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1978
Born Melbourne, Australia
2005
Studio Artist, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
2004
Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Visual Art) Melbourne University
2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing), Victorian College of the Arts
1999
Brighton Bay Art, Design and Photography Programme
Lives Melbourne, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Twenty20, UTS Gallery, Sydney
Hell’s Bottom Drawer, Hell Gallery, Melbourne
2009
Cross colouring, Joint Hassles, Melbourne, Australia
A house full of A1 black and white posters, Joint Hassles, Melbourne, Australia
Visage, curated by Felix Ratcliff, First Draft Gallery, Sydney
texticles - therapeutic text-pieces by men in the community: Simon Zoric, Masato Takasaka, Geoff Newton, Jacob Walker, Alex Vivian, Rob Mchaffie, Ron Adams, Blair Trethowan, Matt Griffin, Lane Cormick, Jensen Tjung, Sean Bailey etc...TCB art inc. Melbourne
Darren Knight Gallery at Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand
2008
Slow me down, USQ Arts Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
2008
Small triumph, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2007
Painting, Gardening and Hiding, Darren Knight Gallery at silvershot, Melbourne
2006
All the trappings, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2005
Still lives, Spacement Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2004
Crumpled Date Paintings, MOP Project Space, Sydney, Australia
A date with half beautiful, TCB Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2003
Calendar Girls, Kings Artist Run Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
22A, by the way, Bus Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Yakadee Yak Yah Yah Yah, with Michell Ussher, Linden Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2002
Sarah with a beard, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Slide, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, Australia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
The Shiloh Project, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Nobody Knows: Simon Mee, Rob McHaffie, Anne Wallace, Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland, Australia
The Wallpaper Project, a touring exhibition curated by Simon Mee and William Wilding
2009
Cross colouring, Joint Hassles, Melbourne, Australia
Visage, curated by Felix Ratcliff, First Draft Gallery, Sydney
texticles - therapeutic text-pieces by men in the community: Simon Zoric, Masato Takasaka, Geoff Newton, Jacob Walker, Alex Vivian, Rob Mchaffie, Ron Adams, Blair Trethowan, Matt Griffin, Lane Cormick, Jensen Tjung, Sean Bailey etc. TCB art inc. Melbourne
Darren Knight Gallery at Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand
2008
MCA Bella Dinner Art Draw, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Little Deaths, Apartment, Melbourne, Australia
Drawing a Conclusion, Peloton, Sydney, Australia
Darren Knight Gallery at NEXT - The Invitational Fair of Emerging Art, Chicago USA
2007
All Killer Joint Hassles, Melbourne Australia
Going under, Joint Hassles, Melbourne Australia
Cut ‘n’ paste, Peloton, Sydney, Australia
Relentless Optimism The Carlton Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
This Crazy Love, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia
2006
Gertrude Studios 2006, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne Australia
Primavera 06 - Exhibition of Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Somebody tells someone…, Canberra Contemporary Artspace, Canberra, Australia
The Armory Show Art Fair, New York, USA
Stress less, Rob McHaffie & Lane Cormick, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia
2005
Paperchase Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne Australia
The air between us Gertrude Studios 2005 Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne Australia
I’m travellin’ light’… ‘No, no you don’t travel light, Spacement Gallery, Melbourne Australia
Double Take, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Contemporary CCB Auction, Art Gallery of NSW
translation, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia
Salon de Freehands, PLAN B @ Seventh, Melbourne, Australia
Jammin’, with Geoff Newton, TCB Art INC, Melbourne, Australia
A portable model of …, Plimsoll Gallery, School of Art, Tasmania, Australia
2004
Address Book, Bus Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Playing Time Clubs Project Space, October Melbourne
thankyou, thankyou…., Dudespace, Melbourne, Australia
Royale, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Next Wave Container Project, Federation Square Car Park, Melbourne
Sticks and Stones, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Australia
Getting to Know You, Francis Baker-Smith, Sydney, Australia
2003
Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Posted by Bus, MOP Project Space, Redfern, Sydney, Australia
Yakkadee Yak Yah Yah Yah, Linden Gallery, Melbourne Australia
Second, Spencer Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Keith and Elizabeth Traveling Fellowship, VCA Gallery, Melbourne
Explorations, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Linden Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2002
Graduate Exhibition, VCA, Melbourne, Australia
First, Spencer Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Woollahra Traveling Scholarship Exhibition, VCA Gallery, Melbourne
Blackhole, May, VCA Drawing Department
Slide 200 Gertrude St, Melbourne Australia.
2001
Line Up Mansour-Hill Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Proud, VCA, Melbourne, Australia
Campus Art Prize Exhibition, Melbourne University, Australia
PAGE ART
‘Rubic 14 Artist’s Book’ Printed by Uplands Gallery 2003
AWARDS
2007 - Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2003 - Linden Postcard Award
2002 - VCA Contemporary Drawing Prize
1999 - VCA Proud Exhibit Framing Prize
COLLECTIONS
Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Backhouse, M. More to boot The Age Review, 2 July 2005
Clement, T. Suburban Mayhem The Sydney Morning Herald Metro 20-26 October 2006, p 23
Cormick, L. A Date with Half Beautiful, exhibition catalogue, TCB Gallery, Melbourne
Crawford, A. Smart art: Rob McHaffie Australia Art Collector Magazine, Issue 37 – July-September 2006 p.167
Crawford, A. 50 Most Collectable Artists in Australian Art Collector Issue 43, Jan – March 2008, p. 162 – 165
Cresswell, E. Zipper in Relentless optimism catalogue, The Carlton Hotel and Studios, 2007 p. 44
Creagh, S. Spring loaded: Primavera celebrates young art guns Sydney Morning Herald 28 July 2006
Day, C. A short ride in a fast machine cover image, printed by Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces
Day, C. Critical Mass Art and Australia, 2006
Gibson, P. Busy benefactors Australian Art Collector Oct-Dec 2005
Ed. Profiles Art Almanac, September 2004
Kiely, A. Draw on inspiration, Vogue Living, January/February 2009, p. 54
Koenig, T. A portable model of…., Plimsoll Galley, Tasmania
Malor, D. Sticks and Stones, exhibition catalogue, University of Tasmania
Low, L.A. Crumpled Date Paintings, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, 11-12, September, 2004
Malor, D. Sticks and stones exhibition catalogue, University of Tasmania, 2004
Power, L. Still lives The Age Metro, Tuesday 21 June 2005
Radford, L. Dress Sexy in Relentless optimism catalogue, The Carlton Hotel and Studios, 2007 p. 45
Radford, L. Still lives, exhibition catalogue, Spacement Gallery, Melbourne
Seeto, A. Rob McHaffie, interview, exhibition catalogue, Primavera 06, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. 2006
Sorensen, R. Stories hint at a past, capture a present, and leave the rest to us, The Australian, 22 July 2010
Strickland, K. Being contemporary starts to pay off The Weekend Australian Financial Review 22-26 December 2006, pp 40-41
Taylor, R. Sydney artists look to the east The Sydney Morning Herald Arts Guide pp. 22-23
Triguboff, E. The Art & Australia Contemporary Art Award: Looking Back to the Future, Art & Australia, Vol 47, Autumn 2010. p.422
Vasiliou, L. Review: Rob McHaffie, ACCA MAG 5, www.accaonline,org.au/accamag
Rubik 14, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne