Kate MccGwire

Kate MccGwire

Born in Norwich


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

 

Exhibitions

 

2010 Framing Identity, Tatton Park, East Cheshire
2010 Dead or Alive, Museum of Arts and Design, New York
2010 Concrete & Glass, Foyer, London
2009 The Age of the Marvellous, All Visual Arts, London
2009 Gothic, Contemporary Art Society Centenary auction, Shunt Vaults and Sotheby’s, London
2009 The New London School, Berlin
2009 Tunnel 228, the Old Vic in Collaboration with Punch Drunk, London
2009 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
2009 The Animal Gaze (touring exhibition), curated by Rosemarie McGoldrick, Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery,   Plymouth
2009 Galerie Schuster, Berlin
2009 The Crypt, St Pancras Church, London
2008 Soot from the Funnel, curated by Richard Ducker and Frederik Vergaert, LOKAAL01, Breda
2008 The Animal Gaze' (symposium and exhibition), curated by Rosemarie McGoldrick, Unit 2 Gallery and Metropolitan Works, London (then touring till March 2009)
2008 Gothic, curated by Richard Ducker Fieldgate Gallery, London
2008 This is not a fairy tale, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London
2008 Art Omi International Artists Residency New York
2008 The Future Can Wait, curated by Zavier Ellis and Simon Rumley, T1, The Old Truman Brewery, London
2008 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2008 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
2007 Dunkelheit, Flora Fairbairn Projects, curated by Annabelle Moreau St Pancras Crypt, London

Selected Literature


2009 Cura Art Magazine, December
2008 The Independent, June
2007 The Times, May 2006 Nanjing, June
2005 The Observer, November
2004 International Mao Tse Event, January Collections Saatchi Collection Shenghua Art Centre, Nanjing, China University College for the Creative Arts Various private collections in UK, Middle East and USA Art fairs
2008 Miami Pulse
2008 London Art Fair
2007 Toronto International Art Fair, Canada
2007 Art Chicago Awards
2009 Solo show at 'Concrete and Glass' Festival London
2008 Winner of the 'Heart of Glass' Award , 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).