Del Kathryn Barton

Del Kathryn Barton
Born	1972 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Influenced by	Kiki Smith, Louise Bourgeois, John Currin, Shirin Neshat, Henry Darger[1]
Awards	Archibald Prize 2008 You are what is most beautiful about me, a self portrait with Kell and Arella

Del Kathryn Barton (born 1972) is an Australian artist, who won the 2008 Archibald Prize. She is represented by Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, Australia and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia.

She studied at the College of Fine Arts of the University of New South Wales, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1993. She was later employed at the College as a lecturer.^[2] She has held numerous solo exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne since her first in 1995.^[3]

On 7 March 2008, it was announced that Barton had won the 2008 Archibald Prize for portraiture, for You are what is most beautiful about me, a self portrait with Kell and Arella, a self-portrait with her two children.^[4] Barton said of the portrait: "This painting celebrates the love I have for my two children and how my relationship with them has radically informed and indeed transformed my understanding of who I am".^[5] She was also a finalist in the 2011 Archibald Prize.

References

1. ^ Armstrong, Claire: Del Kathryn Barton: ANZ/Art & Australia Emerging Artists Program, Art & Australia.
2. ^ Del Kathryn Barton Biography, Karen Woodbury Gallery.
3. ^ Del Kathryn Barton, Lost At E Minor.
4. ^ Del Kathryn Barton wins Archibald, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 March 2008.
5. ^ Syllabus Connections: The Archibald Prize and Portraiture, Archibald Prize, 2008.

Awards
Preceded by John Beard	Archibald Prize 2008 for You are what is most beautiful about me, a self portrait with Kell and Arella	Succeeded by Guy Maestri

Images

• Del Kathryn Barton 2008 exhibition Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
• Del Kathryn Barton 2005 exhibition Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne

Video

• Del Kathryn Barton, Wilderness exhibition
• Behind the scenes of ARTIST PROFILE Issue 15's cover shoot, inside Barton's studio

External links

• Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
• Del Kathryn Barton on Artabase
• The Australian, Del Kathryn Barton
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Del Kathryn Barton
• The Age, Del Kathryn Barton
• Art & Australia, Emerging artists, Del kathryn Barton
• Del Kathryn Barton, 2011, ARTIST PROFILE Issue 15, pp. 52-60

Persondata
Name	Barton, Del Kathryn
Alternative names
Short description	Australian artist
Date of birth	1972
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death