Jon Cattapan is an extensively exhibited visual artist who lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. He first began exhibiting in 1979 and his works deal primarily with ways of representing urban topographies and narratives.
Jon Cattapan
He is known for panoramic layered city vistas and figurative groupings and has a long held preoccupation for the way human beings negotiate territories. Within his paintings, drawings and prints we see influences of contemporary global culture and recent history that range from science fiction and film through to urban social debates. His extensive travels in Asia and living in cities such as New York, London and Venice have deeply influenced his practice.
Cattapan’s work has been accorded many accolades. In 2006 he was honoured with a major retrospective The Drowned World: Jon Cattapan works and collaborations at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne. In 2008 he took up a commission through the Australian War Memorial to become Australia’s 63rd Official war artist and was deployed to Timor Leste, where he explored Night Vision technology as an aesthetic tool, which continues to inform his work. In his most recent work the artist has been documenting urban refuse and reconfigures collections of discarded objects into ‘rafts’. He turns to saturated fields of colour and these gathered objects to explore uncanny presences in the urban environment.
Cattapan’s works can be found in the collections of all Australian State museums and many regional galleries including the National Gallery of Australia, The National Gallery of Victoria, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, The Gallery of Modern Art/Queensland Art Gallery and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. His work is also held in major private and corporate collections.
Born 1956 and lives and works in Melbourne Australia.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021
- Dissolve, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2019
- Turbulence, Conflict and the Gardens of Remediation, in collaboration with Lyndell Brown and Charles Green, exhibition in partnership between Victorian College of Arts, University of Melbourne and Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.
2018
- The spaces of and in Between, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton
2017
- Future Constellations, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2015
- Raft City, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2013
- Recent Work, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2011
- New Paintings, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2008
- Jon Cattapan, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
- Jon Cattapan: Valley Nights, Dell gallery, Griffith University, Brisbane
2007
- Jon Cattapan, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
- Jon Cattapan, Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2006
- The Drowned World: Jon Cattapan works and collaborations, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
- Jon Cattapan: Journal forms and Carbon groups, Grafton Regional gallery, Grafton
2005
- After Images, Bellas Milani gallery, Brisbane
- Tiny Signals, Sutton gallery, Melbourne
2004
- Line Culture, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2003
- Carbon Groups, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
- Carbon Groups II, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2002
- Jon Cattapan, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
- Figure : Ground, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2001
- Vista : Crowd, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
- The Jon and Eugene Show (with Eugene Carchesio) Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
2000
- Jon Cattapan: The City Submerged, Gold Coast City Art gallery, Tamworth City Gallery, Manning Regional Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery
- Some Seen, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
1999
- In the Present, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
- Jon Cattapan: The City Submerged, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, Drill
- Hall Gallery, Canberra, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
- Seven Deadly Systems, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
- Selected Drawings, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
1997
- Fluid, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
- Fire and Life - collaboration with Surendran Nair, Monash University Gallery
- Jon Cattapan - Drawings, Hong Ik University Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
1996
- Alight, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
- Collection in Context: Jon Cattapan, Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery, Mornington, Victoria
- Stem, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
- Fire and Life (with Surendran Nair), M.S. University of Baroda and Gallery Chemould, Bombay, India
1994
- Pillars of Salt, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
- The Open Line pt. 2, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
- Room 32, Regent's Court Hotel, Sydney
1993
- Journal Entries, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
- The City Submerged, Monash Studios, Melbourne
- The open line, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
1992
- 365 Days, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
- 365 Days, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
- Paintings, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
1991
- Reworking the Notes-Photographs, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
- Recent Works, Photospace Gallery, Canberra School of Art, A.N.U., Canberra
- Reworking the Notes- Photographs, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
- Paintings, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
1990
- Paintings and Drawings, Nathalie Karg, New York, U.S.A.
