robin astley
Solo Exhibitions
2018 To Here from Eternity, One Seven Zero, Melbourne
2013 Triumph and Ecstasy, GALLERYSMITH, Melbourne
2010 When Victory Looks like Defeat, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Hatches, Matches and Dispatches, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2007 The Immaculate Misconception, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Art in Public Places, Melbourne
1999 The Reconstruction of an Apparently Simple Phenomenon, West Space
1998 Sequentialism, Stop 22, Melbourne
1997 Utilitarianism, West Space, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2022. Sacred Earth, Melbourne
2022 Fisher Ghost Contemporary Art Award (Finalist), Sydney
2021 Korea Australia Art Foundation Prize (Finalist)
2021 Omni Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne (Finalist)
2020 CuratorialandCo, Sydney
2019 The Spiritual Meadow, St Joseph’s Convent, Melbourne
2019 St Kevins Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne (Finalist)
2017 Korea Australia Art Foundation Prize (Finalist)
2016 MCollection Prize, Melbourne (Finalist)
2016 GALLERYSMITH, Melbourne
2015 Sagra Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Sagra Gallery, Melbourne
2013 GALLERYSMITH, Summer Salon, Melbourne
2012 Quadrerie del Monastero (QUAM), Sicily, Italy
2011 David Band Tribute Exhibition, Melbourne
2011 City of Hobart & MONA Art Prize
2010 Artists for Kids, Melbourne
2010 Substation, Melbourne
2009 The Hutchins Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart (Finalist)
2009 The Blake Prize, Directors’ Cut
2009 Artists for Kids, Melbourne
2009 R & M McGivern Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery (Finalist)
2009 Williamstown Art Prize, Substation, Melbourne (Finalist)
2008 Williamstown Art Prize, Substation, Melbourne (Finalist)
2007 McCulloch Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Art in Public Places, Melbourne
2004 West Space, A4 Art
2000 Greatness Bound, Melbourne
1999 Stop 22’s Greatest Hits, Stop 22, Melbourne
1999 West Space, Melbourne
1999 The Hutchins Art Prize, Tasmania (Finalist)
1998 West Space, Melbourne
1997 Shell Art Prize, Melbourne (Finalist)
1997 A4, West Space, Melbourne
Collections & Commissions
The Hutchins School, Tasmania
Private Collection, Julian Burnside
Personal Collection, Janet Holmes à Court
National Scouts Association – mural (Newport, Victoria 2008)
Curatorial Projects
2019 A Life of Opportunity and Success, Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne
2019 The Spiritual Meadow
2004 Australian Children’s Television Foundation ABC TV animation Exhibition including tour to 20 venues across Australia including Victorian Arts Centre, Regional Galleries & National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra
Education
B. Lit. (Fine Art), Melbourne University (1994-95)
Bachelor of Arts : Visual Arts, Deakin University
Grad Dip. Ed : Australian Catholic University