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== Background ==
== Background ==
Newby was born in 1979 in the [[Auckland Region|Auckland region]] of New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/7658/kate-newby|title=Kate Newby|work=Auckland Art Gallery|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> She attended the [[Elam School of Fine Arts]], receiving a BFA in 2001, an MFA in 2007, and a PhD in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ocula.com/artists/kate-newby/|title=Kate Newby – Profile, Exhibitions, Artworks & Content|work=Ocula|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> The title of her doctoral thesis was ''Casualness: it's not about what it looks like it's about what it does''.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Newby |first=Kate |year=2015 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Casualness: it's not about what it looks like it's about what it does |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |hdl=2292/26347 |url=https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/26347}}</ref> Newby lives and works in [[Floresville, Texas|Floresville]], Texas, and Auckland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kate Newby |website=Michael Lett Gallery |access-date=April 21, 2024}}</ref>
Newby was born in 1979 in the [[Auckland Region|Auckland region]] of New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/7658/kate-newby|title=Kate Newby|work=Auckland Art Gallery|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> She attended the [[Elam School of Fine Arts]], receiving a BFA in 2001, an MFA in 2007, and a PhD in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ocula.com/artists/kate-newby/|title=Kate Newby – Profile, Exhibitions, Artworks & Content|work=Ocula|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> The title of her doctoral thesis was ''Casualness: it's not about what it looks like it's about what it does''.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Newby |first=Kate |year=2015 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Casualness: it's not about what it looks like it's about what it does |hdl=2292/26347 |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |url=https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/26347}}</ref> Newby lives and works in [[Floresville, Texas]], and Auckland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kate Newby – Biography |website=Michael Lett Gallery |url=https://michaellett.com/artist/kate-newby/ |access-date=April 21, 2024}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Newby is a mixed materials [[installation art]]ist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/7844890/Walters-art-prize-goes-to-Newby|title=Walters art prize goes to Newby|last=Pryor|first=Nicole|date=21 October 2012|website=Stuff|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> She creates her installations based on their site and setting, often disused urban environments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arnolfini.org.uk/people/kate-newby|title=Kate Newby|website=Arnolfini|language=en|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref> Using commonplace materials such as pebbles, nails, and rope, her work explores the details of everyday life.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://frieze.com/article/focus-kate-newby|title=In Focus: Kate Newby|last=Jennifer|first=Kabat|date=12 March 2014|website=Frieze|language=en|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref>
Newby is a mixed materials [[installation art]]ist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/7844890/Walters-art-prize-goes-to-Newby|title=Walters art prize goes to Newby|last=Pryor|first=Nicole|date=21 October 2012|website=Stuff|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> She creates her installations based on their site and setting, often disused urban environments.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.arnolfini.org.uk/people/kate-newby|title=Kate Newby|website=Arnolfini|language=en|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref> Using commonplace materials such as pebbles, nails, and rope, her work explores the details of everyday life.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |url=https://frieze.com/article/focus-kate-newby|title=In Focus: Kate Newby|last=Jennifer|first=Kabat|date=12 March 2014|website=Frieze|language=en |access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref>


Newby was a member of the Auckland artist space [[Gambia Castle]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10840320|title=Walters Prize: Lots of travel, lots of talking|date=12 October 2012|work=NZ Herald|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> She is represented in New York by the Laurel Gitlen gallery,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laurelgitlen.com/artists|title=Artists|website=Laurel Gitlen|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref> in Canada by Cooper Cole<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coopercolegallery.com/artist/kate-newby/ |title=Kate Newby |website=coopercolegallery.com |access-date=2024-04-27}}</ref> and in Auckland by [[Michael Lett (gallery)|Michael Lett]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://michaellett.com/gallery/|title=Gallery|work=Michael Lett|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Newby was a member of the Auckland artist space [[Gambia Castle]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10840320|title=Walters Prize: Lots of travel, lots of talking|date=12 October 2012|work=NZ Herald|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> She is represented in New York by the Laurel Gitlen gallery,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laurelgitlen.com/artists|title=Artists|website=Laurel Gitlen|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref> in Canada by Cooper Cole<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://coopercolegallery.com/artist/kate-newby/ |title=Kate Newby |website=coopercolegallery.com |access-date=2024-04-27}}</ref> and in Auckland by [[Michael Lett (gallery)|Michael Lett]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gallery|website=Michael Lett |url=http://michaellett.com/gallery/|access-date=29 November 2017 |language=en-GB}}</ref>


Newby's work was exhibited at the 21st Sydney Biennale (2018), at the Brussels Biennal (2008), among other important arts festivals. Work by Newby is held by the [[Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki]].
Newby's work was exhibited at the 21st Sydney Biennale (2018), at the Brussels Biennal (2008), among other important arts festivals. Work by Newby is held by the [[Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki]].

