BIOGRAPHY
Education and Professional Appointments
| 1942 | Born Adelaide, SA |
| 1959-61 | South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, SA |
| 1962-64 | Studied Printmaking, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, SA |
| 1964-67 | Lecturer Wattle Park Teachers' College & South Australia School of Art, Adelaide, SA |
| 1968-69 | Lecturer, Maidstone College of Art, Kent & Basingstoke Technical College, United Kingdom |
| 1970-71 | Lecturer, Wattle Park Teachers' College, Adelaide, SA |
| 1972 | Lecturer, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, SA |
| 1973-77 | Lecturer, Murray Park CAE, Adelaide, SA |
| 1974-75 | Studied Film, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA |
| 1978 | Currently Senior Lecturer/Head of Painting, Australian National University, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, ACT |
| 1998 | Artist in Residence, Artspace, Sydney, NSW |
| 2002 | Artist in Residence, Chur, Switzerland |
| 2005 - 2006 | Assoc. Prof. Head of Painting, ANU |
| 2006 | Travel - Laos and Cambodia |
| 2006 | Adjunct Associate Professor, ANU |
| 2007 | Travel - China and Thailand |
| 2009 | Travel - China and Japan |
| 2010 | Travel - Vietnam |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 1996 | Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1998 | Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1999 | Ten year survey show of works in the USA, Austral Gallery, St Louis, USA |
| In the street, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT | |
| Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA | |
| 2000 | Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 2001 | William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC |
| 2002 | Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT |
| 2003 | Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Vic | |
| 2004 | Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| Night Visions, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT | |
| 2005 | True Fictions, Retrospective at Canberra Museum and Gallery |
| Electricity, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2006 | New Painting, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney |
| In Real Time - Robert Boynes, 10 year survey, Manly Art Gallery & Museum | |
| Karen Woodbury, Gallery, Melbourne | |
| George Petelin Gallery, Southport , Queensland | |
| 2007 | George Petelin Gallery, Southport Queensland |
| ARIA Living Artist Award Gold Coast | |
| Street Stories, Beaver Galleries, Canberra | |
| 2008 | Brenda May Gallery, Sydney |
| 2010 | Postscript, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 1996 | CityRemix, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney |
| 1997 | AAAR Aust Artists Against Racism, Canberra, ACT Lawyers, Guns &Money Art Gallery of Adelaide, SA Canberra Contemporary Art Fair, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra |
| 1998 | New Acquisitions, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University & Sydney Union, Sydney |
| Collected Wisdom: Works from the collection of the ANU & the University of Canberra, Canberra Museum & Gallery, Canberra | |
| What John Berger Saw, ANU Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra | |
| 2000 | Project 212000, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney |
| Metropolis, Museum of Sydney, Sydney | |
| 2002 | SNAP Painting showcase exhibition, Australian National University, Canberra,ACT |
| Tales of the Unexpected, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT | |
| Field Works, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic | |
| 2003 | Clemenger Art Prize - Invitational, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| Permanent Visions, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra | |
| 2004 | The Frank Saxby Bequest Invitation ArtAcquisitions Prize, Manning Regional Art GalleryTaree, NSW |
| Place face down to copy, School of Art Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT | |
| 2005 | Interesting Times, Focus on Contemporary Aust. Art, Museum of Cont. Art, Sydney |
| 2006 | George Petelin Gallery, Southport , Queensland. |
| Melbourne Art Fair (Beaver Galleries & Brenda May Gallery) | |
| 2007 | Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery |
| 2008 | Melbourne Art Fair 2008 |
