About / CV – Rowena Martinich
EDUCATION
2006 – 2008 Master of Arts (Art in Public Space) with Distinction, RMIT University
1999 – 2003 Bachelor of Arts (Painting)(Hons) with Distinction, RMIT University
1998 – 2000 Bachelor of Design, Graphic Design – Swinburne University
FORTHCOMING PROJECTS
Balmoral Regional Mural Project – Balmoral, Victoria, March
Design Made Trade – Royal Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, July
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2013 Balmoral Regional Mural Project – Balmoral, Victoria, March
2012 To Sile with Love – Sile, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Mecca Cosmetica – 30 Stores Nationally, Myer Windows
2012 Eureka Level 89 – Live Painting Performance, Eureka Tower, Southbank
2012 Chromablitz – Dandenong Market, Drum Theatre, Thomas Street Carpark, Dandenong
2012 Obus / LMFF Wall Painting – Obus Flagship Store, Flinders Ln, Melbourne
2011 Quirk & Co. – Public Artwork Commission, North Melbourne
2011 Apsley Regional Mural Project – Apsley, Victoria
2011 Melbourne Central Live Painting Project – Melbourne Central, Melbourne CBD
2011 Trust Project – Curzon Place, North Melbourne
2011 Gertrude Projection Festival – Gertrude St, Fitzroy
2011 Dagmar Rousset Exhibition & Window Installation – Dagmar Rousset, Fitzroy
2010 Sile/ Istanbul – Europe’s Capital of Culture Public Art Project – Turkey
2010 POD Project – Incinerator Arts Complex, Moonee Ponds
2010 Chromacut – Signal Building, Northbank, Melbourne
2010 Chromaphos – Euroluce, 20 Russell St, Melbourne
2009 Viachroma – Dandenong Station, Dandenong
2009 Winter Art Projection – Thomas Street, City of Greater Dandenong
2008 Italy Project – Monash University Prato Centre, Palazzo Vaj, Italy
2008 Common Gesture – Painting Installation, RMIT University Building 15
2008 Window Painting – De/personalising the Studio – City of Greater Dandenong
2008 The Works Painting Installation – Burwood Rd Hawthorn
2008 Building 50 Painting Installation – RMIT University, Orr Street Carlton
2007 China Project – Shaanxi University of Fashion and Art, Xian Yang, China
2006 Snow Show – Public Art Project, Mt Buller
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Colour Storm – Area Contemporary Art Space, Brunswick Street Fitzroy
2010 Common Gesture Subdivision – Area Contemporary Art Space, Brunswick Street Fitzroy
2008 Process Paintings – Sale Regional Art Gallery, Sale, Gippsland
2007 New Work – Area Contemporary Art Space, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
2005 Try Some Raspberri? – Absolut Art, The Metropol, Fitzroy Street, St Kilda
2005 Leaf Morphogenesis – [MARS] Melbourne Art Rooms, Bay Street, Pt Melbourne
2005 Leaf Morphogenesis – Area Contemporary Art Space, Brunswick Street Fitzroy
2004 Selected Works – Milk, Fitzroy Street, St. Kilda
2003 Plastic Canvas – First Site Gallery, Swanston Street, Melbourne
2002 Are We Having Fun Yet? – Collingwood Gallery, Smith Street, Collingwood
2000 Recent Works – Upstairs Fitzroy Gallery, Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Jardan Exhibition, Saturday in Design – Rokeby Studios, Collingwood
2012 Design Made Trade – Royal Exhibition Buildings, Carlton
2012 Design Futures, Design & Decoration – Royal Exhibition Centre, Southbank
2012 Art Melbourne – Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
2012 Fluoresce, National Gallery of Victoria – NGV Studio Residency, Federation Square
2011 Design Made Trade – Royal Exhibition Buildings Melbourne
2011 Art Melbourne – Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
2009 Cross Cultural Mural Project – Area Contemporary Art Space, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
2008 Made in Italy – Area Contemporary Art Space, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
2008 RMIT/Monash Onsite Project – Monash University Prato Centre, Palazzo Vaj, Italy
2008 Mark Make – Area Contemporary Art Space, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
2008 Fluoresce Part 3 – Area Contemporary Art Space, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
2007 China Project – Area Contemporary Art Space, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
2007 Snow Show Part 2 – First Site Gallery, Swanston Street, Melbourne
2006 Gardens of Earthly Delight – City Museum, Spring Street, Melbourne
2006 We Must Support Ourselves – Spacement, Flinders Lane, Melbourne
2005 Fluoresce Part 2 – Area Contemporary Art Space, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
2005 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award – Werribee Park Mansion
