Leo Robba
Born in Bundaberg, Queensland, Robba is an Australian painter whose practice spans more than four decades, encompassing landscape, the cultivated garden, still life, and figurative and narrative work. His painting resists easy categorisation, moving fluidly between modes of representation to explore the psychological and cultural dimensions of place. Whether responding to the Australian landscape, the intimate enclosure of a garden, or the residual traces of human presence in the landscape, Robba's work is consistently concerned with memory, loss, and the tension between the natural world and its domestication.
Working across painting and drawing, and practising extensively en plein air, Robba brings both immediacy and sustained contemplation to his subjects. He has held around 40 solo exhibitions and been included in more than 350 group shows across Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and has been a finalist in major Australian prizes, including the Sulman Prize, Gallipoli Prize, Mosman Prize and the Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award. Projects such as the Gallipoli centenary exhibition, Your Friend the Enemy (2015), and the environmental work Moree: Mehi After the Flood (2021–22) reflect an ongoing commitment to art as a site of historical and ecological inquiry. That commitment is embodied in the Painted River Project, which Robba founded. The project is a long-term research initiative that brings artists, scientists and communities together to build a deeper understanding of the role water and river systems play in human health and wellbeing.
His work is held in public and institutional collections including Parliament House, Canberra; Queensland University of Technology; Maitland Regional Gallery; Brisbane City Hall Gallery; New England Regional Art Museum; Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery; the University of Newcastle; Western Sydney University and the Bundanon Collection. Throughout his career his work has also drawn significant critical and media attention.
41 × 51 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
41 × 51 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
51 × 41 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
41 × 51 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
51 × 41 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
41 × 51 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
41 × 51 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
41 × 51 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
41 × 51 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
41 × 51 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
41 × 51 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
51 × 41 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
41 × 51 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
51 × 41 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
41 × 51 cm
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, nylon thread, machine-stitched and perforated Hand-signed by the artist verso
100 x 100 cm
Dye-sublimation print on Aluminium (Medium Format Infrared Film)
Exhibited in Port Macquarie Glasshouse Gallery & Adelaide Perry Gallery
Edition of 3 + 1 Artist Proof
40 x 40 cm
Dye-sublimation print on Aluminium (Medium Format Infrared Film)
Edition of 3 + 1 Artist Proof
23.6 x 38.6 cm
Silver gelatin fibre-based print, individually sewn
Edition 1 of 5 plus 2 AP
100 x 100 cm
Dye-sublimation print on Aluminium (Medium Format Infrared Film)
Edition of 3 + 1 Artist Proof
13 x 20 cm
Archival Cotton Rag Print, Floated mount, Tasmanian Oak Frame
$ 380 each framed
$ 300 each unframed
$ 3800 for the set of 12
Edition of 4 + Artist Proof Edition of 2
13 x 20 cm
Archival Cotton Rag Print, Floated mount, Tasmanian Oak Frame
$ 380 each framed
$ 300 each unframed
$ 3800 for the set of 12
Edition of 4 + Artist Proof Edition of 2
13 x 20 cm
Archival Cotton Rag Print, Floated mount, Tasmanian Oak Frame
$ 380 each framed
$ 300 each unframed
$ 3800 for the set of 12
Edition of 4 + Artist Proof Edition of 2
13 x 20 cm
Archival Cotton Rag Print, Floated mount, Tasmanian Oak Frame
$ 380 each framed
$ 300 each unframed
$ 3800 for the set of 12
Edition of 4 + Artist Proof Edition of 2
13 x 20 cm
Archival Cotton Rag Print, Floated mount, Tasmanian Oak Frame
$ 380 each framed
$ 300 each unframed
$ 3800 for the set of 12
Edition of 4 + Artist Proof Edition of 2
13 x 20 cm
Archival Cotton Rag Print, Floated mount, Tasmanian Oak Frame
$ 380 each framed
$ 300 each unframed
$ 3800 for the set of 12
Edition of 4 + Artist Proof Edition of 2
13 x 20 cm
Archival Cotton Rag Print, Floated mount, Tasmanian Oak Frame
$ 380 each framed
$ 300 each unframed
$ 3800 for the set of 12
Edition of 4 + Artist Proof Edition of 2
13 x 20 cm
Archival Cotton Rag Print, Floated mount, Tasmanian Oak Frame
$ 380 each framed
$ 300 each unframed
$ 3800 for the set of 12
Edition of 4 + Artist Proof Edition of 2
13 x 20 cm
Archival Cotton Rag Print, Floated mount, Tasmanian Oak Frame
$ 380 each framed
$ 300 each unframed
$ 3800 for the set of 12
Edition of 4 + Artist Proof Edition of 2
13 x 20 cm
Archival Cotton Rag Print, Floated mount, Tasmanian Oak Frame
$ 380 each framed
$ 300 each unframed
$ 3800 for the set of 12
Edition of 4 + Artist Proof Edition of 2
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