SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS:
Public Art Projects
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| 2002 Sept | | The Gift (completed by Barbara Campbell), St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney,
Bligh Voller Nield (commissioning architects) |
| 2002 | | Render to all their dues ANU Public Art Program, Canberra |
| 2001 | | Still Light Temporary works for ACT Public Art Program (curated by Jane Barney) |
| 1999 | | Ruach (with David Wright) Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne |
| 1998 | | House Proud Playhouse Theatre, Canberra |
| 1997 | | The Fourth Pillar ACT Magistrates Court, Canberra |
| 1994 | | Terang (Victoria) Gateway project - design consultation |
| 1992 | | Transmission Tower (Render to all their dues) Temporary public installation for Adelaide Festival |
| 1990 | | Flood Plane temporary public installation commissioned by Floriade Spring Festival, Canberra |
| 1987 | | Trine Gorman House Arts Centre, Canberra |
| 1987 | | Untitled Bitumen River Gallery, Canberra |
| 1984 | | Interface: Art & Technology Adelaide Festival exhibition |
Individual and Collaborative Projects
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| 2003 Nov | | Love's Labours Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
(selected by Barbara Campbell) |
| 2002 Nov | | Light Touch, Hard Blow Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
(selected by Barbara Campbell) |
| 2001 June | | The Collected Works of Neil Roberts Canberra School of Art Gallery
(curated by Merryn Gates) |
| 2000 June | | Half Ether Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra |
| 2000 May | | Again & Again (with Kimmo Vennonen), Canberra Contemporary Art Space |
| 2000 March | | Dew Mixed with Sweat Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney |
| 1998 July | | BA na na BA na na MAN go Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland |
| 1998 July | | Bruising Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney |
| 1996 July | | Tiny Idols Heaped in Piles Canberra Contemporary Art Space |
| 1996 Feb | | balls Kunst, Sydney |
| 1994 June | | Kunst, Sydney |
| 1994 March | | The Great Ultimates and other works Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1993 June | | The Plait, the Tatt and Baudelaire’s Rope Art Museum, University of South Australia, Adelaide |
| 1993 Feb | | Feeding the Chooks (with Stephen Paul Day) Galerie Constantinople, Queanbeyan |
| 1991 Aug | | Addressing the Wounds installation at ART-LAB, Manila, The Philippines |
| 1991 Mar | | The Forces of Democracy window installation, Peekaboo, Perth, |
| 1990 Dec | | Hunger and Thirst (with Tess Horwitz) Artstop Window, Canberra |
| 1989 July | | Grand and Bowery, Part II Camera Lucida, Sydney |
| 1989 June | | Grand and Bowery Canberra Contemporary Art Space (Gallery3) |
| 1988 Nov | | Can You Read The Clouds (with eX de Medici) Galerie Constantinople, Queanbeyan |
| 1987 Jan | | Transit of Shadows Canberra Contemporary Art Space |
| 1984 Oct | | Knives and Shadows Arts Council Gallery, Canberra |
| 1977 Nov | | Photographs Fremantle Arts Centre Gallery, WA |
Group Exhibitions and Projects
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| 2003 Sept | | Fair Game: art + sport NGV Response Gallery, Melbourne (curated by Anonda Bell) |
| 2001 Dec | | Transparent Things: Expressions in Glass NGA Touring Exhibition in collaboration with Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery |
| 2001 Dec | | Glow: Body of Light Object GAlleries, Sydney (curated by Rhana Devenport) |
| 2001 Nov | | National Sculpture Prize National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
| 2001 April | | The Copy Room Foyer Gallery, Canberra School of Art (Multiple Constantinoples editions for Australian Print Symposium) |
| 2001 March | | low-down Monash University Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2000 July | | Uncommon World National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
| 2000 May | | Plastic by Nature 24Hr Art, Darwin |
| 2000 April | | Triptych Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra |
| 1999 Dec | | Something for above the Couch Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney |
| 1998 July | | Graphic Monash University Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1998 May | | Verve S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
