Robert Andrews

Lives and works in Brisbane, Australia. Creates paintings, mixed media pieces, assemblages, and small sculptural dioramas. Experiments with abstraction, representation and symbolism. Investigates themes that include Abstraction, Representation and Meaning; Reality and Allusion; and, Presence and Absence; and the Human Condition in general. Note - only abstract artworks by the artist are shown on this web site. Visit the artist on Instagram to see other examples of his work (see below for the links). Media used: mostly acrylics, or acrylics and mixed media. Employment has included working as a tutor and mentor at Griffith University in Brisbane, and as a painting tutor at the Brisbane Institute of Art.
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Certificate - Postwar Abstract Painting, Coursera/Museum of Modern Art, 2020

Graduate Diploma of Adult & Vocational Education completed at Griffith University/Mt. Gravatt campus, Brisbane, 2011.

Master of Arts in Visual Arts degree completed at Griffith University/Qld. College of Art, South Bank campus, Brisbane, 2009.

Graduate Diploma of Art (Visual Art) completed at Monash University/Gippsland campus, Victoria, 1999.

2024 - 'Artificial', group exhibition at Umbrella Contemporary Arts, Townsville, Queensland

2024 - 'HERE + now 2024', group exhibition at the Bundaberg Regional Gallery, Bundaberg, Queensland

2024 - 'Crisis? What crisis?', group exhibition at the Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art & Design, South Bank campus, Brisbane

2022 - 'HERE + now 2022', group exhibition at the Bundaberg Regional Gallery, Bundaberg, Queensland

2022 - 'Ready Panic Stations', group exhibition at PoP Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland. The theme dealt with control/lack of control in contemporary life.

2020 - 'Art as an Act of Optimism', group exhibition at the Childers Art Space, Childers, Queensland. Artworks created as a response to the COVID-19 lockdowns.

2020 - 'A Sign of the Times', a group exhibition by Brisbane-based artists at PoP Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Queensland. Artworks made in response to many current concerns, including environmental issues and life during a pandemic.

2019 - 'Abstraction', a group exhibition at the Royal Queensland Art Society's gallery, Petrie Terrace, Brisbane.

2017 - 'No Ordinary Bliss'. Recent abstract paintings and assemblages at Percolator Gallery, Paddington (Brisbane), with Sue George.

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