SHAW, KATE
Born 1969, Melbourne
1997 Diploma of Museum Studies, Deakin University, Melbourne
1994 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts, Honours (Painting), RMIT University, Melbourne
AWARDS, PRIZES & RESIDENCIES
2011 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, finalist
2010 Arts Victoria Grant 6 month residency, Flux Factory, New York, USA
2010 Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award, Sydney, finalist
2010 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, finalist
2010 Arts Victoria Grant 6 month residency, Flux Factory, New York, USA
2009 Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, finalist
2009 Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, finalist
2008 Fleurieu Art Prize, Fleurieu Biennale, McLaren Vale, finalist
2008 John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Regional Art Gallery, Gippsland
2007 Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, finalist
2007 ABN Amro Emerging Artist Award, Sydney, highly commended
2007 Arts Victoria, International Fund
2006 ABN Amro Emerging Artist Award, Sydney, finalist
2005 Arts Victoria, International Fund
2005 Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, finalist
2005 The City of Darebin LaTrobe University Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne, finalist
2004 Metro 5 Art Award, Metro Gallery, Melbourne, finalist
2003 Australia Council for the Arts Besen Family Foundation
1998 Australian Film Commission
COLLECTIONS
Artbank
Macquarie Group Collection
Royal Sydney Golf Club, Sydney
Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, Melbourne
Private collections in Australia and overseas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Wilderness of Mirrors, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2011 Korean International Art Fair, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, COEX Convention and Exhibition Centre, Seoul, Korea
2011 Liquefaction, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Irrational Geographic, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2010 William Jolly Bridge Projection, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
2009 Meridian, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2009 Underground Sun, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Redux, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2008 Visitant, 24hr Art: Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin
2008 Drifter, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2007 Mirror Matter, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Hell and High Water, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2006 InFlux, Alluvial Gallery, Bendigo
2006 Pattern Recognition, Luxe Gallery, New York, USA
2006 Lands End, Spacement Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Earthly Delights, Spacement Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Process Colour, Conical Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Lightlife, Stripp Gallery, Melbourne
1998 DJ Betty Ford, Stripp Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Just the Block, collaboration with Natasha Johns-Messenger, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 SSFA12, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2011 Korean International Art Fair, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, COEX Convention and Exhibition Centre, Seoul, Korea
2011 New Psychedelia, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2011 SSFA11, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2011 Together in Harmony for 50 Years, Korea Foundation Culture Centre, Chongdamdong, Seoul, Korea
2011 Arboreal, Macquarie University Gallery, Sydney
2010 Missing Link, Unlimited, New York, USA
2010 I Stole It, I Borrowed It, I Broke It, Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York, USA
2010 The Possibility of a Painting, Chelsea Hotel, New York, USA
2010 Lumen, Atlantic Salt, New York, USA
2010 SSFA10, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2009 NADA Fair, Miami, Florida, USA
2009 Spectrum - ACGA, Federation Square, Melbourne
2009 The Sustainable Living Festival, BMW edge Federation Square, Melbourne
2009 Auckland Art Fair, Marine Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
2009 Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2009 SSFA09, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2009 Sneak Peak, Nelli Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Singular, Luxe Gallery, New York, USA
2008 The Ides of March, ABC NO Rio, New York, USA
2008 SSFA08, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2008 Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize, McLaren Vale
2008 John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Regional Art Gallery, Gippsland
2007 Places, Luxe Gallery, New York, USA
2007 Fisher's Ghost Award, Cambelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
2007 U Turn, Glendale College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
2007 ABN Amro Emerging Artist Award, Sydney
2007 Places, Luxe Gallery, New York, USA
2007 SSFA07, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2006 Create, Sustainable Living Festival, BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne
2005 Paper Chase, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
2005 Selekta, Westspace, Melbourne
2005 Darebin Latrobe Acquisitive Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead, Melbourne
2004 Simply Drawn, Luxe Gallery, New York, USA
2004 Flora Nova, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Metro 5 Art Prize, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Red Spot, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Home Loan, Caroline Springs, Melbourne, curated by Kate Shaw and Larissa Hjorth
2002 Mobbypet, Artzine, Germany and Japan exchange project
1998 Postal Presence, Stripp Gallery, Next Wave Festival, curated by Larissa Hjorth and Ester Pierini
1997 P13, Patersons Building, Smith St, Melbourne
1997 Just Looking, City of Yarra Public art project, Melbourne, curated by Charlotte Day
1996 Private Places, Platform 2, Flinders St Underpass, Melbourne
1996 Display, Platform 2, Flinders St Underpass, Melbourne
1995 Superstar, billboard project, Errol St, Melbourne
1995 Decadence, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
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