Art Basel | Hong Kong, 2025

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is delighted to participate in Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 with a solo presentation of new paintings by Del Kathryn Barton.⁠

Exhibition Dates: 26 March – 30 March 2025

Del Kathryn Barton’s intricate and vibrant paintings explore the symbolic language of femininity, interweaving references to folklore and the cosmos. Her practice is deeply self-referential, drawing from an intensely personal and emotional interior world. In this new suite of paintings, female figures dominate, reinforcing Barton’s ongoing engagement with the woman as a universal protagonist – both subject and witness within her compositions.

As line and brushstroke take precedence over narrative, these works offer a visceral insight into the artist’s emotional and creative psyche. Figures emerge through layered brushstrokes and meticulous linework, evoking an expressive tension between control and spontaneity. Themes of loss and transformation resonate throughout, yet, like all of Barton’s work, they bubble with the boundless energy and magic that make her paintings so remarkable.

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we have gathered here for you, 2025
acrylic on French linen
202.5 x 182.5 x 7 cm

marry me, 2025
acrylic and oil on French linen
173 x 153 x 8 cm

what we find healed, 2025
acrylic on French linen
132.5 x 113 x 8 cm

in stillness, 2025
acrylic on French linen
132.5 x 113 x 8 cm

the way she feels, 2025
acrylic on French linen
132.5 x 113 x 8 cm

ocean cadence, 2025
acrylic on French linen
71 x 60.5 x 8.5 cm

her tears, 2025
acrylic on French linen
71 x 60.5 x 8.5 cm

Group Show, Works on Paper
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2024-25

Group Show, The First 40 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2024

Del Kathryn Barton the women who fell to earth
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2022

Del Kathryn Barton i wanted to build a bed for all the tired beds
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2019

Del Kathryn Barton the highway is a disco
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2017-18

Del Kathryn Barton soft river yr girl
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017

Del Kathryn Barton angel dribble
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016

Del Kathryn Barton electro orchid
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2014

Group Show, The Gold Award
Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, QLD, 2014

Del Kathryn Barton Dark Heart
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, 2014

Del Kathryn Barton pressure to the need
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2013

Del Kathryn Barton Archibald Prize
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2013

Del Kathryn Barton
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2012

Group Show, Louise Bourgeois and Australian Artists
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2012

Del Kathryn Barton satellite fade-out
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011

Group Show, Optimism (i am flesh again)
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2008