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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Citations

  • Hansen, David (July 2006), 'Red Pills: Jon Cattapan’s Neo-Urbanism’, Art Monthly, Review.

  • Conomos, John (1995), 'Jon Cattapan’, Eyeline, Review.

  • North, Ian (1998), 'Expanse, Aboriginalities, Spatialities and the Politics of Ecstasy’, University of South Australia Art Museum, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, exh. cat.

  • Ewington, Julie, & Robert Nelson (1993), 'Jon Cattapan: Journal Entries, 4 March – 4 April 1993’, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC, exh. cat.

  • Ian Potter Museum of Art (2006), 'The Drowned World: Jon Cattapan Works and Collaborations’, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, exh. cat.

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  • Clark, Deborah (1993), ''Jon Cattapan: The City Submerged,’ Australian Perspecta 1993’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, exh. cat.

  • Cattapan, Jon, & Peter Ellis (1989), 'The Intimate Object’, Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, VIC, exh. cat.

  • Kirker, Anne (1993), 'Jon Cattapan’, Eyeline, Interview with the artist.

  • Hill, Peter (1993), 'Jon Cattapan’, Asian Art Press (International) Ltd., Interview with the artist.

  • Carroll, Alison (1989), 'Irony, Humour & Dissent: Recent Australian Drawings’, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Manly, NSW, Artist’s Statement.

  • Cattapan, Jon (1987), 'Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition’, Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation, Chatswood, NSW, Artist’s Statement.

  • McAuliffe, Chris (2008), 'Jon Cattapan: Possible Histories’, Miegunyah Press, Monograph.

  • Zimmer, Jenny (1981), 'Animals and Animism in Australian Art and Other Essays’, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Artist’s Statement.

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