1989
- Local Sums - Paintings, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
- Paintings 1986-1989, D.C. Art, Sydney
- Working The Notes - Drawings, Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth
- Working The Notes (Part 2) - Drawings, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
1987
- Household Names Words On Lips - Paintings, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
1986
- Paintings And Works On Paper, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
- Paintings And Works On Paper Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth
1985
- Recent Paintings And Drawings, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
1984
- Works On Paper, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
1983
- Paintings, Constructions And Works On Paper, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
- Roger Alsop and Friends: from Melbourne and Berlin, Verwalterhaus, Berlin
2019
- Turbulence, Conflict and the Gardens of Remediation, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
- All That Shimmers: Collection of the Gold Award, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton
- Word of Mouth, Grau Projekt, Melbourne
- Vis-ability, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane
2017
- A Decolonial Geographic, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania
2016
- Beyond the Tower: 40 Years and Counting, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2015
- National Artists Self-Portrait Prize, Univeristy of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2014
- Velocity, Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
- Conflict: Contemporary Responses to War, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2013
- Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding...?, Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre
- Vibrant Matter, TarraWarra Museum of Art
- Negotiating this world: Contemporary Australian Art, National Gallery of Victoria
2012
- Perspectives, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2011
- Ten Years of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
- Story Bridge, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
- Collaborative Witness: Artists' responses to the plight of the asylum seeker and refugee, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2007
- Intimate and distant landscapes, Devenport regional gallery, Tasmania
- Thresholds of tolerance, Australian national University, Canberra
- Beautiful world, Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia, Adelaide
2006
- Parrallel lives: a survey of Australian Painting, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Yarra valley, Victoria
- Inaugural display of Australian and International art, Gallery of Modern Art (QAG), Brisbane
2005
- People’s Choice, Wollongong City Gallery, NSW
2004
- JADA Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
- Sticks and Stones, University of Tasmania, Launceston
- Freaks, Fiends and Folly, Bright Gallery, Melbourne
- The Tarkine, Bright gallery, Melbourne
- Blackfriar’s Drawing Award, Blackfriar’s trust, Cootamundra and Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, NSW
- By Male Order, Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, NSW.
2003
- Otherworlds, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
- See Here Now -The Vizard Collection, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
- Love Letter to China , Ivan Dougherty gallery, Sydney and Central Academy of fine Arts, Beijing.
2002
- Nocturne Mornington Regional Gallery, Vic
- Transit Narratives, Le Venezie, Villa Letizia, Teviso, Italy
- Geelong Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, Victoria
- Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
- Nick Cave: The Good Son, Mornington Regional gallery, Mornington, Victoria
2001
- Landscape as Metaphor, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery (touring), Qld
- Imaging Identity and Place, Grafton Regional Gallery, N.S.W. (Touring N.S.W. and Victoria 2001 - 2003)
- On Paper, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2000
- Terra Australis, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
- National Works on Paper, Mornington Regional Gallery
- SCEGGS Redlands Art Award, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW
1999
- Telling Tales, Neue Galerie Landesmuseum Janneum, Graz, Austria
1998
- Decalogue - a decade of Australian printmaking, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul
- Graphic, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
- Telling Tales, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
- Expanse, University of South Australia, Adelaide
1997
- In Relief: Australian prints from the permanent collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- The Chandler Coventry Collection, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
- The Urban Edge, Tours Regional Galleries in Queensland
- The John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1996
- The Power to Move - Aspects of Australian Photography, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
- The Constructed City, Waverley City Gallery, Melbourne
1995
- Bathurst Art Award Exhibition, Bathurst regional Art Gallery, N.S.W.
