Del Kathryn Barton

Biography

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 

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,