Kate Newby

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

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

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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]

Career

Newby is a mixed materials installation artist. [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]

Exhibitions

2008

2011

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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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. ↑ Pryor, Nicole (21 October 2012). "Walters art prize goes to Newby". Stuff. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Kate Newby". Arnolfini. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. 1 2 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. ↑ "Brussels Biennial 1 – Events – Our Program – Witte de With". www.wdw.nl. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Kate Newby". Adam Art Gallery. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Academy". TBC. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "I'll follow you down the road". Hopkinson Mossman. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Kate Newby, I'm just like a pile of leaves". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Kate Newby – Let the Other Thing In". Fogo Island Arts. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "Portmanteaux at Hopkinson Mossman". Ocula. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Lunch Poems". Hopkinson Mossman. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "Big Tree. Bird's Eye, Kate Newby". Ocula. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  18. ↑ Raymond, Jon (May 2019). "Kate Newby: Lumber Room". Artforum.
  19. ↑ Geoghegan, Chloe (14 August 2018). "nail the days down". contemporaryhum.com.
  20. ↑ "Kate Newby at Feuilleton". artviewer.org. 16 July 2020.
  21. ↑ "Kate Newby: Cold Water" . Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  22. ↑ "Exhibition Guide" (PDF). Adam Art Gallery. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  23. ↑ "Kate Newby: Yes Tomorrow" . Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  24. ↑ "The Flames: The Living Arts of Ceramics" . Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  25. ↑ "Kate Newby: She's talking to the Wall" . Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  26. ↑ "Kate Newby: So close, Come on" . Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  27. ↑ "Kate Newby: We are Such Stuff" . Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  28. ↑ "Reclaim the Earth" . Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  29. ↑ "Kate Newby: Miles off the Road" . Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  30. ↑ "Kate Newby: Had us all Running with You" . Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  31. ↑ "Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living" . Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  32. ↑ "Kate Newby, Hours in wind, 2024 | MCA Australia". www.mca.com.au. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

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