- Our Parents' Children (curated by Giacomina Pradolin), National Gallery of Victoria-Access Galley, Melbourne
- The Constructed City (Touring exhibition curated by Simeon Kronenburg, beginning at University of Tasmania)
- Flagging The Republic, Sherman Galleries, Sydney (Touring exhibition)
1994
- Sulman Prize exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Reference Points III- The Immediate Past, Queensland Art Gallery
- Construction in Process, First Draft Gallery, Sydney • Art Asia Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1993
- Asia-Pacific Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery Real Time, Canberra Contemporary Artspace
- 1993 Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- Cloud busters, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra
- Art Asia Hong Kong , Hong Kong
1992
- Resident Alien, Australian Embassy, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
- Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition, touring Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne
- Drawings 1992, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra curated by Julie Ewington
- Domino I, University of Melbourne, Museum of Art, Melbourne curated by Merryn Gates
- Medium Density, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- Group Exhibition, Nathalie Karg, New York, USA
- Compact Art: A Clear Case, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
1991
- Works On Paper, Christopher Leonard Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
- Transitional Times, curated by Sheridan Palmer for Print Council of Australia, exhibition tours nationally
- From The Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
- 20th Century Australian and New Zealand Painting, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
- Ellipses, curated by Natalie King, Verity St. Gallery, Melbourne
- Sites, curated by Ann Kirker, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
1990
- Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition, touring Westpac Gallery, Melbourne, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and other state galleries
- The City And Beyond, touring regional museums curated by Elizabeth Cross
- Visiting Artist Exhibition, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH U.S.A.
- Nomadic, Sullivant Hall, Columbus, OH U.S.A.
1989
- The Intimate Object, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne curated by Jon Cattapan & Peter Ellis
- Irony, Humour And Dissent, Manly Museum and Art Gallery, Sydney, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne curated by Alison Carroll
- The ICI Collection, touring regional museums curated by Robert Lindsay and William Wright
- Intimate Drawing, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, curated by Arthur McIntyre
- Imaging AIDS, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and Linden, Melbourne curated by Christopher McAuliffe & Stephanie Holt
- re:creation/Re-creation: The Art Of Copying, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne curated by Merryn Gates
- Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition, touring National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and state galleries
1988
- Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition, touring Westpac Gallery, Melbourne, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and other state galleries
- The Newcastle Invitation Art Purchase Exhibition, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle
- The New Generation 1983-1988, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
- The 9" x 5" Commemorative Exhibition, The Centre Gallery, Gold Coast • Recent Australian Etching, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- The Naked City, Adelaide Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide, curated by Margot Osborne
1987
- Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition, touring Westpac Gallery, Melbourne, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and other state galleries
- Backlash - The Australian Drawing Revival, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne curated by Ted Gott
- Young Australians, The Budget Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- Mornington Peninsula Spring Drawing Festival, Mornington Peninsula Art gallery, Mornington, Vic
1986
- Artbank Works On Paper, Arts Council 1 Gallery, Canberra
Blake Prize Exhibition, Sydney - A First Look, Phillip Morris Collection, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
- Directors’ Choice, R.M.I.T. Gallery, Melbourne
1985
- Figure, Fantasy, Fetish, R.M.I.T. Gallery, Melbourne curated by Peter Clarke
- Images Codes: Art About Fashion, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne curated by Robert Pearce
- Under The Hand Behind The Eye, Deakin University, Geelong
1984
- City of Caulfield Acquisitive Art Award, Caulfield Arts Centre, Melbourne
- Melbourne Printmakers, Print Council of Australia Exhibition, Aichi , Japan
- Print Council of Australia Exhibition, University of Oregon, U.S.A.
- Three Melbourne Artists, Solander Gallery, Canberra
- Henry Worland Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool
1982
- Forcing Wisdom , Art/Empire/Industry Gallery, Sydney (with Peter Ellis)
- Emerging Painters, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Faculty Gallery, Melbourne curated by William Ferguson
- Australian Printmakers, touring exhibition - University of Bayreuth, Bavaria, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany Oxford University, England, National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand curated by Jenny Zimmer
1981
- Our Natural Dispositions - prints, Drummond Street Gallery, Melbourne •Bon A Tirer - prints, University of Tasmania, Hobart
- Animals And Animalism in Australian Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Faculty Gallery, Melbourne curated by Jenny Zimmer
1980
- What Happened To Me?, Drummond Street Gallery (with Peter Ellis), Melbourne
1978
- Crisis Drawings, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Faculty Gallery (with Peter Ellis), Melbourne
Awards & Prizes
2016
- Winner of the Rockhampton Art Gallery Gold Prize
2013
- Bulgari Art Award, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2006
- Awarded an Arts development Grant through Vicarts for the creation of Possible Histories.
