RON ROWE

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31a Victoria Street
Hahndorf  SA  5245

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0417808208

ronrowe@mac.com

  • 1998-on Sculptor and Digital Artist, Consutant and Web Designer
  • 1996-97 Senior Lecturer, Coordinator of Computer Art, South Australian School of Art. University of South Australia.
  • 1972-95 Lecturer, Sculpture Studios, South Australian School of Art, UNISA.
  • 1971 Lecturer in Sculpture / Ceramics, Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York

 

ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS

  • 2002 'Outback' digital images. exhibited on website

 

 

 

  • 1996 Four Seasons in Japan - Spring Umbrella, April, Greenaway Art Gallery
  • 1996 Jan '4 Seasons in Japan - Winter Fuji' Greenaway Art Gallery
  • 1995 Sept '4 Seasons in Japan - Autumn Gingko' Greenaway Art Gallery
  • 1995 June '4 Seasons in Japan - Summer Fan' Greenaway Art Gallery

 

 

  • 1994 'New Technologies.' Postcards from Japan, Adelaide Festival

 

  • 1992 'Works in Process.' Anthills, Greenaway Art Gallery, S A
  • 1992 'Dolmen Drawings.' Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide
  • 1990 A Sense of Eire.' AFA , Carrick Hill. Sculpture Park, Adelaide
  • 1987 'Sculpture Four Years On.' Bullring, Jam Factory, Adelaide
  • 1979 75 67 Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide
  • 1978 76 Sculpture Centre, Sydney
  • 1978 'Cloud Trees.' Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne
  • 1976 'Cloudy at Times.' Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
  • 1974 72 68 Bonython Gallery Sydney and Adelaide

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)

  • 2012 Heysen Sculpture Biennial - B6, The Cedars, Hahndorf, SA
  • 2012 Sculpture by the Sea, Brighton, SA
  • 2011 Flurieu Sculpt11 Invitational Exhibition
  • 2010 palmer sculpture biennial, Palmer, SA
  • 2010 Heysen Sculpture Biennial - B5, The Cedars, Hahndorf, SA
  • 2010 First of the Friends of SASA exhibition, SA
  • 2008 Heysen Sculpture Biennial - B4, The Cedars, Hahndorf, SA
  • 2009 First of the Friends of SASA exhibition, SA
  • 1999 - 2003 'We Are Australian', Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne.
  • 1998 Dec Members Show and Auction Show. CAC, Adelaide
  • 1997 May 'Maestros and Apprentices' Helpmann, Hilton, Adelaide.
  • 1996 '96 Beijing International Exhibition of Computer Art
  • 1994 ACAF4 4th Melbourne Art Fair, Rep by Greenaway Gallery
  • 1988 'Sculpture Open', RHA Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
  • 1981 'First National Sculpture Triennial', Melbourne, VIC
  • 1973-75-78 Sculpture Triennials, Mildura

COMMISSIONS, CONSULTANCIES

  • 1996 Seaford Rise Sculpture Park. Environmental Sculpture, Brecknock
  • Consulting and Kinhill Architects.
  • 1995 Two Bronze Portraits of Vignerons. Coonawarra Memorial Park SA
  • 1991 Art for Public Places Sculpture for Coonawarra Park, Penola, SA.
  • 'Terra Rossa Tree Wall'
  • 1991 University of South Australia, Site Specific Sculpture at
  • Underdale Campus, 'Newgrange Wall with Tool Flowers'
  • 1990 Art for Public Places. Inglewood Brick Company 3 outdoor sculptures

RESEARCH

  • Ongoing development and investigation into monolithic forms in a variety of media.
  • Developing aspects of Sculpture and Digital Media using processes related to my work in three dimensional installations.

COLLECTIONS

  • Heysen Estate Collection, Hahndorf, South Australia
  • University of SA Art Museum, Adelaide
  • Art Gallery of South Australia
  • Australia Council, Sydney
  • Mildura Art Gallery, Victoria
  • La Trobe Valley Arts Centre, Morwell, Victoria
  • Devonport Gallery, Tasmania
  • McClelland Gallery, Frankston ,Victoria
  • Mitchell Regional Gallery Bathurst NSW
  • Melbourne State College Victoria

FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • Dip Teach (Art), Ad Dip Art (Tertiary), Senior Lecturer

CONFERENCES and PROFESSIONAL LEAVE

  • 1996 ISEA'96 International Symposium on Electronic Art. Rotterdam HOLLAND.
  • 1996 '96 Beijing International Exhibition of Computer Art. Review Committee Member. Gave a paper on 'OUTBACK AUSTRALIA'- Multimedia linked to video processes related to my work in Three Dimensions.
  • 1996 Gave a paper on Computer Art in OKAYAMA Prefectural University in Japan. Covered aspects of Beijing Exhibition and 'OUTBACK AUSTRALIA' and student work from the SA School of Art
  • 1995 ISEA 95 International Symposium on Electronic Art. Montreal CANADA. attended 6 day event and exhibitions.
  • 1995 Professional Leave. Research into Computer Art and Multimedia in Canadian and American Institutions.
  • 1993 Japan / South Australian Cultural Exchange Program. Dept. of the Arts / Bank of Tokyo, Board of Trustees
  • 1988 International Sculpture Conference in Dublin, Ireland. Gave a paper on 'The State of Public Art in South Aust.'
  • 1978 10th International Sculpture Conference in Toronto Canada 'Sculpture Today.' New York, London.

PUBLICATIONS

  • 1997 Produced and Directed a CDRom with Katie Hayne for <PIXELS://CLICK/PRINT> @ Ngpartji M C Aug 97
  • 1996 Produced and Directed a CDRom for the FAAD in ARTLINK with Ben Nelson
  • 1996 ARTLINK 'Interfacing in China'
  • 1991 Report on 'Art Organisations in the UK and Exhibitions.'
  • 1989 Report on Public Art in Europe August 1988 Univ SA Library 


BOOK
1977 'Modern Australian Sculpture, Multi-Media with Clay' 

 
Rigby's Ltd. by Ron Rowe.


      



            
Modern Australian Sculpture - multi-media with clay by Ron Rowe - 1977.   
Large hardcover book with dust jacket.  128 pages.  
Profusely illustrated throughout the book with large color photos.  
 
Artists featured are:-  Suzanne Archer, Neil Barker, Anna Cohn, Jim Cowley, 
Aleks Danko, Margaret Dodd, Harold Dover, Herbert Flugelman, Micheal Ford, 
Suzanne Forsyth, Vic Greenaway, Bill Gregory, Joan Grounds, Lorraine Jenyns, 
Ken Leveson, Tim Moorhead, Ron Rowe, Stephen Skillitzi, Ian Smith, 
Penny Smith and Mark Thompson.

"In Australia there are a number of sculptors who concentrate on the use of clay.  
This book shows some of the work they have produced in the 1970s.   
This book showcases early 1970s Australian sculpture using multi-media with clay"




      


      

    



      
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