Battaglia is best known as a creative director with over 30 years of experience in motion graphics, digital design and visual communications. He has been drawing, painting and sculpting in various media since his formative years. Battaglia’s latest work is a culmination of his venture into welded steel sculpture as a result of attending the National Art School's Public Works program from 2015-2020. His work Bird Geometry #1, 2 + 3 made its debut at Sydney’s Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi in 2017 and was purchased by a known private collection. His work Without End was selected as Judge's Choice at the inaugural Les Sculptures Refusées held at Q Station, Manly in 2020.
EDUCATION
2020 National Art School, Welding Sculptures (Terms 1 + 3)
2019 National Art School, Welding Sculptures (Terms 2 + 3)
2018 National Art School, Welding Sculptures (Terms 1, 2 + 3)
2017 National Art School, Welding Sculptures (Terms 1, 2, 3 + 4)
2016 National Art School, Welding Sculptures (Terms 1, 2, 3 + 4)
2015 National Art School, Welding Sculptures (Terms 1, 2, 3 + 4)
1987 Randwick College of TAFE, Graphic Design Associate Diploma
EXHIBITIONS Solo
2001 Sensory Overload, Rex Livingston Corlette, Chippendale (Digital Prints)
EXHIBITIONS Group
2022 Sculpture at Sawmillers, McMahons Point (Sculpture)
2021 Les Sculptures Refusées, Q Station, Manly (Sculpture)
2021 Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi (Sculpture)
2021 Hillview Sculpture Park, Sutton Forrest, (Sculpture)
2021 ARTPark Woolloomooloo Sculpture Walk, Woolloomooloo Wharf (Sculpture)
2020 Les Sculptures Refusées, Q Station, Manly (Sculpture) Winner, Judges Choice
2020 Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi (Sculpture)
2020 ARTPark Hunter Valley Sculpture Walk, Hunter Valley (Sculpture)
2020 ARTPark Walsh Bay Sculpture Walk, Sydney (Sculpture)
2020 ARTPark Chatswood Sculpture Walk, Chatswood Chase (Sculpture)
2020 ARTPark Woolloomooloo Sculpture Walk, Woolloomooloo Wharf (Sculpture)
2019 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi (Sculpture)
2019 Sculptures in the Garden, Rosby Estate, Mudgee (Sculpture)
2019 Sculptures in an Orange Garden, Orange (Sculpture)
2018 Sculptures in the Garden, Rosby Estate, Mudgee (Sculpture)
2018 Hillview Sculpture Biennial, Sutton Forest (Sculpture)
2017 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi (Sculpture)
2017 Sculptures in the Garden, Rosby Estate, Mudgee (Sculpture)
2016 Sculptures in the Garden, Rosby Estate, Mudgee (Sculpture)
2001 Sensory Overload, Rex Livingston Corlette, Chippendale (Digital Prints)
1995 Nude, Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst (Paintings)
1987 Graduates, North Sydney (Mixed Media, Video, Film, Drawings, Paintings)
1986 53 Artists, Balmain Watchtower, Balmain (Paintings, Sculpture)
AWARDS
2020 Winner, Judges Choice, Les Sculptures Refusées, Q Station, Manly (Without End)
RESIDENCIES
2021 Q Station, Manly
COLLECTIONS
Various private collections
Gowings collection
Hillview Sculpture Park
MEDIA
2020 No sculpture at Bondi? The Sydney Morning Herald, Review (LSR Q Station, Without End)
2020 Zali Steggall MP speaks on behalf of arts, Federal Parliament (LSR Q Station, AB, Without End)
2020 Les Sculptures Refusées opens.., ABC News, LSR Q Station, Without end
2020 ...art on the harbour at Manly, 9 News (LSR Q Station, Siteplan 2095)
2018 Shaping a sense of Place, The Australian, Art Review (Hillview, Siteplan)
2001 Sensory overload, Sydney Morning Herald, Metro Magazine, Arts Review Critics Choice