| Still Life, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney | |
Collections
| National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney |
| National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne | Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
| Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth | Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane |
| Australian War Memorial, Canberra | Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra |
| Castlemaine Art Gallery, Castlemaine | Castlemaine Art Gallery, Castlemaine |
| Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle | Jasmania Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart |
| Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong | Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast |
| Parliament House, Canberra | Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT |
| Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura | Australian National University, Canberra |
| Latrobe University, Melbourne | Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane |
| University of Canberra, Canberra | University of Sydney Union, Sydney, NSW |
| University of Technology, Sydney | University of Technology Sydney Union, Sydney |
| University of Qld, Brisbane | Harold Mertz Collection, University of Texas, Fort Worth, USA |
| Artbank | Australia Gallery, St Louis, USA |
| The Centre Gallery, Gold Coast | Festival Theatre, Adelaide |
| Flinders University, Adelaide | Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA |
| The Raymond Burr Collection, California, USA | VA13 Art Purchase Programme, Australia Council |
| IBM Collection, Australia; Park Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne | Sears Roebuck Collection, California, USA |
| Westpac, New York, USA | |
SELECTED AWARDS/ PRIZES/COMMISSIONS
| 1964 | Ether Barringer Memorial Prize for Etching |
| 1971 | Barossa Festival Art Prize |
| 1973 | Visual Arts Board, Australia Council, Project Grant |
| 1975 | Alice Springs Art Award |
| 1976/77 | Mural, Adelaide Festival Centre |
| 1981 | Gold Coast Art Prize, Purchase Award |
| 1983 | Mattara Invitation Purchase Prize, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW |
| 1993/96 | ACT Cultural Council, Project Grant |
| 1996 | 7 metre painting installation, ACT |
| 1999/00 | Foyer, Finger Wharf, Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney, NSW |
| Federal Court of Australian Commission, Canberra, ACT | |
| Legislative Assembly Commission, ACT Goverment, Canberra, ACT | |
| 2001/02 | RAAF Memorial, Anzac Parade, Canberra, ACT |
| 2006 | Canberra Times Artist of the Year Award |
| 2007 | ARIA Living Artist Award, Gold Coast Queensland |
Selected Publications
| 1995 | Capital Works, Cultural Industry Development Program of the Dept of Communications and the Arts Robert Boynes - 3 Decades, A survey of the Artist's works from the 1960's to the 1990's, Peter Haynes, Nolan Gallery, ACT Robert Boynes, Urban Simulations, Merryn Gates, University of Melbourne Museum of Art, Ian Potter Gallery |
| 1998 | Images 3, Neville Drury, Craftsman House Metro, Sebastian Smee, Sydney Morning Herald, April 10 Galleries, Bruce James, Sydney Morning Herald, April 14 Artlink, Vol. 18, No. 4. |
| 1999 | Moments captured", Muse, Louise Dauth, July, p 13 Australian Painting Now, Laura Murray-Cree / Nevill Drury, Craftsman House "Robert Boynes 1996 - 1999", Louise Dauth |
| 2000 | Robert Boynes, The Woolloomooloo, Peter Haynes Olympic Arts Festival, Reproduced, Catalogue Out of this World, Bruce James, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, September 23 |
| 2001 | Art & Australia, Vol. 39, No. 2 |
| 2002 | Muse, Canberra Art Monthly, August No. 220 Tales of the Unexpected, National Gallery of Australia, Deborah Hart |
| 2003 | SMH Metro, Exhibitions, Peter Hill, March 23 - April 3, 2003, p.23 Human Rights Defender, vol 12, issue 3, cover image & p. 8 |
| 2004 | The Sydney Magazine, SMH, Victoria Hynes, issue 14, June, p 102 Sydney Top Art & Food, Bois de Chesne, p. 51 |
| 2005 | Robert Boynes True Fictions Canberra Museum and Gallery - Peter Haynes Interesting times - Russell Storer, MCA, catalogue entry, Jason Smith |
| 2006 | "In Real Time" Manly Museum & Art Gallery, Therese Kenyon |
| 2007 | Successful Art Story, Kathleen Fisher, Art Hub, July, Aug 07 Art Collector, Sasha Grishin, June 07 |
