Robert Hawkins Biography

Born in 1961, Robert Hawkins completed a Bachelor of Science at the University of NSW in 1984 and then went on to complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in Sculpture at the National Art School, NSW in 2005.

As a Sculptor, Hawkins has exhibited regularly since 2002. His work has been included in many group exhibitions and has also been documented in a range of publications. In 2005 he won the Defiance Gallery Sculpture Award.

He currently lives and works in NSW and is a member of the Management Committee for the Ultimo Project Artists Co-operative.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002 Street Sweeper’s Lunch Hour, Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 Boat Stories, Horus & Deloris Gallery, Pyrmont (Nov, 2007)
Archaeopticals Installation, Great Escape Music Festival, Newington Armoury, Homebush
2006 Sheep Stories, Small Works Gallery, Artists Co-Op
2005 NAS Final Year Exhibition, Cellblock Gallery, NAS
Big Ned, Defiance Gallery, Christmas Show
2004 Traverse, Sculptures by the Sea, Sydney
Ned Riding & Ned’s Ghost, Indoor Sculptures by the Sea, Sydney
2003 6” Works, Defiance Gallery 6” Show, Sydney
Steel Works, Schwann Effect, Group Show
Rings of Time, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW
Contemporary Craft, Timbers
Extinction Denied, Human Society International, Sydney
Timber and Steel Works
2002 6” Works, Defiance Gallery 6” Show, Sydney
Open Works, Ult. Project Co-Op Exhibition, Sydney Biennale, Sydney City Council
Open Works, Art in the City, National Art School

AWARDS

2005 Defiance Gallery Sculpture Award, NAS

PUBLICATIONS
2007 Dumbofeather Magazine, Article – Boat stories
2004 Sculptures by the Sea Documentary, Qantas In-flight Screening, SBS
2003 Documentary Ultimo Arts Collective, Ult. Project Co-op Exhibition, SBS
2002 Plezh’er, Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst. Collaboration with Living Room Theatre Co.
2001 Time and Space, ASN Gallery, Sydney. Media in wood and steel.
1998 Talons, Campbelltown Arts Centre. Media in Wood.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Australia, United Kingdom, USA & France