August 14, 2026 | Open Studio: Artist in Residence David Batchelor

Friday, August 14, 5–7 p.m.,
conversation at 6 p.m.
Locker Plant, 135 E. Oak St.
Free and open to all

On Friday, August 14, Chinati Foundation artist in residence David Batchelor hosts an open studio event at the Locker Plant. See work made during Batchelor’s two-month residency and learn about his practice during a conversation with Chinati director Caitlin Murray. Free and open to all; light refreshments served. 

David Batchelor (b. 1955, Dundee, Scotland) is an artist and writer based in London.. For over thirty years, Batchelor has been concerned with the experience of color within a modern urban environment and with historical conceptions of color within Western culture. His work comprises sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, animation, and textiles. Batchelor has exhibited worldwide, and his work is in the collections of a number of museums, including Tate, the British Council, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Vorlinden Museum, UMAM São Paulo, and MAM Santiago. Batchelor has also written books and essays on color theory, including Chromophobia (2000); the anthology Colour (2008, editor); and The October Colouring-In Book (2015). He is currently preparing a new book, Chromocopia, to be published in 2026.