| 2008 | Canberra Times, Panorama, 12 July 2008, p 22 |
| Capital Magazine, Helen Musa, issue 35, July - August 2008 | |
Extended Publication List
Benko, Nancy (1969) Art and Artists of South Australia, Lidums, Adelaide
Bonython, K (1971) Modern Australian Painting, 1960 - 1970, Rigby, Adelaide
Bonython, K (1976) Modern Australian Painting, 1970 - 1975, Rigby, Adelaide
Bonython, K (1980) Modem Australian Painting, 1975 - 1980, Rigiby, Adelaide
Britton, Stephanie (1998) "Outposts: The case of the unofficial attach" Artlink, Vol. 1814
Catalano, G (1980) The Years of Hope: Australian Art and Criticism 1959 - 1968, Oxford University Press, Melbourne
Chanin, Eileen (1990) Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House, Sydney
Dauth, Louise (1999) Robert Boynes 1996 - 1999, Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Denholm, M (1993/94) The Art of Robert Boynes, Canberra
Desmond, M (1994) Love in the Ruins - The Recent Work of Robert Boynes, St. Louis, USA
Drury, Neville (1991) Contemporary Images in Australian Art, Craftsman's Press, Sydney
Drury, Neville (1998) Images 3, Craftsman House, Sydney
Ewington, Julie (1992) Crossroads, St. Louis, USA
"Exhibition Commentary", Art and Australia, Vol. 913, December 1971
Gates, Merryn (1995) Robert Boynes, Urban Simulations, University of Melbourne Museum of Art
Germaine, Max (1985) Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand, Lansdowne, Melbourne
Green, Dorothy et al (1987) Imagining the Real Australian Writing in the Nuclear Age, ABC, Melbourne
Hart, Deborah (2002) Tales of the Unexpected, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Haynes, Peter (1982) Robert Boynes, Canberra School of Art Staff Exhibition, Canberra School of Art, Canberra
Haynes, Peter (1982) "The Recent Work of Robert Boynes", Art and Australia, Vol.2111,Summer
Haynes, Peter (1985) Robert Boynes, New Work, Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
Haynes, Peter (ed) (1989) Robert Boynes 1986 - 1989, Canberra
Haynes, Peter (1992) Critics' Choice, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Haynes, Peter (1993) "Capital Art", Art and Australia, Vol. 3111, Spring
Haynes, Peter (1993) Robert Boynes "The City of Angels and the CBD Series", Sydney
Haynes, Peter (1995) Robert Boynes - 3 Decades, Canberra
Lindsay, Robert (1979) Survey 7. Robert Boynes, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Luck, Ross K (1964) The Australian Painters 1964 ~ 1966, Griffen Press, Adelaide
McCulloch, Alan (1984) Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, Hutchison, Melbourne
McCulloch, A and McCulloch, S (1994) Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, Allen and Unwin, Sydney
McDonald, Ewen (ed) (2002) Points of View: University of Technology Sydney Art Collection, University of Technology Sydney - Gallery
Mcintyre, A (1988) Contemporary Australian Drawing, Boolarong Publications, Brisbane
McMahon, Ann (2002) "A Poetic Dance", Muse, No. 220, August
Murphy, Bernice (1983) Australian Perspecta 1983, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Murray-Cree, Laura, and Drury, Neville (1999) Australian Painting Now, Craftsman House, Sydney
North, lan (1974) "Robert Boynes" Art International, Vol. 2812
North, lan (1977) "The Dilemma of Robert Boynes", Bulletin of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Vol. 35
Paseta, Katarina (ed) (1995) Capital Works: Contemporary Art from the Australian National Capital, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
Smee, Sebastian (1998) "Extracting the Digital", Sydney Morning Herald, April 10
Smith, Bernard (1978) Australian Painting 1788 - 1970, Oxford University Press, Melbourne
Smith, Bernard (1988) The Death of theArtist as Hero, Oxford University Press Melbourne
Smith, B and Smith,T (1991) Australian Painting 1788 - 1990, Oxford University Press, Melbourne
Sullivan, Eve (1990) Robert Boynes Interview, Muse, No. 86, April
Thomas, D and McCarthy, F (1973) Recent Australian Art, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Toy, Ann (1981) Aspects of New Realism, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Underhill, Nancy (1978) University Art Museum, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Art & Australia, Vol. 1514
Waterlow, Nick (1990) Robert Boynes Selected Works 1979 - 1990, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra