| | | 1953 | Born Sydney, Australia |
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| 1975
| B. Sc.(Arch.) University of New South Wales
| 1978
| B. Arch. (Hons. 1) University of New South Wales
| 1986-93
| Part-time lecturer, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
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| Guest Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University
| 1993-94
| Member of the NSW Advisory Council Committee, Ministry for the Arts
| | 1997-98 | Member of the College Academic Board, Sydney College of the Arts | | 1995-00 | External examiner for Honours and Masters students at COFA and SCA | | | Continued commitment to guest lectures at all Sydney Universities and Institute of Architects regarding art and architecture in public space | | 2000 | Awarded M. Arch. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne | | | Appointed Adjunct Professor, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales | | 2004 | Appointed Professor, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales | | 2008 | Awarded PhD, College of Fine Arts, Universityof New South Wales |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2010 | 'Between a slum and a hard place', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2008 | 'Poroplastic', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | ‘Poroplastic’, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 2006 | ‘Performance to Porosity’ Book launch and exhibition, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
| | 2005 | ‘Moth’,Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Prosthetic Rethough’, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
| | 2004 | ‘Formulas’, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
| | 2003 | ‘Moth’, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
| | 2002 | ‘Taxi-Dermis 2’, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 2001 | ‘Taxi-Dermis’, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Exoskeleton - A Survey’, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
| | 1999 | ‘Exoskeleton’, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1997 | ‘Exoskeleton’, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Mine’, (installation) MCA Sydney Festival, Sydney
| | 1996 | ‘Exoskeleton V’, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1995 | ‘body/building’, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
| | 1994 | ‘Parasite/Follicle’, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
| | 1993 | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘A Survey’, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong
| | ‘A Survey’, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange
| | 1992 | Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Mine’, Circular Quay installation for the Sydney Cove Authority, Sydney
| | 1990 | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1989 | Milburn & Arte Gallery, Brisbane
| | Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
| | 1988 | ‘Exoskeleton II’, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Exoskeleton III’, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
| | 1987 | ‘Island’, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Island’, Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1986 | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1985 | Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane
| | Arts Council Gallery, Canberra
| | Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
| | ‘Sculpture imbroglio’, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
| | 1984 | ‘Soho horse’, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
| | 1983 | ‘The Gate’, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘The Gate’, Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1981 | ‘Exoskeleton’, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
| | 1980 | ‘No more dreaming’, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
| | 1979 | ‘More Dolls’, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
| | 1977 | ‘Dolls’, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
| | 1974 | Terrace Galleries, Sydney
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Group Exhibitions | | | 2011 | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | Wynne Prize (winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 'Summer Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 2010 | 'Co-Isolated: Richard Goodwin, Michael Snape & David Burns', South Sydney Corporate Park, Sydney
| | 2009 | 'A Sculpture by...', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2006 | ‘Summery’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
| | ‘Planspiel Nachspiel’ (Bee Parasite) in collaboration with Barbel Rotthaar, Atelierhaus Panzerhalle, Berlin, Germany
| | 2005 | ‘Inside the Parasite’, Artspace, Sydney
| | 2004 | Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Melbourne
| | ‘International Contemporary Drawing’, Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China
| | 2003 | ‘Sculpture 2003’, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, Sydney
| | Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Melbourne
| | ‘Outside In’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, UNSW College Of Fine Arts, Sydney
| | ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Bondi, Sydney
| | 2002 | ‘Sculpture From the Sea’, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, Sydney
| | Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Bondi, Sydney
| | 2001 | Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Melbourne
| | Small Sculptures, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Bondi, Sydney
| | Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council, Sydney
