Geoffrey Batchen

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Geoffrey Batchen
Born (1956-11-21) 21 November 1956 (age 68)
Occupation(s)Art historian and academic
TitleProfessor of the History of Art
Academic background
Alma mater University of Sydney
Doctoral advisor Vicki Kirby
Institutions University of California, San Diego
University of New Mexico
City University of New York
Victoria University of Wellington
Trinity College, Oxford

Geoffrey Batchen (born 21 November 1956, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian art historian. Since 2020, Batchen has been Professor of Art History at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Trinity College. [1]

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Career

Professor

Assistant Professor, Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego, 1991–1996; Associate Professor, Art and Art History, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1996–2001; Professor of Art History: City University of New York Graduate Center, New York City, 2002–2010; Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2010–2019. [1] [2] Much of Batchen's work as a professor and curator focuses on the history of photography. [3]

Curator

His curated exhibitions have been shown at the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro; the New England Regional Art Museum in Amridale, Australia; the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam; the National Media Museum in Bradford, England; the International Center of Photography in New York; the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne, Germany; the Izu Photo Museum in Shizuoka, Japan; the National Museum of Iceland in Reykjavik; the Adam Art Gallery in Wellington, New Zealand; the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth, NZ; and the Centre for Contemporary Photography in Melbourne, Australia. [4]


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References

  1. 1 2 "Batchen, Prof. Geoffrey John McCallum, (born 21 Nov. 1956), Professor of Art History, University of Oxford, since 2020". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u293106. ISBN   978-0-19-954088-4 . Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. "Geoffrey Batchen | School of English, Film, Theatre, Media Studies, and Art History | Victoria University of Wellington". www.wgtn.ac.nz. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. "Professor Geoffrey Batchen". www.history.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  4. "Professor Geoffrey Batchen". www.hoa.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Geoffrey Batchen". MIT Press. Retrieved 15 February 2021.