Rick Roser Aboriginal Artist Brisbane Qld Australia produces clipart some free downloads and Indigenous resources for school and office

Rick Roser
Sculptor, Painter, Performer, Artefact maker
Born:1955……………………(Brisbane)
Grandmothers Country…..Bigambul (Qld / N.S.W. Border)

RESUME/CV

I was born in Brisbane 1955, my father and Grandmother Aboriginal,
I grew up with my younger brother and three sisters travelling and working beside our parents in the 60's as field workers in rural and Nth.Queensland. Many people hunted as a necessity in those days, and bushcraft was always a fair percentage of the conversation, we made and used bush tools all the time in the backblocks and camps when I was growing up, spears were still used frequently by kids and adults as they still are in some lucky places today. And I was one of those kids always willing to learn and interested to continue these traditions. We more or less grew up on the Bruce Highway and lived in fringe camps and settlements all over the place. Later, after a disastrous fire we moved to back to S.E. Qld. In the city, and with such wild 5 kids as us, my parents did it tough and gradually they began to drift apart, my father became more involved and active in Aboriginal issues and my mother in white Feminist activism.
At an early age I witnessed first hand the plight of murri people and resolved to share the struggle for cultural and physical survival. My fascination with indigenous culture continued into adulthood, usually working independently, which you could do in the those decades as a professional nomad. I turned 21 hand mining for sapphires in central Qld 1976 and lived with my wife and son in a tin shack (that she built). My one true regret is that my parents separated as did my grandparents' and those before them and my own family evaporated. And my one true hope is for the future.

As a professional artist my works have been acquired by major collections such as the National Gallery of Australia, the Queensland Art Gallery & Public Art works.

I have presented Indigenous art and culture internationally at events and festivals, mainly Firemaking, Ochre, Boomerangs & Artefact w/shops ....from Hadrians Wall in the West to The Great Wall of China in the East...
and Visited every gallery and Arts place I could in between!!...

21st Century so far….

Bundaberg Multicultural Festival
TourBurri Burri!! with QAC 08/08/....
TARA Festival & CAmel Races
Woodford Folk Festival Closing/Fire Making Ceremony
QUT Faculty Health - Website Art
Release CD -Rom Aboriginal Resources Kit
Multimedia Artist/Producer
Nth W. Comm Health Centre Public Art Mentor/ lead Artist
B.C.C. Art Built in Musgrave Park Public Art Mentor/ lead Artist
B.C.C. Art Built in Keperra Public Art Mentor/ lead Artist
Com. Ombudsman Digital Art Designer
Red Cross Digital Art Designer
Toowoomba City Council Public Art Sandstone tinted concrete
Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival England Performance Fire making/Public Speaking
Llandudnow Music Festival Wales Performance Fire making/Public Speaking
Shanghai Oceanarium Public Art concrete fondue.
Diploma Vis. Arts TAFE
Cert 4 W/Place Assess & Training TAFE
Mountains to Mangroves Festival Ed Workshops
Accreditation Qld Ed Dept Ed Workshops in Qld Schools
Multicultural Music Festival Firemaking Performance
City Farm/B.C.C. Public Art Sandstone fondue
Q.L.D. Maritime Museum Collection Bark (Canoe)
Centenary of Federation Festival Gold Coast Performance Fire & didgeridoo
Cent. of Federation Festival New Farm Park Performance Fire Making Ceremony

Release of 3 videos - The Aboriginal Art of String Making
The Aboriginal Art of Fire Making
The Aboriginal Art of Ochre Painting
Accreditation P 12…..to work in Qld. Schools
Griffith University Logan Campus (Public Art) Sculpture
Hillbrook College (Artist in residence/commission) Sculpture
Tribal 2000 Festival Lombardia Italy. Performance W/shops/ Fire Ceremony
Valley Fiesta 2000 Performance Fire & Ochre Painting
Gold Coast Indigenous Arts Festival Performance Fire & Didgeridoo
Woodford Folk Festival 2000>2004 Performance Closing/Fire Ceremony
Craigslea High (Artist in residence/commission) Sculpture
Touring Schools Programs

Teaching at TAFE
Diploma Visual Arts
Lecturer at Qld College of Art

20th. Century

1999
Sth Bank Inst. Of TAFE (Lect.)
B.C.C. Biota St. Project (Urban Renewal/Public Art.)
Yagubi Cultural Festival (Public Art) Painting
B.C.C. Gold Program. (per) W/shops
Waroo Shire Council (Surat Family History) (Public Art) Sculpture
B.C.C. Citizenship Ceremony (per) (Firemaking)
B.C.C. Christmas Tree Ceremony (Per) (Firemakingy)
3rd. A.P.T.. Q.L.D. Art. Gallery (per) (Firemaking)
Woodford Folk Festival (per) (Fire making Ceremony)
Shalom College Bundaberg (Artist in residence/commission) Sculpture
Touring Schools Programs