| | National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
| | 1998 | Outside Inside’, Sir Herman Black Gallery, University of Sydney, Sydney
| | ‘Figure in a Landscape’, King Street Gallery, Sydney
| | 1997 | ‘The Box Show’, Defiance, Sydney
| | ‘Inside’ (satellite exhibition to ‘Documenta 1997’), Kassel, Germany
| | ‘Australian Perspecta 1997’- Between Art and Nature, Museum of Sydney, Sydney
| | 1996 | ‘From Strength and Hope’, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
| | ‘The Artists of Hill End’, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW; Broken
| | ‘Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
| | ‘A Box by any other name’, Defiance, Sydney
| | ‘Size is Not Important’, Defiance, Sydney
| | ‘Shelf Works’, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Petrosino Park Redevelopment Design Competition, StoreFront Art + Architecture, New York
| | ‘Testimony’, New Parliament House, Canberra
| | 1995 | ‘Guitar Shaped World’, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
| | ‘The Artists of Hill End’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW
| | ‘Ironsides’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
| | ‘From Strength and Hope’, The Gunnery, Sydney; Casula Power House, Sydney
| | ‘Distance’, Shizuoka Prefectory Museum, Tokyo, Gallery Sowaka, Kyoto, Japan
| | 1994 | Commitments’, Artspace, Sydney; Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra
| | ‘Going public’, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘ACAF, Melbourne
| | ‘Horizons’, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Aussemblage’, Auckland City Art Gallery, Wellington City Gallery, New Zealand
| | 1993 | ‘Death’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Commitments’, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
| | ‘Sculpture on view’, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria
| | 1992 | ‘Future City’, Bond Store Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘In the company of others’, King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney
| | ‘Working in public’, Artspace, Sydney
| | 1991 | ‘Recent acquisitions’, Ararat Gallery, Victoria
| | ‘Australian Perspecta 1991’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1990 | ‘Heritage Arts Festival’, Stanthorpe Art Gallery, Stranthorpe, QLD
| | ‘Mass media and mixed media’, Painters Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Vital instincts: contemporary Australian paperworks’, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Inside the greenhouse’, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
| | ‘Fourth Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
| | ‘Sculptors at the table’, Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney
| | 1989 | Intimate drawing’, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘The cocktail party’, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
| | 1988 | ‘Nature and technology’, Gold Coast Regional Art Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
| | The Moet and Chandon Australian Art Foundation Touring Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales; Westpac Gallery in association with the National Gallery of Victoria; Art Gallery of Western Australia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
| | Contemporary art and life in NSW’, Tamworth City Art Gallery; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
| | The new romantics’, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Shepparton Arts Centre; Gold Coast Regional Art Gallery; Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery and Museum
| | A horse show’, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Small works’, Milburn & Arte Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1987 | ‘Invisible cities’, Praxis Gallery, Perth
| | ‘Backlash: the Australian drawing revival 1976-1986’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
| | ‘The golden shibboleth’, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne
| | Third Australian Sculpture Triennial, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘The new romantics’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘The age of collage’, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney
| | ’The voyage of discovery’, The Crescent Gallery, Dallas, USA
| | ‘The figure: Pederson Memorial Prize’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1986 | ‘Contemporary Art Society’, Adelaide
| | ‘Richard Goodwin and Barbel Rothhaar’, collaborative work, Artspace, Sydney and Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
| | ‘Oz drawing now’, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney
| | 1985 | ‘Concept to object’, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Sydney
| | Ninth Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
| | ‘Graven images’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
| | ‘Two worlds collide’, Artspace, Sydney
| | ‘In all directions’, Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane
| | ‘Small works’, Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane
| | ‘Monumental drawings’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
| | ‘Australian Perspecta '85’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1984 | Second Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
| | ‘Sculpture of the Performance Space’, Sydney
| | 1983 | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1982 | Herald Art Prize, Commonwealth Bank, Martin Place, Sydney
| | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1981 | David Reid Gallery, Sydney
| | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Walesm, Sydney
| | 1980 | ‘Richard Goodwin and Matthijs Gerber’, stairs Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
