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| KATE MccGWIRE |
Lives and works in London
2004 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art
Awarded Distinction for 'Hair's-Breadth', dissertation on the use of hair in contemporary art
practice. Short-listed for Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award
2001 BA (Hons) Fine Art, 1st
University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham
Award
Winner of the 'Heart of Glass' Award 2008
Curated by Flora Fairbairn & Paul Hitchman
Judges, Marc Quinn and Gavin Turk, art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Paul Hobson
(Director of the Contemporary Art Society), Irene Bradbury (Associate Director, White
Cube) and Philippa Adams (Director, Saatchi Gallery).
Solo show at 'Concrete and Glass' Festival London 2009
Residencies
2008 (July) Art Omi International Artists Residency, New York
2006 Shenghua Art Centre, Nanjing, China
Exhibitions
2009
Oct: 'The Age of the Marvellous', group show with, among others, Paul Fryer, Wolfe von
Lenkiewicz, Alastair Mackie, Polly Morgan and Keith Tyson
Curated by Joe La Placa, All Visual Arts
One Marylebone, London NW1 4GD
June: 'The Space Between', group show with Annie Cattrell, Amanda Couch, Richard
Ducker, Jan Dunning, Joy Gerrard, Marilene Oliver, Kate Street and Esther Teichmann
The Crypt, St Pancras Church, London NW1
May: 'Tunnel 228', The Old Vic in association with Punchdrunk
Sponsored by Bloomberg
Tunnel 228, Waterloo, London SE1
Feb-March: 'Gothic', Contemporary Art Society Centenary auction
Shunt Vaults and Sothebys London
Feb: 'The New London School in Berlin'
Galerie Schuster, Berlin, Germany
Jan-March: 'The Animal Gaze' (touring exhibition)
Curated by Rosemarie McGoldrick
Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery
2008
'Soot from the Funnel', curated by Richard Ducker and Frederik Vergaert
LOKAAL01, Breda, Holland
'The Animal Gaze' (symposium and exhibition), curated by Rosemarie McGoldrick
Unit 2 Gallery and Metropolitan Works, London (then touring till March 2009)
'This is not a fairy tale' (group show)
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London
'The Future Can Wait', curated by Zavier Ellis and Simon Rumley
T1, The Old Truman Brewery, London
'Heart of Glass' (part of the Concrete and Glass Festival), curated by Flora Fairbairn and
Paul Hitchman in association with the Contemporary Art Society
Shoreditch Town Hall, London
Art Omi International Artists Residency
New York
'Royal Academy Summer Exhibition'
London
'Gothic'
Curated by Richard Ducker
Fieldgate Gallery, London
2007
'Dunkelheit', Flora Fairbairn Projects, curated by Annabelle Moreau
St Pancras Crypt, London
'Through the Looking Glass', curated by ARTed
Building 1000, Royal Albert Docks, London
2006
'All at Sea' (solo show), Platts Eyot Island, London
'This & That' (two-person show with Susan Stockwell)
Shenghua Art Centre, Nanjing, China (residency)
2005
'Peculiar Encounters', curated by Sarah Dwyer and Laura Green
ecArtspace, London
'Siege', curated by Angela Huntbach
Sidney Street, London
'Parterre' (solo show)
Atrium Gallery, London
MA & Postgraduate Contemporary Art Exhibition Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset
'Issue' (solo show)
M2 Gallery, London
2004
'Galleon and Other Stories'
Saatchi Gallery, London
Degree Show
Royal College of Art, London
'Time Share'
Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
2003
'Time Share'
Barge House, South Bank, London
2002
Hunting Art Prize
Royal College of Art, London
2001
'Select'
Hockey Gallery, Farnham
2000
Hunting Art Prize
Royal College of Art, London
Forthcoming
2010
Feb: 'Strangeness and Charm', curated by Richard Ducker
