Rick
Roser
Sculptor, Painter, Performer, Artefact maker
Born:1955……………………(Brisbane)
Grandmothers Country…..Bigambul (Qld / N.S.W. Border)
RESUME/CV
And I was one of those kids always interested and willing to learn and
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 Brisbane. 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. I too was very involved in the politics of the time, from an early age I had witnessed first hand the plight of murri people and resolved
to share the struggle for cultural and physical survival. My life with
indigenous culture continued into adulthood, travelling and working around the country. I turned
21 hand mining for sapphires and lived with my wife and
son in a tin shack (that she built). I turned 31 running a Black newspaper and printing company. At 41 I was a scultptor and painter specialising in traditional materials and methods. Now at 51+ I tour Indigenous art education programs and manage to help out other events.
As a professional artist my works have been acquired by major collections, National Gallery of Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, Public Art...
I have presented Indigenous art and culture internationally at events and
festivals....from
Hadrians Wall in the West to The Great Wall of China in the East...right down to the Nullabour...visiting every Gallery and Arts space I can in between!!...
My one true regret is that my parents
separated as did my grandparents' before them, own family
evaporated.
And my one true hope is for the future.
21st Century so far….
Bundaberg Multicultural Festival
TourBurri Burri!! with QAC .to 2010
TARA Festival & CAmel Races
Woodford Folk Festival Closing/Fire Making Ceremony >>>>>2010
Grad. Certificate Art & Education
Diploma Vis. Arts TAFE
Cert 4 W/Place Assess & Training TAFE
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
Llandudnow Music Festival Wales Performance
Shanghai Oceanarium Painting
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
Lecturer at BOVACAIA, 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
Lecturer at BOVACAIA, Qld College of Art
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
Aboriginal
Events Management.
P.O. Box 247 Fortitude Valley. 4006
ABN: 92283142828
Email: mavericktrading@optusnet.com.au
rickroser@bigpond.com