“I’ve undertaken many residencies within science environments, interested in the nexus between artistic and scientific approaches to research and inquiry. My methods are founded on open conversations with scientists, thereby creating a discursive space in which both my own activities and those of scientists are equivalent creative acts.”

“These compelling relationships have endured and have been a fundamental influence.”

“My relationship with ANAT began in 2011 with a Synapse residency collaborating with Professor Ian Gibbins at the School of Medicine, Flinders University. I participated in Soapbox digital takeover in 2020 and presented Epithelium as part of Spectra, Multiplicity at the Science Gallery Melbourne, 2022.  I was a featured artist in A Partnership for Uncertain Times in 2023.”

Catherine Truman, Home Brew, 2022
Thermoplastic, photoluminescent powder, glass beads, glass beaker by Liam Fleming. Image: Grant Hancock.

Catherine Truman’s practice is renowned for its diversity, incorporating installation, objects, digital imagery and film. Truman has undertaken numerous residencies focused upon the parallels between artistic process and scientific method within science environments including neuroscience, biomedicine, histology, microscopy, ophthalmology, and botany. Catherine has exhibited widely nationally and internationally including The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and SOFA New York. Her work is represented in most main Australian state, national and several major international collections.

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