ROBERT CAMPBELL Jr. NGAKU

Born Kempsey, New South Wales, 1944 - 1992
Educated -Burnt Bridge Aboriginal Mission
Self taught artist, Aboriginal Tribe - "Ngaku"

Participated in the Second Regional Consultation on Peoples Culture, incorporating The Asian Cultural Forum on Development; Held in Manila

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Selected Works from the Estate

Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Tradition Today: Indigenous Art in Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, curated by Hetti Perkins, Ken Watson and Jonathan Jones,

ANU Art Collection: Acquisitions from the past ten years, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra

Plot Thickens: Narratives in Australian Art, A Heide Museum of Modern Art Travelling Art Exhibition, Melbourne

Sublime:25 Years of the Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia

The First Twenty Years, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

A Face in the Crowd, National Portrait Gallery, Old Parliament House

Flash Pictures by Aboriginal Artists Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Green Art: Contemporary Australian Images of the Bush - selected by Robyn Williams, S.H.Ervin Museum and Art Gallery, Sydney
Archibald, Wynn, Sulman Art Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales

A Koori Perspective - Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, touring: Carpenter Centre for the Visual Arts, Harvard University: James Ford Bell Museum, University of Minnesota & Lakewood Centre for the Arts, Lake Oswego, USA
Wynn Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
City of Lake Macquarie - Charlstown Square, Invitation Art Prize, Lake Macquarie Art Gallery, Newcastle
The Complex Picture, The College Gallery, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide
Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Australia 1990, The Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland

Prints and Australia: Pre Settlement to Present, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
A Myriad of Dreaming, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
Australian Aboriginal Artists (Robert Campbell Jnr, Fiona Foley and Banduk Marika), Drew Gallery, Canterbury, then at Lamont Gallery, London

Other Landscapes, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne
Stories of Australian Art, Commonwealth Institute, London
Kempsey Koori Artists, Boomali Artist Co-operative, Sydney
The Self Portrait, David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney
Archibald, Wynn, Sulman Art Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Recent Aboriginal Painting, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
A Changing Relationship: Aboriginal Themes in Australian Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Australian Bicentennial Print Portfolio, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
The Cocktail Party, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Aboriginal/Australian views in print and poster, Print Council Gallery,Melbourne and tour of Australian regional galleries
Lismore Regional Gallery

COMMISSIONS

Artist in Residence, Tin Sheds, University of Sydney
Australian Bicentennial Authority, Poster Commission

Australian Bicentennial Print Portfolio, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Australia Council/Aboriginal Arts Board Grant
Front Cover, Art & Australia, Spring Issue 1988

COLLECTIONS

Art Gallery of Western Australia
Artbank
Department of Foreign Affairs, Canberra
Dobell Foundation
Flinders University

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Print Council of Australia
Regional Galleries Association of Queensland
Private collections in Australia, U.S.A. and Britain

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collection Development Fund catalogue, the National Gallery of Australia Foundation.

Nanette Mantle, Horse and Rider in Australian Legend, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Publishing Ltd., 2004, Plate XXIV