Robin Wilson
Archiving a moment captured in time
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Many (many) years ago, a young Robin Wilson saved his money to buy professional paints at his local art store. The storekeeper, taken by Robin’s passion, told him to capture every moment in life that he could - to store those moments as snapshots as if he had a camera in his head.
With little avenues to pursue art professionally and a need to support himself in his young adult life, Robin travelled across the UK as a musician and a teacher. But every moment in time was captured by the camera in Robin’s head – set aside for a later date, when he could finally do them justice.
Today, Robin’s collection of work boasts his favourite archived moments over the years. He hopes his work will help his audience reminiscence about time gone by, discover memories filed away, and appreciate those moments in their life that should not be forgotten.
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RECENT AWARDS & MERITS
Open Winner, Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi | 2023
Second Place (Landscapes), Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi | 2023
Finalist, Heart of the Bush Prize, Goondiwindi | 2023
Finalist, Inverell Art Prize, Inverell | 2022
Finalist, Doyle Awards, Mudgeeraba | 2022
Finalist, Omnia Art Prize, Toorak, Melbourne | 2022
Packers’ Prize - ''Outcrop of Small Leafed Mallee Eucalyptus”, Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi | 2022
Kate and Bart Woodhead Acquisition Award, Aspects Art Show - "Let's Dance", Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi | 2022
Highly Commended (Open) - 'Vote Reach', Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi | 2022
Finalist, Whitsundays Art Prize | 2021
Third Place (Acrylic) - 'Grandma at Piano Bar for Fallen Ladies', Brookfield Art Show | 2021
Highly Commended (Figurative) - 'Granny Watching a Potter', Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi | 2021
Highly Commended (Figurative) - 'Too Much', Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi | 2019
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne (Aspire Gallery) | 2024
Tower Art Show, Marist College, Brisbane | 2024
Affordable Art Fair, Sydney (Aspire Gallery) | 2024
Brisbane Grammar Art Show, Brisbane | 2024
Affordable Art Fair, Brisbane (Aspire Gallery) | 2024
Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi | 2024
Toowoomba Grammar Art Show, Toowoomba | 2024
Inverell Art Prize, Inverell Art Gallery | 2023
Downlands Art Show, Toowoomba | 2023Contemporary Exhibition, Inverell Art Gallery, Inverell NSW | 2023
Tower Art Show, Marist College, Brisbane | 2023
Omnia Art Prize, St Kevin’s College, Toorak, Melbourne | 2023
Brisbane Grammar Art Show, Brisbane | 2023
Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi | 2023
Toowoomba Grammar Art Show, Toowoomba | 2023
Petite Pieces Competition, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane | 2023
Heart of the Bush, Bush Exchange, Goondiwindi | 2023
Inverell Art Prize, Inverell Art Gallery | 2022
Downlands Art Show, Toowoomba | 2022
Stuartholme Art Show, Brisbane | 2022
Camberwell Art Show, Melbourne | 2022
Tower Art Show, Marist College, Brisbane | 2022
Omnia Art Prize, St Kevin’s College, Toorak, Melbourne | 2022
Doyle Awards, Mudgeeraba | 2022
Immanuel Arts Festival, Buderim | 2022
Brisbane Grammar Art Show, Brisbane | 2022
Brookfield Art Show, Brisbane | 2022
Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi | 2022
Toowoomba Grammar Art Show, Toowoomba | 2022
Downlands Art Show, Toowoomba | 2021
Whitsundays Art Festival, Whitsundays | 2021
Tower Art Show, Brisbane | 2021
Brisbane Grammar Art Show, Brisbane | 2021
Brookfield Art Show, Brisbane | 2021
Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi | 2021
Toowoomba Grammar Art Show, Toowoomba | 2021
Inspire, St Aidan's Art Show, Brisbane | 2020
Petite Pieces Competition, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane | 2020
'Archived Records of a Modern Man', Solo Exhibition, Aspire Gallery | 2019
Downlands Art Show, Toowoomba | 2019
Tower Art Show, Marist College, Brisbane | 2019
'Show Off', Redlands Performing Arts Centre, Redlands | 2019
Darcy Doyle Art Awards, Mudgeeraba | 2019
Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi | 2019
Foot Square, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane | 2019
Brookfield Art Show, Brisbane | 2019
Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane | 2019
Petite Pieces, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane | 2019 -
Robin Wilson was educated in the UK. His artistic talent surfaced at primary school and he was a relatively experienced oil painter at the age of twelve. At thirteen, he won a scholarship to the unique Moseley School of Art which lead to full time tertiary studies at Birmingham College of Art (City University) and further studies from 1959 to 1961 at Shrewsbury College of Art.
Robin obtained teaching qualifications whilst living and working in London between 1969 and 1972. During this period Robin was selected for two major exhibitions in London: The Young Contemporaries in 1957 and another staged at the RBA Gallery in 1960. Since then he has exhibited on 3 continents.