- Awarded a New Works grant through the Australia Council for the creation of Possible Histories.
2004
- JADA Drawing Prize (1st Prize), Grafton Regional Galley, judged by Mary Eagle.
- Blackfriars Drawing award –Work acquired for Country Energy Collection
1999
- Tour of Jon Cattapan: The City Submerged opens at Wollongong City Gallery, recipient of small A.R.C. grant to research 'Representations of the City'.
1998
- Awarded Australia Council V.A.C.F. New Works grant.
1992
- Awarded Australia Council Creative Arts Fellowship.
Residencies
2008
- Residency at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane: research and exhibition.
2007
- Fondamenti Nove – residency at The Venice Printmaking Studio (an Australian Print Workshop project)
2002
- Travelled to Italy as organiser/participant of Transit Narratives, Treviso, Italy
- Residency at Bundanon, N.S.W.
2000
- Research tour to Hong Kong
1997
- Melbourne, Fire and Life project continues; Visiting Artist / Professor, Hong Ik University, Seoul, Korea
1996
- Living and working in Melbourne, Fire and Life project, residency/collaboration Baroda, India
1992-93
- School of Art and Design, Melbourne
1991
- Lived and worked in New York City, Artist in Residence, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra
1990
- Living and working in new York City; visiting artist, Department of Art, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
1989
- Awarded Greene Street Studio Residency, New York Australia Council, Visual Arts/Crafts Board, lived and worked in New York City
1986
- Study tour to Tokyo and Hakone district, Japan
1985
- Travelled for six months in Europe, New York, Los Angeles; lived and worked in Italy (Castelfranco, Veneto)
1982
- Artist in Residence Fintona Girl's School Melbourne (Artists in Schools Program)
1981
- Artist in Residence Fintona Girl's School Melbourne (Artists in Schools Program)
1979
- Travelled to U.S.A., Europe, England; lived and worked in London
Commissions
2009
- Commissioned work Night Patrols (Around Maliana) was launched at The Australian War memorial in Canberra
2008
- Commissioned by The Australian War memorial to be an official artist auspiced by the Australian Army in Timor Leste.
2006
- Completed ‘Timeline suite’ a major commissioned piece for RACV Club.
- Completed ‘Siren line’ a major commissioned work for Goldman Sachs, Sydney.
- A 30-year Survey Jon Cattapan works and collaborations curated by Dr. Chris McAuliffe opens at Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne.
2005
- Completed Endless, a major commissioned work for the RACV Club, Melbourne.
2003
- Completed The Melbourne Panels, a major commissioned work through the Hugh Williamson Foundation for the National Gallery of Victoria.
Selected Bibliography
- Art Asia Hong Kong 1993. International Fine Art Expositions: Stuart, Florida, 1993, ill. (catalogue)
- Art Asia Hong Kong International Fine Art and Antiques Fair. International Fine Art Expositions: Stuart, Florida, 1994, ill. (catalogue)
- Art for science. Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, 2005, ill. (catalogue)
- Artists for kids 2004. Artists for kids’ culture, Melbourne, 2004, ill. (catalogue)
- Baker, James. From the landscape: a review of the influence of landscape in contemporary art. Museum of Contemporary Art: Brisbane, 1991, ill. (catalogue)
- Bennett, Jill and Dunn, Jackie. Telling tales. University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts: Paddington, Sydney, 1998, ill. (catalogue)
- Brown, Pam. Dear Deliria: new and selected poems. Salt Publishing, Applecross, WA, 2002, ill (front cover).
- Bull, Gordon. Cloudbusters. Canberra School of Art: Canberra, 1993, ill.
