Kate Newby

Kate Newby (born 1979) is an artist from New Zealand.

Kate Newby
Born1979 (age 40–41)
Auckland region, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
EducationElam School of Fine Arts
Notable work
Crawl out your window
AwardsWalters Prize
WebsiteOfficial website

Background

Newby was born in 1979 in the Auckland region of New Zealand.[1] She attended the Elam School of Fine Arts, receiving a BFA in 2001 and an MFA in 2007.[2] Newby is lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and Auckland.[3]

Career

Newby is a mixed materials installation artist.[4][5] She creates her installations based on their site and setting, often disused urban environments.[6] Using commonplace materials such as pebbles, nails, and rope, her work explores the details of everyday life.[7]

Newby was a member of the Auckland artist space Gambia Castle.[8] She is represented in New York by the Laurel Gitlen gallery[9] and in Auckland by Michael Lett.[10]

Work by Newby is held by the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Exhibitions
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  • 2008 Show me, don’t tell me (group show), Brussels Biennial 1, Brussels[11]
  • 2008 Thinking with your body, Gambia Castle, Auckland[12]
  • 2008 Academy (with Ryan Moore), TCB, Melbourne[13]
  • 2008 Many directions, as much as possible, all over the country, 1301 PE, Los Angeles[12]
  • 2011 I'll follow you down the road, Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland[14]
  • 2011 I'm just like a pile of leaves, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland[15]
  • 2013 Let the Other Thing In, Fogo Island Gallery, Fogo Island[16]
  • 2013 Maybe I won’t go to sleep at all, La Loge, Brussels[7]
  • 2014 Portmanteaux (with Nick Austin, Bill Culbert, Pup Culbert, Mateo Tannatt), Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland[17]
  • 2015 Lunch Poems (with Joanna Margaret Paul), Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland[18]
  • 2016 Big Tree. Bird’s Eye, Michael Lett, Auckland[19]
  • 2016 Every day I make my way (with Talia Chetrit, Moyra Davey, Barbara Kasten), Minerva, Sydney

Awards

In 2012 Newby won the Walters Prize with her work Crawl out your window (first shown at Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst, Bremen).[5][4]

Newby held a residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York, funded by Creative New Zealand.[8] In 2013, she was an artist-in-residence at Fogo Island Arts.[20]

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References
  1. "Kate Newby". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. "Kate Newby - Profile, Exhibitions, Artworks & Content". Ocula. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. "Kate Newby". Michael Lett. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. Pryor, Nicole (21 October 2012). "Walters art prize goes to Newby". Stuff. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. "The Walters Prize 2012". Auckland Art Gallery. 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. "Kate Newby". Arnolfini. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. Jennifer, Kabat (12 March 2014). "In Focus: Kate Newby". Frieze. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. "Walters Prize: Lots of travel, lots of talking". NZ Herald. 12 October 2012. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  9. "Artists". Laurel Gitlen. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  10. "Gallery". Michael Lett. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  11. "Brussels Biennial 1 - Events - Our Program - Witte de With". www.wdw.nl. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  12. "Kate Newby". Adam Art Gallery. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  13. "Academy". TBC. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  14. "I'll follow you down the road". Hopkinson Mossman. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  15. "Kate Newby, I'm just like a pile of leaves". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  16. "Kate Newby - Let the Other Thing In". Fogo Island Arts. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  17. "Portmanteaux at Hopkinson Mossman". Ocula. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  18. "Lunch Poems". Hopkinson Mossman. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  19. "Big Tree. Bird's Eye, Kate Newby". Ocula. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  20. "Artists-in-Residence - Fogo Island Arts". Fogo Island Arts. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

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