artist - roland weight
Roland is based in the Clare Valley. He is highly acclaimed and recognised as a painter, sculptor and teacher. He has frequently worked with community groups on art projects, public sculpture and events in recent years.
Roland has won many well known art prizes in recent years. He is also a well loved and highly successful and influential art teacher.
Roland’s sculpture reflects his appreciation for found materials which he manages to piece together with incredible grace and delicacy. Recently one of his insect sculptures was highly commended in the prestigious and competitive Waterhouse Art Prize.
‘My representational paintings are concerned with the effects of light and are usually done from life in a single session. The foundations of this tonalist painting tradition are European. This is why the idea of painting there as well as seeing the galleries is so attractive. The paintings created in Europe in the three months I was there are the record of a practical, technical and emotional struggle with travel, baggage, unfamiliar mediums and excitement’
Roland’s qualifications are numerous;
2000: Commenced Bachelor of Arts, Department of Social Inquiry, The University of Adelaide.
2000: Advanced Diploma, Fine Art, North Adelaide School of Art.
1989-1990: Studied bronze casting techniques, Manar Foundries, NSW.
1987: Studied Sculpture Performance, 3 D Computer Drawing, Sound and Video. Sydney College of the Arts.
1984-1986: Diploma, Fine Art, studying Drawing, Ceramics, majoring in Sculpture, North Adelaide School of Art.
Selected Awards
2007 Highly commended, The Waterhouse Natural History Prize
2007 First prize, Painting, Campbelltown Art Prize.
Winner Flagstaff Hill Rotary Art Prize.
First prize, works on paper, Murray Bridge Rotary Art Prize.
2006 First Prize "Places" The South Australian Story, Royal S.A. Society of Arts 150th Anniversary Exhibition, Adelaide, SA.
2002 Finalist, The Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale.
1986 Winner, John Olsen Prize, Stanley Gallery, North Adelaide.
Roland and his partner Lise Temple, a painter, are currently touring Italy and France. They are making plein-air paintings in homage to the great European painting tradition that has so informed the history of art. They will be showing their new work at Salon Rouge in 2009.
In ‘The Painted Garden’ exhibition, Roland presents both his paintings and his sculptures.
Roland’s paintings reflect his love of the natural environment at his backdoor, including the magpies, the spring blossoms, the wild peony poppies and the produce from his garden such as grapes and artichokes.
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