13 July - 4 August 2024
Robert Delves
Robert Delves’ intimate sculptures explore the complexities of the human condition. He embraces the power of the imaginative spirit to create unique and evocative works inspired by our relationship to the world around us, both physical and emotional. Compelled to interrogate these themes deeply, he often works in series. His ‘Mimesis’ series expresses his deeply felt emotional connections to others, while the ‘Fortitude’ series explores human struggle, endurance, and transformation.
This recent exhibition focuses on the Fortitude and most recent series Human Nature. The latter of the series centring on human life and its interdependent connection to the environment.
A sedulous practice in drawing enables me to channel feeling into the figurative element which has a symbiotic relationship with my sculptural output.
Finally through the power of striving for expression my ultimate intention is to create an emotional impact.
Robert holds Fine Arts Degrees from RMIT and VCA. With a career spanning over 30 years, he has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions across Australia. In 2008 he won both the Riddoch Gallery Wood Sculpture Award and Yering Station Sculpture Award. In 2009 he received the Prometheus Visual Art Award, followed by the Heidi sculpture Award in 2012 and the Dame Elizabeth Murdoch Sculpture Award in 2013. His Works are held in corporate and private collections in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK and USA.
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1. Diminish. Ceramic
17H x 38W x 6D cm
$2,800
2. Human Nature - Into.
Ceramic
36H x 22W x 23D cm
$4,200
3. Human Nature - Rest. Ceramic
28H x 21W x 18D cm
$4,200
4-6. Mimesis Cluster.
37H x 38W x 30D cm
$4,200 the set
Ceramic
7. Human Nature - From. Ceramic
38H x 16W x 21D cm
$4,200
8. Human Nature - Merge. Ceramic
31H x 18W x 24D cm
$4,200
9. Mimesis 2. Ceramic
40H x 18W x 18D
$3,600
10. Mimesis figure 1.
Ceramic
41H x 15W x 18D cm
$3,600
11. Fallen Fortitude. Ceramic
18H x 48W x 21D cm
$6,000
12. Human Nature Series - Forge. Ceramic
26H x 22W x 29D cm
$3,800
13. Human Nature - Fall.
Ceramic
22H x 24W x 21D cm
$3,800
14. Human Nature - Drape. Ceramic
21 H x 15 W x 15D cm
$2,800
Human Nature - Limit.
15.
Ceramic
18H x 23W x 26D cm
$3,800
16. Fortitude Head 3. Ceramic 32H x 18W x 18D cm
$5,000.
17. Fortitude Head 2. Ceramic
32H x 18W x 18D cm
$5,000
18. Fortitude Head 1. Ceramic
30H x 18W x 18D cm
$5,000
Robert Delves Selective C.V.
Born 1964 Melbourne
2002-03 Graduate Diploma of Education
1989-90 Victorian College of the Arts (Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts, Sculpture)
1986 Chisholm Institute of Technology (Graduate Diploma, Glass)
1982-85 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Fine Art)
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1998 Eltham Shire Award, Melbourne 2000 Pat Corrigan Grant
2007 Yering Station Leader Award
2008 Recipient - Riddoch Gallery Wood Sculpture Exhibition
2008 Recipient - Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition
2009 Recipient – Prometheus Visual Art Award – Students Choice
2012 Yering at Heide Sculpture award
2013 Dame Elizabeth Murdoch Sculpture award
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 & Gallery, Sorrento
2011 Australian Art Resources, Melbourne
2006 Anita Traverso Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Blu Pols Gallery, Melbourne
1997 George Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Pinacothea, Melbourne
1993 Pinacothea, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
Hermans Art Collection, Melbourne
Nillumbik Shire, Victoria
Wesley College, Melbourne
Private Collections, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, U.S.A. and U.K.
Riddoch Regional Gallery, South Australia
McClelland Sculpture Park, Victoria