Robert Juniper (b.1929)

BIOGRAPHY
Born in Merredin, Western Australia, in 1929. A painter, sculptor and printmaker, Juniper studied commercial art and industrial design at Beckenham School of Art, England. After returning to Western Australia in 1948, he painted, taught and exhibited from the early 1950s. The 1980s saw him investigate other artistic avenues, including stained glass, theatre set design and tapestry. A notable commission was the coat of arms for the Commonwealth Law Courts in Perth, 1992. Juniper has been represented in group shows of Australian contemporary art in Europe, the USA, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and New Caledonia.  

EXHIBITIONS
Many solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia, and overseas, including a major retrospective in 1999 at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.

AWARDS
Many awards and prizes, including:
1954, 57, 59, 60, 62 Perth Prize for Contemporary Art
1966 T.E. Wardle Invitation Prize
1976 Wynne Prize
1980 Wynne Prize
1984 Honorary Doctorate, University of Western Australia, Perth
1988 Kingfisher Prize, New South Wales
1998 State Living Treasures Award, Ministry for Culture and the Arts, Western Australia
2003 Centenary Medal of Federation for Services to Australian Landscape Painting and Contemporary Arts
2004 Awarded Medal for Services to Art, The Painters and Sculptors Association of Australia

COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Gallery of West Australia
Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory
National Gallery of Victoria
Queensland Art Gallery
Fremantle Arts Centre
Wollongong City Gallery
Parliament House, Canberra
Many university, civic, corporate and private collections

REFERENCES
The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, 1996 – Robert Juniper, available online, http://www.moranhealthcare.com.au/art/1996/juniper.html, July 6, 2005