ROBBY BENNETT
b. 1987Sydney-based artist Robby Bennett’s work has been showcased in a variety of exhibitions. In 2023, he was a finalist in the Georges River Art Prize at the Hurstville Museum in Sydney. That same year, he participated in the ‘Open House’ exhibition at SODA + AHNESS in Adelaide. His previous exhibitions include ‘No Punchline’ at Peach Black Gallery in Chippendale in 2022 and ‘While We’re Still Here, presented at Ambush Gallery in both Canberra and Waterloo in 2021. He also exhibited ‘Manipulated Moments’ at China Heights in Surry Hills and participated in ‘Friends & Family’ at Daine Singer Gallery in Melbourne in 2019. Robby Bennett received the Dean’s Choice Award for his honours year painting at Sydney College of the Arts in 2016 and the John McCaughey Prize for a Graduate Student from The National Art School in 2015. Having presented work in a group exhibition at CASSANDRA BIRD in Jan 2023, Beyond Darkness was Robby’s first solo exhibition at CASSANDRA BIRD, Sydney.
Bennett completed his First Class Honours in Fine Art at Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University, in 2016. Prior to this, he earned a Bachelor of Fine Art from The National Art School in Darlinghurst in 2015.
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