Robbie Rowlands
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Robbie Rowlands is an Australian musical producer and visual artist. He has a broad professional involvement in both the music and art industry. He has worked as a music producer since 1989 with numerous major & indie record labels, and artists, many of which have achieved national and international recognition. Recent projects include The Morning After Girls, Nfa, Sixteen Millimetre, Car Stereo Wars
and The Fakes.
He parallels this with a career as a visual artist. He graduated from The Victorian College of the Arts
in 1999. Part of this study was based at Pratt Institute, New York after, his first solo exhibition FOUND came out of this work. His work looks closely at the everyday objects around us, he questions their nature, their stability. Working both familiar and found materials, Rowlands cuts into and manipulates the recognisable, peeling back one form to reveal another, reflecting upon the passage of time and what lies beneath the surface of our familiar world.
Rowlands participated in the exhibitions Structure, Space and Place, at the Tower Hill Memorial, Kangaroo Ground, 2007 and 26 Surf Street, Merricks Beach, 2007. He participated in an exhibition titled Depot in Dandenong and held a solo exhibition of new work at Place Gallery in October 2008.
In 2010 Rowlands was the subject of a survey exhibition at the Gippsland Art Gallery
, Sale, Victoria, entitled 'Grace in Ruin'. The exhibition included a six-metre long 'wall cut' as a site-specific installation, together with a number of key artworks.
Car Stereo Wars
Car Stereo Wars are a pop band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2000.-History:Car Stereo Wars were formed in Melbourne in 2000 by Jason White and Matt Gillman after meeting at a computer animation course...
and The Fakes.
He parallels this with a career as a visual artist. He graduated from The Victorian College of the Arts
Victorian College of the Arts
The Faculty of the VCA and Music is a faculty of the University of Melbourne, in Victoria . VCAM is located near the Melbourne central business district, on two campuses, one - the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - on the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, and the other - the...
in 1999. Part of this study was based at Pratt Institute, New York after, his first solo exhibition FOUND came out of this work. His work looks closely at the everyday objects around us, he questions their nature, their stability. Working both familiar and found materials, Rowlands cuts into and manipulates the recognisable, peeling back one form to reveal another, reflecting upon the passage of time and what lies beneath the surface of our familiar world.
Rowlands participated in the exhibitions Structure, Space and Place, at the Tower Hill Memorial, Kangaroo Ground, 2007 and 26 Surf Street, Merricks Beach, 2007. He participated in an exhibition titled Depot in Dandenong and held a solo exhibition of new work at Place Gallery in October 2008.
In 2010 Rowlands was the subject of a survey exhibition at the Gippsland Art Gallery
Gippsland Art Gallery
The Gippsland Art Gallery is a Victorian Regional Public Gallery based in Sale, Victoria, 220 kilometres east of Melbourne.The Gallery is operated by the Shire of Wellington, and is situated within the Wellington Shire Offices at the Port of Sale Civic Centre, 70 Foster Street, Sale...
, Sale, Victoria, entitled 'Grace in Ruin'. The exhibition included a six-metre long 'wall cut' as a site-specific installation, together with a number of key artworks.