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'''Robert Fielding''' (born 1959) is an Australian artist based in [[Mimili, South Australia|Mimili]], [[South Australia]]. He is known for his recent series of photographs of wrecked cars and other discarded objects on which he has painted colourful designs.
'''Robert Fielding''' (born 1969) is an Australian artist based in [[Mimili, South Australia]]. He is known for his recent series of photographs of wrecked cars and other discarded objects upon which he has painted colourful designs.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Fielding was born in [[Port Lincoln]], South Australia, in 1959. His mother, Grieve Fielding, is of Afghan/Pakistani<ref name=glenelg/> (from the early [[Afghan cameleers in Australia]]<ref name=linden/>) and [[Western Arrernte]] descent. His father, Bruce Fielding was a [[Yankunytjatjara]] man from [[Aputula]], who was forcibly removed from his home at Lilla Creek as a child (one of the [[Stolen Generations]]<ref name=fondation/>) and taken to [[Colebrook Home]] in [[Quorn, South Australia]]. Robert was one of 12 children.<ref name=glenelg>{{cite web | title=Robert Fielding | website=Glenelg Art Gallery | date=10 July 2021 | url=https://www.glenelgartgallery.com.au/aboriginal-artists/men/robert-fielding/ | access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>
Robert Fielding was born in [[Port Lincoln]], South Australia, in 1969.<ref name=nat4>{{cite web | title=Robert Fielding| website=The National | date=26 June 2020 | url=https://www.the-national.com.au/artists/robert-fielding/milpatjunanyi/ | access-date=17 December 2024| format=audio + text| first= Beatrice| last= Gralton}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Fielding, b. 1969 |url=https://portrait.gov.au/people/robert-fielding-1969 |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=National Portrait Gallery people}}</ref> His mother, Grieve Fielding, is of Afghan/Pakistani<ref name=glenelg/> (from the early [[Afghan cameleers in Australia]]<ref name=linden/>) and [[Western Arrernte]] descent. His father, Bruce Fielding was a [[Yankunytjatjara]] man from [[Aputula]], who was forcibly removed from his home at Lilla Creek as a child (one of the [[Stolen Generations]]<ref name=fondation/>) and taken to [[Colebrook Home]] in [[Quorn, South Australia]]. Robert was one of 12 children.<ref name=glenelg>{{cite web | title=Robert Fielding | website=Glenelg Art Gallery | date=10 July 2021 | url=https://www.glenelgartgallery.com.au/aboriginal-artists/men/robert-fielding/ | access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Fielding works across several mediums, including [[art installation|installations]], photography, painting,<ref name=mma/> film and sculpture.<ref name=linden>{{cite web | title=Robert Fielding | website=Linden New Art | date=22 February 2020 | url=https://www.lindenarts.org/exhibitions/linden-new-art/robert-fielding/ | access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>and is based at [[Mimili Maku Arts]]. He has also developed skills in writing, [[art curator|curating]], and installing exhibitions.<ref name=mma>{{cite web | title=Robert Fielding | website=Mimili Maku| url=https://www.mimilimaku.com/robertfielding | access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>
Fielding works across several mediums, including [[art installation|installations]], photography, painting,<ref name=mma/> film and sculpture.<ref name=linden>{{cite web | title=Robert Fielding | website=Linden New Art | date=22 February 2020 | url=https://www.lindenarts.org/exhibitions/linden-new-art/robert-fielding/ | access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> and is based at [[Mimili Maku Arts]]. He has also developed skills in writing, [[art curator|curating]], and installing exhibitions.<ref name=mma>{{cite web | title=Robert Fielding | website=Mimili Maku| url=https://www.mimilimaku.com/robertfielding | access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>


