About
The Deakin University Art Collection is made up of more than 2,500 artworks displayed across all five campuses. The extensive collection includes paintings, prints, drawings, ceramics, artist’s books, photographs and sculpture. Most works are contemporary in nature and represent art of excellence by leading Australian artists, current Deakin students and alumni.
A selection of important works in the Deakin University Art Collection are those by artists Gordon Bennett, George Baldessin, Arthur Boyd, Stephen Bram, Vicki Couzens, Mikala Dwyer, Emily Floyd, Sam Fullbrook, Sally Gabori, Minna Gilligan, Simryn Gill, Elizabeth Gower, Inge King, Robert Klippel, Sidney Nolan, Lin Onus, John Olsen, Robert Rooney, Mike Parr, Kerrie Poliness, Mick Tjapaltjarri, Jenny Watson, Ron Robertson-Swann and Fred Williams among many others.
Access five FREE audio-visual guides via izi.TRAVEL website and app, which include three outdoor Sculpture Walks (Burwood, Waurn Ponds and Geelong Waterfront Campuses) and two Art Collection Tours (Deakin Downtown and Warrnambool Campuses), downloadable via the free app (available on any mobile platform), or go to https://izi.travel/en/c596-deakin-university-art-collection-and-galleries/en. Additionally, browse virtual reality tours of past exhibitions via the Deakin University Art Gallery website, and view digital catalogues on Issuu: https://issuu.com/DeakinAdvancementComms.
Our collection
Deakin University Art Gallery Collection
This collection is managed by the Deakin University Art Collection and Galleries Unit. The Unit also manages the Deakin University Art Gallery, which aims to provide a focus for current cultural and intellectual scholarship, research and professional practice, while delivering a dynamic visual arts focus for the University both nationally and internationally. Works from the University collection are circulated and displayed on the University's four campuses throughout Victoria. They are also loaned out to external organisations for exhibitions. The collection comprises over 2,700 important and diverse artworks principally by Australian artists, including sculpture, paintings, ceramic objects and artists books. Most of the collection is contemporary in nature. The older works in the collection were either donated to the University or came to it via its antecedent institutions. The collection also contains works by current and past Deakin staff members and Alumni.
The collection has two major sub-collections:
• Premium Collection
• Special Collections, including The Artists’ Book Collection, and The Sculpture Collection
Within the University’s collection there are a range of objects across all media mainly by contemporary artists. There are examples of woodwork, artist’s books, ceramics, glass works, metalwork piece, sculptures and textiles including two large scale tapestries.
Themes: Shaping cultural and creative life
