Robert Campbell Jnr was primarily a self-taught painter who emerged during the 1980s as an extremely important Indigenous artist. Campbell’s striking, dynamic paintings are based on the patterning, colours and stylistic conventions of traditional Ngaku designs. They tell the story of his Ngaku people, entwined with the politics surrounding Aboriginal rights at that time.
Robert Campbell Jnr Cry of Asia, 1989; acrylic on canvas; 223 x 283.5 cm
Ten Thousand Suns
24th Biennale of Sydney, 2024
Group Show, The First 40 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2024
Robert Campbell Jnr
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2022
Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2009-10
Group Show, The First 20 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002
Robert Campbell Jnr Selected works from the estate
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1997
Robert Campbell Jnr
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1991
Robert Campbell Jnr
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1990
Robert Campbell Jnr
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1989
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
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Robert Campbell Jnr, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Robert Campbell Jnr: History Painter, Artbank, Sydney
Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie
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
Art in Conflict, touring exhibition with the Australian War Memorial, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Archie 100, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art in Conflict, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney (touring)
20/20: Shared Visions, Artbank, Sydney
Snap! Crocodile Culture, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, Queensland
Australia, Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Dunghutti-Ngaku Aboriginal Art Gallery, South Kempsey
Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Artbank
Department of Foreign Affairs, Canberra
Dobell Foundation
Flinders University
Print Council of Australia
Regional Galleries Association of Queensland
Private collections in Australia, U.S.A. and Britain
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nici Cumpston, 'Carrying Culture', Articulate Magazine, Art Gallery of South Australia, Spring 2016, pp.12-13
John Mcdonald, “The ties that bind”, Sydney Morning Herald, April 18-19 2015, pp 16-17
Carrie Kibbler, Message Stick: Indigenous Identity in Urban Australia exh. catalogue, Artbank, 2012.
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
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