| | 1979 | ‘Contemporary Australian Art’, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
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Awards| 2011 | Wynne Prize (winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 2004 | The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Melbourne |
| Blackett Award for Shellharbour Workers Club in association with Caroline Pidcock Architects, Katooma, NSW | | 2003 | Awarded 3 year Australian Research Council Grant to research Public Space, titled Porosity, Australia | | | Sydney Water Prize for ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Sydney | | 2002 | Second Prize Beijing's Olympic Green 2008 Masterplan Competition as a Member of Team DEM, in association with the Beijing Municipal Institute for Planning and Design, Sydney | | 2001 | Cement and Concrete Association Streetsmart Award for Glebe Island Sound Walls, Sydney |
| Runner-up Prize Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Sydney | | 1985 | National Sculpture Award, Australia | | 1984 | Drawing Award for 3rd International Drawing Triennale, Nuremberg, Germany | | 1983 | Visual Arts Board, Australia Council, Resident artist, Studio, Greene Street, New York | | 1978 | Received the Board of Architects Award | | 1977 | Received Grant from Australian Film Commission for "The Inhabitant" |
CollectionsAllen, Allen & Hemsley, Sydney
Ararat Gallery, Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Artbank, Sydney
Auckland City Gallery, New Zealand
Benalla Regional Gallery, Victoria
Costain Collection, Melbourne
Darwin Institute of Technology, Darwin
Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne
Mildura Arts Centre, Victoria
Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Nuremberg City Museum, Germany
Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
Wollongong City Gallery, Woolongong, NSW
Commissions2006
| ‘Exo-Fold’, Resmed Building, Seven Hills, Sydney
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| Leura Mall Tunnel, Roads and Traffic Authority, Leura, Blue Mountains, NSW
| 2005
| ‘Exoskeleton’, The Bond, Sydney
| 2004
| ‘Exoskeleton Rewind 2’, Pommeroy Building, Kings Cross, Sydney
| | 2003 | Shellharbour Workers Club, Building Extensions and Roof, in Association with Caroline Pidcock Architects, Shellharbour, NSW
| | 2002 | ‘Parasite Android 1’, Watermark Building, Pyrmont, Sydney | | 2001 | ‘Exoskeleton Cliff Columns’, Oceana Building, Potts Point, Sydney | | 2001 | ‘Cyclexoskeleton’, Landmark Building, 345 George Street, Sydney | | 2000 | Bicentennial Park Bridge, design and documentation of sculptural footbridge for Bicentennial Park, Homebush Bay, Sydney | | 2000 | ‘Exoskeleton Tower Reach’, Galeries Victoria, Sydney | | 1999 | ‘Fountain’, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW | | | Leura to Katoomba Expressway master plan - including footbridge
| | | Charles Street Bridge, Blue Mountains, NSW | | | Design and documentation of sculpture/bridge for Leichhardt, Sydney | 1998
| Woronora Bridge Noise Wall and Landscape Design, Oculus and Roads and Traffic Authority, Sydney | | | Woollahra Noise Barrier, design of noise barrier for western end of Grafton Street Woollahra, Sydney | | | Union Hotel Roof, Sydney | | | Loyalty Square Seat Sculpture, Balmain, Sydney | | | City West Link Road, design of sound walls and streetscape, Oculus and Bates Smart, Sydney
| | | Wollongong Foreshore Plaza Sculptures, Context Landscape Design, Wollongong, NSW | 1997
| UTS Sculpture Commission for the Faculty of Law, site specific sculpture for the facade of the new extension to the UTS library building, University of Technology, Sydney | | | 'Gateway Sculpture’, site specific structure for the building entrance, New England Regional Gallery, Armidale, NSW | | 1996 | Dee Why Beach Urban Design Project, urban design including art and architectural features, Spackman Mossop, Sydney | | | Eastern Distributor Urban Design Project, design of the road corridor between the airport and Taylor square, Spackman Mossop and Oculus, Sydney | | | Devlin Street Underpass Artwork, design of retaining walls and artworks for the new tunnel at Ryde. Roads and Traffic Authority, Ryde, Sydney | | | M4 /Homebush Bay Drive Gateway sculpture to the Olympic Site, EDAW, Sydney | 1995-93
| 'Corvette Memorial’, site specific sculpture for Sydney Harbour commemorating ships built on Cockatoo Island, Sydney | | 1995 | ‘Follicle’, site specific sculpture, Children’s Hospital Westmead, Sydney | | 1994-96 | Chinderah Bypass, light sculptures for the Tweed River bridge and sound attenuation structures, Streetscape and Artwork with the Roads and Traffic Authority, Tweed River, NSW | | | Glebe Island Arterial, design of streetscape and major sculptural remodelling of spaces under the new freeway at Pyrmont, with Conybeare Morrison and Context, Sydney | | | Pyrmont Bay Park, design of foreshore park including water features and other sculptural elements, EDAW and Grose Bradley, Sydney | | | Penfolds Building Façade, Alexandria, Sydney | | 1992 | ‘The Well’, site specific sculpture installation Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW The Gore Hill Freeway Project, design of sound attenuation walls, retaining walls, support structures and urban planning for 3km road corridor, Roads and Traffic Authority, Sydney | | | ‘Exoskeleton Cord, Working in Public’, site specific sculpture installation between the Art Gallery of NSW and the Finger Wharf, Artspace, Sydney | | 1987 | ‘The Room Series’, bas relief sculptures, Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne | | 1986 | ‘Procession’, civic fountain, Parramatta City Mall, Sydney | | 1985 | 'Mobius Sea’, sculpture project, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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