About
Rachael Robb paints in oils on wood panel. Working small scale and drawing from Northern European old master techniques, her work explores the intersection of the ordinary and other-worldly.
After completing a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) at RMIT in Melbourne, Robb lived in Europe and London for 28 years, returning to Australia in 2020 where she currently resides and works on Gunditjmara land/ Warrnambool and in Naarm/ Melbourne.
Received Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) 1990, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Upcoming: Solo show ‘Light Duty’ 22 May - 15 June 2024, Blindside, Nicholas Building, Melbourne
2023 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, finalist
2023 Solo show ‘I have been here before’ Warrnambool Art Gallery
2023 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2023, London
2023 Ruth Borchard Collection Self-portrait Prize 2023, online
2022 Cosmic Coincidences, group show, French Riviera, Bethnal Green, London
2022 Darling Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, finalist
2022 Len Fox Painting Prize, Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, finalist
2021 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, semi-finalist
2019 Entre Amis Deux, group show, French Riviera, Bethnal Green, London
2019 Group Show, M. Goldstein, Hackney, London
2015 Group show, Angus-Hughes Gallery, Hackney, London
2015 Look No Further, group show, Mother Project Space, Hackney Wick, London
2010 Stolen, group show, L-13, Farringdon, London
2008 Fresh Air Machine, group show, Calvert 22, Shoreditch, London
2008 Re-Working Old Masters, Square Art, Golden Square, Soho, London
2008 Stolen, L-13, group show, Farringdon, London
2006 Solo show, Barbican Library, Barbican Centre, London
2006 Stolen, Aquarium, group show, Euston, London
2004 ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London (Selected by Mark Lawson)
2004 RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
2004 Solo show, The Poetry Society, Covent Garden, London
2003 Artexpo, Javits Convention Centre, New York
1998 Solo show, Vexed Generation, Berwick Street, Soho, London
1997 PAPERworks, group show, Sightings Gallery, San Francisco
1996 One Night Only II, group show, Patterson Building, Collingwood, Melbourne
1996 One Night Only, group show, Patterson Building, Collingwood, Melbourne
1995 Saints and Sinners, Sightings Gallery, San Francisco
1995 Solo show, Obecni Dum (Municipal House), Prague
Residency, Obecni Dum Municipal House, Prague, CZ 1995
Bibliography
2024 ArtMaze Mag Collective Edition 34-37
2023 John McDonald, Sydney Morning Herald, Review: Portia Geach Memorial Award
2023 Victorian Women Lawyers annual Portia magazine
2022 Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, Review: Darling Portrait Prize
2022 Helen Musa, Canberra City News, Review: Darling Portrait Prize
2019 Hero Magazine, 'Mix It Up', Group Show review
2019 Wylde Magazine, 'Aesthetically Pleasing' Group Show review
2008 Phil Hebblethwaite, Stool Pigeon, ‘Musical Loot’
The Groucho Club Art Collection, London
Private collections, Australia, UK, USA, Sweden, Japan, and the Czech Republic
Photo: Lachlan Mcleod