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Terry Batt - artist Born in Bristol, England in 1949, Batt immigrated to Australia. He received a Diploma of Visual Arts in 1977 and a Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts in 1980 at Monash University. In 1982 he completed a Masters degree in Fine Art at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, USA. Upon returning to Australia he taught at Melbourne University before taking up an appointment to Associate Professor in Fine Art at RMIT University where he was head of the post-graduate program in Melbourne and Hong Kong. Terry currently lives and works in Beechworth, Victoria 
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2012
Equilibrium, Identity Art Gallery, Hong Kong 2011 A Delicate Balance, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 2008 Dim Sum, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 2006 Double Happiness, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 2005 Wunderlust, John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong, China 2002 Point of No Return, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 2001 John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong, China Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney 1999 Brush de Boogie, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 1997 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney 1995 View from the Saddle, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 1994 Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney 1993 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne |
1992
Constructions 1986 – 1992, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 1991 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 1990 DC-ART, Sydney 1989 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 1988 DC-ART, Sydney 1987 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 1986 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 1982 Carriero Gallery, Boston, USA Gallery East, Boston, USA 1980 Standfield Gallery, Boston, USA Switchback Gallery, Churchill, USA 1976 Warehouse Gallery, Melbourne 1974 Leveson Gallery, Melbourne |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2018
Let’s Play: The art of our time, Bunjil Place, Narre Warren, Victoria Featured Artists: Brook Andrew, Terry Batt, Polly Borland (UK/USA), Tina Douglas, Emily Floyd, Shaun Gladwell (AUS/UK), Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, Chayni Henry, Troy Innocent, Jess Johnson (NZ/USA), Jeff Koons (USA), Maria Kontis, Fiona McMonagle, Jan Nelson, Trent Parke, Patricia Piccinini, Robert Pulie, Nick Selenitsch, Tim Silver, Fleur Summers and Miwa Yanagi (Japan). 2017 Vista: A Retrospective of the Nockart Foundation, Nockart Gallery, Hong Kong Fragrant Impressions, Nockart Gallery, Hong Kong 2016 Christmas Exhibition, Nockart Gallery, Hong Kong All Points of the Compass: Paintings by Arthur Ted Powell & Terry Batt,. Nockart Gallery, Hong Kong Best in Show, Orange Regional Arts Foundation, NSW Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize Exhibition, Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre, Melbourne 2015 Gaze of Sins: Painting On and On 6, Koo Ming Kown Gallery, Baptist University, Hong Kong 2014 Montalto Sculpture Prize Finalist Exhibition, Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove, Victoria 2013 Dualities I: Dichromatic Allure, Identity Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China 2010 Korea International Art Fair, COEX Korea Exhibition Center, Seoul, Korea Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 2008 New Horizons, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, China Who Let the Dogs Out, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery; Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, New South Wales 2007 Eye to “I”, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria 2006 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Gong Ju National Art Festival, Lim Lip Museum, Korea 2005 Art Walk, John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong, China 2004 Gong Ju National Art Festival, Lim Lip Museum, Korea 2003 Reunion: The Art of Sixteen Graduates, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne Odd, Melbourne Comedy Festival, Melbourne 2002 Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne The Importance of Being Small, Defiance Gallery, Melbourne 2001 Wall, Floor, Ceiling, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne |
2000
Exhibition – The Faculty of Art, Design and Communication at RMIT University,RMIT University, Melbourne The Importance of Being Small, Defiance Gallery, Sydney 1998 RMIT Fine Art at the Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong Arts Centre, China 1995 Australia Felix – Benalla Visual Arts Festival, Benalla, Victoria 1994 The Republican Show, Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 1993 The Art of Collecting, Linden, Melbourne; Geelong Regional Art Gallery, Victoria 1992 Works on Paper, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne C.D. Art, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra Small Works – Wide Vision, Downlands College, Queensland Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 1991 Cross Currents: Contemporary New Zealand and Australian Art from the Chartwell Collection, Waikato Museum of Art & History, Hamilton, New Zealand 1990 Niagara Galleries at Hill-Smith Art Gallery, Adelaide Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Art From Elsewhere, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart Painters’ Sculpture, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 1989 New Art Three, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 1988 First Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne A Horse Show – The Horse in Contemporary Australian Art, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne 1987 Directors Choice, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne 1982 North Eastern University, Boston, USA 1981 Carreiro Gallery, Boston, USA Boston Symphony Hall, USA 1977 Geelong Regional Art Gallery, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Victoria 1975 Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Victoria Age Gallery, Melbourne |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
CATALOGUES/BOOKS
Rodney James, Let’s Play: The art of our time, Bunjil Place, exhibition catalogue, Codename: Yellow bird II 2017 - pg 9, Narre Warren, Victoria 2017- 2018
Michael Nock, Letter From The Chairman, All Points of the Compass, exhibition catalogue, Hong Kong 2016
Clement Chan, “Gaze of Sins”, Gaze of Sins: Painting On and On 6, exhibition catalogue, 2015
Montalto Sculpture Prize, exhibition catalogue, Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove, 2014
Carol Sun, “A Painter or Sculptor … An Artist or an Academic”, Equilibrium, exhibition catalogue, 2012
Steven Miller, Dogs in Australian Art, Wakefield Press, 2012
Peter Hill, "Art and it’s Double", Double Happiness, exhibition catalogue, Niagara Publishing, 2011
Elizabeth M. Grierson, Dim sum, exhibition catalogue, Niagara Publishing, Melbourne, 2008
Geoffrey J. Wallis, Eye to “I”: The Self in Recent Art, exhibition catalogue, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria, 2007
Peter Hill, Terry Batt Double Happiness, exhibition catalogue, Niagara Publishing, 2006
Gong Ju National Art Festival, exhibition catalogue, Lim Lip Museum, Korea, 2004
Reunion: The Art of Sixteen Graduates, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne, 2003
Jeff Lewis, Cultural Studies: The Basics, Sage Publishing USA, 2003
The Faculty of Art, Design and Communication at RMIT University, exhibition catalogue, RMIT University, 2002
Terry Batt, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 1993
Terry Batt: Constructions 1986–1992, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 1992
Michael Nock, Letter From The Chairman, All Points of the Compass, exhibition catalogue, Hong Kong 2016
Clement Chan, “Gaze of Sins”, Gaze of Sins: Painting On and On 6, exhibition catalogue, 2015
Montalto Sculpture Prize, exhibition catalogue, Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove, 2014
Carol Sun, “A Painter or Sculptor … An Artist or an Academic”, Equilibrium, exhibition catalogue, 2012
Steven Miller, Dogs in Australian Art, Wakefield Press, 2012
Peter Hill, "Art and it’s Double", Double Happiness, exhibition catalogue, Niagara Publishing, 2011
Elizabeth M. Grierson, Dim sum, exhibition catalogue, Niagara Publishing, Melbourne, 2008
Geoffrey J. Wallis, Eye to “I”: The Self in Recent Art, exhibition catalogue, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria, 2007
Peter Hill, Terry Batt Double Happiness, exhibition catalogue, Niagara Publishing, 2006
Gong Ju National Art Festival, exhibition catalogue, Lim Lip Museum, Korea, 2004
Reunion: The Art of Sixteen Graduates, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne, 2003
Jeff Lewis, Cultural Studies: The Basics, Sage Publishing USA, 2003
The Faculty of Art, Design and Communication at RMIT University, exhibition catalogue, RMIT University, 2002
Terry Batt, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 1993
Terry Batt: Constructions 1986–1992, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 1992