Viktor Wynd Fine Art, 11 Mare Street, London E8
March: Solo show as part of 'Heart of Glass', curated by Flora Fairbairn
Soho, London (venue TBC)
May 8 to Sep 26: 'Framing Identity', curated by Danielle Arnaud and Jordan Kaplin
Tatton Park Biennial
June: 'Dead or Alive', curated by David Revere McFadden
Museum of Arts and Design, New York
Art fairs
Miami Pulse 2008
London Art Fair, 2008
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada, 2007
Art Chicago 2007
Collections
Saatchi Collection
Shenghua Art Centre, Nanjing, China
University College for the Creative Arts
Various private collections in UK, Middle East and USA
Commissions
Springfield Hospital, Tooting (NHS Trust) - Completed February 2006
Phoenix Unit
Four wall-mounted sculptural panels
Pirelli Site - Erith - Proposal
Large-scale landmark sculpture
Michael Sparks Associates
Teaching
BA Fine Art Visiting Lecturer at University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham
Press
Featured artist in 'It's Nice That'
Issue No 2 (October 2009)
Unauthored interview, 'Repeat Sender'
.Cent (Autumn/Winter 2009)
Emma Lilley, 'Big Picture'
a-n Magazine (June 2009)
Zoe Finch, Review of 'The Space Between'
a-n Interface (June 2009)
'Royal Academy Summer Exhibition: the critics' view'
The Telegraph (June 2008)
Arifa Akbar, 'Charles Saatchi: a blessing or a curse'
The Independent (June 2008)
Emma Crichton-Miller, 'Pop-up and see my etchings'
Financial Times (Dec 2007)
Emma Lilley, 'Rising stars of the contemporary art world'
The Times (June 2007)
Michael Piggott, 'London artists create in Nanjing'
Map Magazine, China (Jan 2006)
A O'Keefe, 'Cutting edge young artist puts the knife into Damien'
The Observer (Nov 2005)
Mark Lawson, in discussion with Janet Street Porter
Front Row, BBC Radio 4 (July 2004)
London Television News (interview)
BBC1 (July 2004)
Richard Dorment, 'The fakes that reveal reality'
The Telegraph (July 2004)
2004 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art
Awarded Distinction for 'Hair's-Breadth', dissertation on the use of hair in contemporary art
practice. Short-listed for Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award
2001 BA (Hons) Fine Art, 1st
University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham
Award
Winner of the 'Heart of Glass' Award 2008
Curated by Flora Fairbairn & Paul Hitchman
Judges, Marc Quinn and Gavin Turk, art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Paul Hobson
(Director of the Contemporary Art Society), Irene Bradbury (Associate Director, White
Cube) and Philippa Adams (Director, Saatchi Gallery).
Solo show at 'Concrete and Glass' Festival London 2009
Residencies
2008 (July) Art Omi International Artists Residency, New York
2006 Shenghua Art Centre, Nanjing, China
Exhibitions
2009
Oct: 'The Age of the Marvellous', group show with, among others, Paul Fryer, Wolfe von
Lenkiewicz, Alastair Mackie, Polly Morgan and Keith Tyson
Curated by Joe La Placa, All Visual Arts
One Marylebone, London NW1 4GD
June: 'The Space Between', group show with Annie Cattrell, Amanda Couch, Richard
Ducker, Jan Dunning, Joy Gerrard, Marilene Oliver, Kate Street and Esther Teichmann
The Crypt, St Pancras Church, London NW1
May: 'Tunnel 228', The Old Vic in association with Punchdrunk
Sponsored by Bloomberg
Tunnel 228, Waterloo, London SE1
Feb-March: 'Gothic', Contemporary Art Society Centenary auction
Shunt Vaults and Sothebys London
Feb: 'The New London School in Berlin'
Galerie Schuster, Berlin, Germany
Jan-March: 'The Animal Gaze' (touring exhibition)
Curated by Rosemarie McGoldrick
Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery
2008
'Soot from the Funnel', curated by Richard Ducker and Frederik Vergaert
LOKAAL01, Breda, Holland