- Carroll, Alison. Irony, humour & dissent: recent Australian drawings. Manly Art Gallery & Museum: Manly, 1989, ill. (catalogue)
- Cattapan, Jon and Ellis, Peter. The Intimate object. 200 Gertrude Street Gallery: Fitzroy, 1989. (catalogue)
- Channon, Eileen. Contemporary Australian painting. Craftsman House: Seaforth, N.S.W., 1990, ill.
- Chapman, Christopher. The open line: works on paper. Bellas Gallery: Brisbane, 1993. (catalogue)
- Conomos, John. John Cattapan (Figure : Ground). Kaliman Gallery: Sydney, 2002, ill. (catalogue)
- Han, Un-Sung et al. (ed.) Thirty years of Korean contemporary prints/A decade of contemporary Australian printmaking. K.C.P.A.: Seoul, 1998, ill.
- Day, Charlotte. A short ride in fast machine: Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces 1985-2005. Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Fitzroy, 2005, ill. (catalogue)
- Drury, Nevill. Images 1: contemporary Australian painting. Craftsman House: Roseville East, 1994, ill
- Drury, Nevill. Images 2: contemporary Australian painting. Craftsman House: Roseville East, 1998, ill
- Drury, Nevill andMurray-Cree, Laura, Australian painting now. Craftsman House: Roseville East, 2000, ill
- Ellis, Peter and Field, Michael. Works on paper by contemporary Australian artists. RMIT Gallery: Melbourne, 1992, ill. (catalogue)
- Emmett, Peter. Sydney – Metrpolis Suburb Harbour Historic Houses Trust of new South Wales: Sydney, 2000, ill.
- Ewington, Julie. Drawings '92. Canberra School of Art Gallery: Canberra, 1992, ill.
- Ewington, Julie and Nelson, Robert. Jon Cattapan: journal entries. Australian Centre for Contemporary Art: Melbourne, 1993, ill. (catalogue)
- Fire and life. The Asialink Centre, The University of Mebourne: Carlton, 1996, ill. (catalogue)
- Fire and life. The Asialink Centre, The University of Mebourne: Carlton, 1997, ill.(catalogue)
- The First Asia-Pacific triennial of contemporary art, Brisbane, Australia, 1993. Queensland Art Gallery: Brisbane, 1993, ill. (catalogue)
- Fitzpatrick, Donal. Pillars of salt. Annandale Galleries: Sydney, 1994, ill (catalogue)
- Flagging the republic. Sherman Galleries Goodhope and New England Regional Art Museum: Sydney, 1996, ill. (catalogue)
- Gates , Merryn. re: Creation/Re-creation: the art of copying, 19th & 20th centuries. Monash University Gallery: Clayton, Vic., 1989, ill. (catalogue)
- Gates , Merryn. Domino 1. Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne: Melbourne, 1992. (catalogue) ill.
- Germaine, Max. Artists and galleries of Australia. rev.& enl. 3rd ed., Craftsman House: Roseville, N.S.W., 1990, ill.
- Gott, Ted. Backlash: the Australian drawing revival 1976-1986. National Gallery of Victoria: Melbourne, 1986, ill. (catalogue)
- Green, Charles. Peripheral visions. Craftsman House: Roseville East, 1995, ill.
Hage, Ghassan. Against paranoid nationalism: searching for hope in a shrinking society. Pluto Press, Annandale, NSW, 2003, ill (front cover). - Haley, Stephen. Journal forms and carbon groups, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW, 2006, ill (catalogue)
- Hammond, Geoff and Ian Watts. The Galleries book: a guide to public galleries of Victoria. Victorian Ministry of the Arts: Melbourne, 1992, ill.
- Hill, Peter. Love letter to China: drawings by 35 Australian artists. Ivan Dougherty, UNSW COFA, Paddington, 2003, ill. (catalogue)
- Holmes, Jonathan. Transit narratives. Queenslan College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, 2002, ill. (catalogue)
- Holt, Stephanie and Murray, Julia. Luna Park and the art of delirium. Museum of Modern Art, Heidi Park and Art Gallery: Bulleen, ill. (catalogue)
- ICI contemporary art collection. ICI: Melbourne, 1989, ill. (catalogue)
- Kerr, Joan. Dictionary of Australian artists. Power Institute of Fine Arts: Sydney, 1984.
