Del Kathryn Barton
Born in 1972 in Sydney, Australia, Del Kathryn Barton is one of Australia’s most acclaimed artists working today. Barton received her BFA from the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney in 1993. She is the only woman to have twice won the prestigious Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2008, 2013) and in 2017 she had her first major retrospective, ‘The Highway is a Disco’ at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Recent solo exhibitions include r u a bunny? albertz benda, New York (2017); Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale and the Rose, The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia (2016); and the highway is a disco, ARNDT Gallery, Singapore (2015). She has participated in many group exhibitions, among them Like-ness, albertz benda, New York, USA, (2016); Dark Heart, Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art, Adelaide, Australia, (2014); Theatre of the World, Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia, (2012), Lightness and Gravity, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia, (2012); Freehand: Recent Australian Drawing, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia, (2010/11); 2009 Wynne Prize for Landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, (2009) Half a World Away: Drawings from Glasgow, Sao Paulo and Sydney, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centre, Buffalo, New York, USA (2002).
Her work is found in the collections of Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia; The Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH; and the Tiroche deLeon Collection, Tel Aviv, Israel, among others.
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Del Kathryn Barton: Love Wants to Give
November 18 - December 16, 2022 Los Angeles -
Fragmented Bodies
February 27 - April 18, 2020 New York -
Gallery 181
San Francisco July 11 - September 12, 2019 -
Del Kathryn Barton: sing blood-wings sing
February 28 - April 13, 2019 New York -
Del Kathryn Barton: r u a bunny?
June 1 - August 3, 2017 New York -
Group Show: like·ness
January 14 - February 13, 2016 New York
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Del Kathryn Barton's feature film debut, Blaze
Tribeca Film Festival, New York, NY June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 The coming of age genre gets reimagined in this astonishing drama about a family in crisis. Simon Baker stars as the attentive...Read more -
Del Kathryn Barton in Australian Love Stories: Family, Friends, Fanatics and Foes (and everything in between!)
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia March 20, 2021March 20 - August 1 2021 Reconnect and reflect with our new major exhibition, Australian Love Stories (in real life!) as we explore love, affection...Read more -
Del Katheryn Barton in Know My Name: Australian Woman Artists from 1900 to Now
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia November 14, 2020Part 1: November 14, 2020 - May 9 2021 Part 2: June 12, 2021 - June 26, 2022 An initiative of the National Gallery of...Read more -
Del Kathryn Barton: The Highway is a Disco
The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia November 17, 2017November 17, 2017 - March 12, 2018 The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) presents a major solo exhibition of one of Australia’s most popular artists,...Read more
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Thomas Rick, Zeitkunst, August 9, 2020 -
Del Kathryn Barton to start Puff, the Magic Dragon film 'by end of year'
Karl Quinn, Sydney Morning Herald, April 20, 2020 -
#KnowMyName: Recognizing Australian Women in Art
Karyn Starmer, Riotact!, March 8, 2020 -
A New Exhibition of Western Floral Art Examines Life Through Religion, Marriage, Death, Love, And Eroticism
A.A. Cristi, Broadway World Adelaide, January 27, 2020 -
Double act: artists Del Kathryn Barton and Kaylene Whiskey on their debut joint exhibition
Jane Albert, Vogue, December 4, 2019 -
Del Kathryn Barton's prices put her in Australia's top 10 living artists
Michaela Boland, ABC, June 15, 2018 -
Brie Ruais puts all of her body weight into each sculpture she makes
Sharon Mizota, Los Angeles TImes, May 19, 2018 -
Artist Del Kathryn Barton's atheistic devotion
Miriam Cosic, The Saturday Paper, November 18, 2017 -
Review: Del Kathryn Barton
Mimi Wong, ArtAsiaPacific, October 1, 2017 -
Embracing Femininity in Florid and Fierce Portraits
Margaret Carrigan, Hyperallergic, July 5, 2017 -
Dazzling Facets
Juliet Helmke, Modern Painters, June 30, 2017 -
Spiders, Bunnies and Armani Suits: Del Kathryn Barton Hits New York
Imogen Dewey, Broadsheet, June 27, 2017 -
12 Exhibitions to See in New York this Summer
Saskia Randle, Galerie, June 26, 2017 -
