Robert Boynes b. 1942

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and printmaker who also studied film, Boynes has worked as an Art lecturer, including a tenure as Head of Painting at the Canberra School of Art. He has been exhibiting since the late 1960s both internationally and in Australia and his work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
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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 (1974). He has worked as a lecturer at various tertiary art institutions including Wattle Park Teacher’s College, Adelaide and Maidstone College of Art and Basingstoke Technical College, UK. In 1978 he moved to Canberra where he became Senior Lecturer at the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University and was subsequently appointed Head of Painting.

Since his first exhibition at Adelaide’s Bonython Art Gallery in 1966, Boynes has held more than 50 solo exhibitions throughout the world. Particularly notable among his more recent shows are Street Stories , Beaver Galleries, Canberra (2007); Robert Boynes , Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2006); True Fictions , Canberra Museum and Art Gallery (2005); a ten-year survey at the Austral Gallery, St Louis in the USA (1999); and Urban Simulations , Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne (1995).

Boynes has also participated in several important group exhibitions, both locally and abroad, including the Arthur Guy Memorial Art Prize , Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria (2005); 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, features in all the major state, regional and university galleries throughout Australia, as well as prominent corporate collections including BHP Billiton, IBM and Westfield. Significantly, he is also widely represented internationally in the prestigious Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Late Harold Mertz Collection, University of Texas, Fort Worth; the Raymond Burr Collection, California; Westpac, New York; and Sears Roebuck, California.

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Woodbury, Karen
Date written:
2008
Last updated:
2011

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Other occupations
  • Art Lecturer
  • Art Lecturer (Art Lecturer Wattle Park Teacher's College, Adelaide; Maidstone College of Art and Basingstoke Technical College, UK; Senior Lecturer at the Canberra School of Art, ANU (Later appointed Head of Painting))
References [<ExternalResource: Murphy, Bernice (1977), 'Project 18: Some Recent Art in Adelaide', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Martin, Mandy (1989), 'Political Posters in Adelaide'.>]
Related people
  • Martin, Mandy (friend of)
  • Medlin, Brian (associate of)
  • Newmarch, Ann (friend of)
Related person groups
  • Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
  • Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT (associate of)
  • Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
  • Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT (associate of)
Related works
  • Rendevous (creator of)
  • (Lets make things perfectly clear) (creator of)
  • The morals of money (creator of)
  • Stoke at Rich (creator of)
  • Rendevous (creator of)
  • (Lets make things perfectly clear) (creator of)
  • The morals of money (creator of)
  • Stoke at Rich (creator of)
Related collections
  • Sears Roebuck, California, USA (collected in)
  • Westpac, New York, USA (collected in)
  • Raymond Burr Collection, California, USA (collected in)
  • The Late Harold Mertz Collection, University of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA (collected in)
  • Private and corporate collections (collected in)
  • University of Technology Sydney Union, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Sydney Union, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Flinders University, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Latrobe University, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Tasmania Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Sears Roebuck, California, USA (collected in)
  • Westpac, New York, USA (collected in)
  • Raymond Burr Collection, California, USA (collected in)
  • The Late Harold Mertz Collection, University of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA (collected in)
  • Private and corporate collections (collected in)
  • University of Technology Sydney Union, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Sydney Union, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Flinders University, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Latrobe University, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Tasmania Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • 2002 Artist in Residence, Chur, Switzerland (received)
  • RAAF Memorial, Anzac Parade, Canberra, ACT (received)
  • 1999 Foyer, Finger Wharf, Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • 1998 Artist in Residence, Artspace, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • Alice Springs Art Award (received)
  • 2002 Artist in Residence, Chur, Switzerland (received)
  • RAAF Memorial, Anzac Parade, Canberra, ACT (received)
  • 1999 Foyer, Finger Wharf, Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • 1998 Artist in Residence, Artspace, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • Alice Springs Art Award (received)
Related events
  • Street Stories (exhibited at)
  • Robert Boynes (exhibited at)
  • Interesting Times - Focus on Contemporary Australian Art (None)
  • True Fictions (exhibited at)
  • Arthur Guy Memorial Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968 - 2002 (exhibited at)
  • Tales of the Unexpected (exhibited at)
  • Clemenger Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • [Solo exhibition] (exhibited at)
  • Sydney Metropolis (exhibited at)
  • Paintings 1979 - 1995 (exhibited at)
  • Urban Simulations (exhibited at)
  • Project 18: Some Recent Art in Adelaide (exhibited at)
  • [Solo exhibition] (exhibited at)
  • Street Stories (exhibited at)
  • Robert Boynes (exhibited at)
  • Interesting Times - Focus on Contemporary Australian Art (None)
  • True Fictions (exhibited at)
  • Arthur Guy Memorial Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968 - 2002 (exhibited at)
  • Tales of the Unexpected (exhibited at)
  • Clemenger Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • [Solo exhibition] (exhibited at)
  • Sydney Metropolis (exhibited at)
  • Paintings 1979 - 1995 (exhibited at)
  • Urban Simulations (exhibited at)
  • [Solo exhibition] (exhibited at)
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