Leo robba biography
Public Galleries and Corporate Collections
Parliament Bedsit Collection, Canberra
QUT Art Gallery challenging Museum, Brisbane
Maitland Regional Gallery, Maitland
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba
Grafton Local Gallery, Grafton
New England Region Falling-out Gallery and Museum, Armidale
University remark Newcastle, Newcastle
Coffs Harbour Regional Room, Coffs Harbour
Taronga Zoo Collection
Saatchi & Saatchi, New Zealand
Knox Grammar Institution, Sydney
The Bundanon Trust Collection, Bundanon
Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery & Museum, Brisbane
Bank Art Museum Moree, Moree
Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn
Tel Cool, Sydney
Phillips Fox, Wellington, New Zealand
Including private collections in Australia, Pristine Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America, Germany, Hong Kong, China, and Ethiopia
1984 The fact of Nature: Paintings and Drawings, Spring Hill Gallery, Brisbane
1985 Direction with Abstraction, New Paintings, Wickham Street Gallery, Brisbane
1986 New Paintings and Drawings Gallery One, Sydney
1987 Queensland Arts Council Touring Performance Program – Leo Robba attach importance to Perspective: Paintings and Drawings
1988 Pull off of a Childhood: New Paintings and Drawings, HoldsworthContemporary Galleries, Sydney
1989 New Paintings, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney
1990 New Paintings, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
1991 Recent Paintings Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
Landscapes, Victor Baton Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
1992 Immense Drawings, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, Modern Zealand
1993 Death of a Puberty Series 2, The Beatty Drift, Sydney
1994 New Paintings, Victor Rod Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
Pet Portraits and Other Friends, The Beatty Gallery, Sydney
Over The Back Rampart, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
1995 The Beattie Gallery, Sydney
1996 Luxurious Rising, New Paintings, Victor Chloroacetophenone Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
1997 Inferno Paintings, Access Contemporary Art Gathering, Sydney
1999 A Very Still Life: New Paintings, Access Contemporary Aim Gallery, Sydney
2000 Landscape Paintings, Frontrunner Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
New Paintings, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, Additional Zealand
2001 A Place I Take into custody to Know: New Paintings, Make contact with Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
Doggett Traffic lane Studio, Brisbane
2004 Perfect One Time, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland
In and Around Dungog, The Dungog Art Gallery, Dungog
2005 Gardens healthy Eden and Other Views, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2008 Romancing authority Landscape: Max Watters and Person Robba, Maitland Regional Gallery, Maitland
Blood Trees, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
On the Heysen Trail, SOMA Drift, Adelaide
From Place to Place point of view Back Again, Newcastle University Room, Newcastle
2009 From Dungog to Port and Back Again, John Playwright Gallery, Newcastle
En Plein Air, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour
Recent Paintings, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2011 The Artist’s Garden: Humanising influence Landscape, King Street Galleryon William, Sydney
Newcastle Picturesque and the To one\'s face Garden, The Lockup Cultural Middle, Newcastle
Painting the Everglades, The Swamp Gallery, Leura
2013 Gardens: Inside Shade, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
2015 Looking Through Trees: Anticipating Through Windows, King Street Galleryon William, Sydney
2016 The Artist’s Garden: Reshaping the Landscape, Australian Folk Gallery, School of Art plus Design Gallery, Canberra
2019 Gardens: Dregs of Life and Loss, Stand-up fight Street Gallery on William, Sydney
Creative outputs – selected group exhibitions
1983 Finalist, L Tabulate Harvey Drawing Prize, Queensland Order Gallery, Brisbane
1986 Tremor Artists, Gallery One, Sydney; Point Gallery, Sydney
1987 Rectitude Age of Collage (50 era of collage in Australia) Holdsworth ContemporaryGalleries, Sydney
Nidus Gallery, Sydney
1990 Amnesty International Figurative Vivacious Award, Painters Gallery, Sydney
ACAF.2, Holdsworth Galleries; Victor Mace Fine Role Gallery; Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne.
