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Amanda Robins



Painter


Curriculum Vitae

Studies

    Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting with Distinction), Chisholm Institute of Technology, Melbourne.
    Master of Fine Art. Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne.

Appointments

    1990 Tutor, Undergraduates, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
    1992 Tutor, 2nd Year Undergraduates, Painting Department, RMIT, Melbourne
    1993 Lecturer, Sculpture Department, RMIT, Melbourne
    1992-94 Tutor, Life Drawing & Pastel Drawing. Council of Adult Education, Melbourne
    1996 Curatorial Assistant, Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.
    1998-2000 Lecturer, Drawing Department, National Art School, Sydney. Residencies
    1989 Artist in Residence, Camberwell Grammar School, Melbourne
    1992-94 Studio Artist, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
    1995 Gunnery Studios, Sydney

Awards

    1986 Works on paper, Chisholm Graduate Show
    1989 National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Society Award
    1990 Christine Abrahams Award, Victorian College of the Arts
    1991 Project Grant, Visual Arts/Crafts Board of the Australia Council
    1994 Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Northern Territory. Highly commended.
    1996 Project Grant, Visual Arts/Crafts Board of the Australia Council.

Solo Exhibitions

    1989 Gore Street Gallery, Melbourne.
    1991 Gore Street Gallery, Melbourne.
    1993 Snedronningen Studio 12 at 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne.
    1995 "Introit" Crawford Gallery, Sydney.
    1998 Crawford Gallery, Sydney.

Selected Group Exhibitions

    1989 Mornington Peninsula Art Centre, Spring Festival of Drawing.
    1990 Mornington Peninsula Art Centre, Spring Festival of Drawing.
    1992 Temple Studio, Melbourne, The Character in the Veil. Gore Street Gallery, Melbourne, GSG Exhibition of Small Scale Works. Linden Gallery, Melbourne, Public Sphere, Private Space.
    1993 Saint Quentin, France. Third International Biennial of Pastel Drawing. 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, (un)Authorised Duplication. Victorian College of the Arts Keith & Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Scholarship. Linden Gallery, Melbourne, The Postbox Show
    1994 Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award. S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Portia Geech Memorial Award. Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, The Alice

Prizes

    Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, The Dobell Prize for Drawing
    1995 Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, Telling Tales
    1996 S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Portia Geech Memorial Award
    1998 Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, The Alice Prize. National Touring Exhibition."Shields". National Art School, Sydney, "Not a Public Hanging". S H Ervin Gallery, Portia Geech Memorial Award
    2000 Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, The Dobell Prize for Drawing. S H Ervin Gallery, The Blake Hobart, Tasmania, The Hutchins Prize. Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, The Alice Prize
    2001 Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, The Dobell Prize for Drawing

Publications

    1992 3rd International Biennial of Pastel Drawing Catalogue
    1995 John McDonald, art review, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 March Christopher Heathcote, art review, The Age, Melbourne, 29 April
    1998 Bruce James, Me, Myself an Eye, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 October Images 3 Contemporary Australian Painting. Cover Image. Neville Drury, Craftsman House.

Collections

    Art Gallery of NSW
    Art Bank
    Benalla Regional Art Gallery.