Kate McKay Encounters 3 – 27th October 2018
ENCOUNTERS McKay’s painting practice brings out the monumental in the small details of everyday spaces. ‘Encounters’ showcases the intense focus McKay brings to her work, and her ability to make the familiar, urbane sights of Brisbane feel strange and uncanny. Working with the edge of daylight, McKay cleverly uses light to elevate the mundane into objects that demand our attention. Her still lifes have an uneasy tension that makes you think you’d be unwilling to turn your back to them. She captures the quiet drama of the enigmatic and fleeting moments at the edge of our periphery, as day gives way to night on the streets of suburbia. Eileen Abood, 2018
Still Life I (2018) Oil on board 30.5 x 23 cm $880 Image by Thomas Oliver
Time Machine(2018) Oil on board 23 X 30.5 cm $880 Image by Thomas Oliver
Still Life II (2018) Oil on board 30.5 x 23 cm $880 Image by Thomas Oliver
Phantom (2018) Oil on board 20.5 x 15 cm $680 Image by Thomas Oliver
Dusk (2018) Oil on board 30.5 x 30.5 cm $880 Image by Thomas Oliver
Attention-seeking Seahorse (2018) Oil on board 13 x 18 cm $560 Image by Thomas Oliver
Memento Mori (2018) Oil on board 30.5 x 23 cm $880 Image by Thomas Oliver
Companions (2018) Oil on board 30.5 x 23 cm $880 Image by Thomas Oliver
Floral Gaze (2018) Oil on board 30.5 x 23 cm $880 Image by Thomas Oliver
Kate McKay CV www.katemckay.com.au
Education 2013
Bachelor of Fine Art, First Class Honours, Queensland College of Art (QCA), Brisbane
2018 2017 2016 2015
Encounters, Jan Manton Art, Brisbane New Horizons, Jan Manton Art Illuminated, Jan Manton Art Elsewhere, Jan Manton Art
2018
(Upcoming) First Impressions: The Valley of Skies, Jan Manton Art Outer Space Auction Fundraiser, Outer Space ARI, Brisbane 15 Artists, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Redcliffe Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Space Gallery, Sydney St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital Anzac Art Prize, St Andrew's Hospital, Brisbane The View From Here, The Hold Artspace, Brisbane The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane Test Pattern, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane The Hold’s 2013 Xmas Exhibition, The Hold Artspace The GAS: Graduate Art Show, Griffith University Art Gallery Limen, QCA, Brisbane Middle Ground, The Hold Artspace The GAS: Graduate Art Show, Griffith University Art Gallery Here Now, QCA Chromophilia, QCA Project Gallery Nowstalgia, POP Gallery, Brisbane Myself (and as Someone Else), QCA Project Gallery
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions 2017 2015 2014 2013
2012
Awards 2017 2015
2011 2010
15 Artists, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Finalist Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Winner St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital Anzac Art Prize, St Andrew's Hospital, Finalist The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Griffith University Art Gallery, Finalist Graduate Art Show Awards, Griffith University Art Gallery, Finalist Griffith Award for Academic Excellence for Studies in the Bachelor of Fine Art, QCA Oxlades Art Essentials at Southbank Undergraduate Award, Brisbane Griffith Award for Academic Excellence for Studies in the Bachelor of Fine Art, QCA Graduate Art Show Awards, Griffith University Art Gallery Griffith Award for Academic Excellence for Studies in the Bachelor of Fine Art, QCA Griffith Award for Academic Excellence for Studies in the Bachelor of Fine Art, QCA
2016 2018
Fjuk Art Centre, Husavik, Iceland Outer Space ARI, Brisbane
2014 2013 2012
Artist Residencies
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