ARTIST CV · SELECTED EXPERIENCE

Robert Scholten

Melbourne-based artist working across painting, drawing, watercolour, illustration and public art. Read the artist biography or view the portfolio.

Education

2009 — Master of Fine Art (Painting), RMIT University, Melbourne.

2007 — Advanced Diploma of Visual Design, Swinburne University.

Selected commissions and public art

2026 — Space2b / St Kilda Primary School — public art.

2025 — Defence Bank — 50th anniversary commission.

2023 — The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne — commissioned artworks.

2019 — Planet Robobop — Kingston Arts.

2018 — St Kilda Festival — Port Phillip Council.

2018 — Birmingham Primary School — A Connection of Stories.

2017 — Level Crossings Victoria — Flock of Birds.

2017 — Warranwood Primary School — The River of Voices.

2016 — Swinburne University — mural.

2015 — Ock Pop Tok — mural, Luang Prabang.

2014 — Rasta Tree — mural, Chiang Mai.

2013 — Tree of Life — mural, Melbourne.

Selected exhibitions

2023 — Kingston Layers Plein Air Painting.

2023 — Camberwell Art Show.

2019 — Planet Robobop — G3 Art Space.

2014 — Street Smart — Gallery 9.

2013 — Collective Momentum — 106 Gallery.

2011 — Community Spirit — Toyota Emerging Artists.

2011 — Drawn Again — Brunswick Street Gallery.

2010 — Drawn — Brunswick Street Gallery.

2010 — RMIT Masters Graduates — Guildford Lane Gallery.

Selected publications and talks

2018 — Poster Boy — St Kilda News.

2017 — Drawn From Life — Hardie Grant.

2015 — Creativity in the Everyday — university lecture, Phnom Penh.

2015 — Sketchbooks — Zupi Magazine #46, São Paulo.

2015 — Artist feature — Unleashed Wakeboard Magazine, Toulouse.

2014 — The Art of Urban Sketching — Shenyang.

2010 — Sketches and Doodles — b* creative Magazine #9.

2009 — Jikininki — RMSED Magazine.

Children’s books

2019 — Swimmy the Fish — self-published.

2016 — Charlie’s Cunning Plan — Bonsai Helicopter.

2014 — City Kids — Working Type.

Awards and recognition

2022 — Art Blitz — runner-up.

2021 — Rick Amore Drawing Prize — finalist.

Further study

2023 — Workshops and tuition with Troy Argyos, Alvaro Castagnet, Cat Lieu and Greg Allen, covering oil-copy painting, watercolour and portraiture.

2022 — Drawing the Human Form with Godwin Bradbeer; watercolour workshops with Alvaro Castagnet and David Taylor.

Enquiries

For exhibitions, commissions and collaborations, contact Robert. Explore selected commissioned projects and the Journal.