Kath Batchelor:
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I am a 3-D mixed media artist, graduating from Hungry Creek Art School in 2006, achieving an arts and craft diploma level six, then at Northtec in 2016 gaining my Bachelor of Applied Arts Degree.
As a mixed media artist, I work predominately with objects - found and created. Objects are loaded with histories, they contain traces of residual emotions and symbolism.
As a mixed media artist, I work predominately with objects - found and created. Objects are loaded with histories, they contain traces of residual emotions and symbolism.
The traumatic events from my childhood influence the essence of each work, loss, innocence, and vulnerability, which I consider to be a therapeutic process.
Growing up in post -war NZ, I lived with objects that were hand-made, and the craft involved in this was valued.
I enjoy combining a variety of materials in my art, exploring the differences in their material languages. I believe that through installation and assemblage, the juxtaposition of created and found objects can portray a sense of human interaction and emotional response more effectively than through spoken word.
Growing up in post -war NZ, I lived with objects that were hand-made, and the craft involved in this was valued.
I enjoy combining a variety of materials in my art, exploring the differences in their material languages. I believe that through installation and assemblage, the juxtaposition of created and found objects can portray a sense of human interaction and emotional response more effectively than through spoken word.
See Kath at the 2019 Arts Trail
Awards and achievements include:
2004 Rodney district art awards first place sculpture.
2005 Rodney district Art award, second place 3-D.
2005 top student award, Hungrycreek at school.
2006 Hospice catwalk awards, first place, open category.
2006 Manukau sculpture and Vessel , merit award.
2013 'Surf and Turf', Wallace Art collection.
2016 Graduated BAA, Northtec, Whangarei.
Exhibition history:
Trailblazing, Megan Dickinson Art Gallery, Whangarei, Oct 2018.
Sculpture Northland, Quarry Gardens,Whangarei, Nov 2017.
‘Power of shelter’ Whangarei art museum, October 2017.
White Night, Auckland Arts Festival, 2017
CollaboratioNZ 2017 (scholarship Northtec)
Excetera, final exhibition BAA Northtec 2016
Art House Tour Auckland Grammar School, 2016
Katherine Batchelor, Geoff Wilson Gallery, Northtec, 2016.
Matariki 116 Bank Street, Whangarei 2015
Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens, 2015
White Night, Parnell. Auckland Arts Festival, 2015
Harbourview Sculpture Trail, 2014
No1 Parnell, Rawene, 2014
Small objects exhibition, The Depot Artspace, Devonport, 2014
Outside the Square, The Depot Artspace, 2014.
Playing with nature, Outerspace gallery, The Depot Artspace, Devonport, 2013
Stack the Deck, The depot Artspace, Devonport, 2011
Birds of a Feather, The Depot Artspace, Devonport, 2010
Satellite gallery, Auckland, solo show, 2008
Depot artspace, Devonport, 'As I see it' solo show, 2007
Objective art awards, Nathan homestead, Manukau, 2007
Cone city national ceramics exhibition,Compendium gallery, Auckland, 2007
Emerging Gems, The Lake House Art Centre! takapuna, 2007
ArtAid, The Depot Artspace, Devonport, 2007
BirdsBirdsBirds, Estuary Art Centre, Orewa, 2007
WAX, National women's art exhibition, Lindauer Cellars, Gisborne, 2007
Mount Albert Grammer School Art Exhibition and sale, 2007
Midsummer nights Dream, fundraising art exhibition, Matakana, 2007
Hungry Creek Art School, graduates and student exhibition, Puhoi, 2006
Waiclay, national ceramic exhibition,Waikato Museum, Hamilton., 2006
Hospice catwalk art awards, Matakana, 2006
Hungry Creek Art School, graduates and student exhibition, Puhoi, 2005
Rodney district art awards, 2005, 2004
Hungry Creek Art School, graduates and student exhibition, Puhoi, 2004
2004 Rodney district art awards first place sculpture.
2005 Rodney district Art award, second place 3-D.
2005 top student award, Hungrycreek at school.
2006 Hospice catwalk awards, first place, open category.
2006 Manukau sculpture and Vessel , merit award.
2013 'Surf and Turf', Wallace Art collection.
2016 Graduated BAA, Northtec, Whangarei.
Exhibition history:
Trailblazing, Megan Dickinson Art Gallery, Whangarei, Oct 2018.
Sculpture Northland, Quarry Gardens,Whangarei, Nov 2017.
‘Power of shelter’ Whangarei art museum, October 2017.
White Night, Auckland Arts Festival, 2017
CollaboratioNZ 2017 (scholarship Northtec)
Excetera, final exhibition BAA Northtec 2016
Art House Tour Auckland Grammar School, 2016
Katherine Batchelor, Geoff Wilson Gallery, Northtec, 2016.
Matariki 116 Bank Street, Whangarei 2015
Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens, 2015
White Night, Parnell. Auckland Arts Festival, 2015
Harbourview Sculpture Trail, 2014
No1 Parnell, Rawene, 2014
Small objects exhibition, The Depot Artspace, Devonport, 2014
Outside the Square, The Depot Artspace, 2014.
Playing with nature, Outerspace gallery, The Depot Artspace, Devonport, 2013
Stack the Deck, The depot Artspace, Devonport, 2011
Birds of a Feather, The Depot Artspace, Devonport, 2010
Satellite gallery, Auckland, solo show, 2008
Depot artspace, Devonport, 'As I see it' solo show, 2007
Objective art awards, Nathan homestead, Manukau, 2007
Cone city national ceramics exhibition,Compendium gallery, Auckland, 2007
Emerging Gems, The Lake House Art Centre! takapuna, 2007
ArtAid, The Depot Artspace, Devonport, 2007
BirdsBirdsBirds, Estuary Art Centre, Orewa, 2007
WAX, National women's art exhibition, Lindauer Cellars, Gisborne, 2007
Mount Albert Grammer School Art Exhibition and sale, 2007
Midsummer nights Dream, fundraising art exhibition, Matakana, 2007
Hungry Creek Art School, graduates and student exhibition, Puhoi, 2006
Waiclay, national ceramic exhibition,Waikato Museum, Hamilton., 2006
Hospice catwalk art awards, Matakana, 2006
Hungry Creek Art School, graduates and student exhibition, Puhoi, 2005
Rodney district art awards, 2005, 2004
Hungry Creek Art School, graduates and student exhibition, Puhoi, 2004