| 1997 Sept | | Multiplication: the multiple object in art Monash University Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1997 June | | Winter Light aGOG, Canberra |
| 1997 May | | Exquisite Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney |
| 1997 March | | Kunst Unlimited Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney |
| 1997 March | | 6th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition University of Hawaii Gallery |
| 1997 Feb | | Cabinet of Curiosities Academy of Science, Canberra |
| 1997 Jan | | Fever Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney |
| 1996 May | | Breaching the Divide Goulburn Regional Gallery |
| 1995 Dec | | Multiple Constantinoples Galerie Constantinople, Queanbeyan |
| 1995 Nov | | Osaka Triennale (Sculpture) Osaka, Japan |
| 1995 March | | Drawing Room Kunst, Sydney |
| 1994 May | | Aussembledge Auckland City Gallery, New Zealand |
| 1994 June | | Symmetry National touring exhibition, curated by Kevin Murray |
| 1994 July | | Romantisystem Canberra Contemporary Art Space |
| 1994 Oct | | Celebrate?Jam Factory?21st Birthday exhibition, Adelaide |
| 1993 Oct | | 21600 each 24 hrs Canberra Travelodge Hotel |
| 1993 Sept | | Decor Canberra House Arcade |
| 1993 Sept | | 10 Guineas and Under Blaxland Gallery, Sydney |
| 1993 Sept | | Parcel Post Show Room 4, Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1992 April | | 3D 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne |
| 1992 April | | From a Distance installation as part of ARX 3, Perth |
| 1992 July | | F.A.C.T.: An Installation Publication National touring exhibition |
| 1992 Nov | | Coals to Newcastle: Xerox Art by Five Australian Artists Australia Centre, Manila, the Philippines (Exhibition Coordinator and contributor) |
| 1992 Nov | | C.D. Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra |
| 1991 Aug | | The Intramuros Conspiracy Galeria de las Islas, Manila, The Philippines |
| 1991 Nov | | 10 Guineas and Under Blackland Gallery, Sydney |
| 1991 Aug | | Sydney Printmakers Blaxland Gallery, Sydney |
| 1991 Aug | | Artruption Cultural Centre of the Philippines |
| 1991 Jan | | Challenging the Medium Blaxland Gallery, Sydney |
| 1990 Sept | | 4th Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria |
| 1990 Aug | | Instant Polaroid exhibition, First Draft (West), Sydney |
| 1990 July | | Canbrart Drill Hall, Australian National Gallery, Canberra |
| 1990 June | | The Arsonists Galerie Constantinople, Queanbeyan |
| 1990 Dec | | Once in a Blue Moon Galerie Constantinople, Queanbeyan |
| 1989 Oct | | Tenderly/Gently neon installations as part of ARX '89 (METRO MANIA), Perth |
| 1989 May | | Uncommon Objects Harbourfront, Toronto, Canada |
| 1988 Sept | | 4th National Glass Biennale, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery |
| 1988 Aug | | Home Domestic neon prototype, manufactured by Barnes Neon, Queensland, for "Design for Australian Living" exhibition, Exhibition Building, Melbourne |
| 1988 Apr-May | | Says Who! Camera Lucida, Sydney. Participant in, and coordinator of a series of thematic exhibitions |
| 1988 April | | Australian Crafts Exhibition, 1988, Meatmarket Craft Centre, Melbourne |
| 1988 March | | A Persistent Vision Museum of S.A. precinct, Adelaide Festival |
| 1987 Sept | | Collaborator Installation at ARX '87, Perth, W.A. |
| 1987 July | | Site Specific City (with eX de Medici) Canberra Contemporary Art Space |
| 1987 June | | Makers Choice Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, S.A. |
| 1987 June | | Scanned Image and The Word Arts Council Gallery, Canberra |
| 1987 June | | Saloncoda Bitumen River Gallery, Canberra |
| 1987 June | | Nowhere Utopia THAT Space, Brisbane |
| 1987 June | | Fake One Kelly St. Kollective Gallery, Sydney |
| 1986 Oct | | Vessage First Draft Gallery, Sydney (devised and coordinated with eX de Medici) |
| 1986 Feb | | Glass in a Dark Space Queensland Art Gallery |
| 1985 May | | Eight an installation as part of ANZART/AUCKLAND '85 |
| 1985 May | | 3rd National Glass Biennale, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery |
| 1985 Feb | | Artworks Glass Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney |
| 1985 Jan | | Sculpture '85 World Trade Centre, Melbourne |
| 1985 Jan | | Display Homes Exhibition, Canberra |
| 1983 May | | 2nd National Glass Biennale, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery |
| 1983 May | | Third Rail Series Canberra School of Art Gallery (Staff Exhibition) |
| 1982 Feb | | Elements of Change Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney |
