of Australia (touring exhibition)
| | 1980 | ‘Contemporary Australian Printmakers’, Print Council of Australia (toured USA and UK)
| | 1979 | ‘Australian Student Printmakers 1979’, Print Council of Australia (touring exhibition)
| | Oz Print Gallery, Victoria
| | 1978 | Print Council of Australia Exhibition 1978
| | Invitation Art Exhibition, Purchase Award, Caulfield Arts Centre, Victoria
| | Second Western Pacific Print Biennale, Print Council of Australia (touring exhibition)
| | Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Victoria
| | 1977 | Henri Worland Print Prize, Warrnambool, Victoria
| | PCA Student Exchange Exhibition (toured Europe) |
BibliographyArnold, Raymond; Shielding the Body, Masters of Arts (research) thesis, Monash University, 2004
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Awards| 2010 | The Gallipoli Art Prize (winner) | | 2007 | The John Glover Prize | | 2004 | Skills and Development Grant, Australian Council | | 2002 | Federation Medal | | 2001 | Skills and Development Grant, Australian Council | | 1999 | Fremantle Print Award | | 1998 | Project Grant, Australian Council | | 1993 | Research Fellowship, Australia Council |
CollectionsAlice Prize Collection
Artbank
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Arts Tasmania Collection, Hobart
Australian Parliament House Collection, Canberra
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
British Museum, London
Burnie Regional Art Gallery
Deakin University Collection, Melbourne
Devonport Regional Gallery
Diamond Valley Collection, Eltham, Victoria
Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
Geelong Gallery
Geeveston and Roseberry District High Schools, Tasmania
Hamilton Art Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
Ipswich Art Gallery
Latrobe Regional Gallery
Launceston General Hospital
Maitland City Art Gallery
Monash University, Melbourne
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Musée Courbet, Ornans, France
Musée des Beaux Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Print Council of Australia Collection, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Shepparton Art Gallery
Stuart Purves/Australian Galleries Collection
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
University of Tasmania, Hobart
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Waratah-Wynyard Council
Warrnambool Art Gallery
Westin Hotel, Melbourne
Wollongong City Gallery
Private collections throughout Australia and Europe
Selected ReviewsDouble vision | The Age | 31 Jul 2005
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