Katherine Hattam

Katherine Hattam lives and works in Melbourne. She has BA Hons University of Melbourne, MFA VCA, PhD Deakin University. Hattam’s work is held in collections of: NGV, NGA, AGNSW, AGSA, QAGGOMA. QUT. She was a finalist in Archibald prize 2022 and 2023. Hattam’s work was included in Melbourne NOW NGV 2023, and in Bewilderness AGSA 2022-2023.

“Words and images - that’s it. That pretty much describes my current paintings. My mother, Kate Hattam was a gifted reader, and there is such a thing. So began my love of reading, added to an artist father creating a world of images. In 2004 they had both died; us children divided, among other things, the books. I had many double ups. By way of celebrating her I recycled many creating a grid of pages on which to lay images. 19 years later this process persists but now words have crept into what we’re straight oil paintings.”

Out of this World mixed media on linen was made in 2023, a painting all about my love of the sea and the coast.

& Gallery Australia is pleased to present Katherine’s upcoming exhibition - 20 April - 12 May 2024