Art World Editors’ Picks: 10 Things to See in New York This Week
Sarah Cascone, artnet news, May 30, 2017 -
11 Must-See Art Shows Opening This Week
Gary Pini, Paper, April 26, 2017 -
Del Kathryn Barton: Mother, Daughter, Dancer
VAULT Magazine, April 1, 2017 -
Del Kathryn Barton moves into live-action film with RED
Steve Dowe, artguide Australia, January 26, 2017 -
Adelaide festival 2017 program: Cate Blanchett and Shakespeare get dark, weird, and surreal
Steph Harmon, The Guardian, October 26, 2016
DEL KATHRYN BARTON
Born in 1972 in Sydney, AUS
Currently lives and works in Sydney, AUS
EDUCATION
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of New
South Wales, Sydney, AUS
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AUS
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, AUS
Art and Australia, Sydney, AUS
Artbank, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, AUS
BHP Billiton Collection, Melbourne, AUS
Esk Collection, Launceston, AUS
Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Queensland, AUS
Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, AUS
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, AUS
RACV Collection, Victoria, AUS
The Flinders Collection, Melbourne, AUS
The Acacia Collection, Melbourne, AUS
The International School of Tourism, New South Wales, AUS
The University of Sydney Union Collection, Sydney, AUS
The Students Association, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AUS
UBS, Sydney, AUS
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 of her own nature, The Pavilion Gallery, Cromwell Place, London,
UK (forthcoming)
2022 Del Kathryn Barton, albertz benda, Los Angeles, CA
the women who fell to earth, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, AUS
Blaze, Tribeca Film Festival, New York, NY
2019 I wanted to build a bed for all the tired beds, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery,
Sydney, AUS
The Nightingale and the Rose, Devonport Regional Gallery,
Devonport, AUS
Del Kathryn Barton: sing blood-wings sing, albertz benda,
New York, NY
2018 Del Kathryn Barton: The Highway is a Disco, National Gallery
Victoria, Melbourne, AUS
2017 r u a bunny?, albertz benda, New York, NY
soft river yr girl, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney AUS
2016 angel dribble, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, AUS
Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale and the Rose, The
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, AUS
2015 the highway is a disco, ARNDT Gallery, SG
2014 electro orchid, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, AUS
2013 pressure to the need, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, AUS
2012-2013 The Nightingale and the Rose, Newcastle Art Gallery, New
South Wales, AUS
2012 the nightingale and the rose, Heide Museum of Modern Art,
Melbourne, AUS
del kathryn barton new work, RoslynOxley9 Gallery, Sydney,
AUS
2011 satellite fade-out, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, AUS
2009 the stars eat your body, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney, AUS
2008 the whole of everything, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne,
AUS
2007 Del Kathryn Barton, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW, AUS
2006 please. don't stop. Kaliman Gallery, Sydney, AUS
2005 thank you for loving me, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne,
AUS
2004 Girl, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, AUS
2002 Drawings and Objects, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, AUS
2001 Drawings from California, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, AUS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Semi Permanent, Carriageworks, Sydney, AUS
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki
Cinema Museum, Thessaloniki, GR
water[shed], Bett Gallery, Hobart TAS, AUS
2021 Re-gathering, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, AUS
Australian Love Stories, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra,
AUS
Archie 100, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AUS
2020 Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now,
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, AUS
Fragmented Bodies, albertz benda, New York, NY
2016 Like-ness, albertz benda, New York, NY
2015 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Jupiter Hall, Paddington,
Sydney, AUS
Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art,
Melbourne, AUS
2014 Express Yourself: Romance was born for kids, National
Gallery of Victoria The Gold Award, Rockhampton Art
Gallery, AUS
Dark Heart, 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art
Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, AUS
2013 The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales,