Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Robert Baines for his Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List.
Robert was honoured for his service to the creative arts, particularly as a jeweller, and to education.
The Arts:
Jeweller and Artist Goldsmith, over 50 years.
Researcher, archaeometallurgy and Bronze Age gold works.
Exhibitions include ‘Fake News and True Love: Fourteen Stories by Robert Baines’, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, 2019.
Exhibitor, since 1977.
RMIT University, School of Art
Emeritus Professor, Design and Social Context, current.
Former Professor, Art, Gold and Silversmithing.
Awards and Recognition include:
Senior Research Fellowship, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (x4).
Designated Klassiker der Moderne (Modern Classic, Schmuck, Munich Jewellery Week, 2020.
Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft, Australian Design Centre, 2010.
Friedrich Becker Prize, Germany, 2008.
Bayerischer State Prize, Germany, 2005.
Cicely and Colin Rigg Craft Award, National Gallery of Victoria, 1997.
Churchill Fellowship Study, 1979.
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Photography by @joannemanaritiphotography
Robert Baines & Kathryn 1995, RMIT School of Art, Melbourne