Robert Cleworth 
Born 1965, Wallaroo, South Australia

Education 
1993     BA (Visual), Canberra School of Art, ITA

1993     Studied Masters program, Glasgow School of Art

Solo Exhibitions              
2023    A compression of time: good and bad images, Straitjacket Gallery, Newcastle, NSW

2022    A Series of Abstractions, the Creator Incubator, Newcastle, NSW

2002    Between Surfaces – Notes on Painting, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, WA
2002    Three kinds of abstraction, Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2001    Paintings and Drawings, Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1999    Remembering the Body, Prospect Gallery, Adelaide, SA
1996    Dirty Surface – Paintings and photographs by Robert Cleworth and Derek O’Connor, Stripp, Melbourne
1996    First Love: Paintings by Robert Cleworth and Derek O’Connor, Legge Gallery
1995    Paintings and Photographs, Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1993    Paintings and Drawings, Legge Gallery
1993    Paintings and Drawings, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra, ACT

Group Exhibitions             
2024    Mosman Art Prize 2024, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2018    Batavia: Giving Voice to the Voiceless, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, WA
2017    Batavia: Giving Voice to the Voiceless, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, WA
2017    Travellers and Traders in the Indian Ocean World, WA Maritime Museum, WA
2016    Miniature Immensities, Kingston Art Centre, Vic
2015    B5761626572, M16 Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2015    art blender, the lock up, Newcastle, NSW
2015    negotiated identities, Rob Cleworth & Susan Ryman, Newcastle Art Space, NSW
2015    Stations of the Cross 2015, Wesley Church Perth, WA
2014    Mine Own Executioner, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
2013    Pure Contemplation Without Knowledge 5, Nyisztor Studio, Perth, WA
2009    Connection, Nyisztor Studio, Perth, WA           
2009    Pure Contemplation Without Knowledge 1, Nyisztor Studio, Perth, WA
2008    Break, Nyisztor Studio, Perth, WA
2004    Outlook, works from the City of Bunbury Art Collection, Vasse Felix, WA
2004    South West Survey, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, WA
2003    Dark Places, Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2002    Edith Cowan University Staff Show, Spectrum Gallery, Perth, WA
2000    Flesh and Veil: Drawings by Robert Cleworth and Paul Uhlmann, The Verge, Perth, WA
1997    Love Machine, Stripp, Melbourne, Vic
1996    A Matter of Making – Canberra School of Art Alumni, Canberra School of Art Gallery, ACT
1995    Drawings Part A, Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1994    Artists Don’t Believe in Sanity Claus, Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1994    Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Vic
1993    The Samstag International Visual Art Scholarship – Selected Works, The Art Museum, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

Awards                                
1993    Glasgow School of Art Study Scholarship                               
1993    The Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Art Scholarship

Collections             
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
The University of Western Australia Art Collection, WA            
City of Greater Geraldton Art Collection, WA
City of Bunbury Art Collection, WA
City of Prospect Collection, Adelaide, SA
The Horn Collection, WA
Private Collections  

Commissions     
2009    After the Batavia, a commission by the City of Greater Geraldton-Greenough, WA

Publications

Snell, T. et al. (2017) Batavia: Giving voice to the voiceless. Crawley, WA: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. 

Arts Zine May 2023. (2023, May 4). Issuu. https://issuu.com/robynwerkhoven/docs/arts_zine_may_2023

Chapman, C (1998). Some Notes on Pornography, Contemporary Art and Social Politics. Artlink, Vol. 18, no. 3.

A matter of making: CSA Alumni (Part 1), 1996. Canberra School of Art Gallery.

Media

Cooper, J (2022). Power Story Review. Newcastle Herald
Coleman, S (2017). Batavia: giving voice to the voiceless. Art Guide, http://artguide.com.au/Batavia-1629-giving-voice-to-the-voiceless
Gartner, A (2017). Batavia beyond the grave. The Western Australian newspaper

Wattel, Arvi (2017). Picturing the unimaginable: a new look at the wreck of the Batavia. The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/picturing-the-unimaginable-a-new-look-at-the-wreck-of-the-batavia-84269
Bromfield, D (2002). APROPOS of a Sex Scene in Bunbury. 
Wolfe, R (1993). Samstag: the first millenium.