Biography

Born in Hurstville, Sydney, 1924

Solo Exhibitions

2005 Geisha, Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
2004 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2004 Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
2004 Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Chiaroscuro, Grafton Regional Art Gallery & Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2003 Stafford Studios, Western Australia
2003 Kensington Gallery, Adelaide, S.A
2003 'The Complete Graphics', Newcastle Region Art Museum, Newcastle, NSW
2003 Chiaroscuro, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery & Horsham Art Gallery
2002 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2002 Philip Bacon, Brisbane
2002 Kensington Galleries, Adelaide
2002 Chiaroscuro, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery & Nolan Gallery, Tharwa
2001 Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
2001 Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Melbourne Art Fair
1998, 99 Stafford Studios, Perth
1998, 2000 Greythorn Gallery, Victoria
1997, 99, 2000 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1996 Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
1994 Kenthurst Gallery, NSW
1993 Caulfield Arts Complex (with Andrew Ivanyi)
1993 Bell Gallery, Berrima, NSW
1992 Noosa Regional Gallery
1992 Gallery 406, Gosford, NSW
1991 England & Co Gallery, London
1987 Greenhill Gallery, Perth
1987 Melbourne Art Exchange
1986 Greythorn Gallery, Balwyn, Victoria
1985, 89, 91, 98, 2001 Schubert Gallery, Queensland
1984 Holdsworth Gallery (Tokyo Show)
1983 Masterpiece Gallery, Hobart
1983 Anvil Gallery, Wodonga, Victoria
1981 Forbes Town Hall, NSW
1981 Georges Gallery, Melbourne
1980 Avenel Bee Gallery, Adelaide
1979 Adelaide Fine Arts & Graphics
1977 De Keopelkirker, Amsterdam
1976 Graphics Gallery, Manuka ACT
1976, 77, 92, 96, 99, 2000 Phillip Bacon Gallery
1974, 83, 87 Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide
1974, 83, 87 Grand Central Gallery, Brisbane
1973, 76 Andrew Ivanyi Gallery, Melbourne
1973 Qantas Gallery, London
1973, 75, 78, 83, 86, 88, 90, 93, 95 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1972, 74, 77 Lister Gallery, Perth
1972 Bakehouse Gallery, Mackay
1972 John Cooper Gallery, Queensland
1970 John Gild Gallery, Perth
1970 Adelaide Festival exhibition
1970 Leveson Street Gallery, Melbourne
1968 Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1968 Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney
1964, 65 Kym Bonython Gallery, Brisbane
1964, 67, 69, 71, 73 Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane
1962, 66, 67, 70, 82 Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
1962, 63 Clune Gallery, Sydney
1962, 69, 81 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
1960, 61 Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
1959, 67 Farmers Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1956, 58 Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne

Awards

1954 Clint Prize
1958 Blake Prize – 2nd place
1959 Tumut prize
1965 Royal Art Society prize, Sydney (Human Image Prize, Easter Show)
1975 Gold Coast Art Prize
1990 DDB Needham Inaugural Art Prize
2002 Artist in Residence, Moonee Valley Race Club, Victoria

Collections

Works in most regional gallery collections and important corporate collections in Australia including:

National Gallery of Australia,
Art Gallery of NSW,
National Gallery of Victoria,
Queensland Art Gallery,
Art Gallery of South Australia,
Art Gallery of Western Australia,
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery,
Museum of Modern Art & Design, Melbourne,
Newcastle Region Art Museum,
Australian National University,
University of Melbourne,
University of Western Australia,
University of Sydney
Heide Art Gallery, Melbourne
ARTBANK

Selected Bibliography

2002 Powell, L., "Robert Dickerson - The Complete Graphics"
Queen Street Fine Art, Sydney
1995 Dickerson, J.; "Robert Dickerson – Against the Tide"; Pandanus Press (reprinted 2004, Publisher: Queen Street Fine Art)
1973 Burton, B. & Splatt, W.; "100 Masterpieces of Australian Painting"; Rigby Catalano, G.; "The Years of Hope, Australian Art and Criticism 1959-1968"; OUP
1978 "City Art"; Heinemann Educational Australia Pty Ltd
1971 Gleeson, J.; "Modern Painters 1931-70"; Lansdowne Press
1981 Haese, R.; "Rebels and Precursors: The Revolutionary Years of Australian Art"; Allen Lane, Ringwood
1970 Hughes, R.; "The Art of Australia"; Penguin; Hammondsworth
1958 Luck, R.K.; "A Guide to Modern Australian Paintings"; Sun Books; Melbourne
1958 "Modern Australian Art"; Museum of Modern Art; Melbourne
1974 Smith, B.; "Australian Painting 1799 – 1970"; Oxford University Press
1976 Thomas, L.; "The Most Noble Art of Them All"; University of Queensland Press
1971 "Two Hundred Years of Australian Painting"; Bay Books; Sydney

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