- King, Natalie. Ellipses. 13 Verity Street Gallery: Melbourne, 1991. (catalogue)
- King, Natalie and McAuliffe, Chris. Jon Cattapan: 365 days. Realities Gallery: Melbourne, 1992, ill. (catalogue)
- King, Natalie. Fire and life: Jon Cattapan and Surendran Nair. Monash University Gallery: Clayton, 1997, ill. (catalogue)
- Kirker, Anne and Williamson, Clare. The power to move: aspects of Australian photography. Queensland Art Gallery: Brisbane, 1995.
- Kronenberg, Simeon. Constructed city. Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania: Hobart, 1995, ill.
- Lindsay, Robert. Selected works from the Michell endowment. National Gallery of Victoria: Melbourne, 1981.
- Lynn, Victoria. Australian Perspecta 1993. Art Gallery of N.S.W.: Sydney, 1993, ill. (catalogue)
- Malor, Deborah. Sticks and Stones. University of Tasmania, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Launceston, Tasmania, 2004, ill. (catalogue)
- McAuliffe, Chris. Art and suburbia. Craftsman house: Roseville East, 1996, ill.
- McDonald, Jan. Australian artists’ index. Arts Libraries Society: Sydney, 1886.
- McIntyre, Arthur. The Age of collage. Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries: Sydney, 1987, ill.
- McIntyre, Arthur. Australian contemporary drawing. Boolarong: Brisbane, 1988, ill.
- McIntyre, Arthur. Contemporary Australian collage and it’s origins. Craftsman House: Roseville, N.S.W., 1990, ill.
- May, Andrea. Collection in context: Jon Cattapan. Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery: Mornington, 1996, ill. (catalogue)
- Moet & Chandon touring exhibition 1987. Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation: (Chatswood), 1987, ill. (catalogue)
- Moet & Chandon touring exhibition 1988 Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation: (Chatswood), 1988, ill. (catalogue)
- Moet & Chandon touring exhibition 1989 Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation: (Chatswood), 1989, ill. (catalogue)
- Moet & Chandon touring exhibition 1990 Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation: (Chatswood), 1990, ill. (catalogue)
- Moet & Chandon touring exhibition 1992 Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation: (Chatswood), 1992, ill. (catalogue)
- Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre: a history of the collection and a catalogue of selected works to mark the opening of the new centre. Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre: Mornington, 1990, ill. (catalogue)
- Muddiman, Susi and Kronenburg, Simeon. Imaging identity and place. Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, N.S.W.,
- Murray Cree, Laura and Drury, Nevill. Australian painting. Craftsman House: Roseville East, 1999, ill.
- A New generation 1983-1988: the Philip Morris Arts Grant purchases. Australian National Gallery: Canberra, 1988. (catalogue)
- 9x5xmail The Centre Gallery: Gold Coast, 1988.
- The 1995 Bathurst Art Purchase. Bathurst Regional Art Gallery: Bathurst, 1995. (catalogue)
- North, Ian. Expanse: aboriginalities, spatialities and the politics of ecstacy. University of South Australia Art Museum: Adelaide, 1998, ill. (catalogue)
- Osbourne, Margot. The Naked city: stories of the late ‘80’s. Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia: Adelaide, 1988, ill. (catalogue)
- Palmer, Sheridan. Transitional times. Print Council of Australia: Melbourne, 1991. (catalogue)
- Pearce, Robert. Image codes. Art about fashion! Fashion Design Council of Australia and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 1985?, ill. (catalogue)
- Platform. Platform Artists Group Inc: Melbourne, 1995, ill. (catalogue)
- Pradolin, Giacomina. Our parents' children. 1995. ill. (catalogue)
- 20th century Australian and New Zealand painting. Martin Browne Fine Art: Sydney: 1991, ill. (catalogue)
- RMIT 89 optimum: a selection of works by distinguished Fine Art and Photography graduates of RMIT. RMIT: Melbourne, 1989, ill.