Revision as of 14:17, 1 May 2024

Kate Newby
Kate Newby setting up an exhibition in Auckland, 2016
Born1979
Auckland region, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
AwardsWalters Prize
Websitewww.katenewby.com

Kate Newby (born 1979) is an artist from New Zealand.[1]

Background

Newby was born in 1979 in the Auckland region of New Zealand.[2] She attended the Elam School of Fine Arts, receiving a BFA in 2001, an MFA in 2007, and a PhD in 2015.[3] The title of her doctoral thesis was Casualness: it's not about what it looks like it's about what it does.[4] Newby lives and works in Floresville, Texas, and Auckland.[5]

Career

Newby is a mixed materials installation artist.[6][7] She creates her installations based on their site and setting, often disused urban environments.[8] Using commonplace materials such as pebbles, nails, and rope, her work explores the details of everyday life.[9]

Newby was a member of the Auckland artist space Gambia Castle.[10] She is represented in New York by the Laurel Gitlen gallery,[11] in Canada by Cooper Cole[12] and in Auckland by Michael Lett.[13]

Newby's work was exhibited at the 21st Sydney Biennale (2018), at the Brussels Biennal (2008), among other important arts festivals. Work by Newby is held by the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Exhibitions

2008

  • Show me, don’t tell me (group show), Brussels Biennial 1, Brussels[14]
  • Thinking with your body, Gambia Castle, Auckland[15]
  • Academy (with Ryan Moore), TCB, Melbourne[16]
  • Many directions, as much as possible, all over the country, 1301 PE, Los Angeles[15]

2011

2013

  • Let the Other Thing In, Fogo Island Gallery, Fogo Island[19]
  • Maybe I won’t go to sleep at all, La Loge, Brussels[9]

2014

2015

2016

2017

  • Let me be the wind that pulls your hair, curated by Michelle Grabner, Artpace, San Antonio

2018

  • Nothing that's over so soon should give you that much strength, curated by Mathijs van Geest, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen
  • A puzzling light and moving. (Part I), lumber room, Portland, OR[23]
  • Nothing that's over so soon should give you that much strength, curated by Mathijs van Geest, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen
  • can't nail the days down, curated by Juliane Bischoff, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna [24]

2019

  • Wild was the night, Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
  • A puzzling light and moving. (Part II and Part III), lumber room, Portland, OR
  • Bring Everyone, Fine Arts, Sydney, Sydney

2020

  • As far as you can, Feuilleton, Los Angeles[25]

2021

  • Cold Water, Fine Arts Sydney, Sydney, Australia[26]
  • YES TOMORROW, Adam Art Gallery, Te Pātaka Toi, Wellington, New Zealand[27][28]
  • The Flames: The Living Arts of Ceramics (group show) Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France[29]

2022

  • Kate Newby: She's Talking to the Wall, Museum of New Zealand[30]
  • Kate Newby: So Close, come on, The Sunday Painter, London, UK[31]
  • We are such stuff, Laurel Gitlen, New York, USA[32]
  • Try doing anything without it, Art : Concept, Paris, France
  • Feel noise, Testsite, curated by Makenzie Stevens, Austin, US
  • Reclaim the Earth, Palais de Tokyo (group show), Paris, France[33]

2023

  • miles off road, Fine Arts Sydney, Sydney, Australia[34]
  • Had us running with you, Michael Lett, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ[35]
  • Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living (group show) Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan[36]

Awards

In 2012, Newby won the Walters Prize with her work Crawl out your window (first shown at Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst, Bremen).[7][6] The juror of the prize was the curator and writer Mami Kataoka.

Also in 2012, Newby held a residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York, funded by Creative New Zealand.[10] She has also been an artist-in-residence at Fogo Island Arts in 2013;[37] Artpace San Antonio in 2017;[38] Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas, in 2017;[39] Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, in 2019.

References

  1. ^ "Kate Newby". joanmitchellfoundation.org. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Kate Newby". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Kate Newby – Profile, Exhibitions, Artworks & Content". Ocula. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ^ Newby, Kate (2015). Casualness: it's not about what it looks like it's about what it does (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/26347.
  5. ^ "Kate Newby – Biography". Michael Lett Gallery. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b Pryor, Nicole (21 October 2012). "Walters art prize goes to Newby". Stuff. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b "The Walters Prize 2012". Auckland Art Gallery. 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Kate Newby". Arnolfini. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  9. ^ a b Jennifer, Kabat (12 March 2014). "In Focus: Kate Newby". Frieze. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Walters Prize: Lots of travel, lots of talking". NZ Herald. 12 October 2012. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Artists". Laurel Gitlen. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Kate Newby". coopercolegallery.com. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Gallery". Michael Lett. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Brussels Biennial 1 – Events – Our Program – Witte de With". www.wdw.nl. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  15. ^ a b "Kate Newby". Adam Art Gallery. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Academy". TBC. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  17. ^ "I'll follow you down the road". Hopkinson Mossman. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  18. ^ "Kate Newby, I'm just like a pile of leaves". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  19. ^ "Kate Newby – Let the Other Thing In". Fogo Island Arts. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Portmanteaux at Hopkinson Mossman". Ocula. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  21. ^ "Lunch Poems". Hopkinson Mossman. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Big Tree. Bird's Eye, Kate Newby". Ocula. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  23. ^ Raymond, Jon (May 2019). "Kate Newby: Lumber Room". Artforum.
  24. ^ Geoghegan, Chloe (14 August 2018). "nail the days down". contemporaryhum.com.
  25. ^ "Kate Newby at Feuilleton". artviewer.org. 16 July 2020.
  26. ^ "Kate Newby: Cold Water". Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  27. ^ "Exhibition Guide" (PDF). Adam Art Gallery. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  28. ^ "Kate Newby: Yes Tomorrow". Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  29. ^ "The Flames: The Living Arts of Ceramics". Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  30. ^ "Kate Newby: She's talking to the Wall". Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  31. ^ "Kate Newby: So close, Come on". Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  32. ^ "Kate Newby: We are Such Stuff". Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  33. ^ "Reclaim the Earth". Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  34. ^ "Kate Newby: Miles off the Road". Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  35. ^ "Kate Newby: Had us all Running with You". Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  36. ^ "Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living". Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  37. ^ "Artists-in-Residence – Fogo Island Arts". Fogo Island Arts. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  38. ^ "Spring 2017 International Artist-in-Residence Program". artpace.org. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  39. ^ "Kate Newby". chinati.org.

Further reading

Artist files for Kate Newby are held at:

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