Kate is a Melbourne-based artist and teacher with over 30 years’ _practice. Her materials of interest include glass, ceramic, cement, copper, wire, fibre and found objects. Valuing curiosity, experimentation, and skilled understanding of technique to challenge the possibilities of a medium, she explores our perception of the intrinsic value of things: objects, time, and place. Recontextualising, making unexpected connections and combining unconventional materials. Frequently using offcuts and discarded materials – _particularly those that surprise or intrigue – Kate embraces experimentation, science, and serendipity.

Awards and Commendations
2022 Finalist, Sculpture@Shaw
Finalist, Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards
2021 Award for Innovative use of Materials, Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Annual Exhibition – judge Prudence Flint
Finalist, 20th Anniversary Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
Finalist, National Art Teacher Prize – Judges Del Kathryn Barton and Henry Ward
2019 Judge’s commendation, BIGsculpture@Vegout, St Kilda – judge Max Delaney, Artistic Director & CEO, ACCA
Winner, 2D category, Swanpool Creative Recycled Art Prize, Swanpool
Finalist, Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition, Toorak
2018 Winner, Small Sculpture/Functional category, Swanpool Creative Recycled Art Prize, Swanpool
2009 Selected for touring nationally. Selected for exhibit at Australian Embassy in Berlin. Brisbane Square Library, Brisbane.
2007 Selected for touring nationally. MAANZ Salamanca Gallery, Hobart.
Selected for touring nationally. MAANZ 30:30 Balmain Watch House, Sydney.
2006 Selected for touring nationally. MAANZ 30:30 Newspace Gallery, Rozelle.
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Sculpture@Shaw, Shaw Winery, Murrumbateman, ACT
Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards
Interior, YAVA Gallery & Arts Hub, Healesville
2021 Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Annual Exhibition, Steps Gallery, Carlton, VIC
National Art Teacher Prize, The Lennox, Richmond, VIC
20th Anniversary Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Double Bay, Sydney, NSW
2019 BIGsculpture@Vegout, St Kilda, VIC
Cadence (solo exhibition) Tacit Galleries, Melbourne
Swanpool Creative Recycled Art Prize, Swanpool
Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition, Toorak
2018 Swanpool Creative Recycled Art Prize, Swanpool
2017 Ag Art Wear, Elmore
2016 RRRTAG, Cororooke (and 2017, 2018)
2015 CrossXpollinatioN, COPACC, Colac
2010-13 Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn
2009 Pamela Irving Gallery, Bentleigh
Mercure Hotel, North Quay, Brisbane
Brisbane Square Library, Brisbane.
2008 Breathing Colours Art Gallery, Balmain
2007 Salamanca Gallery, Hobart.
The Long Gallery, Hobart
MAANZ 30:30, Balmain Watch House, Sydney.
Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda (and 2008)
2006 MAANZ 30:30, Newspace Gallery, Rozelle.