- Runnegar, Brenda. Real time: artists using digital technology. Canberra Contemporary Art Space: Canberra, 1993, ill.
- Scott, Sally. Under the hand behind the eye. Deakin University Gallery: Geelong, 1985. (catalogue)
- See here now. Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2003, ill.
- Sixth Australian contemporary art fair. Australian Commercial Galleries Association: Strawberry Hills, NSW, 1998, ill.
- Smith Jason, In Relief: Australian Prints from the permanent collection National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1997
- Smith, Bernard and Terry Smith. Australian painting, 1788-1990. 3rd ed., Oxford University Press: Melbourne, 1991.
- Stanhope, Zara. Graphic. Monash University Art Gallery: Clayton, 1998, ill. (catalogue)
- 10th birthday exhibition. Rex Irwin Gallery: Sydney, 1986, ill. (catalogue)
- The drowned world: Jon Cattapan works and collaborations, Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, 2006. ill. (catalogue)
- The City Submerged, Wollongong city Gallery, Wollongong, NSW, 1998, ill (catalogue)
- Troy, Patrick. ed. Australian cities: issues, strategies and policies for urban Australia in the 1990's. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1995, ill.
- Turner, Caroline. Art and social change: contemporary art in Asia and the Pacific. Pandanus Books, ANU, Canberra, 2005, ill.
- 2004 Jacaranda acquisitive drawing award. Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, 2004, ill. (catalogue)
- Upton, Gillian. The George St Kilda life and times. Venus Bay Books, Richmonad, Vic, 2001.
- Urban Edge Queensland Art gallery, Brisbane, 1998 , ill. (catalogue/education resource kit)
- Verbeek, Ann. Directory 1982, Australian artists producing prints. Print Council of Australia: Melbourne, 1988, ill.
- Williams, Donald. In our own image: the story of Australian art. 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill: Sydney, 1995.
- Williams, Donald and Simpson, Colin. Art now: contemporary art post - 1970. McGraw-Hill: Sydney, 1996.
- Wilson, Gavin. Fireworks – tracing the incendiary in Australian art. Artspace McKay: McKay, Queensland, 2005, ill. (catalogue)
- White, Trudy. Jon Cattapan (Line Culture). Kaliman Gallery: Sydney, 2004, ill. (catalogue)
- Wood, Lillian. Directory of Australian printmakers. Print Council of Australia: Melbourne, 1982, ill.
- Young Australians: the best of young Australia. Powell Street Gallery: Melbourne, 1987, ill. (catalogue)
- Zimmer, Jenny. Animals and animism in Australian art and other essays. RMIT: Melbourne, 1981. (catalogue)
- Zimmer, Jenny. Twelve Melbourne printmakers and young Melbourne printmakers. The Gallery, RMIT: Melbourne, 1982. (catalogue)
- Zimmer, Jenny. Whatever happened to me? Drummond Street Gallery: Carlton, 1980. (catalogue)
Collections
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
- National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
- Artbank
- Museum of Modern Art, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne
- Wollongong City Art Gallery, N.S.W.
- Warrnambool Art Gallery, Vic.
- Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, N.S.W.
- Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Vic
- Newcastle Regional Art Gallery , N.S.W.
- Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Vic
- Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery, Vic
- Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Southport, Qld
- City of Glen Eira, Melbourne
- City of Port Phillip, Melbourne
- Parliament House, Canberra
- Australian National University, Institute of the Arts, Canberra
- Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
- Curtin University Collection, Perth
- University of Tasmania, Hobart
- Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne
- Bendigo Regional Art Gallery. Vic
- Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
- Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne, (Vizard Collection)
- Gold Coast City Art Gallery
- Grafton Regional Gallery
- University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
