Deidre Robb

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Biography

I am originally from Aotearoa New Zealand and have lived in Mandurah since 2010. I studied clothing and textiles, am also a librarian, and outside of my arts practice my working life has been a patchwork of roles in both sectors as well as in arts administration, the GLAM sector, event management, and community development.

Solo Exhibitions

2025
Excess baggage
AirSpace Oatlands

2024
Tender
The Bank Gallery, Carnamah

2024
Tender (tour)
Moora and Mingenew

2021
Recent works
The Bank Gallery, Carnamah

Group Exhibitions

2026
South West Biennial 2026: Tracework
Bunbury Regional Art Gallery BRAG

2026
Of The Earth: Radical Futures
Gardiner Street Arts Collective, Moora

2025
Trades Hall Art Prize 2025 Create Against the Machine
Paddy's Gallery, Melbourne

2025
WA Textile Art Award: Narrative Threads
The Laneway Artspace, Bayswater

2025
Minnawarra Art Awards
Armadale District Hall

2024
ReGEN :: to form anew
Moores Building Art Space (MBAS), Fremantle

2024
Sew + So :: the in-between space
Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah

2024
Aspire Inspire
Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery

2023
Cultivating Slow-Making
Mundaring Arts Centre

2023
Promise :: Material & Matter
Lost Eden Creative, Dwellingup

2022
twentyfive + crossover
Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10, Perth

2022
The Alternative Archive (touring exhibition)
Art on the Move tour around regional WA, 2022-2024

2021
The Alternative Archive (survey exhibition)
John Curtin Gallery, Perth

Collections

Embroiderers’ Guild of Western Australia

North Midlands Project

Southern Midlands Council

Residencies

2026
Salamanca Arts Centre
Hobart, Tasmania

2025
AiRSpace Oatlands
Oatlands, Tasmania

2024
Waroona Ebb + Flow
Shire of Waroona

2024
Here + Now Artist in Residence
North Midlands Project, Carnamah

2023
Glasgow St Art Centre Artist in Residence Programme
Whanganui, Aotearoa NZ

2021
Ebb + Flow Artist in Residence
North Midlands Project, Carnamah

Deidre Robb
Community, Fibre textiles, Craft

Artist Statement

Deidre Robb investigates meaningful stories, experiences and causes. These range from the deeply personal through to universal social issues, and the environmental issues impacting on the places we live. Her recent works are an exploration of how to live well, healthily, and gently in an increasingly divided, unsettled and troubling world.