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LY N N E R O B E R T S - G O O D W I N

LYNNE ROBERTS-GOODWIN

The works of Sydney-based artist Lynne Roberts-Goodwin centre on the pivotal conceptual foundations of landscape and the non-human body as a record and aftermath of human values and actions imposed over time coupled with extreme locations in terms of the geopolitical, remote topographical, institutional, topological and culturally estranged. The artist’s work and research surrounding these conceptual underpinnings, inspects visual representations of man-made and ‘natural’ landscapes that appear as ‘other’ in more than one way and are centered within locations or through histories of contested sites or geopolitically contested remote or elevated topographical territories. Confronting representations and terrains from different parts of the globe, Roberts-Goodwin invites us to engage with unfamiliar contexts and global structures of environmental conflict and sites of impact. Relinquished landscapes produced in different temporal and spatial locales in light of each other are laid bare and investigated, scrutinized and visually represented as a mode of seeing and as a site of control and resistance, intertwined with social and economic power structures. Lynne Roberts-Goodwin’s photographic work and installations can be seen as an aftermath of the fragmentary and enigmatic qualities of the photographic document as a path to return afresh to what we think we know of the past, and how we think we know it through present engagement and dissemination. The artist, within her imagery, engages the lens of ‘spatial aesthetics’; that is, ‘the complex entanglements between local and global ideas of place’.Within this artists’ long-standing career and work, the photographed landscape, animal, and/or human body continues to appear in a paradoxical whole yet fragment: pure from construction yet bearing witness to both creation and loss. These traces of culture, histories, conflict, impact and intervention which the artist calls “details of the world,” appear like scars on a body and convey a similar tale of wounds scarcely healed. Roberts-Goodwin has photographed these metaphorical landscapes, bodies and traces within specific sites located in Mexico, India, Japan, Nth America, United Arab Emirates, Syria, Jordan, Iran and since 1997 to the current 2014 series of works, MORE THAN EVER, undertaken remote-location projects related to cultural impact, difference and belonging. Roberts-Goodwin is engaged with the ambiguities of terrestrial and earthbound fields of vision speculating on a kind of palimpsest on which both the disfiguring and beautification marks of decades of conflict continue to be recorded in the present.Roberts-Goodwin has earned international acclaim for her photographs and photo-based installations, that investigate the presence and cultural impacts of the detritus of human experience on landscapes, ruins and terrains, as well as her more introspective works which explore the animal body, perception and its indelible link to place. In addition, Roberts-Goodwin is known for the production of multiples that frequently are created in concert with the photographic, object and film/video series.

Rape Mustard Seed Field #1Lambda Metallic print98.48 cm x 120.00 cm

Rape Mustard Seed Field #2Lambda Metallic print98.48 cm x 120.00 cm

Rape Mustard Seed Girl #2Lambda Metallic print98.48 cm x 120.00 cm

CLOUD #9 Archival pigment print 50 x 50 cm edition of 20

LICORICE #9 Archival pigment print 50 x 50 cm edition of 20

MORE THAN EVER As Never Before FALL FRAME#8401849 Lambda Metallic print150 cm × 112.5 cm

MORE THAN EVER Think the Mountain 03Lambda Metallic print41.27 cm x 51.44 cm

MORE THAN EVER Think the Mountain 05 Lambda Metallic print41.27 cm x 51.44 cm






MORE THAN EVER Think the Mountain 37 Lambda Metallic print41.27 cm x 51.44 cm


Bad Bird #1Bad Bird Archival BoxLambda archival lustre print51.44 cm x 36.95 cm

Bad Bird #2 Bad Bird Archival Box Lambda archival lustre print 51.44 cm x 36.95 cm












’azure saqr #1Lambda Metallic print31.12 cm x 51.44 cm




LYNNE ROBERTS-GOODWIN

b. SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 19541972 – 1975 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Sydney1979 – 1980 Master of Fine Arts, Medlock Fine Arts Centre, Manchester University, UKlynnerobertsgoodwin.com

