KATE BAE

Born in Busan, Korea, Kate Bae is an independent curator and immigrant artist whose art focuses on site-specific installations and paintings based in New York City. Kate’s art practice is focused on multiple identities, memories, neuroses, psychological borders, and collaboration with other artists. She holds an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Painting.

Bae is a founder of Women’s Cactus for the Arts and has exhibited nationally and internationally including solo shows in the Sunroom Project Space at Wave Hill, the Deiglan Gallery, and most recently the Artspace IAa. She is a grant recipient from Real Art Award, MVP Chapter Lead Grant from Malikah Gender Justice Institute, Ora Lerman Trust, Creative Capital Professional Development Program, and the NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. She has attended many residencies including the Golden Foundation, the Studios at Mass MoCA, Trestle Gallery, Wassaic Project, Chashama and Lower East Side Printshop Keyholder Residency.