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Born: 1948 Ferntree Gully VIC After graduating from a Masters of Art at Monash University, Rod moved to Alice Springs. His drawings and paintings are full of arresting imagery that offers viewers a closer look into Aboriginal daily life in the desert. Often perplexing but always engaging, Rod’s graphic works can appear both mundane and sardonic. Suggestive poses by the Aboriginal subjects simultaneously challenge both our knowledge and ignorance of Indigenous life, with Rod often wryly quoting famous masterworks from European painting history including those of Manet, Bellini and Caravaggio. Since 1984, Rod has won or been acquired for various awards in the Alice Springs region, including The Alice Prize, The Tennant Creek Prize and the Northern Territory Art Award. His works are held in a number of private, corporate and public collections nationally. |
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| EDUCATION | ||
| 1995 | Master of Visual Arts, Monash Gippsland University College. Documentation: Dwelling in Arrernte Country | |
| 1992 | Monash Gippsland University, Graduate Diploma Course Examination | |
| 1974-8 | Chisholm Institute, Diploma of Art and Design (Painting) | |
| EXHIBITIONS-SOLO | ||
| 2011 | Mirror Anna Pappas Gallery Melbourne | |
| 2010 | Hard Light of Day Peta Appleyard Gallery Alice Springs | |
| 2009 | Agony in the Garden; The Diagnosis of Dr Goldenberg Anna Pappas Gallery Melbourne | |
| 2008 | Intervention
FireWorks gallery Brisbane Art at The Heart Regional Conference Convention Centre Alice Springs |
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| 2007 |
The Heart of the Matter, City Lending library, Melbourne Even as we Speak, Uber Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 2005 | The Hard Light of Day Fireworks gallery Brisbane 2005 | |
| 2004 | Big Country; Small Histories ARC1 @ Span, Flinders Lane Melbourne | |
| 2000 | Once Upon a Time in the Centre, Fireworks, Brisbane | |
| 1999 |
Whitegate Mob,Kluge-Ruhe Foundation, Charlottesville VA Outback Art, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, |
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| 1998 |
Where Do You Come From Brother Boy?Araluen Where Do You Come From Brother Boy? Fireworks, Brisbane |
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| 1997 |
Rocks & Hard Places, Prospect Gallery, Adelaide Rocks & Hard Places Port Nourlunga Arts Centre, SA |
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| 1996 | Pushing Up River, Fireworks, Brisbane | |
| 1995 |
Dwelling in Arrernte Country, Araluen, Alice Springs Dwelling in Arrernte Country, Fireworks, Brisbane Dwelling in Arrernte Country, Switchback Gallery, Gippsland Territorial Bodies, Tin Sheds, Sydney |
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| 1994 |
Rod Moss Paintings Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne Rod Moss Paintings Fireworks, Brisbane |
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| 1993 | Smack Daub in the Middle, The Residency, Alice Springs | |
| 1992 |
Territory Perspective's Artist of the Month, April, Development
House, Darwin 24-Hour Contemporary Art Space, Darwin Stuart Gerstman Galleries, Melbourne |
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| 1990 |
Showcase Gallery, Darwin Stuart Gerstman Galleries, Melbourne The Araluen Centre, Alice Springs |
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| 1987 | Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide | |
| 1986 | Hogarth Galleries, Sydney | |
| 1984 | Manuka Galleries, Canberra | |
| 1983 | Profile Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 1978 | Hawthorn City Art Gallery, Melbourne | |
| EXHIBITIONS-GROUP | ||
2009 |
Scuplture
+ Works on Paper fireworks gallery Brisbane |
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| 2006 | The Sound Of The Sky, 200 years of non-indigenous visual response to the N.T Museum & Art Gallery of the N.T | |
| 2005 |
Seeing The Other, Kluge-Ruhe Foundation, Charlottesville VA Converge, ,Araluen Cultural Centre The Dark & The Light III, fireworks gallery, Brisbane |
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| 2004 | Contemporary Australian ART, Ian Potter NGV Melbourne | |
| 2003 |
People Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane True Blue, Framed Gallery, Darwin |
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| 1999 | Big Smoke, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1996 |
Wijay Na, 24 Hr Art, Darwin Eyes on the Ball, Waverly City Gallery (Curator Chris McAuliffe)then Touring '97) Sub-Urban Fremantle Arts Centre(Curator Thelma John) |
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| 1994 |
Contemporary Territory (Curator Dawn Mendham) Faces and Figures The Araluen Centre (Curator Alison French) |
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| 1992 | Graduate Exhibition, Monash University College, Gippsland, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Commercial Road, Morwell | |
| 1991 | National Students Show, Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne | |
| 1990 |
Balance 1990 Queensland Art Gallery Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne Outback Originals, Outback Gallery, Boulder, Colorado |
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| 1989 | One Country, Two Views, The Araluen Centre (Curator Joanne Boniface) | |
| 1988 | Fletcher Jones Invitation, Warnambool Regional Art Gallery, Warnambool | |
