Geoffrey Batchen | |
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Born | |
Occupation(s) | Art historian and academic |
Title | Professor of the History of Art |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Sydney |
Doctoral advisor | Vicki Kirby |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Art history |
Sub-discipline | |
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]
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]
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]