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Robert DICKERSON
statement | works

REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Australia; Australian National University;
Museum of Modern Art and Design, Melbourne; Art Gallery of New South Wales;
National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery;
Art Gallery of South Australia; Art Gallery of Western Australia;
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery; University of Melbourne;
University of Western Australia; University of New South Wales;
most provincial and regional galleries in Australia.
Numerous Private and Corporate collections

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1956, 58
Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne

1959, 67
Farmers Blaxland Gallery, Sydney

1960, 61
Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney

1962, 69, 81
Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney

1962,63
Clune Gallery, Sydney

1962, 66, 67, 70, 82
von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle

1964, 65
Kym Bonython Gallery, Adelaide

1964, 67, 69
Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane

1968
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
The Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney

1970
John Gild Gallery, Perth
Adelaide Festival exhibition
Leveson Street Gallery, Melbourne

1972
Bakehouse Gallery, Mackay
John Cooper Gallery, Qld

1972, 74, 77
Lister Gallery Perth

1973, 75, 78, 83, 86, 88, 90, 93, 95
Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney

1973
Qantas Gallery, London

1973, 76
Andrew Ivanyi Gallery, Melbourne

1974, 83, 87
Greenhill Gallery Adelaide
Grand Central Gallery, Brisbane

1976, 77, 92, 96, 99
Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane

1976
Graphics Gallery, Manuka, ACT

1977
De Koepelkirker, Amsterdam Holland

1979
Adelaide Fine Arts & Graphics

1980
Avenel Bee Gallery, Adelaide

1981
Forbes Town Hall, NSW
Georges Gallery, Melbourne

1983
Masterpiece Gallery, Hobart
Anvil Gallery, Wodonga

1984
Holdsworth Gallery (Tokyo show)

1985, 89, 91
Schubert Gallery, Gold Coast

1986, 98, 2000
Greythorn Gallery, Melbourne

1987
Greenhill Gallery Perth
Melbourne Art Exchange

1991
England & Co Gallery, London

1992
Noosa Regional Gallery
Gallery 460, Gosford, NSW

1993
Caulfield Arts Complex (with Andrew Ivanyi)
Bell Gallery, Berrima, NSW

1994
Etti Jennings Gallery,Kenthurst, NSW

1996
Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
Stafford Studios, Perth

1997, 99, 2000
Rex Irwin Art Dealer

1999, 2000
Queen Street Fine Art, Sydney (Drawings & Prints)

2000
Savill Galleries, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1949-1956
Contemporary Art Society exhibitions. Sydney & Melbourne

1953
Eric Mack Gallery, Sydney

1954
Mirka Mora Gallery, Melbourne

1957
David Jones Gallery, Sydney

1958
Painted refrigerator for Australian Women's Weekly exhibition
Blake Prize (second place)

1959
Antipodean exhibition, Melbourne

1961
Whitechapel Gallery, London

1963
Tate Gallery, London

1965
RAS Easter Show (human image prize)

1967
Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil
Touring USA exhibition "Australian Painters" (Mertz Collection)

1973
Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane

1975
Woman In Arts, Fremantle Arts Centre

1989
Perth Gallery

1992
Stafford Studios at Hong Kong Trade Centre

1994
Noosa Regional Gallery PRISM group exhibition

1995
Exposition International Cite Des Arts Studio, Paris

PRIZES
1954 Clint Prize
1959 Tumut Prize
1966 Mirror-Waratah Grand Prize
1975 Gold Coast Art Prize
1990 DDB Needham Inaugural Art Prize
1996 Award of Merit, Beijing International Art Expo

BIBLIOGRAPHY
A Treasury of Australian Art, Rigby Ltd Adelaide, 1981

Bonython Kym., Modern Australian Painting and Sculpture, Adelaide, 1960

Bonython Kym, Modern Australian Painting 1950-1980 ,Rigby, Adelaide,

Barbara Burton and William Splatt, 100 Masterpieces of Australian Painting, Rigby 1973

Catalano Gary, The Years of Hope, Australian Art and Criticism1959 1968, O U P

City Art, Heinemann Educational Australia Pty Ltd, 1978

Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, Hutchinson, Melbourne, 1977

Germaine Max, Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand, Lansdowne Press,

Gleeson James, Modern Painters, 1931-70, Lansdowne Press,1971

Haese Richard, Rebels and Precursors: The Revolutionary Years of Australian Art, Allen Lane, Ringwood, 1981

Hughes Richard, The Art of Australia, Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1970

Luck R, The Australian Painters , 1964-1966 (Mertz Coll.), Griffin Press, Adelaide, 1966

Luck R.K., A guide to Modern Australian Painting, Sun Books, Melbourne, 1969

Modern Australian Art, Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 1958

Smith Bernard, Australian Painting 1799-1970, Oxford University Press, 1974

Thomas Laurie,The Most Noble Art of Them All, University of Queensland Press, 1976

Two Hundred Years of Australian Painting, Bay Books, Sydney 1971

Who's Who in Australia, 1992/1993/1994 Information Australia P/L Melbourne

Jennifer Dickerson, Robert Dickerson - Against the Tide, Pandanus Press 1995

TRAVEL AND STUDIOS
1972 Travelled to UK and Europe
1973 Travelled in U.K.
1976 Commenced printmaking in Brisbane studio
1978 Travelled and worked in USA
1984 Travelled in Japan
1989 Worked in Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
1991 Worked in London studio
1992 Moved studio to Eumundi, Qld
1994 Travelled and worked in USA, UK & Europe
1995 Nominated by NSW Art Gallery for tenure of Moya Dyring Studio, Paris
1996 Order of Merit, Beijing International Art Fair