Kate Newby Explained

Kate Newby
Birth Date:	1979
Birth Place:	Auckland region, New Zealand
Nationality:	New Zealand
Awards:	Walters Prize
Website:	www.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]

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

• Show me, don’t tell me (group show), Brussels Biennial 1, Brussels^[9]
• Thinking with your body, Gambia Castle, Auckland^[10]
• Academy (with Ryan Moore), TCB, Melbourne^[11]
• Many directions, as much as possible, all over the country, 1301 PE, Los Angeles

2011

• I'll follow you down the road, Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland^[12]
• I'm just like a pile of leaves, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland^[13]

2013

• Let the Other Thing In, Fogo Island Gallery, Fogo Island^[14]
• Maybe I won’t go to sleep at all, La Loge, Brussels

2014

• Portmanteaux (with Nick Austin, Bill Culbert, Pup Culbert, Mateo Tannatt), Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland^[15]

2015

• Lunch Poems (with Joanna Margaret Paul), Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland^[16]
• 2016
• Big Tree. Bird’s Eye, Michael Lett, Auckland^[17]

2016

• Every day I make my way (with Talia Chetrit, Moyra Davey, Barbara Kasten), Minerva, Sydney

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^[18]
• 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 ^[19]

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^[20]

2021

• Cold Water, Fine Arts Sydney, Sydney, Australia^[21]
• YES TOMORROW, Adam Art Gallery, Te Pātaka Toi, Wellington, New Zealand^{[22] [23]}
• The Flames: The Living Arts of Ceramics (group show) Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France^[24]

2022

• Kate Newby: She's Talking to the Wall, Museum of New Zealand^[25]
• Kate Newby: So Close, come on, The Sunday Painter, London, UK^[26]
• We are such stuff, Laurel Gitlen, New York, USA^[27]
• 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^[28]

2023

• miles off road, Fine Arts Sydney, Sydney, Australia^[29]
• Had us running with you, Michael Lett, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ^[30]
• Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living (group show) Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan^[31]

Further reading

Artist files for Kate Newby are held at:

• Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/11/
• Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/4/
• Fine Arts Library | Te Herenga Toi The University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/6/
• E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/1/

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kate Newby. 2020-10-05. joanmitchellfoundation.org.
2. News: Kate Newby. Auckland Art Gallery. 29 November 2017. en.
3. News: Kate Newby – Profile, Exhibitions, Artworks & Content. Ocula. 29 November 2017. en.
4. Newby . Kate . 2015 . Doctoral thesis . Casualness: it's not about what it looks like it's about what it does . 2292/26347 . ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland .
5. Web site: Walters art prize goes to Newby. Pryor. Nicole. 21 October 2012. Stuff. 29 November 2017.
6. Web site: Kate Newby. Arnolfini. en. 29 November 2017.
7. Web site: In Focus: Kate Newby. Jennifer. Kabat. 12 March 2014. Frieze. en . 29 November 2017.
8. News: Walters Prize: Lots of travel, lots of talking. 12 October 2012. NZ Herald. 29 November 2017. en-NZ. 1170-0777.
9. Web site: Brussels Biennial 1 – Events – Our Program – Witte de With. www.wdw.nl. en. 29 November 2017.
10. Web site: Kate Newby. Adam Art Gallery. en-US. 29 November 2017.
11. Web site: Academy. TBC. en-US. 29 November 2017.
12. Web site: I'll follow you down the road. Hopkinson Mossman. 29 November 2017.
13. News: Kate Newby, I'm just like a pile of leaves. Auckland Art Gallery. 29 November 2017. en.
14. News: Kate Newby – Let the Other Thing In. 6 February 2014. Fogo Island Arts. 29 November 2017. en-US.
15. News: Portmanteaux at Hopkinson Mossman. Ocula. 29 November 2017. en . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201080942/https://ocula.com/art-galleries/hopkinson-mossman/exhibitions/portmanteaux/ . 1 December 2017.
16. Web site: Lunch Poems. Hopkinson Mossman. 29 November 2017.
17. News: Big Tree. Bird's Eye, Kate Newby. Ocula. 29 November 2017. en.
18. News: Raymond. Jon. May 2019. Kate Newby: Lumber Room. Artforum.
19. Web site: Geoghegan. Chloe. August 14, 2018. nail the days down. contemporaryhum.com.
20. Web site: July 16, 2020. Kate Newby at Feuilleton. artviewer.org.
21. Web site: Kate Newby: Cold Water . 4 January 2024.
22. Web site: Exhibition Guide . 4 January 2024 . Adam Art Gallery.
23. Web site: Kate Newby: Yes Tomorrow . 4 January 2024.
24. Web site: The Flames: The Living Arts of Ceramics . 4 January 2024.
25. Web site: Kate Newby: She's talking to the Wall . 4 January 2024.
26. Web site: Kate Newby: So close, Come on . 4 January 2024.
27. Web site: Kate Newby: We are Such Stuff . 4 January 2024.
28. Web site: Reclaim the Earth . 4 January 2024.
29. Web site: Kate Newby: Miles off the Road . 4 January 2023.
30. Web site: Kate Newby: Had us all Running with You . 4 January 2024.
31. Web site: Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living . 4 January 2024.