Katherine Hattam

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Katherine Hattam
Born1950
Education
Known forPainting, drawing, collage, printmaking, sculpture

Katherine Hattam (born 1950[citation needed]) is an Australian artist. Her work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery, University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, Artbank, Heide, Art Gallery of South Australia, Deakin and La Trobe Universities, Warrnambool Art Gallery and Bendigo Art Gallery. She is the mother of artist William Mackinnon.[1][2]

Career[edit]

Hattam obtained a BA in Literature and Politics from Melbourne University in 1974 and held her first exhibition at George Paton & Ewing Gallery in 1978.[citation needed] In 1992, she was awarded a MFA by the Victorian College of the Arts, and in 2004 she was awarded a PhD by Deakin University.[citation needed]

Hattam has won the Banyule Prize and the Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, and has been a finalist in the Dobell Prize, the Geelong Contemporary Arts Prize, the Tidal Art Award, and the Sulman Prize.[3][4] Her portrait, Helen Garner speaks French, was a finalist for the 2022 Archibald Prize.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Katherine Hattam". Artist Profile. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. ^ McDonald, John (20 March 2020). "Old books and riotous colour collide as Katherine Hattam's art makes playful statements". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Finalists set for Tidal 2016". The Advocate. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Katherine Hattam". NAVA. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Archibald Prize Archibald 2022 work: Helen Garner speaks French by Katherine Hattam". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 May 2022.