Rory Obrien

Rory OBrien is a Sydney figurative painter working in oils, acrylics and watercolours. Rory also has a background in photography and printmaking. This site features Rory’s latest paintings on canvas.

Rory exhibits regularly, including a highly successful joint showing called 'Contours/Currents' with painter Karen Michaels in March 2022, a pop-up show called 'Hot dogs' with Traffic Jam galleries in January 2022 and a solo show of watercolours, oils and acrylics called 'Released' in November 2021 - both shows in Sydney Australia.

Rory has been exhibiting his artwork since 1992,
has had many solo shows of his paintings, printmaking and photography and received a Bachelor of Art (Visual Art) from Sydney's City Art Institute (now UNSW Art, Design and Architecture).

Rory has been a regular exhibitor at The Other Art Fair in Sydney (2021, 2019) and Melbourne (2018)

Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) - City Art Institute (now University of NSW).

'Leap' curator, group show 2024,
'Elemental', curator, group show 2023
'Contours/Current' - joint show, watercolours, March 2022
'Hot dogs' pop-up show, Traffic Jam gallery, Sydney January 2022
Drummoyne Art Society 2022
'Released' - solo show, watercolours acrylics and oils, November 2021
Hunter Hill Art Fair 2018