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015 THINK THE MOUNTAIN, .M Contemporary @ Hong Kong ART CENTRAL, Hong Kong2015 Change of Plan, MIAF, Milan Image Art Fair Primo, Milan, Italy2014 MORE THAN EVER, .M Contemporary, Sydney, Australia2013 BIENNALE DI SONCINO MARCO, Soncino, ITALY2013 SWARM: Lynne Roberts-Goodwin, ABERSONexhibit Gallery, Tulsa, OK., USA2012 Lynne Roberts-Goodwin, Redcat Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 20122011-12 SWARM: Lynne Roberts-Goodwin, Unit24 Gallery, London, UK2011 Sightings, VAC Gallery, Volcano, Big Is., Hawaii, USA.2009 Lynne Roberts-Goodwin: Fox Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca. USA2007 Random Acts’. Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia 2005 Disappearing Act, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia 2003 azure, Artists’ Abroad’, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney; Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE2002 landings, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, Australia 1999 Lynne Roberts-Goodwin: Renard Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, Australia1998 LUMINOUS, Light Work Gallery, Artist Residency Show, New York, N Y. USA1997 BLIND FOLD, Contemporary Level 2 Project Space, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia1997 Lynne Roberts-Goodwin: Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, Australia1997 pink planks, Artspace, Sydney, Australia1995 FALSE tales, Dogs to the Wall, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand Michael Wardell, Melbourne, Australia1995 FALSE tales, Dishy Dogs, 4x4, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY1994 a certain BLINDNESS, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia1994 Remote, Perth Institute for Contemporary Art, Perth, Australia1994 Remote - Half - Light, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia1993 PHANTASM, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia1993 ‘90’s Work!’, Biota Gallery, Wiltshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, U.S.A.1992 ‘TOUCH’, First Draft Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia1991 ‘TERRASCAPE’, CITRI Gallery, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia1991 ‘90’s Work!’, Biota Gallery, Wiltshire Street, Los Angeles, U.S.A1991 ‘TOUCH’ Linden Gallery, Waverley City Arts, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia1990 ‘SPACES OF DISSENSION’, ROAR 2 Studio - Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia1990 ‘MOMENT’, Camera Lucida - Window Space, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia1989 ‘NO SPACE’, Camera Lucida - Window Space, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia1989 ‘Works 1989’, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia1986 ‘Recent Works’, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia1986 ‘Looking Glass’, SALLE SANDOZ Gallery, Cité Internationalé des Artes, Paris, France1984 ‘Works 1982/1984’, IMAGES Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia1984 ‘Site Works’, SALLE SANDOZ Gallery, Cité Internationalé des Artes, Paris, France1982 ‘Recent O/S Works’, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia1982 ‘Works 1981/1982’, Sloane Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom1981 ‘Drawn’, Sloane Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom1981 ‘North/South’, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester City Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom1980 ‘From Here’, Peterloo Gallery, Peterloo Square, Manchester, United Kingdom1979 ‘Over There’, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015 EXTINCT/EXTANT, AIRSPACE Projects, Sydney, Australia2014 BIENNALE OF SANTORINI, Santorini, Greece.2014 Australian Artists, .M Contemporary, Sydney, Australia2013 BIENNALE DI SONCINO MARCO, SONCINO, ITALY.2013 Joy of the Object, Photography Galleries, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.2013 Voiceless: Selected Artists, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia.2012 SWARM: Ondarte International Artist’s Residency, Akumal, Mexico2012 William&Winifred Bowness Award, MGA Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia. 2011 Voiceless: Selected Artists, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia.2010 William&Winifred Bowness Award, MGA Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia. 2009 William&Winifred Bowness Award, MGA Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia. 2007 Insatiable Streams, Beijing OLYMPIC Exhibition, ART ZONE Gallery Beijing, China.

The Year in Art, SH Ervin Gallery, National Trust Centre, Sydney, Australia. Perfect for every occasion, Photography today, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne Blossfeldt and the Isolated Object, Level 2 Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. MCA Collections: New Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia. Voiceless: I feel therefore I am, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia.

2005 Glad Wrap-- Up, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia. 2004 One Of: Festivus 04, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia. 2002 Time Travel Sanctuary 2, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. A Silver Lining & A New Beginning, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, UNSW, Sydney, Australia. 2002 The Year in Art, SH Ervin Gallery, National Trust Centre, Sydney, Australia. Open Source, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, New York, USA 2000 METROPOLIS, Museum of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.1998 List Structure, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney, Australia.1997 MULTIPLICATION: The multiple object in art, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne1996 ART FAIR ’96, ACAF 5, Michael Wardell Gallery, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, Australia.

Fourth Annual Digital Salon, The Museum Gallery, New York, , New YorkNew Space – Gallery Artists, Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, Australia INHERITANCE, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia

1995 From Strength to Hope, ARTSPACE, The Gunnery, Sydney, Casula Powerhouse, Australiait’s about time, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W., AustraliaArt Felt, The University of Newcastle Gallery, Callaghan, Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia

1995 Interim, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia1994 Next Wave Festival, George Fairfax Hall, Melbourne Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Bitmap 101, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia1993 21,600 each 24 Hrs., Canberra Travelodge, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia VIRTU, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia1992 In Print, Art Images Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Manu et Mente, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia1991 ARS Electronica, Digital / Photographic Symposium/Exhibition, Linz, Austria1990 Scanning the Code, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia

Untitled 1990, Performance Space Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W., AustraliaCODED, curated & exhibited, World Trade Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSISEA, Electronic Art, Groningen Arts Centre, Groningen, The Netherlands

1989 PROJECT GAHIA, ARS Electronica, Digital/Photographic Symposium/Exhibition, Linz, Austria1988 SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, Riverside Studio Gallery, EXPO ‘90, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia1985 Sulman Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia

