Artists

Rhonda Cao

Bio  /  CV

Rhonda Cao works exclusively with the human form in bronze and glass, she has discovered an original language in her personal response to the nude form. Cao focuses on the human body's abstract qualities, reducing the form to elegant curves and angles making each body appear simultaneously both weightless and grounded.

"I love working with the human form and find the shape, movement and expression that can be achieved by stylising this form exciting and inspirational. I feel the blend of movement, abstraction and balance challenging and I love exploring where this challenge will lead."

"I rarely use any armatures or structure when creating my pieces as they are too restricting. Often the piece I’m is working on has been triggered by a scribble and it does not really have form until I have played around and developed it. There is a price to pay for this – there has been many a morning when I come back into my studio to find the piece has broken or tipped over during the night. Rarely does it destroy the piece – it just creates a new version and even a different direction."

Exhibitions
2017
January
Singapore Contemporary – Singapore
March
Asia Contemporary Art Show – Conrad Hong Kong
May
Affordable Art Fair – Hong Kong

2016
January
Singapore Contemporary – Singapore
March
Asia Contemporary Art Show – Conrad Hong Kong
September
Asia Contemporary Art Show – Conrad Hong Kong

2015
March
Asia Contemporary Art Show – Conrad Hong Kong

2014
October
Asia Contemporary Art Show – Conrad Hong Kong
May
Asia Contemporary Art Show – Conrad Hong Kong

2013
October
Asia Contemporary Art Show – The Marriott Hong Kong
May
Asia Contemporary Art Show – The Marriott Hong Kong

2012
Songs for Sydney – Global Gallery, Paddington
Go Figure – Robyn Bauer Gallery, Paddington
Best of the Best – The Gallery, Eumundi, Qld .

2011
Ephemeral – Annual invitation exhibition, The Strand, Townsville.
Garden Secrets – Robyn Bauer Studio Gallery
Up the Garden Path – Pine Rivers Shire Art Gallery

2010
The Gallery Eumundi
Group Exhibitions – Robyn Bauer Studio Gallery
Martin Galleries Nundah

2009
The Body Study – Martin Galleries
Whimsy (group) – Logan Art Gallery

2008
From the Verandah – Robyn Bauer Studio Gallery
Legends, Lies & Other Lame Excuses (solo) – Robyn Bauer Studio Gallery
Sculptors Queensland – Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens
Selected for Stanthorpe Arts Festival – Stanthorpe Art Gallery

2007
Body Torque (solo) – RM Galleries
Palette of Artists – Moving Canvas
Maximal Robyn Bauer Studio Gallery
Sculptors Queensland – Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens
Preview RM Galleries

2006
Works from the Stable – RM Galleries
Figures of Speech [solo] – Robyn Bauer Studio Gallery
Moving Canvas – Eagle Street One
Grand Opening – RM Galleries
RM Galleries – Hamilton
Selected for Stanthorpe Arts Festival – Stanthorpe Art Gallery
RM Galleries – Hamilton

2005
Women of Fire – Ascot gallery
Director’s Choice – Ascot gallery
Seven at Ascot – Ascot gallery

2004
Caloundra Art Exhibition
Qld. Watercolour Society – Open Exhibition

2003
Women of Substance – St Margaret’s College
Kaiyar Art Exhibition
Group Exhibition – Hardy Brothers Jewellers

Work