Born 1957, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia.
Exhibition
Solo
2011
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, Australia
‘Real Life’, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Australia
2010
‘Themes & Variations’, Manningham Gallery, City of Manningham
2009
‘Lithographs, Drawings & Egg Tempera’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
‘Solitary Perspectives’, Shepparton Art Gallery
2008
‘Black & White’, Hill-Smith Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2007
‘Urban Myths and Legends’, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
‘Urban Myths’, Touring: Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Benalla Art Gallery, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Geelong Gallery
2006
‘Robert Clinch, Lithographs’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1994
McClelland Galleries, Langwarrin
1988
Works On Paper; Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Group
2011
‘Banyule Award For Works On Paper’, Banyule Art Space, Melbourne
‘Collaborations: artist & printer’, Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne
‘Geelong Aquisitive Print Awards’, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Australia
‘Contemporary And Collectable Australian Printmakers’, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong
‘On Paper’, The Town Hall Gallery, City Of Boroondara, Australia
‘2011 Rick Amor Print Prize’, The Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Etlham
2010
‘2010 Fletcher Jones Art Prize’, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
2009
‘It’s Time!’, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
‘Collaborations’, Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne
‘Small Is The New Big’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
‘Line, Colour, Shape’, The Town Hall Gallery, City Of Boroondara
‘Geelong Aquisitive Print Awards’, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
‘In The Black’, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
‘Preserving The Past, Enriching The Future’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery Ballarat
2008
‘Annual Collectors’ Exhibition’, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
‘2008 Fletcher Jones Art Prize’, Geelong Gallery
‘People, Places’, The Town Hall Gallery, Boroondara
‘Director’s Choice Exhibition’, Hill Smith Gallery; Adelaide
2007
‘Works From The Studio’, Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne
‘Banyule Works on Paper Art Award’, Banyule Art Space, Melbourne
‘The Art Of The Dog’, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine
‘Inaugural Burnie Print Prize’, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie
2006
‘Passion Printing’, Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne
‘Civic Connections’, The Town Hall Gallery, Boroondara
‘Australian Print Making; 1960’s to Present’, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine
‘Melbourne and Country’, Adam Galleries, Melbourne
‘Geelong Aquisitive Print Awards’, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
2005
‘Expansion’, Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne
‘Ballarat and Beyond’, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat
2004
‘Between a Rock and a Hard Place’, Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne
‘City Life’, Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York
Yearly 2002-2009
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, Nantucket
Yearly 2001-2008
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York
2000
Hammer Galleries, New York
1998
‘Archibald Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Wynne Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991-92, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000.
1992-1993
‘Uncommon Australians’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, (then touring all State and National Galleries)
1991
‘Portraits of Joseph Brown’, Latrobe University Gallery, Melbourne
1989
‘Sir William Dobell Art Award’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
‘Ansett Invitation Art Award’, City of Hamilton Art Galley, Hamilton
1987, 1991
‘Alice Bale Art Award’, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin
1985
‘Fine Painting’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Prizes
1993
Wynne Trustees Water Colour Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship
1989
Wynne Trustees Water Colour Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1984
Royal Overseas Art Award, Open Prize
Commissions
1999 Westfield Collection
1998 Potter Museum, Melbourne University
1995-1996 National Gallery of Victoria
1989, 1990, 1992, 1993-1994 Linfox Transport
1991 Portrait, Dr. Joseph Brown, A.O., O.B.E.
1989 Portrait, Sir Henry Bolte, G.C.M.G.
1985 Portrait, Fr. John Brosnan, O.B.E.
Museum collection
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Chaiyong Limthonkul Foundation Fine Art Museum, Bankok, Thailand; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; National Library of Australia, Canberra; State Library of Victoria, Melbourne; State Library of Queensland, Brisbane; Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne; Deakin University, Melbourne; Latrobe University Gallery, Melbourne; Joseph Brown Collection, N.G.V., Melbourne; Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton; Geelong Gallery, Geelong; Art Gallery Ballarat, Ballarat; Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine; The Town Hall Gallery, Boroondara; McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin.
Other major collections
Artbank, Linfox Transport, Bank of Melbourne, C+Bus, Gordon and Marilyn Darling Collection, Westfeild Collection, Kym Bonython Collection, Bankers Trust, Co-Invest Ltd., Lowenstein Collection, Myer Family Collection, King David School, Melbourne; St. Peter’s College, Adelaide.
Private collections in Australia, Great Britain, U.S.A. and Sweden.
Bibligraphy
Bryony Nainby, Zara Stanhope and Katherine Furlonger, The CBus Collection Of Australian Art, CBus, 2009.
David Hurlston, Preserving The Past, Enriching The Future Hugh Williamson’s Legacy, NGV, 2008.
David Thomas, d’ART, The Art Of Robert, The Lytlewode Press, Stoke-On-Trent, 2007.
David Thomas, Urban Myths, catelogue essay – Touring Exhibition, 2007.
Gordon Morrison, Ballarat In Pictures, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 2006.
McCulloch, McCullochs Encyclopedia Of Australian Art, Aus Art Editions, 2006.
Peter Steele, The Whispering Gallery, Art Into Poetry, Macmillan, 2006.
Gerard Vaughan,and others, The Joseph Brown Collection, N.G.V., (essay; Kirsty Grant), 2004.
The Australian Art Market Report, (Issue 13),Top 10 New High Prices At Auction, Spring, 2004.
Hugh Williamson Foundation, Annual Report, 2002.
Nevill Drury, Images 3; Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House, 1998.
Tom Prior, They Trusted Men, Wilkinson, (cover), 1996.
Hugh Williamson Foundation, Annual Report, 1996.
Katrina Fox, The Linfox Letter, Issue 26, (cover and feature article), 1996.
National Mutual Calendar, C+Bus Collection, 1996.
National Gallery of Victoria Foundation, Annual Report, (cover), 1996.
McCulloch, Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Allen and Unwin, 1994.
Julian Fagan, Uncommon Australians; Towards an Australian Portrait Gallery, Art Exhibitions Australia Ltd., 1992.
Tom Prior, Bolte by Bolte, Craftsman Press, (cover), 1990.
Tom Prior, A Knockabout Priest, Hargreen, (cover), 1985.