Kate Daw Explained

Kate Daw
Death Date:7 September 2020
Birth Date:1965
Birth Place:Esperance, Western Australia, Australia
Spouse:Robert Hassan
Death Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Kate Daw (1965-2020) was an Australian visual artist and former Head of Art at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.

Career

Kate Daw was born in 1965 in Esperance, Western Australia, and her family moved to Sorrento when she was five.[1] She initially studied art at the Western Australian Institute of Technology but dropped out when she was 18.[2] After moving to Melbourne, Daw graduated in Painting at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in 1989, and began exhibiting work extensively from 1992.[3]

Her work incorporated canvas, ceramic, fabric and paper, though she later moved away from painting. She began a Master of Fine Arts degree at Glasgow School of Art in 1995, completing it back in Australia at RMIT University, and also had several international artist residencies through the 1990s and 2010s.[4]

She collaborated with Scottish artist Stewart Russell on a series of works beginning in 2007, including a residency at the Melbourne Cricket Ground,[5] where they developed Two Homes, Another World (2016), a project with Indigenous Australian football player Liam Jurrah, and the installation Civil Twilight End (2011) at Melbourne Docklands.

In the 2000s, Daw taught Painting at VCA, where she also begun her Doctorate, with the thesis titled The Between Space: narrative in contemporary visual practice.[6] After five years as Head of Painting, she was made Head of Art at the VCA in 2018.

After undergoing treatment for cancer, Kate Daw died 7 September 2020, aged 55.

Selected exhibitions and works

Collections

Kate Daw's work is held in several galleries and museums in Australia.

Notes and References

  1. Duncan . Jenepher . 2020-07-02 . Kate Daw (1965–2020) . Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art . en . 20 . 2 . 297–301 . 10.1080/14434318.2020.1846990 . 1443-4318.
  2. Web site: Harvey . Warick . 2022-06-14 . Artist Kate Daw in conversation . 2024-03-25 . Library . en.
  3. Web site: ArtAsiaPacific: Obituary: Kate Daw (1965–2020) . 2024-03-25 . artasiapacific.com.
  4. Web site: Fairley . Gina . 2020-09-08 . Vale Kate Daw, who lead a generation of creatives at VCA . 2024-03-25 . Arts Hub . en-AU.
  5. Web site: Perkins . Miki . 2011-10-03 . It tolls for thee: marking time makes a peal to our civic nature . 2024-03-25 . The Age . en.
  6. Book: Daw, Kate . The between space: narrative in contemporary visual practice . 2005. 11343/37353 .
  7. Web site: McQualter . Andrew . April 1997 . Kate Daw Work: Four recent projects . 2024-03-25 . www.artdes.monash.edu.au.
  8. Web site: Cattapan . Jon . 2020-09-15 . Vale Kate Daw, a shining light for all who knew her . 2024-03-26 . Art Guide Australia . en-US.
  9. Web site: Kate Daw: Lights No Eyes Can See . 2024-03-25 . ACCA . en-AU.
  10. Book: All That Was Solid Melts . Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmak . 2021 . 978-0-86463-332-3 . McIntosh . Clare . Auckland, New Zealand . 4.
  11. Web site: 2021-06-05 . All That Was Solid Melts . 2024-03-25 . Auckland Art Gallery . en.
  12. Web site: RISING: Reverse Anthem . 2024-03-25 . rising.melbourne . en-AU.
  13. Web site: Hughes . Helen . 2018-11-30 . Kate Daw and Stewart Russell . 2024-03-25 . Artforum . en-US.
  14. Web site: The Between Space (cups and saucers) . 2024-03-25 . Art Gallery WA Collection Online . en.
  15. Web site: "Two Homes", by Stewart Russell and Kate Daw, 2010 . 2024-03-26 . Australian Sports Museum Collection Online . en.
  16. Web site: 2023-11-05 . Mizpah jewellery . 2024-03-25 . City Collection . en-US.
  17. Web site: KATE DAW Artists NGV . 2024-03-25 . www.ngv.vic.gov.au . en-AU.

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