Contact
Email: robyn@robynrich.com
Ph: 0438 836 650
Artist Statement
Robyn Rich was born in Melbourne in 1971, she is an artist, wife and mother of one. After 6 years of studying Visual Arts at Chisholm Frankston, she is now embarking on building her art career, through exhibitions, commissions, workshops, artist talks and competitions. Robyn enjoys working across a variety of mediums including drawing and fabric sculpture, but oil painting is her main passion.
Working in oils, Robyn’s aim is to provide narrative and comment on our everyday experiences, bringing to life the souls and the stories of the people and objects she paints. Within her paintings she examines both the beauty and the emotion that comes with everyday life. She see’s beauty in the small, the forgotten and the sometimes very mundane. She is not only drawn to those objects we surround ourselves with, but fascinated with the way we relate to, and interact with them. The way they make us feel and the memories they evoke.
Robyn has been part of exhibitions in Melbourne and Sydney, and has works in both public and private collections. In 2013 Robyn was chosen as a finalist in The Portia Geach Memorial Art Awards and most recently was awarded the Chisholm Vocational Student of the Year in Interactive Media and Arts.
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Education
Chisholm Institute, Collaboration unit of Graduate Certificate of Public Art, 2014
Chisholm Institute, Advanced Diploma in Creative Product Development in Visual Arts, 2013
Chisholm institute, Diploma of Visual Arts, 2009 - 2012
Melbourne College of Decoration, Advanced Certificate in Visual Merchandising 1988-1990
Solo Exhibitions
2011 ‘Objectivity’, BSG, Brunswick St Gallery, Fitzroy
‘Objectivity 2’, Art at St. Francis, Londsdale St, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2015 ‘The Lynne Kosky Memorial Art Exhibition’, Minister Herbert’s offices, Treasury Place
‘Tenlawson Pop Up Exhibition’, Coventry St, South Melbourne
2014 ‘Imperfect and Pervasive’, fortyfive downstairs gallery, Melbourne
‘Pop Up Art Show’, Tenlawson, Albert Park
‘The Summer Kiosk Show’, Applestick Contemporary Art Gallery, Balnarring
‘Little Landscapes’, Brightspace Gallery, St Kilda
2013 Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Awards, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
‘Delight In The Detail’, fortyfive downstairs gallery, Melbourne
‘Off The Wall’, Tenlawson, Albert Park
‘Tales of Christmas Treasures’, The Johnston Collection Decorative Fine Arts Museum, Melbourne
‘Linden Postcard Show’, Linden New Art, St Kilda
‘Little Landscapes’ Brightspace Gallery, St Kilda
2012 Bell Arti Exhibition, Chapman and Bailey, Collingwood
Toyota Sculpture Awards, Toyota Headquarters, Port Melbourne
‘Mindful’, Public Art Animation, Dandenong
‘Robyn Rich and Catherine Hull Sinclair’, Red Gallery, North Fitzroy
‘Linden Postcard Show’, Linden New Art, St Kilda
‘Little Landscapes’, Brightspace Gallery, St Kilda
2011 ‘Toyota Art Awards’, Toyota Headquarters, Port Melbourne
‘Little Landscapes’, Brightspace Gallery, St Kilda
2005 ‘Aspects of Beauty’, The Johnston Collection Decorative Fine Arts Museum, Melbourne
Awards and Prizes
2014 Chisholm Vocational Student of the Year in Interactive Media and Arts
2013 Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Awards, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Finalist Rick Amor Portrait Prize, Melbourne
2011 1st Prize 2D ‘Green’, 24 hour Artz Blitz, Kingston Arts Centre
Artist Talks
2015 The Lynne Kosky Memorial Art Exhibition opening
2014 Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery
Youth Ambassador Program, fortyfive downstairs gallery, Melbourne
The Decoupage Society of Victoria
Workshops
2014 Mark Making Workshop, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Drawing workshop, fortyfive downstairs gallery, Melbourne
Publications
2011 Frankie Magazine, Issue 45, December
Public Collections
2015 ‘Chisholm Art Collection’
2005 The Johnston Collection Decorative Fine Arts Museum, East Melbourne
Online Blog Publications
2015 ‘Apartment Therapy’, June
2014 ‘The Room Illuminated’, Room 52, October
