ROB MCHAFFIE

He works in painting, watercolour and ceramics, contriving collaged subjects from porcelain models and magazine cut-outs into the confessions and social observations which have come to characterise his practice. Humour and pathos intertwine in Rob McHaffie’s piercing observations of humanity. His paintings offer up images of everyday life and often explore a folk sensibility.

McHaffie has recently held solo exhibitions including Hope for the Disheveled Seeker, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand (2010), step out of character, become yourself, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia (2009), and Slow me down, at the University of Southern Queensland Arts Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia (2008).

His work has been included in many group exhibitions including TCB Art Inc, Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Twenty20, UTS Gallery, Sydney, Hell’s Bottom Drawer, Hell Gallery, Melbourne, The Shiloh Project, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Nobody Knows: Simon Mee, Rob McHaffie, Anne Wallace, Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland, Australia, The Wallpaper Project, a touring exhibition curated by Simon Mee and William Wilding, Portrait exchange, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne (all 2010), and Primavera 06 - Exhibition of Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (2006).

He recently curated the exhibition texticles - therapeutic text-pieces by men in the community at TCB art inc. Melbourne (2009). McHaffie’s work is held in collections including the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane.