CHRONOLOGY

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RICHARD GOODWIN, ART/ ARCHITECTURE, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA.
CHRONOLOGY

1953
Born Sydney, Australia.
Currently living and working in Sydney.

1974
Terrace Galleries, Sydney.

1975
B Sc(Arch.) University of NSW

1977
Dolls, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.

Received Grant from Australian Film Commission for "The Inhabitant".

1978
B. Arch. (Hons. 1) University of NSW.

Received the Board of Architects Award.

1979
More Dolls, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.

Contemporary Australian Art, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.

1980
No more dreaming, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.

Richard Goodwin and Matthijs Gerber, stairs Gallery, Wollongong.

1981
Exoskeleton, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.

David Reid Gallery, Sydney.
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales

1982
Herald Art Prize, Commonwealth Bank, Martin Place, Sydney.
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales.

1983
The Gate, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
The Gate, Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne.

Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Resident artist, V.A.B. Studio, Greene Street, New York.

1984
Soho horse, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.

Second Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria.
Sculpture of the Performance Space, Sydney.

Special Project Grant from V.A.B.

1985
Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane.
Arts Council Gallery, Canberra.
Wollongong City Gallery.
Sculpture imbroglio, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.

Concept to object, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery.
Ninth Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura Arts Centre.
Graven images, Art Gallery of Western Australia.
3. Internationale Triennale der Zeichung, Nuremberg.
Two worlds collide, Artspace, Sydney.
In all directions, Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane.
Small works, Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane.
Monumental drawings, National Gallery of Victoria.
Australian Perspecta '85, Art Gallery of New South Wales.

National Sculpture Award.
Drawing Award for 3rd International Drawing Triennale, Nuremberg, Germany.

Mobius Sea, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Sculpture project

1986
Part-time lecturer, College of Fine Arts, UNSW (1986-00).
Guest Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University

Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.

Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide.
Richard Goodwin and Barbel Rothhaar, collaborative work, Artspace, Sydney and Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
Oz drawing now, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney.

Procession, Parramatta City Mall.
Civic fountain

1987
Island, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
Island, Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane.

Invisible cities, Praxis Gallery, Perth.
Backlash: the Australian drawing revival 1976-1986, National Gallery of Victoria.
The golden shibboleth, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne.
Third Australian Sculpture Triennial, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne.
The new romantics, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney.
The age of collage, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney.
The voyage of discovery, The Crescent Gallery, Dallas, U.S.A..
The figure: Pederson Memorial Prize, Queensland Art Gallery.

The Room Series, Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne.
Bas relief sculptures

1988
Exoskeleton II, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.
Exoskeleton III, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.

Nature and technology, Gold Coast Regional Art Gallery, Queensland.
The Moet and Chandon Australian Art Foundation Touring Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales; Westpac Gallery in association with the National Gallery of Victoria; Art Gallery of Western Australia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane.
Contemporary art and life in N.S.W., Tamworth City Art Gallery; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale.
The new romantics, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Shepparton Arts Centre; Gold Coast Regional Art Gallery; Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery and Museum.
A horse show, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne.
Small works, Milburn & Arte Gallery, Brisbane.

1989
Milburn & Arte Gallery, Brisbane.
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.

Intimate drawing, Coventry Gallery, Sydney.
The cocktail party, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.

1990
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.

Heritage Arts Festival, Stanthorpe Art Gallery.
Mass media and mixed media, Painters Gallery, Sydney.
Vital instincts: contemporary Australian paperworks, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney.
10 x 10, Milburn & Arte Gallery, Brisbane.
Inside the greenhouse, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney.
Second Ausralian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne.
Fourth Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria.
Sculptors at the table, Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney.

1991
Recent acquisitions, Ararat Gallery, Victoria.
Australian Perspecta 1991, Art Gallery of New South Wales.

1992
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
Mine, Circular Quay installation for the Sydney Cove Authority.

Future City, Bond Store Gallery, Sydney.
In the company of others, King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney.
Working in public, Artspace, Sydney.

The Well, Orange Regional Gallery.
Site specific sculpture installation
The Gore Hill Freeway Project, with the RTA Sydney.
Design of sound attenuation walls, retaining walls, support structures and urban planning for 3km road corridor.
Exoskeleton Cord, Working in Public, Artspace, Sydney.
Site specific sculpture installation between the Art Gallery of NSW and the Finger Wharf.

1993
Member of the NSW Advisory Council Committee, Ministry for the Arts

Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.
A Survey, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong.
A Survey, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange.

Death, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
Commitments, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.
Sculpture on view, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria.

Pennant Hills Streetscape, with the RTA Sydney.
Design of perimeter walls, sculptural growing frames, Convent perimeter wall and streetscape design for Pennant Hills Road.
Pyrmont Bay Park with EDAW and Grose Bradley.
Design of a major Sydney foreshore park including waterfeatures and other sculptural elements.
Penfolds Building Facade
Building facade Alexandria.

1994
Parasite/Follicle, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.

Commitments, Artspace, Sydney; Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra.
Going public, Annandale Galleries, Sydney.
ACAF Melbourne.
Horizons, Annandale Galleries, Sydney.
Aussemblage, Auckland City Art Gallery, Wellington City Gallery, NZ.

F3 to Walls End Link Road, Streetscape proposal, with the RTA.
Design of sound walls, urban sculptural features and streetscape design.
Olympic Design Studio, Participation, Sydney, December 1994.
international studio to design the masterplan for Homebush Bay.

