Robert Fielding

Robert Fielding (born 1969) is an Australian artist based in Mimili, South Australia. He is known for his recent series of photographs of wrecked cars and other discarded objects upon which he has painted colourful designs.

Early life Robert Fielding was born in Port Lincoln, South Australia, in 1969. His mother, Grieve Fielding, is of Afghan/Pakistani

Career Fielding works across several mediums, including installations, photography, painting, and is based at Mimili Maku Arts. He has also developed skills in writing, curating, and installing exhibitions.

He conducted research in the archives of museums across Australia as part of the Australia Council for the Arts' Signature Works Innovation Lab.

Fielding has created photographs of abandoned objects of modern life such as wrecked cars, decorated with Aboriginal artistic motifs and references to his community, which have featured in exhibitions, such as the installation entitled Holden On which featured in the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial. 2024: Finalist, Hadley's Art Prize 2024: Winner, Bowness Photography Prize 2024: Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize

Personal life Fielding has eight children with his partner,

he lives at Mimili Community in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY Lands).

In film Fielding is interviewed in the 2018 SBS/NITV documentary, "Voice From The Desert", part of the Our Stories series, featuring his son's duo Electric Fields.

The 2019 short film "Electric Mimili", part of the Deadly Family Portrait series, was shown on ABC Television and iview. This film, directed by Isaac Cohen Lindsay and produced by Sierra Schrader, focuses on Fielding and son Zaachariaha's family and life in Mimili, and how both father and son have been influenced by these.

Exhibitions Group exhibitions 2018: A Lightness of Spirit is the Measure of Happiness, at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne; featuring 10 specially commissioned works by Aboriginal artists of south-east Australia, including Fielding, Vincent Namatjira, Yhonnie Scarce, Kaylene Whiskey and others. 2020: Tarnanthi tour of KulataTjuta (Many Spears) at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France 2022: Ceremony: National Indigenous Art Triennial at the National Gallery of Australia

Solo exhibitions 2018 Graveyards in Between, blackartprojects, Melbourne 2018: First international solo exhibition, at the Fondation Opale in Switzerland, 2020: Routes / Roots, Linden New Art, Melbourne 2021: Manta, blackartprojects, Melbourne

Collections Fielding's work is held in major collections, including: Art Gallery of South Australia Parliament House, Canberra