CV | Leo Robba
| Born | |
| 1962 | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia |
| Education | |
| 2006-08 | Masters of Fine Art, Newcastle University |
| 1979-82 | Certificate Applied Art, Queensland Collegeof Art |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
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2011 |
The Artist’s Garden-Humanising the Landscape King Street Galleryon William, Sydney |
| 2009 | Recent Paintings Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney |
| En Plein Air Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery |
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| From Dungog to Newcastle and Back Again John Miller Gallery, Newcastle | |
| 2008 | Regionalism in Australian Landscape Painting Newcastle University Gallery |
| Heysen Trail SOMA Gallery, Adelaide | |
| Blood Trees Damien Minton Gallery | |
| Romancing the Landscape, Max Watters and Leo Robba Maitland Regional Gallery, Maitland |
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| 2005 | Gardens of Eden and Other Views Damien Minton Gallery |
| 2004 |
Around Dungog The Dungog Art Gallery |
| Perfect One Day Maitland Regional Art Gallery |
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| 2001 |
Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane |
| Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney |
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| 2000 |
Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ |
| Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane |
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| 1999 |
Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney |
| 1997 |
Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney |
| 1996 |
Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1995 |
The Beatty Gallery, Sydney |
| 1994 |
Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery |
| The Beatty Gallery | |
| Bowen Galleries | |
| 1993 | The Beatty Gallery |
| 1992 |
Bowen Galleries |
| 1991 |
Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery |
| Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney |
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| 1990 |
Bowen Galleries |
| 1989 |
Holdsworth Galleries |
| 1988 | Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney |
| 1986 |
Gallery One, Sydney |
| 1985 |
Wickham Street Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1984 |
Spring Hill Gallery, Brisbane |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2011 |
Gallipoli Art Prize Gallipoli Memorial Club, Sydney
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| Packsaddle Exhibition New England Regional Gallery Armidale NSW |
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| The Arkaba Station Exhibition King Street Gallery on William, Sydney | |
| 2010 |
Water King Street Gallery on William |
| 2009 |
Stations of the Cross St Ives Uniting Church |
| Salon des Refuses S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2008 |
On the Heysen Trail S. H. Ervin Gallery |
| Christmas Show Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney | |
| Kedumba Drawing Prize Kedumba |
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| Postcards 3 John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle |
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| Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane |
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| ACAF .8 Bowen Galleries, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne | |
| The Great Australian BBQ Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney | |
| Salon des Refuses S. H. Ervin Gallery | |
| 2007 |
There is No Place Like Home NG Art Gallery, Sydney |
| Same Place, Many Views Defiance Gallery, Sydney |
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| 2006 | Moving Around the Landscape Damien Minton Gallery |
| Landscape Bowen Galleries | |
| Dog Trumpet NG Art, Woollahra, Sydney | |
| The Drawing Show Defiance Gallery | |
| View of the River Maitland Regional Gallery |
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| Post Cards From the Desert Damien Minton Gallery |
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| Same Place, Different View Defiance Gallery | |
| 2005 |
Selected Works Wellington Airport, Bowen Galleries, New Zealand |
| Drawing Show Defiance Gallery | |
| Dog Trumpet Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney | |
| Landscape Defiance Gallery | |
| Art on the Rocks The Rocks, Sydney |
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| 2004 |
Landscape Paintings Pialigo Estate Vineyard, Canberra |
| Art on the Rocks The Rocks, Sydney | |
| Around Newcastle Damien Minton Gallery |
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| Pub Culture Maitland Regional Art Gallery |
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| 2003 |
Summer Show Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane |
| Bathers Pavilion Mosman, Sydney |
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| Wanderings Maitland Regional Art Gallery | |
| 2002 |
Christmas Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane |
| Heat The Noosa Region Art Gallery, Tewantin |
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| Art About - Open Studio National Art School |
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| Seascapes Bowen Galleries, Wellington NZ |
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| Packsaddle New England Region Art Gallery and Museum, Armidale |
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| Jo Sonjas prize New England Region Art Gallery and Museum, Armidale | |
| Landscape Michael Carr Gallery, Sydney |
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| 2001 |
Christmas Show Michael Carr Gallery |
| Summer Show Doggett Street Studios | |
| Cool Michael Carr Gallery |
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| Over the Back Fence Bowen Galleries |
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| Collectibles Michael Carr Gallery | |
