2020
- Exhibition at Heathcote Gallery and Museum (postponed until further notice due to the COVID19 outbreak).
- Casual employee for the Fremantle Arts Centre (FAC) as art installation staff: installing Revealed.
2019
Awards / achievements / development
- Presented an academic paper at the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand conference hosted by the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
- Presented artist talk and research at SymbioticA, University of Western Australia (UWA).
- Presented an academic paper at the Art in the Anthropocene conference at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
- Abiotica exhibition (see below) reviewed by Emily Green in Grok Magazine.
- Casual employee for the Fremantle Arts Centre (FAC) as art installation staff: installing Other Suns, Revealed, Idols, Preppers and Animaze.
Solo shows
- Abiotica (July 2019), Paper Mountain, Perth. download catalogue
- Abiotica (May 2019), Quarter Gallery, Perth.
2018
Awards / achievements / development
- Selected and published in the book To The Mountains edited by Laurence Fearnley and Paul Hersey, a collection of the best New Zealand alpine writing over the past 150 years.
- Presented academic paper in the Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry (MCASI) Directions & Destinations 2018 conference.
- Accepted PhD Scholarship offer by Curtin University.
- Casual employee for the Fremantle Arts Centre as art installation staff: installing Print Awards, Semiconductor, Rachael Dease | Like Embracing Ice, Sensual Nature, Revealed, and In Cahoots.
- Contracted by Perth Festival and Fremantle Arts Centre to install the exhibition for Latai Taumoepeau.
Group shows
- Heathcote Select, curated by Jana Braddock at Heathcote Gallery and Museum.
- Speculative Nature / Spatial Nature, exhibited with Alira Callaghan, Quarter Gallery.
- Staff Room, Fine Art Exhibition, exhibited with Curtin University fine art staff and PhD students at Edwin Millen House.
2017
Awards / achievements / development
- Bachelor of Arts Degree (First Class Honours) at Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
- 2017 Humanities Honours Fine Art Studio Award for highest course weighted average for the Humanities Honours program.
- Nominated for Hatched: National Graduate Fine Art Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), (although not shortlisted by PICA).
- Artist’s assistant to Dr Perdita Phillips on her We Must Catch Up exhibition at Paper Mountain, Perth.
- Artist’s assistant to Dr Andrew Sunley Smith on his Carbon Supremacy installation at Fremantle Arts Centre.
- Artist’s assistant to Trevor Richards on his Public Road Commission, Bentley.
Group shows
- Leonora Art Prize.
- Smart Casual, Fremantle.
- Curtin University Art Degree Show.
2016
Awards / achievements / development
- Received Bachelor of Arts Degree (Fine Art) from Curtin University, Perth Australia.
- Nominated for Hatched: National Graduate Fine Art Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), (although not shortlisted by PICA).
- Selected for Curtin Razor, best of the Curtin University, Screen Arts graduates, screened at the Cygnet Theatre.
Group shows
- South Perth Emerging Artist Award.
- Home Open a Curtin University third year exhibition.
- 30×30 a Curtin University exhibition.
- Fake or fortune a Curtin University sculpture exhibition.
- Curtin University Art Degree Show.
2015
Awards / achievements / development
- Head of School’s commendation for academic performance at Curtin University’s School of Design and Art.
Group shows
- Absolute Kunst a Curtin University second year sculpture exhibition.
CONTACT
Rob Kettels
Perth
Western Australia
M: +61 (0) 439385484
E: robertkettels@hotmail.com