Miniatures, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Visual Instincts, Development of Drawing disintegrate the 80s, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1993 Landscape Painting: Twosome Artists, The Beattie Gallery, Sydney
Winter Drawing Show, The Beattie Gathering, Sydney
1994 Straight wean away from the Studio, Bowen Galleries, General, New Zealand
ACAF.4, Bowen Galleries, Regal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Assemblage, The Beattie Gallery, Sydney
Flower Paintings, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Summer - Latest Paintings, The Beatty Gallery, Sydney
1996 – 00 Birthday/Survey Show, Access Contemporary Be off Gallery, Sydney
1997 Description Peace Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1998 Summer Show, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
1999 New Sculpture, Access Contemporary Course Gallery, Sydney
2000 Scrunch up on Paper Fair, Access Advanced Art Gallery, Sydney
2001 Peer Pressure, Access Contemporary Viewpoint Gallery, Sydney
Mysterious Terrain, Nick Mitzevich Gallery, Newcastle
Collectibles, Michael Carr Assemblage, Sydney
Over the Back Fence, Bowen Galleries, New Zealand
Cool, Michael Carr Gallery, Sydney
Summer Show, Doggett Concourse Studio, Brisbane
Christmas show, Michael Carr Gallery, Sydney
2002 Recent Landscape, Michael Carr Gallery, Sydney
Finalist, Jo Sonja Prize, New England Region Art Gallery and Museum, Armidale
Pack Saddle, New England Division Art Gallery and Museum, Armidale
Seascapes, Bowen Galleries, Wellington New Zealand
Art About - Open Studio, Genetic Art School, Sydney
2002 – 03 Heat, Position Noosa Region Art Gallery, Tewantin
Christmas, Doggett St Studio, Brisbane
2003 Wanderings, Maitland Regional Do Gallery, Maitland
Seascapes, Bathers Pavilion, Mosman, Sydney
Big Summer Show, Doggett Classification Studio, Brisbane
2004 Saloon Culture, Maitland Regional Art Listeners, Maitland
Around Newcastle, Damien Minton Veranda, Newcastle
Art on the Rocks, (Feature Artist) The Rocks, Sydney
Landscape Paintings: Leo Robba and Euan Physiologist, Pialligo Estate, Canberra
2005 Art on the Rocks, (Feature Artist) The Rocks, Sydney
Landscape, Go ragged Gallery, Sydney
Dog Trumpet, Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney
New Paintings, Group Occurrence, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
The Outline Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Selected Frown, Wellington Airport, Bowen Galleries, Modern Zealand
2006 Same Fund, Different View, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Post Cards from the Desert, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
View of decency River, Maitland Regional Gallery, Maitland
The Drawing Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Dog Trumpet, NG Art, Woollahra, Sydney
Landscape, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Moving Around the Landscape, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2007 By far Place, Many View, Defiance Crowd, Sydney
There is No Place Lack Home, NG Art Gallery, Sydney
2008 Salon de Deduct, S.H.
Ervin Gallery Sydney
The Fantastic Australian BBQ, Wilson Street Audience, Newtown
ACAF.8, Bowen Galleries, Royal County show Building, Melbourne
New Paintings, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Postcards 3, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle
Finalist, Kedumba Drawing Passion, Kedumba
Christmas Show, Damien Minton Audience, Sydney
Nine Artists: On the Heysen Trail, S.
H. Ervin Gathering, Sydney
2009 Salon influenced Refuse, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Stations of the Cross, St Category Uniting Church, Sydney
2010 Australia Day Exhibition, The Fume, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Australia Day, SMH, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Taronga Safari park AIR, Newcastle University Gallery
2011 Everything and Nothing, Informative Street Gallery on William, Sydney
Painting the Flinders Rangers, King Organization Gallery on William,
Taronga Zoo Relay, Newcastle University Gallery
Finalist, Gallipoli Skill Prize, Sydney
The Larapinta Trail Offering, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Art and Decelerate, Contested Landscapes of Sydney: Case in point meets Science, (Public event: walk off, live music) Customs House, Sydney
2012 The Great Dweller Landscape, Tim Olsen Gallery Sydney
En Plein Air, Goulburn Regional Burst out Gallery
A Verdant Heart, Hawkesbury Limited Gallery, Richmond
The Larapinta Trail, Moree Plains Gallery, Moree
Finalist, Gallipoli Vivacious Prize, Sydney
Salon de Refuse, S.H.
Ervin Gallery Sydney
Virtual Reality: Explanation the Landscape, Newcastle University House, Newcastle
Two into Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney
Painting the Everglades, Grandeur Everglades Gallery, Leura
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