2004 Home Is Where The Art Is – Open Space, Franklin Street, Melbourne
2004 Fluoresce – Area Contemporary Art Space, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
2004 Slips, Shifts & Reversals – Conical, Rochester Street, Fitzroy
2003 Graduate Exhibition – Dickerson Gallery, Waltham Street, Richmond
2003 Piece of Paper – Performance, Parliament Steps, Spring Street, Melbourne
2003 Odd – First Site Gallery, Swanston Street, Melbourne
2003 Reflector 03 – Cube 37, Frankston Arts Centre, Davey Street, Frankston
2003 Reflector 03 – Maroondah Estate Gallery, Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood
2003 Pre-Flight – Honours Show, Faculty Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne
2003 Siemens Scholarship Exhibition – RMIT Gallery, Swanston Street, Melbourne
2003 RMIT Honours Graduate Exhibition – RMIT School of Art & Culture, Melbourne
2003 New Collectables Art Auction – First Site Gallery, Swanston Street, Melbourne
2002 Emerging Artists Program – Mira Gallery, Flinders Street, Melbourne
2002 Nu Arte #2 – 4 Cats Gallery, Johnston Street, Abbotsford
2002 Dolly – Gossard Building, Franklin Street, Melbourne
2002 Graduate Exhibition – RMIT University School of Art & Culture, Melbourne
2001 – 2002 Siemens – Bayswater Office, Victoria
2001 Nu Arte – Mansour & Hill, La Trobe Street, Melbourne
2001 Darebin LaTrobe Acquisitive Art Prize Exhibition – The Gallery, Bundoora
2001 New Collectables Auction – First Site Gallery, Swanston Street, Melbourne
2000 Blur Magazine Design Exhibition – Swinburne University, Prahran
2000 Absent Graduate Exhibition – Graphic Design, Swinburne University, Prahran
1998 – 1999 St Vincent’s Hospital – Victoria Parade, Melbourne
1999 dRAW Drawing Exhibition
GRANTS & AWARDS
2011 Artstart Grant, Australia Council
2009 City of Melbourne Arts Grant – Signal Category
2009 JBSeed Art for the Public Grant
2005 City of Yarra Community Innovation Grant
2005 Finalist Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award
2003 Finalist Siemens Scholarship
2002 RMIT School of Art and Culture Award – Painting
2001 Finalist Darebin LaTrobe Acquisitive Art Prize
2000 Golden Key National Honour Society
1998 Slawa Duldig Memorial Art Award
RESIDENCIES
2012 Belediyese Municipality, Sile/Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Lorenzetti Galerie, Lyon, France
2010 Belediyese Municipality, Sile/Istanbul, Turkey
2008 Monash University Prato Centre, Palazzo Vaj, Italy
2007 Shaanxi University of Fashion and Art, Xian Yang, China
PUBLISHED WORK
2013 By Design, Gourmet Traveller – April
2013 Public Mural to open at Balmoral, Wimmera Mail Times – March
2013 Balmoral’s Vibrant Wall of Colour, The Hamilton Spectator – March
2013 Object of Desire, Weekender, The Age Good Weekend Magazine – March
2013 Bright Side, The Age Sunday Life Magazine – January
2012 Right Now Design, Belle Magazine – Christmas Edition, December/Jan
2012 Curve Appeal, Inside Out Magazine – June
2012 Modern Romance, Inside Out Magazine – June
2012 The Eyes Have It, House & Garden – June
2012 Transforming the Ordinary, Acclaim Magazine – May 16
2012 Where the Art Is, The Sunday Age – back page, May 27
2012 The Sunday Age M Melbourne Inside Out Magazine – May 29