| 1981 | | National Glass Exhibition, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery |
COLLECTIONS:
Works held in public collections include:
ACT Legislative Assembly
Artbank Collection
Australian National University, Canberra
Canberra Museum and Gallery
Contemporary Art and Culture Centre, Osaka, Japan
Monash University Collection
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
National Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Queensland Art Gallery
Victorian Ministry for the Arts
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GRANTS AND AWARDS:
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| 2000 | | Capital Arts Patrons Organisation Fellowship, Canberra |
| 1998 | | Australia Council VACF grant:?New Work |
| 1995 | | Daikin Industries Prize, Osaka Triennial (Sculpture), Japan |
| 1995 | | Inaugural ArtsACT Creative Arts Fellowship (Visual Arts) |
| 1992 | | Bronze Award, Kristallnacht Project, American Interfaith Institute |
| 1991 | | Australia Council VACB grant: Artist-in-Residency, ART-LAB, Manila |
| 1989 | | Australia Council VACB grant: Overseas studio residency, Greene Street, New York |
| 1981/82 | | Australia Council Crafts Board grant: Studies, Orrefors |
| 1981/82 | | Glass School and New York Experimental Glass Workshop. |
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
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| 2002 | | Artist Consultant, Australian National Botanic Gardens Arid Gardens Design Project, Mitchell Giurgola & Thorp, Architects |
| 1997-2002 | | Artist/planner, various ACT Government forward design study teams for Civic refurbishment and public art program |
| 1995-2002 | | Publisher, Multiple Constantinople editions |
| 1989-2002 | | Director, Galerie Constantinople, Queanbeyan |
| 2000 | | Curatorium member, Festival of Contemporary Art, Canberra |
| 2000 | | Board member, Muse magazine, Canberra |
| 2000 | | Board member, Studio One Inc, Canberra |
| 1993 | | Research Consultant, Student Evaluation and Enhancement of Teaching project, Canberra School of Art |
| 1992/93 | | Member, Visual Arts Committee, Cultural Council of the A.C.T. |
| 1988 | | Member, C.C.N.S.W. Public Art Working Party |
| 1988-1994 | | Designer and image-maker for People Next Door, a Canberra-based theatre group: Adelaide Festival Fringe, March 1988;?New South Wales tour, May/June 1988; Philippines tour, September 1989; Wild Grass and Toxic Kisses and Age of Consent, National Gallery of Australia, October 1992 and November 1993; The Hyperreal Thing, National Theatre Festival, Canberra, October 1994 |
| 1987 | | Selected participant, Crafts Council of New South Wales, Art and Craft in Architecture symposium and collaborative practice development model |
| 1986/87 | | Member, Steering Committee for the formation of the Canberra Contemporary Art Space |
| 1983/1987 | | Member, Bitumen River Gallery Collective, Canberra. |
| 1983/1987 | | Regularly involved in various group exhibitions and events |
| 1983/84 | | Initiated and organised PERFORMISM, a series of events in Canberra |
| 1982-1985 | | Founding co-director and exhibitor, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney |
EVALUATIVE ACTIVITIES:
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| 1998 | | Graduate critiques, Interlink program, Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1987 | | Graduate Assessor, Canberra School of Art |
| 1987-89 | | Sydney College of the Arts |
| 1985-89 | | Post-Graduate outside Tutor/Assessor, Sydney College of the Arts |
| 1985/86 | | Member, Sydney College of the Arts Re-Accreditation Committees, Under Graduate, Post Graduate and Masters degrees |
| 1985-87 | | Occasional Member, Crafts Board of the Australia Council, Working Parties |
WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED:
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| 1989 Sept | | Installation and stage design workshops at various cultural organisations, Metro Manila and regions, The Philippines |
| 1989 June/July | | Summer School, New York Experimental Glass Workshop |
| 1989 April | | Sculpture and installation, Sheridan School of Art and Design and Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Canada |
| 1987 | | National Glass Conference, Melbourne |
| 1985 | | National Glass Conference, Sydney |
PUBLICATIONS:
Articles/Graphics by the artist:
"Rewiring the plait the tatt and Baudelaire's rope", Art Monthly Australia #143, September 2001.