He conducted research in the archives of [[museum]]s across Australia as part of the [[Australia Council for the Arts]]' Signature Works Innovation Lab.<ref name=mma/> During the closure of APY Lands during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in South Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]], worked on Fielding led a research project with the [[South Australian Museum]] focusing on intergenerational learning and cultural maintenance.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mimili | website=Linden New Art | date=19 May 2020 | url=https://www.lindenarts.org/isolate-with-linden/tips/mimili/ | access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>
He conducted research in the archives of [[museum]]s across Australia as part of the [[Australia Council for the Arts]]' Signature Works Innovation Lab.<ref name=mma/> During the closure of APY Lands during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in South Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]], worked on Fielding led a research project with the [[South Australian Museum]] focusing on intergenerational learning and cultural maintenance.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mimili | website=Linden New Art | date=19 May 2020 | url=https://www.lindenarts.org/isolate-with-linden/tips/mimili/ | access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>
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Fielding has created photographs of abandoned objects of modern life such as wrecked cars, decorated with [[Contemporary Indigenous Australian art|Aboriginal artistic motifs]] and references to his community, which have featured in exhibitions, such as the installation entitled ''Holden On'' which featured in the 4th [[National Indigenous Art Triennial]].<ref name=triennial/><ref name=fondation/>
Fielding has created photographs of abandoned objects of modern life such as wrecked cars, decorated with [[Contemporary Indigenous Australian art|Aboriginal artistic motifs]] and references to his community, which have featured in exhibitions, such as the installation entitled ''Holden On'' which featured in the 4th [[National Indigenous Art Triennial]].<ref name=triennial/><ref name=fondation/>


Fielding created a series of photographs called ''Mayatjara'', comprising photographs of [[Traditional Owners]], respected leaders and [[Aboriginal elder|elders]], advocates and artists from the APY Lands. It went on display at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale at the [[Art Gallery of Ballarat]] in 2021, and was being acquired by the [[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)|National Portrait Gallery]] in [[Canberra]] in August 2022.<ref name=npg2022/>
Fielding created a series of photographs called ''Mayatjara'', comprising photographs of [[traditional owners]], respected leaders and [[Aboriginal elder|elders]], advocates and artists from the APY Lands. It went on display at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale at the [[Art Gallery of Ballarat]] in 2021, and was being acquired by the [[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)|National Portrait Gallery]] in [[Canberra]] in August 2022.<ref name=npg2022/>

In 2023, a video installation by Fielding called ''Milpatjunanyi'' was exhibited at the [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]]. This word "can loosely be described as the practice of marking the earth with a stick, or a bone, or a wire for storytelling... used during the recounting of [[Tjukurpa]] held within the ''manta'', or the earth, as well as the practice of using art to recall day-to-day lived experience, sharing knowledge, local stories, both unmonumental and important".<ref name=nat4/>


==Recognition and awards==
==Recognition and awards==
* 2015: Winner, [[NATSIAA]] Telstra Work on Paper Award<ref name=npg2022/>
* 2015: Winner, [[NATSIAA]] Telstra Work on Paper Award<ref name=npg2022/>
* 2015: Winner, Desart Photography Prize<ref name=npg2022/>
* 2015: Winner, [[Desart]] Photography Prize<ref name=npg2022/>
* 2017: Finalist, [[Macquarie Group]] Foundation First Nations Emerging Curator Award,<ref name=npg2022/> which gave him the opportunity to undertake an exchange to Canada<ref name=mma/>
* 2017: Finalist, [[Macquarie Group]] Foundation First Nations Emerging Curator Award,<ref name=npg2022/> which gave him the opportunity to undertake an exchange to Canada<ref name=mma/>
* 2017: Winner, [[NATSIAA]] Telstra Work on Paper Award<ref name=npg2022/>
* 2017: Winner, [[NATSIAA]] Telstra Work on Paper Award<ref name=npg2022/>
* 2019: Winner, [[Banyule Award]] for Work on Paper<ref name=npg2022/>
* 2019: Winner, [[Banyule Award]] for Work on Paper<ref name=npg2022/>
* 2024: Finalist, [[Archibald Prize]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archibald Prize Archibald 2024 work: Mayatja (keeper of song and culture) by Robert Fielding |url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2024/30644/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Art Gallery of New South Wales |language=en}}</ref>
* 2024: Finalist, Hadley's Art Prize<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-08-02 |title=From Tasmanian cliffs to pig-nosed turtles: $100,000 Hadley's Art prize – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/aug/02/hadleys-art-prize-2024-pictures-winner-zoe-grey |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* 2024: Winner, [[Bowness Photography Prize]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-09-12 |title=Robert Fielding wins the 2024 Bowness Photography Prize |url=https://artguide.com.au/robert-fielding-wins-the-2024-bowness-photography-prize/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Art Guide Australia |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2024: Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ngapartji–Ngapartji, 2023 |url=https://portrait.gov.au/npppphoto/107082/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=National Photographic Portrait Prize image}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Fielding has eight children with his partner,<ref name=glenelg/> one of whom is musician and artist [[Zaachariaha Fielding]], of the [[electronic music]]al duo [[Electric Fields]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Electric Fields' Zaachariaha Fielding wins Ramsay Art fan prize for 'gremlins' painting | website=[[ABC News (Australia)]] | date=12 August 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-12/electric-fields-zaachariaha-fielding-wins-ramsay-art-fan-prize/102722420 | access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref>