| AWARDS | ||
| 2002 | Tennant Creek Art award | |
| 2001 | Tammy Kingsley Award, & Highly Commended, Alice Prize | |
| 1998 | Outback Art Award Broken Hill | |
| 1992 | Professional Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts | |
| 1991 | Painting and Residency Prize: Inaugural National Student Art and Design Exhibition, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne | |
| PUBLISHED ESSAYS | ||
| 2007 | Even As We Speak, Arena Mag no.87 | |
| 2005 | Stumbling Into Dreamtime,Arena Mag. No.79 Oct/Nov PP 44-45 | |
| 2003 | Hunting On The Sabbath, Overlander, Spring issue no 72 PP70-72 | |
| 2002 | Sacred Space; Catalogue notes Henry Smith’s exhibition at Araluen | |
| 1997 | Elegy UTS Magazine, Nov | |
| 1996 |
NT Govt 1997 Calendar September Transcendental Landscape Revisited Oz Arts, Issue No 13 Towards a Realism,Conference Paper at Wijay Na? (NT Museum) |
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| 1995 | The Stones Just Keep on Coming Barking Dogs p7 | |
| 1994 | Scottish Narratives of the Centre Oz Arts, Issue No.11 | |
| 1993 |
Only Yesterday Oz Arts, Issue No.5, p.60. 1993 John Anderson: The Figurative Tradition, Catalogue, Mornington Regional Gallery. |
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| 1992 |
On the East Side of Alice's Face, Catalogue essay 24-Hour Art, Darwin. A Softer Blanket of Ruin — 1985-92, Catalogue essay, Stuart Gerstman Gallery. Catalogue essay, Graduate Exhibition, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Morwell. Interview with Mandy Martin in Periphery |
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| 1990 | B1990: Views Visions, Influences Catalogue notes, Queensland Gallery. | |
| 1988 | Catalogue essay, Fletcher Jones’ Invitation, Warnambool Regional Art Gallery. | |
| 1987 |
Catalogue essay, Warwick Armstrong's Survey Show, Devise Gallery. Cover Art for Tim Rowse’s Indigenous Futures & Micky Dewar’s Never Never (survey of Territory Literature) Will Dobby’s music cassette This Piece of Dirt |
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| PUBLISHED MATERIAL | ||
| 2009 | Rule, D. Around the Galleries A2, 22 August, p.16 | |
| 2008 | Butler, R. Divinging Moment in Cultural History, The Australian, 28 April. p7 | |
| Metcalf, F. Indigenous with Extra Dimension. The Courier Mail, 19-20 April. p10 | ||
| 2007 | Batty, P. The Disasters of Aboriginal Australia. for Uber Gallery, St Kilda | |
| MacMillan, T. Myths, Stereotypes and Nationalism in Australian Visual Culture. | ||
| 2006 | Murray, D. The Sound of the Sky. p185-194. | |
| Cover for Globalism Institute RMIT | ||
| 2005 | Kleinert, S. and R. Butler. The Hard Light of Day, cat. essay for fireworks gallery, Brisbane | |
| Hill, B. Naked in Alice. Arena Magazine no.75. p36-38. | ||
| Kleinert, S. Crash Sites, Artlink 25(2): p.30-35. | ||
| 2004 | Copeland, J. The Makers. Radio National. 23 July. | |
| Art Almanac. June. p49. | ||
| Nelson, R. The Colour of Rupture. The Age. 30 June. | ||
| The Age. The White Gaze on Aborigines. 3 July. | ||
| Butler, R. Rod Moss's royal Portraits. Australian Art Collector, 28. p98-101 | ||
| Butler, R. Dancing on the Edge of the Abyss. cat. notes for Arc 1 show. | ||
| 2003 | Murray, D. Working Backwards. conference paper. Art Gallery of Western Australia. | |
| 2002 | Butler, R. This is not an Aborigine. NSWG Art Historian's Conference. 6-7 December. |
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| 2001 | The Hottest Gallery in the World. p45. | |
| Lee, A. Once upon a time in the Centre. Eyeline Summer Edition. p44 | ||
| 2000 | Brown. P. Cultural Insight. Brisbane News. | |
| 1999 | Chapman, K. Artist Breaks New Ground. Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Georgia. | |
| 1998 | Morton. J. The Horses Mouth. Museum of Victoria. | |
| Finnane, K. Them & Us Cuts Both Ways. Alice Springs News. | ||
| Art Monthly. April. | ||
| 1997 | Radock, S. Many Rivers to Cross. Adelaide Review. | |
| Saltwater, Freshwater, Borewater. Campfire Group. p12-14. | ||
| 1996 | Green, C. Peripheral Visions. p130. | |
| Finnane, K. Central Psyche. Art in Australia, 34. p40-44. | ||
| Paskos, M. Black & White Art. Fremantle Gazette. 12 July. | ||
| Murray, D. Wijay Na? Art Monthly, no.29. August. | ||
| Portus, M. & P. Adsett. interview. Radio National. | ||
| Spunner, S. Wijay Na? Real TIme. July/August. | ||
| Wurm, J. Wijay Na? 24Hr Art. p34-38. | ||
| 1995 | Mendham, D. Territory Picture Show. cat. article. | |
| McDonald, J. Brush Power. SMH, Spectrum 15. 21 October. | ||
| Thorpe. Who's Who of Australian Visual Arts. p220. | ||
| O'Riordan, M. Contemporary Territory. Eyeline 25. p46. | ||
| 1994 | Mendham. cat. Contemporary Territory. | |
| Smith, T. Rethinking Regionalism. Art in Australia. | ||
| 1993 | Art in Australia, 30(3). Autumn, p.386. | |
| 1992 | Lancashire, R. Gallery Scene. Sunday Age, 16 April. p26. | |
| Taylor, R. Cotham City Gossip. | ||
| 1991 | Reines, R. Isolation Art. Mode, August. p.81. | |
| 1990 | Dr. Kane, J. Choice of Three Styles. NT News. 10 April. | |
| McDonald, J. Purity Calls May Be Paternalistic. Sydney Morning Herald. 10 March. | ||
| 1983 | Art in Australia, 20(3). Autumn. p395. | |
| COLLECTIONS | ||
Private
collections Australia wide including Alice Springs, Darwin, Sydney,
Melbourne |
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more information, contact us at;
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