Robert Barron
b. 1957, Harpenden, UK
Currently, full-time studio potter
Resume
- 1984 Established Gooseneck Pottery at Kardella, Victoria and with the assistance of a Crafts Board grant, built a 1000 cubic ft five-chambered woodfired kiln
- 1979 Left Australia on 5-year journey to New Zealand, North America, England, Europe, and South Korea to work with woodfiring potters. During this time visited Michael Cardew at Wenford Bridge Pottery, Cornwall, UK and studied with several of his trainees. Also engaged as an apprentice at Cornwall Bridge Pottery, Connecticut, USA
- 1976 Commenced potting full-time in family pottery at Croydon, Victoria
Exhibitions
- 2004 Ceramics Masters, Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne
- 2004 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Award, Shepparton, Victoria
- 2004 New Energies, Meeniyan Art Gallery, Victoria
- 2003 Meeniyan Art Gallery, Victoria
- 2002 Ceramics Masters, Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne
- 2001 Cloudehill, Olinda, Victoria
- 2001 Museo Internationale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
- 2000 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Award, Shepparton, Victoria
- 2000 Gallery 101, Collins Street, Melbourne
- 2000 Cloudehill, Olinda, Victoria
- 1999 Woodfire Masters, QDOS Gallery, Lorne, Victoria
- 1999 Different Stokes, Iowa University, Iowa, USA
- 1998 Beaver Galleries, Canberra
- 1998 Woodfire Show, Distelfink Gallery, Hawthorn, Victoria
- 1998 Fletcher Challenge Exhibition, Auckland, New Zealand
- 1997 Then and Now - works from the State Craft Collection and contemporary works, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne
- 1996 Australian Woodfire Survey 1996, Strathnairn Ceramics Association, Canberra
- 1996 Artworks Gallery, Nungurner, Victoria
- 1995 Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
Awards
- 1994 Artworks Gallery, Nungurner, Northcote Pottery Award
- 1980 BP Australia Ceramic Award
- 1979 Victoria Ceramic Group 10th Anniversary Pottery Award
- 1979 Diamond Valley Art Award
- 1979 Pugmill Award, South Australia
Collections
- Arts Victoria 1978 Festival Collection
- Westpac Corporate Art Collection
- Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
- Victorian Ministry for the Arts
- Diamond Valley Shire Collection
- Australian Crafts Centenary Collection
- Sale Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
- Myer Collection, Melbourne, Victoria
- Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
- Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
- Victorian Ceramic Group, Victoria
- Latrobe University, Victoria
- Museo Internationale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
- Numerous private collections in Australia and overseas