| Mysterious Terrain Nick Mitzevich Gallery, Newcastle |
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| Peer Pressure Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney |
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| 2000 |
Works on Paper Fair Access Contemporary Art Gallery |
| 1999 |
New Sculpture Access Contemporary Art Gallery |
| 1998 |
Summer Show Bowen Galleries |
| 1997 |
The Peace Exhibition Tokyo, Japan |
| 1996-2000 |
Birthday/ Survey Show Access Contemporary Art Gallery |
| 1994 |
Straight From the Studio Bowen Galleries |
| ACAF .4 Bowen Gallerie, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne | |
| Assemblage The Beatty Gallery |
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| Flower Paintings Bowen Galleries | |
| Christmas -New Paintings The Beatty Gallery |
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| 1993 |
Landscape Painting The Beatty Gallery |
| Winter Drawing Show The Beatty Gallery | |
| 1990 |
Amnesty International Figurative Art Award Painters Gallery, Sydney |
| ACAF .2 Holdsworth Gallery; Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery; Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne |
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| Miniatures Bowen Galleries |
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| Visual Instincts Development of Drawing in the 80’s Holdsworth Galleries |
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| 1987 |
Queensland Arts Council Touring Exhibition |
| The Age of Collage (50 years of collage in Australia) Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries |
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| Nidus Gallery, Sydney |
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| 1986 |
Gallery One, Sydney |
| Nidus Gallery |
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| 1983 |
L J Harvey Drawing Prize Queensland Art Gallery |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| 2008 | Arts and Australia vol. 45, no. 5,p. 485 |
| Art Almanac, March, p. 136 | |
| Art Gallery Guide Australia, March/ April | |
| Maitland Hunter Valley Autumn calendar | |
| Kurri - Kurri Weston News, March |
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Maitland Mercury, March 17 |
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| Maitland Mercury, March 31 | |
| The Lower Hunter Star, April 3 |
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| Art Almanac, April |
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| The Hunter Imag, April |
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| Maitland Mercury, April 4 |
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| The Newcastle Herald, April 4 |
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| ‘Two of a Kind’ The Weekender, Newcastle Herald, April 5 |
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| Lower Hunter Star, March 20 |
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| Maitland Mercury March 21 |
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| The Hunter Arts Network, March 25 |
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| Smith, Katie: ‘Rare Art Collection’ Maitland Mercury, March 25 |
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| ‘Out and About’, Maitland Mercury, March 28 |
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| ‘Art with Feeling in Landscape Exhibit’ Maitland Mercury, March 28 |
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| Art bank Newsletter, April |
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| Hunter Arts Network, April |
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| ‘Artistic Unity in Gallery Show’ The Hunter Post, April 9 |
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| Look Magazine, April |
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| ‘Choice Viewing’ The Weekender, Newcastle Herald, April 5 |
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| Maitland Mercury, April 24 |
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| Maitland Mercury, May 1 |
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| The Lone Star, May 1 |
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| Maitland Mercury, May 2 |
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| Art Gallery Guide Australia, May |
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| Imag magazine, May |
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| Art Almanac, May |
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| The Weekender, Newcastle Herald, May 3 |
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| The Weekender, Newcastle Herald, August 5 |
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| ‘On the Heysen Trail’ Art Sunday ABC, August |
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| McDonald, John: ‘The Humour in a Brush with Fame’ Sydney Morning Herald, April 5 |
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| ‘Money’ Sydney Morning Herald, August |
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| Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum -Planner, April 8 |
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| ‘Great Australian BBQ’s’ Sydney Morning Herald- Australia Day Liftout, Jan 28 |
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| Fortescue, Elizabeth: ‘Archibald Attracts the High and Lows’ Saturday Telegraph, Feb 23 |
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| Stowell, Jill: Newcastle Herald, March 28 |
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| ‘Money, Loose Change’ Sydney Morning Herald, July 2 |
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| McDonald, John: Sydney Morning Herald - The Spectrum, Nov 23 |
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| The Sydney Magazine, November |
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| Fortescue, Elizabeth, Daily Telegraph |
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| Under the Southern Stars, Nov 14 |
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