2012 Art Melbourne 2012, The Age<s/trong> – Robert Nelson, May 30
2012 French Lessons, Broadsheet – James Cameron, January 18
2011 Street Art a Lyon, Lyon Tribune – Cover, December
2011 Interview – Public Artist Rowena Martinich – Lucy Feagins, The Design Files (Online), August 5.
2011 Inside Info – The Talk of the Town - Watch This Face – Peter Barrett, The (Melbourne) Magazine, Issue no. 81, July 2011. Page 17.
2011 Collect Call – Stephen A Russell & Mary-Jane Daffy – he Melbourne Weekly, May 18, Cover, Page 18 & 19.
2011 Interview: Rowena Martinich – Alison, Desktop – The Culture of Design (Online) April 21.
2011 Art Melbourne – Broadsheet Melbourne, April 7.
2010 Who stole the southern cross? A cautionary tale for public art – Kevin Murray, Artlink, Art in the Public Arena, Vol 30 no 3.
2009 Colour for Commuters – Jeff Jones, The Leader, December 14, Page 9.
2009 On public art, Rowena’s train of thought is just dandy – Harbant Gill, Herald Sun, December 15, Page 61.
2009 New Artwork Unveiled at Dandenong Station – The City – Greater Dandenong’s monthly publication, December, Page 21.
2009 Abstract Transit – Lucy Di Paolo, The Journal, December 21, Page 13.
2009 Station Artscape Goes Up – Lia Bichel, Star, December 17, Page 4.
2009 Glass Walkway Artwork for Dandenong Station – Stakeholder – Greater Dandenong’s Business News, December, Page 12.
2009 Strong Foundation. Built Environment, Construction & Infrastructure – RMIT University, Page 17.
2009 RMIT Postgraduate Art in Public Space Guide – RMIT University.
2008 High Sprays – Harbant Gill,Herald Sun, 23rd June, Page 34.
2008 Design is a Verb – Catalogue,State of Design Festival.
2008 Our World, Our Creation – tate of Design Festival Insert, Herald Sun 10th July, Page 3.
2008 RMIT University Postgraduate Course Guide – RMIT University, Page 6.
2008 Process Paintings – Catalogue, Sale Regional Gallery.
2007 New Work – Catalogue, Area Contemporary Art Space.
2006 Snow Show – Catalogue, RMIT Union Arts.
2006 10 Years Underground – First Site Gallery & RMIT Union Arts.
2005 Out On Display – Australian House & Garden, May, Page 200-201.
2005 Family Planning – Adam Shand, Qantas Magazine, August, Page 50-51.
2005 Leaves Plenty To Think About – Bill McAuley, Herald Sun,9th May, Page 5.
2005 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award – Catalogue.
2003 Plastic Canvas – Catalogue. Iwona Janczewski, RMIT University.
2003 Plastic Fanplastic – Iwona Janczewski, Edition Three, Acca Online Magazine.
2003 Reflector 03 – Catalogue, Sophia Xeros-Constantinides, RMIT University.
2003 RMIT Honours Graduate Exhibition – Catalogue, RMIT University.
2002 Public Hangings – Andrew MacKenzie. Channel 31 Television.
2002 RMIT Graduate Exhibition – Catalogue, RMIT University.
2001 2001 Darebin La Trobe 2001 Acquisitive Art Prize – Catalogue.
1998 Art Connections – 2nd Edition, Jenny Aland, Max Darby, Heinemann Press.
COLLECTIONS
Tim Etchells – Director of Art Melbourne
Shaanxi University of Fashion and Art – Xian Yang, China
Monash University Prato Centre, Palazzo Vaj – Italy
RMIT University, City Campus – Melbourne
Health Super Head Office – Burke Road Camberwell
Ricoh Head Office – Church Street Richmond
Extensive Private Collections