"An Uncertain Relation", parts I and II, Art Monthly #44/45 and #47, 1991/92 (ed: Peter Townsend)
"Arenas" Text and Images, Age Monthly Review, March 1990 (ed: Paul Carter)
Catalogue essay, "Site Specific City", Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 1987
"Dan My Love", Praxis M, #24, 1989 (ed: Marco Marcon)
Essendon AFL Club Hall of Fame review, inSITE Magazine, October 1999 (ed: Kevin Murray)
"Islands unwrapped", Real Time #15, 1996
"Man of Glass", The Listening Room, ABC-FM Radio Program, 27.8.1990. (Robin Ravlich, producer)
"On the Other Side", Praxis M, #18, 1987 (ed: Marco Marcon)
"The Space Between" (with Stephanie Radok), Art Link Asia Issue, Volume 13, Nos. 3 & 4, 1993/94
Unreal City, Volume One, No. 1 & 2 (1986/88) (ed: eX de Medici and Stephanie Radok)
References/Reproductions:
Anderson, N. Reviews, Canberra Times 14.05.83, 12.10.84 and 29.01.87
Art Almanac (front cover), August 1998
Art and Australia 28/1 1990 (page 65)
Barrett-Lennard, J. "'a' is for artist, 'r' for regional, 'x' for exchange", Eyeline ARX3 Issue, 1993
Barron, S. Reviews, Canberra Times, 27.06.89 and 21.05.00
Bell, M.?"Studio Glass Profile", Crafts Arts, Feb/April 1988
Boyd, A. "Essay" 3D catalogue, 200 Gertrude Street, 1992
Brennan, A. "Symmetry" Object, #4
Brennan, A. 1994/95 Muse magazine, November 1999
Buckingham, R. "Retrieving the Lost and Found", Craft Victoria, Spring, 1994
Clark, D. "Heart of Glass", Art Monthly Australia on-line review, 02.07.00
Cochrane, G. The Crafts Movement in Australia: A History, N.S.W. University Press, 1992
Cousins, K. Review, Muse, June 2001
Craft Australia Reproductions No. 2, 1982, No. 3, 1985 & 1984 Yearbook
Edwards, G. Fourth Australian Sculpture Triennial catalogue essay
New Work magazine (USA), #63, 1997
Ewington, J. "Canberra Perspective". Art Monthly, Aug/Sept, 1987
Grishin, S. Reviews, Canberra Times, 08.05.00, 13.06.00, 8.05.00 and 13.06.00
James, B. "Raising the Temperature", Sydney Morning Herald, 01.02.97
Judd, C. Reviews, Crafts Victoria, 26/31, 1996
Kidd, C. "It’s a Knockout" Sydney Morning Herald 14.03.00
Kleinert, S. Landmarks Catalogue essay, Lismore Regional Gallery, 1988
Logan, J. "If anything survives us, it will probably be something else...", Art Monthly, August, 1994
McDonald, J. Sydney Morning Herald, 14.10.89 and 29.09.90
McNeill, D. Power and Knowledge 1992 Adelaide Festival Visual Arts catalogue (ed: Margot Osborne)
Musa, H, Canberra Times, 28.07.00
New Glass Review #5, Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 1985
Rooney, R. The Australian, 22.09.90 and 16.07.94
Sculpture (U.S.A.) Magazine. "Neil Roberts, Flood Plane", July/August 1991
Selenitsch, A. "Art and Industry", Art and Australia, 26/3 1989
Sullivan, E. "Flood Plane", Muse, October 1990
"Interview with Neil Roberts", Art Monthly Australia #36, Nov 1990
Sutton, P. "From torn paper, art surfaces", Canberra Times, 29.01.87
Tonkin, S. Uncommon World, Catalogue essay. National Gallery of Australia, 2000
Topliss, H. "Canberra Commentary", Art and Australia, 28/3 1991
Waller, L. Reviews, Canberra Times, 05.12.87 and 13.06.89
Obituaries:
Adelaide Advertiser, 20.04.02
Brennan, Anne, Art Monthly Australia, p.34, No. 149, May 2002
Bull, Gordon; de Medici, eX; Murray, Kevin et al, Art & Australia, p.77, 40/1, Spring 2002
Clark, Deborah, RealTime, p.12, June/July 2002
Clark, Deborah, artonview, NGA, p.26, No.30, Winter 2002
Cochrane, Grace, Artlink, p.80, 22/2, June 2002
Gates, Merryn, Muse, p.6, April 2002
Gates, Merryn, Object, p.40, No. 40, 2002
Leser, David, Sydney Morning Herald, p.34, 10.04.02 and The Age, p.9, 29.04.02
Maxwell, Helen, The Canberra Times, p.15, 29.03.02
Whiteley, Richard, Craft ACT Newsletter, Autumn/Winter 2002
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