Robert MacPherson

Life and career MacPherson was born in 1937. After leaving school at the age of 13, he worked in a variety of jobs which included working in factories, on the docks, on cattle properties, in cane fields, and as an antique dealer. The National Gallery of Victoria hosted a survey of his work the following year.

In 2015, Ingrid Periz curated a major solo exhibition of MacPherson's entitled Robert MacPherson: The Painter's Reach at the QAGOMA.

MacPherson has also been included in several biennales and several major international exhibitions including the São Paulo Art Biennial in 2002, the 2007 Den Haag Sculptuur in the Netherlands and the Sharjah Biennial in the United Arab Emirates in 2009.

He was named as a Queensland Great in 2015.

He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours in recognition of his significant service to the visual arts.