Marcus TATTON
Studio; 1422 Huon Road, Neika, Tasmania, Australia 7054.
Telephone: 613 62396803 mtatton@ozemail.com.au www.marcustatton.com
B: Taumarunui, New Zealand. 1963.
Education: 1989 Bachelor of Fine Art (Furniture Design), University of Tasmania
1986 Diploma of Fine Art, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, N Z (not completed)

Recent Employment:
Shortlisted for Sculpture by the Sea 2008, October 16th, Bondi, NSW
Shortlisted for Laverton Gateway Sculpture, Princes Fwy, Western Melbourne.
Shortlisted for Garran Shopping Centre Sculpture, Garran, Canberra.
Sculpture Award acquisition at Montalto Vineyard, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.
Landcom Sculpture Award acquisition for The Ponds, Blacktown, Sydney.
Private Sculpture commission, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
Shortlisted for Eastlink Fwy Commission, South East Melbourne
Professional Sculptor and Drum maker
Instructor in Woodcarving Design and Sculpture at TAFE, Tasmania
Artist in Resident at Australian Wooden Boat Festival, Tasmania
Exchange Artist at Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University, USA

Solo Shows:
2006 ‘The Wreakage Principle’, Cast Gallery, Tasmania.
2004 ‘Dissatisfied Electrons’, Neika Studio, Tasmania.
2000 'Carved Interiors' Handmark Gallery, Tasmania
1998 'Monuments of the Forest' Centre for Contemporary Craft, Sydney
1996 'The Spirit Within' Beaver Gallery, Canberra
1993 'Looking into the Trees' Handmark Gallery, Tasmania

Select Group Shows:
2008 Ephemeral Art at the Invisible Lodge, Freycinet, Tasmania.
Montalto Sculpture Award, Red Hill, Victoria, Australia
University of Western Sydney Sculpture Award, Campbelltown, NSW
Benchmarking Birchs Bay, Tasmania
Agfest Sculpture Trail, Carrick, Tasmania
Sculpture by the Sea Oct 16 -Nov 3, Bondi Beach, NSW.
2007 Sculpture by the Sea Nov 1 – 18, Sydney, NSW.
Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Finalist, VIctoria
2006 Sculpture by the Sea, BondiBeach, NSW
Helen Lempriere National Awards Finalist, Victoria, Australia
2005 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach, NSW
Connections: International Turning Exchange 1995 – 2005. Philadelphia. USA.
2004 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach, NSW
AlTURNatives; Form and Spirit, Philadelphia, USA
2003 Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2001 One Tree traveling exhibition, Australia
1999 SOFA New York City - Despard Gallery, New York, USA
'Mapping Identity' Centre for Contemporary Craft, travelling Australia
1998 Ronald Wornick Collection - American Craft Museum, New York, USA
1997 Tasmanian Wood design Collection international touring exhibition, Europe
1994 'Four Seasons', Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmania

Awards/Grants:
2008 Montalto Sculpture Award Winner www.montalto.com.au
University of Western Sydney Landcom Acquisitive Sculpture Award Winner www.uws.edu.au
2006 Sydney Water Environmental Sculpture Award Winner
Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award – Judges Encouragement Award.
Acquisitive Award Winner Benchmarking Birches Bay, Tasmania
Peoples Choice Award Mountain Festival Sculpture Trail, Hobart
Peppermint Bay Acquisitive Sculpture Prize Winner
Kingborough Council Acquisitive sculpture award Winner
2004 Australia Council Grant to Create New Work, Sculptures for Exhibition.
Arts Tasmania Grant to help toward producing Exhibition Catalogue.
1999 Arts Tasmania grant toward travel costs to SOFA Chicago, London and Cairo museums
1997 Arts Tasmania and Commonwealth Regional Arts Fund Grant
1996 Arts Tasmania Grant to cover freight and exhibition costs to Canberra

Selected Collections:
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
Ronald C Wornick Collection, San Francisco
Tasmanian Wood Design Collection

Selected Publications:
2008 Jetstar Inflight Magazine pg 9, March Stacks photo, Mountain Festival
The Sydney Morning Herald, pg 17 Feb 23-24.’Freycinet Ephemeral Art’
Tasmanian Country pg 30 April 25th Agfest Architectural Remnant
Sunday Tasmanian pg 84 April 27th
Herald Sun pg52 Feb 13th Montalto Award
2007 ABC TV ‘Sunday Afternoon’ 9 minutes 30.9.07- Contemporary Sculpture.
House and Garden p156-157 April, Helen Lempriere Award ‘The Pointers’ at Werribee, Victoria
Australian Wood Review Front Cover , pp46-49.
2006 Ovation Channel; In Conversation with Leo Schofield – Neika Studio Interview.
2005 Claiming Ground: twenty-five years of Tasmania’s Art for Public Buildings Scheme, P103
Connections: International Turning Exchange 1995 – 2005 Pg 13, 54, 262, 263.
Craft Arts International July issue 64, pp46-49. Tales from the Tasmanian Woods.
2004 The Mercury May 5th Pg 10 Dissatisfied Elections Exhibition.
Turning Points –Vol 17 No 1Pgs 24, 25 & 30. www.woodturningcenter.org
The Mercury August 6th pg 5. Grants send our artist’s chisels chipping.
2000 Mercury Aug 26, Page 7 NBC Broadcast Desk, Sydney Olympics
1999 40° South article on artists showing sculpture at SOFA Chicago
1998 Object Magazine No3/98 Front and back covers and page 43 photographs
1997 Craft Arts International July issue, pp26-30
1994 ABC television review, featuring studio at Neika Tasmania
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