1995
External examiner for Honours and Masters students at COFA and SCA.
Continued commitment to guest Lectures at all Sydney Universities and the Institute of Architects regarding art and architecture in public space.

body/building, Annandale Galleries, Sydney.

Guitar Shaped World, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth.
The Artists of Hill End, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst.
Ironsides, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
From Strength and Hope, The Gunnery, Sydney; Casula Power House, Casula.
Distance, Shizuoka Prefectory Museum, Tokyo, Gallery Sowaka, Kyoto, Japan.

Corvette Memorial, Sydney (1993-95).
Site specific sculpture for Sydney harbour commemorating ships built on Cockatoo Island.
Follicle Childrens' Hospital Westmead.
Site specific sculpture.

1996
Exoskeleton V, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.

From Strength and Hope, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW.
The Artists of Hill End, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW; Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic.
A Box by any other name, Defiance, Sydney.
Size is Not Important, Defiance, Sydney.
Shelf Works, Annandale Galleries, Sydney.
Petrosino Park Redevelopment Design Competition, StoreFront Art + Architecture, New York.
Testimony, New Parliament House, Canberra.

Glebe Island Arterial with Conybeare Morrison and Context (1993-96).
Design of streetscape and major sculptural remodelling of spaces under the new freeway at Pyrmont. This will constitute one of the largest site specific sculptures undertaken in Sydney's public space.
Chinderah Bypass Streetscape and Artwork with the RTA (1994-96).
Light sculptures for the Tweed River bridge and sound attenuation structures
Dee Why Beach Urban Design Project, with Spackman Mossop Sydney.
Urban design including art and architectural features.
Eastern Distributor Urban Design Project with Spackman Mossop and Oculus.
Design of the road corridor between the airport and Taylor square.
Devlin Street Underpass Artwork, Ryde with the RTA.
Design of retaining walls and artworks for the new tunnel at Ryde.
M4 /Homebush Bay Drive Gateway sculpture to the Olympic Site with EDAW.
Design of site specific eco-sculpture to structure new landscape.

1997
Member of the College Academic Board, Sydney College of the Arts

Exoskeleton, Annandale Galleries, Sydney.
Mine, (installation) MCA Sydney Festival.

The Box Show, Defiance, Sydney.
Inside (satellite exhibition to Documenta 1997), Kassel, Germany.
Australian Perspecta 1997- Between Art and Nature, Museum of Sydney, Sydney.

UTS Sculpture Commission for the Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney.
Site specific sculpture for the facade of the new extension to the UTS library building.
Gateway Sculpture - New England Regional Gallery
Site specific structure for the building entrance.

1998
Outside Inside, Sir Herman Black Gallery, University of Sydney, Sydney.
Figure in a Landscape, King Street Gallery, Sydney.

Woronora Bridge Noise Wall and Landscape Design, with Oculus and RTA.
Design for Woronora River Bridge and approaches, roadscape design and associated works.
Woronora Bridge Walkway Prosthesis, Woronora Bridge.
Woollahra Noise Barrier.
Design of noise barrier for western end of Grafton Street Woollahra.
Union Hotel Roof, North Sydney.
Design of sculptural roof over restaurant terrace.
Loyalty Square Seat Sculpture, Balmain.
City West Link Road, with Oculus and Bates Smart.
Design of sound walls and streetscape.
Wollongong Foreshore Plaza Sculptures, with Context Landscape Design.
Commission for design of sculptures for foreshore redevelopment.

1999
Awarded M. Arch. RMIT, Melbourne.

Exoskeleton, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.

Fountain commission for New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW.
Leura to Katoomba
Expressway master plan - including footbridge.
Charles Street Bridge
Design and documentation of sculpture/bridge for Leichhardt, Sydney.

2000
Appointed Adjunct Professor, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW

Bicentennial Park Bridge
Design and documentation of sculptural footbridge for Bicentennial Park, Homebush Bay
Sydney.
Exoskeleton Tower Reach, Galeries Victoria, Sydney.

2001
Taxi-Dermis, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney.
Exoskeleton - A Survey, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney.

Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Melbourne.
Small Sculptures, Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi, Sydney.
Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council, Sydney.
National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

Streetsmart Award, Cement and Concrete Association, for Glebe Island Sound Walls.

Exoskeleton Cliff Columns, Oceana Building, Potts Point, Sydney.
Cyclexoskeleton, Landmark Building, 345 George Street, Sydney.

2002
Taxi - Dermis 2, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.

Sculpture From The Sea, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, NSW.
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery.
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi, Sydney.

Second Prize in Beijing's Olympic Green 2008 Masterplan Competition. As a Member of Team DEM, in association with the Beijing Municipal Institute for Planning and Design.

Parasite Android 1, Watermark Building, Pyrmont, Sydney.

2003
Moth, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney.

Sculpture 2003, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, NSW.
Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Melbourne.
Outside In, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, UNSW College Of Fine Arts, Sydney
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi, Sydney.

Awarded 3 year Australian Research Council Grant to research Public Space, titled Porosity.
Sydney Water Prize for Sculpture By The Sea.

Shellharbour Workers Club, Building Extensions and Roof, in Association with Caroline Pidcock Architects, Shellharbour, NSW.

2004
Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Melbourne.

Helen Lempriere Sculpture Award

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