'The Animal Gaze' (symposium and exhibition), curated by Rosemarie McGoldrick
Unit 2 Gallery and Metropolitan Works, London (then touring till March 2009)
'This is not a fairy tale' (group show)
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London
'The Future Can Wait', curated by Zavier Ellis and Simon Rumley
T1, The Old Truman Brewery, London
'Heart of Glass' (part of the Concrete and Glass Festival), curated by Flora Fairbairn and
Paul Hitchman in association with the Contemporary Art Society
Shoreditch Town Hall, London
Art Omi International Artists Residency
New York
'Royal Academy Summer Exhibition'
London
'Gothic'
Curated by Richard Ducker
Fieldgate Gallery, London
2007
'Dunkelheit', Flora Fairbairn Projects, curated by Annabelle Moreau
St Pancras Crypt, London
'Through the Looking Glass', curated by ARTed
Building 1000, Royal Albert Docks, London
2006
'All at Sea' (solo show), Platts Eyot Island, London
'This & That' (two-person show with Susan Stockwell)
Shenghua Art Centre, Nanjing, China (residency)
2005
'Peculiar Encounters', curated by Sarah Dwyer and Laura Green
ecArtspace, London
'Siege', curated by Angela Huntbach
Sidney Street, London
'Parterre' (solo show)
Atrium Gallery, London
MA & Postgraduate Contemporary Art Exhibition Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset
'Issue' (solo show)
M2 Gallery, London
2004
'Galleon and Other Stories'
Saatchi Gallery, London
Degree Show
Royal College of Art, London
'Time Share'
Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
2003
'Time Share'
Barge House, South Bank, London
2002
Hunting Art Prize
Royal College of Art, London
2001
'Select'
Hockey Gallery, Farnham
2000
Hunting Art Prize
Royal College of Art, London
Forthcoming
2010
Feb: 'Strangeness and Charm', curated by Richard Ducker
Viktor Wynd Fine Art, 11 Mare Street, London E8
March: Solo show as part of 'Heart of Glass', curated by Flora Fairbairn
Soho, London (venue TBC)
May 8 to Sep 26: 'Framing Identity', curated by Danielle Arnaud and Jordan Kaplin
Tatton Park Biennial
June: 'Dead or Alive', curated by David Revere McFadden
Museum of Arts and Design, New York
Art fairs
Miami Pulse 2008
London Art Fair, 2008
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada, 2007
Art Chicago 2007
Collections
Saatchi Collection
Shenghua Art Centre, Nanjing, China
University College for the Creative Arts
Various private collections in UK, Middle East and USA
Commissions
Springfield Hospital, Tooting (NHS Trust) - Completed February 2006
Phoenix Unit
Four wall-mounted sculptural panels
Pirelli Site - Erith - Proposal
Large-scale landmark sculpture
Michael Sparks Associates
Teaching
BA Fine Art Visiting Lecturer at University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham
Press
Featured artist in 'It's Nice That'
Issue No 2 (October 2009)
Unauthored interview, 'Repeat Sender'
.Cent (Autumn/Winter 2009)
Emma Lilley, 'Big Picture'
a-n Magazine (June 2009)
Zoe Finch, Review of 'The Space Between'
a-n Interface (June 2009)
'Royal Academy Summer Exhibition: the critics' view'
The Telegraph (June 2008)
Arifa Akbar, 'Charles Saatchi: a blessing or a curse'
The Independent (June 2008)
Emma Crichton-Miller, 'Pop-up and see my etchings'
Financial Times (Dec 2007)
Emma Lilley, 'Rising stars of the contemporary art world'
The Times (June 2007)
Michael Piggott, 'London artists create in Nanjing'
Map Magazine, China (Jan 2006)
A O'Keefe, 'Cutting edge young artist puts the knife into Damien'
The Observer (Nov 2005)
Mark Lawson, in discussion with Janet Street Porter
Front Row, BBC Radio 4 (July 2004)
London Television News (interview)
BBC1 (July 2004)
Richard Dorment, 'The fakes that reveal reality'
The Telegraph (July 2004)
