Rohan Schwartz, visual artist
Education
2016-18 Graduate Diploma of Teaching, Visual Art, University of Melbourne (AUS)
2006-09 Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours, The Victorian College of the Arts (AUS)
Solo Exhibitions
2027 in the light of dark, p r o j e c t 8 Gallery, Melbourne, forthcoming
2026 so far so, Haydens Gallery, Richmond (AUS), forthcoming
2023 no well’s end, Working at Heights, Northcote (AUS), November
2023 nowhere now here, KINGS Artist-Run, West Melbourne (AUS), June
2021 The emergency of being alive, TCB Art Inc., Brunswick, Melbourne (AUS), April
2014 The Golden Lion, Number Eight Agnes Street, Thornbury (AUS), April
2013 Pictures at an Exhibition, West Space, Melbourne (AUS), September
2011 The Band, It makes no difference, TCB Art Inc, Melbourne (AUS), October
2010 No comma after realm, Rear View, Collingwood (AUS), August
2009 Archives, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne, Parkville (AUS), August
2007 Document at Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, Parkville (AUS), May
Collaborative Projects
2013 평화배지 (Peace Badges), Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Normal Gallery (DPRK), August
2013 奥塑像 (Australian Statues), People’s Republic of China, Normal Gallery (PRC), June
2012 The People’s Collection, Commonwealth of Australia, Normal Gallery (AUS), January
2011 std, Bus Projects (with Matthew Greaves), Melbourne (AUS), August
2011 Consultancy, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (AUS), August
2010 A Wound, Disembodied, Seventh Gallery (with Krishnamurti Suparka), Fitzroy (AUS), December
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Shapeshifters, p r o j e c t 8 at Spring1883, The Windsor, Melbourne (AUS), August
2025 Bernhard Sachs: After History, Linden New Art, St Kilda, (AUS), February
2024 The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World (curated group exhibition by Annabel Brown), Collingwood (AUS), November
2024 Oscilloforms (curated group exhibition by Cūrā8), p r o j e c t 8, Collins Street, Melbourne CBD, April
2019 Friends and Family at Daine Singer, Fitzroy (AUS), November
2017 9X5NOW, Victorian College of the Arts 150 Year Exhibition, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Southbank (AUS), June
2016 Elizabeth Studio Exhibition at Elizabeth Studios, Kensington (AUS), December
2016 An Excavation at c3 Contemporary Art Space (curated by Katie Paine), Abbotsford (AUS), November
2014 West Space Fundraiser at West Space, Melbourne (AUS), June
2013 奥塑像 (Australian Statues), Normal Gallery (w/ HomeShop) at Nongzhan North Road Farmer's Market, Beijing, (PRC), June
2013 Blood Flowers at Seventh Gallery (curated by Theodore Wohng), Melbourne (AUS) July
2013 West Space Annual Fundraiser at West Space, Melbourne (AUS), June
2013 Bound Apart at Rae & Bennett, Melbourne (AUS), March
2012 Tarpspace at Fontanelle, Adelaide (AUS), November
2012 Cosmos at Neospace, Collingwood (AUS), October
2012 Artist and Mentor at Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre Gallery, Brighton (AUS), July
2012 where the birds always sing… at Ausin Tung Gallery, South Yarra (AUS), June
2012 Winter Paris (with Matthew Greaves) at KILP (curated by Eric Demetriou), West Melbourne, (AUS), May
2011 Arcadia at Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre Gallery, Brighton (AUS), July
2011 Substation Contemporary Art Prize (finalist) at Substation Gallery, Newport (AUS), September
2011 New Concept at Meyerʼs Place, Melbourne (AUS), August
2011 Transits 1: the Visual Artistsʼ Non-Orchestra, Bus Projects at ACCA Forecourt, Southbank (AUS), August
2011 Keith & Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship (finalist) at Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Southbank (AUS), July
2010 Busy, busy at TCB Art Inc, Melbourne (AUS), September
2010 Space at George Paton Gallery, Parkville (AUS), May
2010 Aftermath at Monash Faculty Gallery (MADA) (curated by Kathy Temin), Caulfield (AUS), March
2009 Sustainable Living Festival at Fed Square, Melbourne (AUS), February
2008 Wallara Travelling Scholarship (finalist) at Margaret Lawrence Gallery (AUS), August
2007 Linden Postcard Show at Linden Gallery, St Kilda (AUS), November
Commercial
2021 Remembrance of Echoes at ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image), Fed Square (AUS), Melbourne
Published Works
2013 Australian Statues, un Magazine, Issue 7.1, p.2
2012 Life Correct, Correct Life, un. Magazine, Issue 6.2, p.33
Awards | Grants | Residencies
2017-2018 ACMI X Artist Residency Program, Australian Centre for the Moving Image and University of Melbourne
2016 Olive Battersby Scholarship, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
2010 ArtStart, Australia Council for the Arts
2009 UMSU Arts Grant, University of Melbourne
2009 Myer Foundation Award, Myer Foundation, Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Exhibition
2009 Shelmerdine Art Award, Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Exhibition
2008 National Gallery of Victoriaʼs Womenʼs Association Award, National Gallery of Victoriaʼs Womenʼs Association
Selected Bibliography
2024 Exhibition description and essay: The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World, by Annabel Brown, published in print and online, Gertrude Glasshouse and Gertrude Contemporary, November
2024 Exhibition essay: Oscilloforms, by curatorial collective Kim Donaldson and Sean Lowry (Cūrā8), April
2022 Review: Janenne Eaton, Evidence - a stratigraphy by Amelia Winata, Memo Review, December
2022 'Artist Rohan Schwartz on ‘Remembrance of echoes’, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) website, by Rohan Schwartz and ACMI, February
2021 Catalogue essay: The emergency of being alive by Amy Rudder, April
2016 Review: Open Spaces, Ace Wagstaff and Tai Snaith, RRR radio, November
2015 Editorial: Words, Photos, and the Capitalist Aesthetic by Benjamin Thomson, VICE, April
2013 Editorial: Normal Gallery in China by Dylan Rainforth, Art Guide, July
2012 Editorial: Artist and Mentor by Wendy Cavenett, Melbourne Review, August 2012
2012 Catalogue essay: Artist and Mentor by Simon Gregg, BACC Publications, July, pp.15, 37
2012 Catalogue essay: What we are Making by Julia White, MRSS Publications, September, pp.35
2012 Review: In the Galleries by Dan Rule, The Saturday Age newspaperʼs Life & Style Magazine, June, pp. 5
2012 Review: Artist and Mentor by Penny Webb, The Age newspaper’s Melbourne Magazine, July, Issue #93, pp. 65
2011 Review: The Band, it makes no difference, Rohan Schwartz by Ace Wagstaff, October
2010 Review: Busy, busy. Aren’t we all! by Alison Lasek, September
2010 Catalogue essay: Aftermath: Art, History, Memory by Kathy Temin, Monash University Faculty Gallery, Caulfield, March, pp.1-3
2010 Review: A Wound, Disembodied by Penny Webb, The Age, Melbourne Magazine, December, Issue #74, p.96
Published Writings
2022 Catalogue essay: …there’s a lot of nothing and then all of a sudden, everything all at once, in Janenne Eaton: Evidence
Professional Associations
Councillor for Art Education Victoria, 2016-2018
Board Member for Seventh Gallery, 2010-2012