1998 :
Matilda Outback Centre Installation (Public Art) Painting
Aust. Heritage Comm. Art of Place (Touring ex) Painting
Nat. Indeginous Art Award (Tour.ex ) Painting
Out of the Box Festival (per) Workshops
Dar River Festival (per) Sculpture
Yugambeh Museum Gold Coast (Public Art) Painting
Yugambeh Museum Gold Coast (per) (Fire making)
Cyber Dreaming Ipswich (per) (Fire making)
Griffith Artworks Re/Form (Tour.ex) Painting
Chill-Out Festival (per) (Fire making)
Brisbane River Festival (per) (Fire making)
Griffith University Logan Campus (Public Art) Sculpture
Q.L.D. Art Gallery (per) (Fire making)
Bris. City Council (per) (Fire making)
Canberra Festival (per) (Fire making Per)
Maryborough Housing Co-Op (per) (Fire making)
Murri Independent School (Public Art) Sculpture
Chill-Out Festival (per) (Fire making)
Woodford Folk Festival (per) (Fire making)
2nd A.P.T. Q.L.D. Art Gallery (per) (Fire making)
B.C.C. Sorry Day (per) (Fire making)
Woodford Folk Festival (Public art) Sculpture
Touring Schools Programs

1997
Shifting Sights Pinnacles Gallery T/ville (Public Art) Sculpture
Installation River Mill Gold Caost (acq) Painting
Ochres Fire Works Gallery Bris. (ex) Painting
Q.L.D. college of Art (Lecturer)
MAIWA Qld. P.A.C. Bris. (per) Workshops
QLD Tourist & Travel Commission (acq) Painting
Boondall Wetlands (Public Art) Painting
Woodford Folk Festival (Public art) Sculpture
Touring Schools Programs

1996 :
Totems Coo-ee Sydney (ex) Sculpture
Saltwater Freshwater Borewater (ex) Painting
Q.L.D Art Gallery. (collaboration with Campfire Group) (acq) Painting
Woodford Folk Festival (Commission/acq) Sculpture
Touring Schools Programs

1995 :
Queensland Art Gallery (acq) Sculpture
Woodford Folk Festival (Public art) Sculpture
Bobby Mcleod. Doonooch healing place. Nowra --Sculpture
Touring Schools Programs

1994 :
National Gallery of Australia (Flash Pictures Tour.ex.) Sculpture
Woodford Folk Festival (Public art) Sculpture
Touring Schools Programs

1993 :
Plenty of campfires Fire Works Gallery Bris. (ex) Painting
Warlgurgabah (Magnetic Is.) (ex) Artefacts
Woodford Folk Festival Official shirt design Painting
Maleny Folk Festival Maleny Educational Workshops
Touring Schools Programs

1992 :
Savode Gallery (ex) Sculpture
Rockhampton Dreamtime Centre (acq) Artefacts
Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter (acq) Painting
Maleny Folk Festival Maleny Educational Workshops
Touring Schools Programs

1991 :
Aust National Gallery Canberra (acq) Sculpture
Crosscurrents Coo-ee Gallery Sydney (ex) Sculpture
Ancestors Brisbane (ex) Sculpture
Maleny Folk Festival Maleny Educational Workshops
Touring Schools Programs

1990 :
Aboriginal Sculpture Review Sydney (ex) Sculpture
Bond Collection (acq) Sculpture
Q.L.D Art Gallery (ex) W/shops
Maleny Folk Festival Maleny Educational Workshops
Touring Schools Programs

1989:
Kamarga Aboriginal Arts Brisbane (ex) Sculpture/Bark painting
Uni. Of Q.L.D. Anthropology Museum (per/acq) W/shops/Stone tools
Maleny Folk Festival Maleny Educational Workshops

3 months School W/shop program for Schools Education W/shops

1988:
Kalkadoon Tribal Centre Mt. Isa. (acq) Stone Tools
Tranby College Sydney (per/acq) W/shops/artefacts
Pacific Arts Festival Townsville (per) W/shops
Q.L.D. Museum (per) Sculpture w/shops
3 months School W/shop program for S/ East Queensland Schools Education W/shops

1987: Rockhampton Dreamtime Cultural Centre Public Art Ochre Stencil Art

1982 - 1986: co-owned and co-operated Planet Press, one of the few independent publishing companies in Queensland. (Originally set up by an Anarchist group, but that's another story)

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