Join us as we delve in to the themes and practice of Jon Cattapan, and discuss his ongoing connection to Rockhampton Museum of Art; and how the themes in his 2016 Gold Award winning work Raft City No. 4 (surveillance version) still continue to inform his practice today.

Tess Maunder, Rockhampton Museum of Art Curator speaks with Melbourne based artist Jon Cattapan.

Jon Cattapan is widely regarded and respected senior Australian artist and educator who works primarily in the space of painting, but has also expanded to film and photography. He has been graced with a wide range of career achievements to date including when in 2008 he took up a commission through the Australian War Memorial to become Australia’s 63rd Official war artist and was through this process deployed to Timor Leste. In 2013 Cattapan was the recipient of the Bulgari Art Award; and in 2016 was awarded the Rockhampton Art Gallery Gold Prize, the awarded painting was Raft City No. 4 (surveillance version); to which we will discuss further today.