Jon Cattapan b. 1956

  • Artist (Digital Artist/Designer),
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
artist who works with painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, collage, printmaking and digital media. Cattapan was born in 1956. His works demonstrate his interest with the city and urban environments, contemporary culture and political issues. Overseas residencies include New York (USA), Seoul (Korea), and Castelfranco Veneto (Italy).
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Name
Jon Cattapan
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Digital Artist/Designer)
  • Artist
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Coordinator of Postgraduate Studies (Coordinator of Postgraduate Studies Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.)
  • Associate Professor (Associate Professor Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.)
Birth date
1956
Birth place
Melbourne, VIC
Active Period
  • 1978-
Training
  • 1st year Computer Science, 1974 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), 1975 - 1977 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC
  • Master's Degree, 1992 - 1993 Monash University, School of Art and Design, Melbourne, VIC
Cultural Heritage
  • Italian
Languages
  • English

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  • Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, VIC (associate of)
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Related works
  • Woden Waiting (creator of)
  • Whitlam in China Study (creator of)
  • Weeper (creator of)
  • Village Idiots (creator of)
  • A View from Flat 3, 42 Grey St (creator of)
  • Veil (Big Economy Hype) (creator of)
  • Turning (creator of)
  • Three Continents (The Peace Pipe) (creator of)
  • The Sunshine Crowd (creator of)
  • Mogliano Suite (creator of)
  • Strip Sign (creator of)
  • The Street (creator of)
  • St Kilda Views (creator of)
  • Slim Pickings (creator of)
  • Skid City (Green) (creator of)
  • Skeletal (creator of)
  • The Sister Drawings (creator of)
  • Sister (creator of)
  • Self Portrait as a Pipe (creator of)
  • Scooter Faith (creator of)
  • Red System No. 3 (The Third Deadly System) (creator of)
  • Red System No. 1 (The First Deadly System) (creator of)
  • Reactive Study, October (creator of)
  • Reactive Study, November (creator of)
  • Reactive Study (Late Night Cigarettes) (creator of)
  • Possible Histories: Stream (creator of)
  • Possible Histories No. 16 (creator of)
  • Possible Histories: Keys Road (creator of)
  • Possible Histories: Body/Coast (creator of)
  • Plastering Piece (creator of)
  • The Planets Align (creator of)
  • Pig Performance (creator of)
  • Photographica Study (creator of)
  • Petey the Knife (creator of)
  • Passage Out (creator of)
  • Outer Logic V2 (creator of)
  • The Ochre Mask (creator of)
  • Under New York (creator of)
  • Name and Address (creator of)
  • The Melbourne Panels (creator of)
  • King Tide (creator of)
  • In the Days of the Festivals (creator of)
  • Hot Corgis (creator of)
  • The Group Discusses (creator of)
  • The Drowned World: Jon Cattapan Works and Collaborations (creator of)
  • City Submerged series (creator of)
  • Carbon Group series (creator of)
  • Bridge Study (creator of)
  • The Bridge (creator of)
  • Bananas (creator of)
  • The Bookbuilder (creator of)
  • After Bosch (creator of)
  • The Acid Bath (creator of)
Related collections
  • Deakin University, VIC (collected in)
  • Footscray College of T.A.F.E., VIC (collected in)
  • St. Leonard's College, VIC (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria, VIC (collected in)
  • Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS (collected in)
  • Shire of Diamond Valley, VIC (collected in)
  • Tamworth City Art Gallery, NSW (collected in)
  • Wesley College, VIC (collected in)
  • University College of Southern Queensland, QLD (collected in)
  • Northern Territory University, N.T (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, TAS (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, VIC (collected in)
  • Print Council of Australia (collected in)
  • James Baker Collection, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Vizard Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, VIC (collected in)
  • Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Curtin University Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Australian National University, Institute of the Arts, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • City of Port Phillip, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • City of Glen Eira, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Southport, QLD (collected in)
  • Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery, VIC (collected in)
  • Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW (collected in)
  • Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, NSW (collected in)
  • Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, VIC (collected in)
  • Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW (collected in)
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery, VIC (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Art Gallery, NSW (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Artist in Residence - Ivanhoe Girl's Grammar, Melbourne (Artists in Schools Program) (received)
  • Artist in Residence - Fintona Girl's School Melbourne (Artists in Schools Program) (received)
  • Greene Street Studio Residency, New York Australia Council, Visual Arts/Crafts (received)
  • Artist-in-residence - Canberra School of Art, Australian National University (received)
  • Australia Council Creative Arts Fellowship (for 1993-4) (received)
  • 1998 - Australia Council V.A.C.F. New Works grant (received)
  • A.R.C. Grant to research 'Representations of the City'. (received)
  • JADA national drawing award (received)
  • Recognised as an official artist for the Australian War Memorial (received)
Related events
  • Viridian Eye (exhibited at)
  • Paintings, Constructions And Works On Paper (exhibited at)
  • Works On Paper (exhibited at)
  • Recent Paintings And Drawings (exhibited at)
  • Paintings And Works On Paper (exhibited at)
  • Household Names Words On Lips - Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Working The Notes (Part 2) - Drawings (exhibited at)
  • Working the Notes - Drawings (exhibited at)
  • Paintings 1986-1989 (exhibited at)
  • Local Sums - Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Paintings and Drawings (exhibited at)
  • Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Reworking the Notes- Photographs (exhibited at)
  • Recent Works, Photospace Gallery (exhibited at)
  • 365 Days (exhibited at)
  • The open line (exhibited at)
  • Journal Entries (exhibited at)
  • Room 32 (exhibited at)
  • The Open Line pt. 2 (exhibited at)
  • Pillars of Salt (exhibited at)
  • Stem (exhibited at)
  • Collection in Context: Jon Cattapan (exhibited at)
  • Alight (exhibited at)
  • Jon Cattapan - Drawings (exhibited at)
  • Fire and Life - collaboration with Surendran Nair (exhibited at)
  • Fluid (exhibited at)
  • Selected Drawings (exhibited at)
  • In the Present (exhibited at)
  • Jon Cattapan: The City Submerged (exhibited at)
  • Vista : crowd (exhibited at)
  • The Jon and Eugene Show (with Eugene Carchesio) (exhibited at)
  • Figure : Ground (exhibited at)
  • Jon Cattapan (exhibited at)
  • Carbon Groups II (exhibited at)
  • Carbon Groups (exhibited at)
  • Line Culture (exhibited at)