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A/PROF JON CATTAPAN



Contact Details

Organization: Victorian College of the Arts
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN ART
Email:
Work: 96859465
Level: 01
Building: VCA Art/Production Administration
Campus: Victorian College Of The Arts

Biography

Jon Cattapan is a Melbourne based visual artist whose paintings, drawings and prints deal primarily with reperesentations of the urban environment. His work has been included in many important surveys of contemporary art including the Asia Pacific Triennial (Queensland Art Gallery) in 1993 and the Tarrawarra Biennial: Parrallel lives Australian Painting Today (Tarrawarra Museum of Art) 2006. His work was the subject of a major survey held at the Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne in 2006 ('The Drowned world: Jon Cattapan works and collaborations'). His work his held inmany state and regional museums including the National gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Queensland Art Gallery and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney) as well as many private and corporate collections.

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
political/social representations of the urban environment through paintings Fine Art, Painting, Drawing, Digital Imaging Australia, India, Italy, Korea, Republic of (South)

Languages

Languages

Language Proficiency
Italian Listen & Speak

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Masters of Arts (Research) Monash Monash University 03-May-1993
Bachelor Fine Art (Painting) RMIT Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 01-May-1977

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Creative Works

Publications in 2007

Creative Works

Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • The group discusses
    Year: 2006
    Book: The drowned world: Jon Cattapan works and collaborations
    Publisher: Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors(s):

Creative Works

  • The Drowned World: Jon Cattapan works and collaborations


    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Potter Museum Of Art, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Place: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
    Performers:
  • Journal Forms + Carbon Groups
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Grafton Regional Gallery(Grafton)
    Place: Grafton, AUSTRALIA
    Performers:
  • Tarrawarra Biennial Parrallel Lives: Australian Painting today
    Year: 2006
    Book/Anthology/Journal/Catalogue Title: Tarrawarra Biennial Parrallel lives Australian painting today
    ISBN: 0-9751726-3-8
    Date from: 04-Aug-2006
    Date to: 12-Nov-2006
    Publisher: Tarrawarra Museum of Art(melbourne)
    Authors/Performers:

Publications in 2005

Creative Works

  • After Image
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: Bellas Milani Gallery(Melbourne)
    Place: Bellas Milani Gallery, 54 Logan Road, Wo,
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  • Tiny Signals
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: Sutton Gallery(Melbourne)
    Place: Sutton Gallery, 254 Brunswick Street Fit,
    Performers:

Publications in 2004

Creative Works

  • Line Culture
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Kaliman Gallery(Sydney)
    Place: Sydney, AUSTRALIA
    Performers:
    URL - open access www.kalimangallery.com

Publications in 2003

Creative Works

  • Carbon Groups II
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Art Almanac(Glebe)
    Place: Kaliman Gallery, 10 Cecil Street, Paddin,
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  • The Melbourne Panels
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: National Gallery of Victoria(Melbourne)
    Place: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
    Performers:
    URL - open access www.ngv.vic.gov.au

Publications in 2002

Creative Works

Publications in 2001

Creative Works

  • Jon Cattapan: The City Submerged
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: Wollongong City Gallery(Wollongong)
    Place: Wollongong, AUSTRALIA
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  • Vista: crowd
    Year: 2001
    Book/Anthology/Journal/Catalogue Title: Vista: crowd
    Date from: 06-Oct-2001
    Date to: 31-Oct-2001
    Publisher: Art Almanac(Glebe)
    Authors/Performers:
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