ROBERT BOYNES
Born in Adelaide in 1942, Robert Boynes specialised in painting and printmaking at the South Australian School of Art from 1962-64, before embarking upon studies in film at Flinders University, South Australia (1974). He has held positions as a lecturer at various tertiary art institutions including Wattle Park Teacher's College, Adelaide; Maidstone College of Art and Basingstoke Technical College, United Kingdom, and in 1978, moved to Canberra where he became Senior Lecturer at the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, and subsequently appointed Head of Painting.
Since his first solo exhibition at Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide in 1966, Robert has held more than fifty solo exhibitions. Particularly notable among his more recent shows are Robert Boynes, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2006); True Fictions, Canberra Museum and Gallery (2005); Robert Boynes, Austral Gallery, St Louis, United States (1999); Urban Simulations, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne (1995); and 3 Decades - Survey, Nolan Gallery, Canberra (and touring) (1995).
Robert has also participated in several group exhibitions, including Cache, Blackfriar's off Broadway, Sydney (2009); Permanent Visions, Canberra Museum & Gallery (2003) Arthur Guy Memorial Art Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria (2005/07); Interesting Times, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2005); Tales of the Unexpected, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2002); Fieldwork: Contemporary Australian Art in the NGV 1968-2002, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2002); The Clemenger Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2002); and Sydney Metropolis, Museum of Sydney, Sydney (1999 - 2000).
His work is widely acclaimed and features in all major Australian state, regional and university galleries throughout Australia, in addition to prominent corporate collections that include: BHP Billiton, Melbourne; IBM, Sydney; Westfield, Sydney; and the Park Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne. Significantly, he is also widely represented internationally in the prestigious Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Raymond Burr Collection, California and Westpac, New York.
Beach Road, 2009
acrylic on board
60.0 x 60.0 cm
Exhibitions
Robert Boynes Postscript
Robert Boynes | 2006