SELECTED GRANTS / AWARDS

2012 Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia.2012 New Work Grant, Visual Arts Fund, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia.2010 Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery Qld.2012-13 Australia India Institute Artist Grant (Artist Retreat Jaipur + Delhi Art Fair Selected Australian Artist)2012 New Work Grant, Visual Arts Fund, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia.2011 New Work Grant, Visual Arts Fund, Australia Council for the Arts. Australia.2009 BOWNESS Award Highly Commended, Monash Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.1996–97, 2002–03, 2005–0 6 -08, New Work Grant, Visual Arts Fund, Australia Council for the Arts1989 New Image Research Grant, Australian Film Commission, Sydney1983 Artists Overseas Travel Grant, Visual Arts/Crafts Board, Australia Council1980 Dyason Bequest Artist Travel Grant, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney1979 Basil and Muriel Hooper Travelling Art Scholarship, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

SELECTED RESIDENCIES + COLLABORATIONS

2013 AUSTRALIA INDIA INSTITUTE ARTISTS RETREAT- Jaipur Literary Arts + Delhi Art Fair (selected artist)2012 ONDARTE International Artist’s Residency, Akumal, Mexico.2009 Fondation Arabé pour l’Image Artist Residency, Beirut, Lebanon.2005 AQIS Quarantine Artist-in-Residence, Sydney International Airport, Sydney, Australia.2002 ERWDA (Environmental Research Wildlife Development Agency) & Environment Agency Abu Dhabi 2002 Falcon Hospital Residency, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.2001 Rockefeller Foundation Artist Residency, Alfred, New York, NY.2001 UNESCO Sanskriti Artist Residency, Delhi, India.2000 WWFund Traffic Remote Monitoring Residency, Himachal Pradesh, Manali, HP, India.1996 BNHS (Bombay Natural History Society) Residency, Mumbai, India.1994 Page Museum, La Brea Tar Pits Residency, Los Angeles, USA.1983 Art Gallery of N.S.W Moya Dyring Paris Studio Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS NATIONAL + INTERNATIONAL

Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia; Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation; Goldman Sachs Collection; Art Gallery of New South Whales, Sydney; Artbank; TAFE Collection, Bathurst NSW; RMIT Collection, Melbourne; WESTPAC Collection; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Australian Embassy, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Department of Trade of Foreign Affairs-India Commission, Delhi, India; HH Sheik Zayhad Bin Sultan Al Nayhan; Sheik Mohammad Bin Sultan Al Nayhan, Crown Prince, Private Collection, UAE; Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France; University of Illinois, Chicago, USA; Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester, UK; Medlock Fine Arts Centre, Manchester UK; Peterloo Gallery, Manchester, UK; Sloane Street Gallery, London, UK; Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, UK; ERWA (Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency) Collection, Abu Dhabi, UAE ;NID Collection, Ahmenabad, Gujarat, India. Private Collections in Australia, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, France, India, Pakistan, Iran, UAE and Saudi Arabia. Private Collections.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY + PUBLICATIONS

Charles Green, ‘Bad Birds’, Cabinet, Issue18, 2005, p.44-48Reuben Keenhan, ‘Lynne Roberts-Goodwin: Disappearing Act’, Photofile74, Winter 2005, p.73Joanna Mendelssohn, ‘Disappearing Act’, Artlink, vol.25 #2, 2005, p.99Anjana Sankar,’ART SCAPE’, Khaleej Times, 27 September 2004, p.1-2Kavitha S Daniel, ‘Around Emirates’, The Gulf News, 26 September 2004, p.2AjuJa cob, The Gulf Today, Abu Dhabi Bureau, 24 September, 2004, vol 9, no.164, p.3Peter Hill, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 April 2003, p.29Robert Mc Farlane, Metro, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 April, 2003Sharon Verghis, ‘Catching the Fastest Predator on Film’, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 Mar, 2003Melinda Hickson, ‘Aboriginal Sydney’, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra,2001, p.2-3Sue Best, ’Public Art in Olympic City’, Architecture Australia, September 2000Helen Lochhead, ‘Sydney A fresh’, Architecture Australia, September/October 1999Bruce James, ‘Remembrance of Things Past’, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, 21 August 1999, p.12Adrian Herbert, ‘Sculpture Walk’, Architecture Review Australia, no.65, spring 1998, p.18-20Geraldine O ’Brien, ‘Artists Green Light‘, Arts Review, Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June, 1998, p.15Zara Stanhope, Multiplicatinon: The Multiple Object in Art, exhibition catalogue, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne 1997Charles Green, ‘False Tales’, Art & Australia, vol 33, no.2, summer 1996, p.285-6David Haines, ‘Blindfold - False-Tales’, Photofile, no.47, March 1996, p.47-8T. J. Mc Namara, Perspective on Art, New Zealand Herald, 4 October, 1995, p.11Louise Adler, Arts and Entertainment Review, Age, Melbourne, 7 July 1995, p. 15Robert Nelson, Arts and Entertainment Review, Age, Melbourne, 28 June 1995, p. 23Victoria Ryan, False Tales, exhibition catalogue, Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne; Artspace Gallery, Auckland, NZ. 199Charles Green, Remote-Half-Light, Exhibition catalogue, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), MelbournePerth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Perth, 1995

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