Born in 1972 in Sydney, Australia, Del Kathryn Barton has participated in many group exhibitions that include: UNTITLED, Art Basel, Miami (2018), Asia Now Paris Asian Art Fair, Paris (2018), The Archibald Prize (2018, 2013, 2011) Art Gallery of New South Wales, mad love, ARNDT, Singapore (2017); Hong Kong International Art Fair, Roslyn Oxley9/ARNDT, Hong Kong (2016); Like-ness, albertz benda, New York, USA (2016); Dark Heart, Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art, Adelaide, Australia (2014); Theatre of the World, Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia (2012), Lightness and Gravity, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia (2012); Freehand: Recent Australian Drawing, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia (2010/11); 2009 Wynne Prize for Landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (2009); Half a World Away: Drawings from Glasgow, Sao Paulo and Sydney, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centre, Buffalo, New York, USA (2002).

Her solo exhibitions include: love wants to give, albertz benda, Los Angeles (2022), the women who fell to earth, Roslyn Oxley9, Sydney (2022), sing blood-wings sing, albertz benda, New York (2019), the highway is a disco, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (2017); r u a bunny, albertz benda, New York, USA (2017), angel dribble, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia (2016); the highway is a disco, ARNDT, Singapore (2015); electro orchid, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia (2014); The Nightingale and the Rose, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia (2012); the stars eat your body, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney, Australia (2009); the whole of everything, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (2008), and thank you for loving me, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (2005).

Her motion works are critically acclaimed, including her debut feature film Blaze, Causeway Films, in addition to short films, RED, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (2017); The Nightingale and the Rose, ACMI, Melbourne, Australia (2016); and The Human Dress, Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art, Australia (2014).

Barton was awarded The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney twice, in 2013 and 2008. She was also awarded Best Short Animation at the AACTA Awards (2016), Best Direction in an Animation at the Australia Directors Guild (2016) and the Film Victoria Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film at the Melbourne International Film Festival. In addition, she has been nominated for a range of awards that include the Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2007) and The Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (1995).

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