Mel Robson

Education:
2002 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Southern Cross University, Lismore
2000 Advanced Diploma of Arts (Ceramics), Southbank Institute of TAFE, Brisbane
1991 Bachelor of Arts in Modern Asian Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane


EmploymentProjects:
COMMISSIONS
2008 Redland Regional Art Gallery, Australia
2008 Ipswich Regional Art Gallery, Australia
2007 World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, South Korea
2007 Southbank Education and Training Precinct Integrated Artwork Program, Brisbane Australia, permanent display
Library and E-Learning Centre, Southbank Campus
2006 Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, USA
2006 Mater Womens Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
2006 Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Australia
2005 Australian Institute of Management, Brisbane, Australia (commissioned)
2005 John Oxley Library Artist Book Collection, Brisbane, Australia (commissioned)
2008 Guest Speaker – Mel Robson and Gerry Wedd “A Secret History of Blue and White”, Artisan, Brisbane
2007 Guest Speaker – QLD Artist Talks, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Selection Panel – Craft QLD/Australia Council Mentorship Grant
2006 Visiting Artist – University of Massachusetts, USA
Artist in Residence–Sculptors Society of QLD
Panel Presenter – Verge: 10th National Australian Ceramics Conference, Brisbane
Lecturer in Ceramics – University of Southern QLD, Toowoomba
Invited Speaker – Annual Donors Lecture, Rockhampton Regional Art Gallery
2005 Guest Editor – Journal of Australian Ceramics
Artist in Residence – Gateway Institute of TAFE, Brisbane
Artist in Residence – Southbank Institute of TAFE, Brisbane
2004 Ceramics Tutor – The Flying Arts, Brisbane



Awards / Grants:
2008 Arts QLD Career Development Grant
2008 Honoroble Mention, 8th International Ceramics Festival, Mino, Japan
2007 Creative Sparks Grant, Brisbane City Council
2007 Honorable Mention, 4th World Ceramic Biennale, South Korea
2006 Australia Council New Work Grant
2005 Craft QLD Craft-in-site Grant
2005 Arts QLD Professional Development Grant
2005 Honorable Mention, 3rd World Ceramic Biennale, South Korea
2004 Pat Corrigan Artists’ Grant, NAVA
2003 Australia Council Mentorship Grant
2002 U.M.A.P. Grant (Australian University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific


Solo Exhibitions:
2009 Re:Collect, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2008 Keep Calm and Carry On, Jan Manton Art, Brisbane
2006 Memento, Jan Manton Art, Brisbane
2004 Re:collect 4, Craft Victoria, Flinders Street Window Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Ivory Street Window Gallery, Craft QLD

Group Exhibitions:
2009
Contemporary Australian Porcelain, Gadfly Gallery,Perth, western Australia
White Heat, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
Ceramic Revisions, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Pourers, Object Gallery, Sydney
Little Uns, Pomme Gallery, Victoria
Ceramic Journeys, Fusions Gallery, Brisbane
Salute (curated by Janet Mansfield), Fusions Gallery, Brisbane
2008
Birdwatching, Redlands Regional Gallery, Redlands
Australian Ceramic Stories, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo
8th International Ceramics Festival, Mino, Japan
The Cup, Formagruppen, Sweden
2007
4th World Ceramic Biennale, South Korea
20/20, Museum of Brisbane
Convergence: A North South Discourse, Indiana University, Kentucky, USA
2006
Femme Domestique, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Pattern Recognition, Object Gallery, Sydney (touring nationally)
Coming of Age, Hall Galleries, Portland Oregon, USA
Nana is the New Black, Kick Arts, Cairns
The Teabowl Show, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
2005
3rd World Ceramic Biennale, South Korea
ARC Biennial, Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane
Finer Points (Mel Robson, Mollie Bosworth, Cath O’Gorman), All Handmade Gallery, Sydney
Sufferance, Craft QLD, Brisbane
24th International Gold Coast Ceramic Art Award, Gold Coast City Gallery
Beaver Galleries Collection Exhibition, Canberra
Teaparty, Craft QLD, Brisbane
2004
23rd Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, Gold Coast City Gallery
Celebrate Australia: Art & Design, Raffles City, Singapore
2003
TRACE, Patsy Hely and Mel Robson, Craft QLD, Brisbane
22nd Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, Gold Coast City Gallery
Rosemary Warrender’s Upside Down Pineapple Cake,
The Sydney Teapot Show, Inner City Clay Workers, Sydney
Next Wave, Ceramics Art and Perception, Sydney


Recent Publications:
2008
Art Monthly, ‘Keep Calm and Carry On: New Work by Mel Robson’, Louise Martin-Chew, July 2008 Issue #211, pp.25-26
Australian Art Review, ‘Ceramics in the Broader Visual Arts’, Dr Julia Jones, Aug-Oct, pp 38-41
Financial Review, ‘The New Australiana’, Robert Bevan, Life and Leisure Magazine Issue 5 August p.38
Journal of Australian Ceramics, ‘Australian Ceramic Stories’, Dr Julia Jones, 47#1 pp. 26-28
Vogue Living, ‘Upon Reflection’, Margie Fraser, May/June, p72
Ceramics Art and Perception, ‘Australian Ceramic Stories’, Dr. Julia Jones, #73, pp.78-81

2007
Ceramics Art & Perception, ‘Inspiration from the Archive:Recent Work by Mel Robson”,
Susan Ostling, #69 pp. 13-17
Ceramics Art & Perception, ‘Convergence: A North South Discourse’, Diana Hare, #69 pp. 75-79
Image Transfer on Clay, Paul Andrew Wandless, Lark Books, New York, 2007
4th World Ceramic Biennale, Catalogue, Icheon World Ceramic Centre, p.130,
2006
Eyeline, “Reading the Library: Artists’ books and art worlds”, Linda Carroli, Issue #59, pp40-44
Artichoke, “Pattern Recognition”, Louise Martin-Chew, Issue #16, p.51

2005
Object, Cover image, Vol 48, December 2005
Object, Pattern Recognition’, Rahna Devenport, pp16-22, Vol 48
Object, ‘Sufferance - Women’s Artists Books’, review by Louise Martin-Chew, p. 54, Vol 48
ARC Biennale, Catalogue, Artworkers Alliance (foreword by Phillip Bacon)
Sufferance: Women’s Artists Books, Catalogue, State Library of Queensland
3rd World Ceramic Biennale, Catalogue, Icheon World Ceramic Centre, p.136, 189
The Australian, Sept 6th, “Binding the loose leaves of women’s history’, Louise Martin-Chew, p. 7
Vogue Living, January/February, “Profile: Intimate Details”, Margie Fraser, pp. 69-70
The Courier Mail, June 10, “Story Teller”, Tonya Box, pg 10-11 HOME magazine