| |  | 1951 | Born Melbourne, Australia | | | | | 1997-99 | Master of Arts (Fine Art) (by research), Monash University, Melbourne | | 1980-82 | Diploma Arts (Visual Arts), Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education, Gippsland, VIC | | 1983 | Graduate Diploma (Visual Arts), Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education, Gippsland, VIC | | Present | Lecturer in Visual Arts, Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University, Melbourne |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2010 | 'Breathe', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | ‘Breathe’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 2008 | 'Slow Painting', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2007 | 'Dumb Tidings', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2006 | 'Two Rivers', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2004 | ‘When you’re a boy’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2002 | ‘ROCKET SCIENCE’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2001 | ‘More songs about dancing and horses’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2000 | Masters Research Exhibition, Faculty Gallery, Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University, Melbourne
| | 1998 | ‘Like Ice, Like Fire’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1995 | ‘Recent paintings’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1994 | ‘Recent paintings’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Rodney Forbes; Paintings 1983-1993’, Survey exhibition, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell (touring to Mornington, Mildura, Wangaratta)
| | 1992 | ‘Recent paintings’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1991 | ‘Recent paintings’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1989 | ‘Paintings and Drawings’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1987 | ‘Out of the Bay and Into the Valley’, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Morwell, VIC |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2011 | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 2010 | 'Artists' prints made with integrity', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2007 | 'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2006 | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | '50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2005 | Jacques Cadry Memorial Art Prize (finalist), Fox Studios and State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 2004 | ’24 hour love presented by Clubs in the Pines’, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne
| | ‘The FOUND Project’, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, VIC
| | ‘Group exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2003 | ‘Energy to burn’, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, VIC
| | 2001 | ‘Jon Campbell’s Rock the Boat’, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne
| | ‘Ecstasy and the pleasure of collecting’, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne
| | 2000 | Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Australian Galleries stand, Melbourne
| | ‘Dancing Made a Man Out of Me’, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne
| | 1999 | ‘Art at the Centre’, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne
| | 1998 | ‘Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Art at the Centre’, Switchback Gallery, Monash Univeristy, Melbourne
| | 1997 | ‘Rodney Forbes, William Young, Rodney Scherer and Clive Murray-White at Cowwarr Art Space’, Cowwarr Art Space, Cowwarr, VIC
| | ‘Revealing Art’, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, VIC
| | ‘Images of Energy’, Cowwarr Art Space, Cowwarr, VIC
| | ‘Figurative Forces’, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, VIC
| | 1996 | ‘The Incident’, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, VIC
| | 1995 | ‘Comedie Humaine’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1994 | ‘A4 Art’, Westspace, Melbourne
| | 1993 | ‘On the Other Hand’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | 1991 | ‘Indo-Eco’,Touring Exhibition. Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1990 | ‘Contemporary Gippsland Artists’, Touring Exhibition. Latrobe Valley Arts Centre.
| | Touring to Shepparton, Wagga Wagga, Mildura, Gold Coast, Townsville, Lismore, Broken Hill, Mt. Gambier, University of South Australia Art Museum, Monash University Gallery.
| | 1989 | ‘Art and Work’, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, VIC
| | 1988 | ‘100 x100 Portfolio’, Print Council of Australia Bicentennial Touring Exhibition
| | 1986 | ‘Six Artists’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Lost Memories and Empty Glasses: John Campbell, Rodney Forbes, Stewart MacFarlane’, Switchback Gallery, Gippsland I.A.E.
| | 1985 | ‘Seven Artists’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1984 | ‘Regional Artists-1’, Gippsland, Victorian Ministry for the Arts, Melbourne |
Bibliographyrt and Australia, exhibition commentary, Spring 1991
Bendle, Lawrence and Hansen, David; Middle Earth, Green Triangle Galleries Association, Adelaide, 1984
Bensley, Karen and Hansen, David; Contemporary Gippsland Artists, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, 1990
Blensdorf, Jan; “Come to the Fair”, OZ ARTS, no.3 1992
Coventry, Donald; The October Show Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, 1988
Craft Arts International, No.25, 1992
Directory 1988: Australian Artists Producing Prints, Print Council of Australia, 1988
Durre, Caroline; More songs about dancing and horses, catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2001
Duxbury, Lesley; 100 x100 Portfolio, Print Council of Australia, 1988
Educational Quarterly, cover, October 1992
Forbes, Rodney; Flow, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, 1999
Germaine, Max; Artists and Galleries of Australia, 1992
Hammond, Victoria; When you’re a boy, catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2004
Hansen, David; The Breath of Memory, catalogue essay, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, 1994
Heynatz, Jeannie; “Birth of a new artform”, Latrobe Valley Express, 1987
Hill, Peter; “Finding ways out of a tight squeeze”, review, The Age, 19 September 1990
Homes, Emma; A Painter of Warmth and Light, Gippsland Magazine, Spring 1994
Millar, Ronald; “Through the Looking Glass”, review, Melbourne Herald, 15 August 1989
Nelson, Robert; “Artist toys with a cute naive style”, review, The Age, 3 August 2002
Nelson, Robert; Ballroom dancing according to a contented misfit, exhibition catalogue, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, 2000
Nott, Michael; Artsafe: First Steps, video Melbourne University Dept. of Pharmacology, 1990
Ollis, Bernard; Comedie Humaine, catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 1995
On the Other Hand, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 1993
Regional Artists - 1, Gippsland Victorian Ministry for the Arts, Melbourne, 1984
Rosewarne, Julie; Revealing Art, education kit, Latrobe Regional Gallery, 1997
Scherer, Rodney; Art and Work, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, 1989
Shackleton, Nerida; “Rodney Forbes: Like Fire Like Ice”, The Age, 23 November 1998
The Age Good Weekend Magazine, 14 March 1992
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Thorp, David; Rodney Forbes: Paintings and Drawings, Switchback Gallery, Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education, 1984
24 Hour Love presented by Clubs in the Pines, CLUBS project, Melbourne and Gippsland Centre for Art and Design, collaborative zine, 2004 Awards| 2004 | Monash Research Grant, Melbourne | | 2002 | Monash Research Grant, Melbourne | | 2001 | Monash Research Grant, Melbourne | | 1991 | Latrobe Regional Arts Board, Travel Grant, Morwell, VIC | | 1990 | Latrobe Regional Arts Board, Travel Grant, Morwell, VIC | | | Australia Council Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Artist’s Development Grant |
CollectionsArtbank, Sydney
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Australian National Gallery, Canberra (Wearable art collection) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Blake Dawson Waldron, Melbourne
Box Hill Municipal Collection, Melbourne Buxton Collection, Melbourne
City of Whitehorse, Melbourne
Freehill, Hollingdale & Page, Melbourne
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Gippsland, VIC
Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne
Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, VIC
Latrobe Regional Arts Board, Morwell, VIC
MAB Corporation, Melbourne
Monash University, Gippsland Campus, VIC
Print Council of Australia, Melbourne
Private Collections Australia and USA
Photograph courtesy of Michel Lawrence
Selected ReviewsWild at art | The Age, Sightlines - A critical guide | 15 Sep 2006
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