Rob Cherry
Biography
‘Like an open mic on a psychiatrist’s couch, Rob's drawings are a symphony of futile longing. A Barium meal for the nations soul. Cherry's crude characters revel in their despair.’
Stuart Mckenzie
Rob Cherry is a self taught artist who lives and works in Wellington, New Zealand. He has maintained a diverse artistic practice for over four decades.
Rob started out with drawing and print making in the late 1980’s and has since explored hard edged abstraction, sculpture, readymades, collage and photography.
More recently he has returned to his crude, psychological and revealing drawing style as a way of attempting to understand and/or satirise the world around us and within him.
Influenced by artists such as Beni Bishof, Dash Snow and Anne-Marie Schneider, Cherry’s work confronts the absurdity, awe, pain, shame, disappointment and joy of our existence.
Available Works
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CHAMPS, 2025$950 incl. GST -
Plastic 3, 2025
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Zero followers. Zero following, 2025$950 incl. GST
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Cooking spaghetti, 2024$500 incl. GST
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Hiding from God, 2024$500 incl. GST
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I love drama I, 2024$500 incl. GST
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I love drama II, 2024$1,350 incl. GST
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I say dumb things, 2024$500 incl. GST
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It's no holiday for me, 2024$1,350 incl. GST
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My only crime..., 2024$500 incl. GST
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My Portrait 2060, 2024$1,350 incl. GST
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Ned at the RSL, 2024$1,350 incl. GST
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Psychic cords, 2024$1,350 incl. GST
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Psychic Cords II, 2024$1,350 incl. GST
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Untitled, 2024$500 incl. GST
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Untitled, 2024$1,350 incl. GST
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Levin, 2023$600 incl. GST unframed, $1,000 incl. GST
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Lucerne, 2023$600 incl. GST unframed, $1,000 incl. GST
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Rongotai, 2023$600 incl. GST unframed, $1,000 incl. GST
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Zurich, 2023
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Pukerua Bay, 2019$600 incl. GST unframed, $1,000 incl. GST
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Untitled, 2024$500 incl. GST
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Sociopaths are the champions, 2024$500 incl. GST
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Screentime, 2024$500 incl. GST
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Psychic cords, 2024$500 incl. GST
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Nobody knows I, 2024$500 incl. GST
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John F. Kennedy, 2024$500 incl. GST
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Drongo, 2024$500 incl. GST
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Death, 2024$500 incl. GST
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Dad, 2024$500 incl. GST
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AI, 2024$500 incl. GST
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Chair, 2024$500 incl. GST
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Rubbish day, 2023$500 incl. GST
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Climate yobs , 2023$980 incl. GST unframed, $1,480 inc. GST
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Feelings, 2023$980 incl. GST unframed, $1,480 inc. GST
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FUBAR, 2023$575 incl. GST
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New Regime, 2023$575 incl. GST
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Melancholy hour, 2023$980 incl. GST unframed, $1,480 inc. GST
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Rubbish day, 2023$980 incl. GST unframed, $1,480 inc. GST
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Twin dos, 2022$800 incl. GST
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Womaniser, 2022$950 incl. GST
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Graham: Graeme, 2020$575 incl. GST
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Work Kills, 2020$650 incl. GST
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Male Portrait Fourth Century, 2018$900 incl. GST
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The Shit, 2017$750 incl. GST
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Woomera, 2015$380 incl. GST
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The Green Room, 2015$550 incl. GST
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Southern Comfort , 2015$300 incl. GST
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John Major with Locusts, 2015$300 incl. GST
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Topher, 2014$420 incl. GST
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Slip, 2014$220 incl. GST
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Scarecrow , 2014$320 incl. GST
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Nunnery, 2014$220 incl. GST
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Numan is not Bowie, 2014$420 incl. GST
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Drivel, 2014$320 incl. GST
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Dirt, 2014$420 incl. GST
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Chateau Beychevelle, 2014$420 incl. GST
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Bratwurst Place, 2014$420 incl. GST
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Carradine, 2014$420 incl. GST
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Evil vs Good, 2011$1,600 incl. GST
Works
Exhibitions
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Rob Cherry | New Year New Me
{Suite} Ponsonby 28 Jan - 22 Feb 2025Read more -
Rob Cherry | It's not the end of the world
{Suite} Wellington 20 Sep - 15 Oct 2023'Like an open-mic on a psychiatrist's couch, Rob's drawings are a symphony of futile longing. A barium meal for the nation's soul. Cherry's crude characters revel in their despair'. Stuart...Read more -
Rob Cherry | Image Problem
{Suite} Ponsonby 3 - 27 Aug 2022In his first dealer gallery exhibition outside of Wellington, one of the 'least acclaimed artists of his generation,” Rob Cherry presents a set of drawings… 'My drawings are autobiographical, reflecting...Read more -
Rob Cherry, Bena Jackson | Golden Light at the Dairy
{Suite} Wellington 2 - 26 Sep 2020Read more -
Rob Cherry | The Shit
{Suite} Wellington 30 Mar - 22 Apr 2017Read more -
Rob Cherry | awesome buzz
{Suite} Wellington 7 Jul - 1 Aug 2015Read more -
Rob Cherry | Big People Little Trees
{Suite} Wellington 2 - 26 Jul 2014Read more -
Rob Cherry | Broken Spectacles
PATAKA Art + Museum 27 Sep - 28 Oct 2012Read more -
Rob Cherry | 1x spanakopita, 2 x misc
{Suite} Wellington 4 - 28 Apr 2012Read more -
Rob Cherry | Sow seeds of kindness to reap a crop of Friends
{Suite} Wellington 24 Feb - 19 Mar 2011Read more -
Rob Cherry | Meadow Fresh
{Suite} Wellington 3 - 27 Jun 2009Read more
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