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{{as of|August 2022}} he lives at Mimili Community in [[Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara]] (APY Lands).<ref name=npg2022>{{cite web | title=Annual Appeal | website=[[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)]] | date=29 June 2022 | url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/annualappeal.php | access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>

==In film==
Fielding is interviewed in the 2018 [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]]/[[NITV]] documentary, "Voice From The Desert", part of the ''Our Stories'' series, featuring his son's duo Electric Fields.<ref name=marsh2018>{{cite web | last=Marsh | first=Walter | title=South Australian duo Electric Fields star in new SBS documentary |website= [[The Adelaide Review]] | date=11 December 2018 | url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/music/2018/12/11/electric-fields-sbs-nitv-zaachariaha-fielding/ | access-date=2 January 2024}}</ref>

The 2019 short film "Electric Mimili", part of the ''Deadly Family Portrait'' series, was shown on [[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC Television]] and [[ABC iview|iview]]. This film, directed by Isaac Cohen Lindsay and produced by Sierra Schrader, focuses on Fielding and son Zaachariaha's family and life in Mimili, and how both father and son have been influenced by these.<ref name=tan2019>{{cite web | last=Tan | first=Teresa | title=Electric Fields' Zaachariaha Fielding and artist Robert Fielding reflect on Anangu spirit and connection to country | website= [[ABC News Australia]] | date=31 August 2019 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-01/electric-fields-singer-zaachariaha-fielding-returns-to-apy-lands/11453492 | access-date=2 January 2024}}</ref>


==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==
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*[[Artbank]]<ref name=npg2022/>
*[[National Gallery of Australia]]<ref name=npg2022/>
*[[National Gallery of Australia]]<ref name=npg2022/>
*[[National Gallery of Victoria]]<ref name=npg2022/>
*[[National Gallery of Victoria]]<ref name=npg2022/><ref>{{cite web | title=Robert Fielding | website=[[National Gallery of Victoria]] Collection Online| url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/29186/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref>
* [[Parliament House, Canberra]]<ref name=npg2022/>
* [[Parliament House, Canberra]]<ref name=npg2022/>


==Personal life==
==References==
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Fielding has eight children with his partner.<ref name=glenelg/> {{as of|August 2022}} he lives at Mimili Community in [[Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara]] (APY Lands).<ref name=npg2022>{{cite web | title=Annual Appeal | website=[[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)]] | date=29 June 2022 | url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/annualappeal.php | access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>
==References==
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Latest revision as of 01:54, 17 December 2024

Robert Fielding (born 1969) is an Australian artist based in Mimili, South Australia. He is known for his recent series of photographs of wrecked cars and other discarded objects upon which he has painted colourful designs.

