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| 1936 |
Born Brisbane, Australia |
| 1954 |
Studied Queensland Teachers College |
| 1955-56 |
Studied Central Technical College, Brisbane (now part of Queensland University of Technology) |
| 1957 |
Began teaching geometrical drawing, perspective, freehand drawing and colour study at Central Technical College, Brisbane |
| 1958 |
Married Shirley Rees, lived at Gaythorne, Brisbane |
| 1963-69 |
Moved to Coorparoo, Brisbane. Teaching at Kedron Park Teaching College, Brisbane |
| 1970-75 |
Moved to Birkdale, near Brisbane. Teaching at Kelvin Grove Teachers’College, Brisbane |
| 1975 |
Moved to Toowoomba. Teaching at Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education |
| 1976-82 |
Moved back to Birkdale. Teaching at North Brisbane College of Advanced Education |
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| 1982-89 |
Teaching at Brisbane College of Advanced Education, Kelvin Grove Campus. Moved to Beechmont in 1984 |
| 1989 |
Became a full time painter |
| 1990 |
Travelled to Europe visiting galleries in Athens, London, Venice, Paris, Milan and Rome |
| 1994 |
Moved to Kingscliff and the same year acquired the Springbrook studio. Travelled extensively in Europe |
| 1996 |
Made lithographs in Paris with Franck Bordas. Visited Belgium and The Netherlands |
| 1998 |
Made lithographs in Paris. Visited St. Petersburg and Greece |
| 2000 |
Made lithographs in Paris at Atelier Bordas. Travelled in Italy |
| 2004 |
Made lithographs in Paris at Atelier Bordas. Visited Scandanavia |
| 2006 | Made lithographs in Paris at Studio Franck Bordas’. Visited Italy | Solo Exhibitions | | | 2010 | "Twenty Ink Drawings, Eight Paintings and One Sculpture", Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2006 | ‘Paintings and Pastels 2006’ Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
| | 2005 | ‘Landscapes’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 2004 | ‘Place & Memory: The Graphic Work of William Robinson’, QUT Art Museum, travelling to
| | ‘Self portraits 2004’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
| | ‘Self portraits 2004’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | ‘Self portraits 2004’Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
| | 2003 | Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
| | ‘William Robinson: The Revelation of Landscape’, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney & Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington VIC.
| | 2002 | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2001 | ‘Darkness and Light – The Art of William Robinson’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
| | Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane
| | Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Melbourne
| | Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 1998 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | 1997 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Savode, Brisbane
| | 1996 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | 1994 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | 1992 | Darren Knight Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1991 | ‘Selected Works from the University Art Collection’, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
| | 1989 | Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education, Brisbane
| | Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1988 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1986 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1985 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | 1984 | ‘Ray Hughes Gallery at Reconnaissance’, Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1982 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1981 | ‘Farm Images’, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
| | 1980 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1978 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1977 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1975 | Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education, Brisbane
| | 1974 | Leveson Street Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1971 | Leveson Street Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1969 | Design Arts Centre, Brisbane
| | 1967 | Design Arts Centre, Brisbane | | 1991_‘Creation Landscape: Water and Land’, Ray Hughes Gallery stand, International Print Fair, Sydney 1991_Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | Cairns Regional Art Gallery; Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery; Gold Coast City Art Gallery; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale; Stonington Stables Museum of Art, Deakin University Melbourne; Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery; Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery
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Group Exhibitions | | | 2010 | 'Artists' prints made with integrity', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Twenty Ink Drawings, Eight Paintings and One Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2009 | 'A Sculpture by...', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2007 | 'Paintings and Lithographs 2000 - 2007', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2006 | '50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Fine Australian Prints and Drawings', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Summery', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2005 | 'End of Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries Painting and Sculpture, Sydney
| | ‘Personage the figure on paper’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 2004 | ‘In the presence of all creatures great and small’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 2000 | ‘Bonheurs des Antipodes’, Regards sur l’art contemporain Australien, Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France
| | ‘Drawing Exhibition”, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | 1999 | ‘Global Links’ Ipswich Regional Gallery, Queensland
| | 1998 | ‘The Australian Drawing Biennale’, Drill Hall, Canberra
| | 1997 | ‘Spirit and Place: Art in Australia 1961-1996’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
| | ‘Figures from life’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | 1994 | ‘Insights’, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1993 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘The Big Brisbane Pictures’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1992 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Animals on Paper’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Dubbo Regional Gallery; Lake Macquarie City Gallery; Grafton Regional Gallery
| | 1991 | ‘Green Art: Contemporary Australian Images of the Bush’, selected by Robin Williams, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | Thinking allowed’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘The City and Beyond’ curated by Elizabeth Cross, touring to regional galleries
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1990 | ‘Twenty Australian Artists’, Galleria San Vidal, Venice; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Benalla Regional Art Gallery, Melbourne; Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | 1989 | ‘Jack Manton Exhibition’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane and Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Beneath the Surface: selected works from the ARCO coal collection’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
| | ‘Delineations’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘They’re Still Thinking Aloud’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1988 | ‘Seventeen Australian Artists’, Galleria San Vidal, Venice, organized on behalf of Richard Ellis World Wide to coincide with the Biennale of Venice
| | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Artists for Another Biennale, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘A Horse Show (The Horse in Contemporary Australian Art)’, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1987 | ‘Another Summer: The Australian Landscape 1942-87’, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Painters and Sculptors: Diversity in Australian Contemporary Art’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
| | ‘Recent works”, Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
| | ‘Contemporary Art in Australia – A Review’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
| | ‘Aberdare Prize for Landscape’, annual acquisitive exhibition, Ipswich City Council Art Gallery
| | ‘Seven Queensland Artists, DDIAE, Toowoomba
| | ‘The ID Show’, Centre for Arts Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘ANZ Bicentennial Commissions’, Queensland Art Gallery and touring to all state galleries during 1988
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘The Face of Australia: The Land, The Present’, presented by the Bicentennial Authority of Australia, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery; Perc Tucker Regional Art Gallery, Townsville; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale; Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle; Warrnambool Art Gallery
| | 1986 | ‘Origins, Originality and Beyond’, The Sixth Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Thinking Aloud’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Australian Fortnight’, Ray Hughes Gallery at Neiman Marcus, Dallas, Texas USA
| | 1985 | ‘Queensland Works 1950-85’, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
| | ‘The First Exhibition’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Sorry – I’m Thinking Aloud’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | 1984 | ‘Ray Hughes Gallery at Reconnaissance’, Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne &
| | Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1983 | ‘Australian Perspecta ‘83’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Acquisitions 1973-83’, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | 1982 | ‘Big Drawings’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1981 | ‘Nine Queensland artists’, Perc Tucker Regional Art Gallery, Townsville
| | ‘The Queensland Connection’, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide
| | ‘Ray Hughes Gallery at Pinacotheca’, Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1980 | Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide
| | 1979 | ‘Trustees’ Purchase Exhibition’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane | | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
| | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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Awards
| 2007 | Officer of the Order (AO), Queen’s Birthday Honours | | 2005 | Honorary Doctorate, Griffith University, Brisbane |
| 2002 |
Honorary Doctorate, University of South Queensland, Toowoomba |
| 1998 |
Honorary Doctorate, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane |
| 1996 |
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1995 |
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1991-92 |
John McCaughey Memorial Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1990 |
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1987 |
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1985 |
Aberdare Art Prize, Ipswich City Art Gallery, QLD |
| 1970 |
David Jones Painting Prize |
CollectionsANZ Bank
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Artbank, Sydney
Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
Brisbane City Art Gallery, Brisbane
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
First Chicago National Bank, USA
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Griffith University, Brisbane
IBM Australia
Ipswich City Art Gallery, Queensland
Macquarie Bank
Melbourne State College, Victoria
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Parliament House, Canberra
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queensland University Art Museum, Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand Selected ReviewsOutsider at peace amid the ethereal and sublime | The Age | 19 Sep 2005
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