Early life

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Robert Fielding was born in Port Lincoln, South Australia, in 1969.[1][2] His mother, Grieve Fielding, is of Afghan/Pakistani[3] (from the early Afghan cameleers in Australia[4]) and Western Arrernte descent. His father, Bruce Fielding was a Yankunytjatjara man from Aputula, who was forcibly removed from his home at Lilla Creek as a child (one of the Stolen Generations[5]) and taken to Colebrook Home in Quorn, South Australia. Robert was one of 12 children.[3]

Career

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Fielding works across several mediums, including installations, photography, painting,[6] film and sculpture.[4] and is based at Mimili Maku Arts. He has also developed skills in writing, curating, and installing exhibitions.[6]

He conducted research in the archives of museums across Australia as part of the Australia Council for the Arts' Signature Works Innovation Lab.[6] During the closure of APY Lands during the COVID-19 pandemic, worked on Fielding led a research project with the South Australian Museum focusing on intergenerational learning and cultural maintenance.[7]

Fielding has created photographs of abandoned objects of modern life such as wrecked cars, decorated with Aboriginal artistic motifs and references to his community, which have featured in exhibitions, such as the installation entitled Holden On which featured in the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial.[8][5]

Fielding created a series of photographs called Mayatjara, comprising photographs of traditional owners, respected leaders and elders, advocates and artists from the APY Lands. It went on display at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in 2021, and was being acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra in August 2022.[9]

In 2023, a video installation by Fielding called Milpatjunanyi was exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. This word "can loosely be described as the practice of marking the earth with a stick, or a bone, or a wire for storytelling... used during the recounting of Tjukurpa held within the manta, or the earth, as well as the practice of using art to recall day-to-day lived experience, sharing knowledge, local stories, both unmonumental and important".[1]

Recognition and awards

[edit]

Personal life

[edit]

Fielding has eight children with his partner,[3] one of whom is musician and artist Zaachariaha Fielding, of the electronic musical duo Electric Fields.[14]

As of August 2022 he lives at Mimili Community in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY Lands).[9]

In film

[edit]

Fielding is interviewed in the 2018 SBS/NITV documentary, "Voice From The Desert", part of the Our Stories series, featuring his son's duo Electric Fields.[15]

The 2019 short film "Electric Mimili", part of the Deadly Family Portrait series, was shown on ABC Television and iview. This film, directed by Isaac Cohen Lindsay and produced by Sierra Schrader, focuses on Fielding and son Zaachariaha's family and life in Mimili, and how both father and son have been influenced by these.[16]

Exhibitions

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Group exhibitions

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Solo exhibitions

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  • 2018 Graveyards in Between, blackartprojects, Melbourne
  • 2018: First international solo exhibition, at the Fondation Opale in Switzerland,[6][5]
  • 2020: Routes / Roots, Linden New Art, Melbourne
  • 2021: Manta, blackartprojects, Melbourne

Collections

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Fielding's work is held in major collections, including:

References

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  1. ^ a b Gralton, Beatrice (26 June 2020). "Robert Fielding" (audio + text). The National. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Robert Fielding, b. 1969". National Portrait Gallery people. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Robert Fielding". Glenelg Art Gallery. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Robert Fielding". Linden New Art. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Robert Fielding". Fondation Opale. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Robert Fielding". Mimili Maku. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Mimili". Linden New Art. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Robert Fielding". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Annual Appeal". National Portrait Gallery (Australia). 29 June 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Archibald Prize Archibald 2024 work: Mayatja (keeper of song and culture) by Robert Fielding". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  11. ^ "From Tasmanian cliffs to pig-nosed turtles: $100,000 Hadley's Art prize – in pictures". The Guardian. 2 August 2024. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Robert Fielding wins the 2024 Bowness Photography Prize". Art Guide Australia. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Ngapartji–Ngapartji, 2023". National Photographic Portrait Prize image. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Electric Fields' Zaachariaha Fielding wins Ramsay Art fan prize for 'gremlins' painting". ABC News (Australia). 12 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  15. ^ Marsh, Walter (11 December 2018). "South Australian duo Electric Fields star in new SBS documentary". The Adelaide Review. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  16. ^ Tan, Teresa (31 August 2019). "Electric Fields' Zaachariaha Fielding and artist Robert Fielding reflect on Anangu spirit and connection to country". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  17. ^ "A Lightness of Spirit is the Measure of Happiness". Australian Arts Review. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  18. ^ Digital, Atlas (14 December 2021). "Offsite - 경로를 재탐색합니다 UN/LEARNING AUSTRALIA". ArtSpace. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  19. ^ "Robert Fielding". National Gallery of Victoria Collection Online. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
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