Kate Newby

Newby was born in 1979 in the Auckland region of New Zealand.{{Cite news|url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/7658/kate-newby|title=Kate Newby|work=Auckland Art Gallery|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en}} She attended the Elam School of Fine Arts, receiving a BFA in 2001, an MFA in 2007, and a PhD in 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://ocula.com/artists/kate-newby/|title=Kate Newby – Profile, Exhibitions, Artworks & Content|work=Ocula|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en}} The title of her doctoral thesis was Casualness: it's not about what it looks like it's about what it does.{{cite thesis |last=Newby |first=Kate |year=2015 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Casualness: it's not about what it looks like it's about what it does |hdl=2292/26347 |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |url=https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/26347}}

Newby is a mixed materials installation artist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/7844890/Walters-art-prize-goes-to-Newby|title=Walters art prize goes to Newby|last=Pryor|first=Nicole|date=21 October 2012|website=Stuff|access-date=29 November 2017}} She creates her installations based on their site and setting, often disused urban environments.{{Cite web |url=https://www.arnolfini.org.uk/people/kate-newby|title=Kate Newby|website=Arnolfini|language=en|access-date=29 November 2017}} Using commonplace materials such as pebbles, nails, and rope, her work explores the details of everyday life.{{Cite web |url=https://frieze.com/article/focus-kate-newby|title=In Focus: Kate Newby|last=Jennifer|first=Kabat|date=12 March 2014|website=Frieze|language=en |access-date=29 November 2017}}

Newby was a member of the Auckland artist space Gambia Castle.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10840320|title=Walters Prize: Lots of travel, lots of talking|date=12 October 2012|work=NZ Herald|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}

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2008

• Show me, don’t tell me (group show), Brussels Biennial 1, Brussels{{Cite web|url=http://www.wdw.nl/en/our_program/events/brussels_biennial_1?realm=redirects&action=redirect¶m=event/brussels-biennial-1/|title=Brussels Biennial 1 – Events – Our Program – Witte de With|website=www.wdw.nl|language=en|access-date=29 November 2017}}
• Thinking with your body, Gambia Castle, Auckland{{Cite web|url=http://www.adamartgallery.org.nz/thefuture/newby/|title=Kate Newby|website=Adam Art Gallery|language=en-US|access-date=29 November 2017}}
• Academy (with Ryan Moore), TCB, Melbourne{{Cite web|url=http://tcbartinc.org.au/academy/|title=Academy|website=TBC|language=en-US|access-date=29 November 2017}}
• 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{{Cite web|url=http://hopkinsonmossman.com/exhibition/?past&year=2011&exhibit=I'll+follow+you+down+the+road&eid=7&work=+I'll+follow+you+down+the+road&id=299|title=I'll follow you down the road|website=Hopkinson Mossman|access-date=29 November 2017}}
• I'm just like a pile of leaves, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland{{Cite news|url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/exhibition/kate-newby-im-just-like-a-pile-of-leaves|title=Kate Newby, I'm just like a pile of leaves|work=Auckland Art Gallery|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en}}

2013

• Let the Other Thing In, Fogo Island Gallery, Fogo Island{{Cite news|url=http://fogoislandarts.ca/news/exhibitions/kate-newby-let-thing/|title=Kate Newby – Let the Other Thing In|date=6 February 2014|work=Fogo Island Arts|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en-US}}
• 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{{Cite news|url=https://ocula.com/art-galleries/hopkinson-mossman/exhibitions/portmanteaux/|title=Portmanteaux at Hopkinson Mossman|work=Ocula|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201080942/https://ocula.com/art-galleries/hopkinson-mossman/exhibitions/portmanteaux/ |archive-date=1 December 2017}}

2015

• Lunch Poems (with Joanna Margaret Paul), Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland{{Cite web|url=http://hopkinsonmossman.com/exhibition/?past&year=2015&exhibit=Lunch+Poems&eid=88|title=Lunch Poems|website=Hopkinson Mossman|access-date=29 November 2017}}
• 2016
• Big Tree. Bird’s Eye, Michael Lett, Auckland{{Cite news|url=https://ocula.com/art-galleries/michael-lett/exhibitions/kate-newby/|title=Big Tree. Bird's Eye, Kate Newby|work=Ocula|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en}}

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{{Cite news|last=Raymond|first=Jon|date=May 2019|title=Kate Newby: Lumber Room|work=Artforum|url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201905/kate-newby-79616}}
• 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 {{Cite web|last=Geoghegan|first=Chloe|date=August 14, 2018|title=nail the days down|url=https://www.contemporaryhum.com/kate-newby-kunsthalle-wien|website=contemporaryhum.com}}

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{{Cite web|date=July 16, 2020|title=Kate Newby at Feuilleton|url=https://artviewer.org/kate-newby-at-feuilleton/|website=artviewer.org}}

2021

• Cold Water, Fine Arts Sydney, Sydney, Australia{{Cite web |title=Kate Newby: Cold Water |url=https://www.finearts.sydney/exhibitions/katenewby2021 |access-date=4 January 2024}}
• YES TOMORROW, Adam Art Gallery, Te Pātaka Toi, Wellington, New Zealand{{Cite web |title=Exhibition Guide |url=https://cdn.sanity.io/files/h84sqrxf/production/7b5e953af541ca17b12e624b78d726ed7589081a.pdf |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Adam Art Gallery}}{{Cite web |title=Kate Newby: Yes Tomorrow |url=https://www.adamartgallery.nz/exhibitions/archive/2021/yes-tomorrow |access-date=4 January 2024}}
• The Flames: The Living Arts of Ceramics (group show) Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France{{Cite web |title=The Flames: The Living Arts of Ceramics |url=https://www.mam.paris.fr/en/expositions/exhibitions-flames |access-date=4 January 2024}}

2022

• Kate Newby: She's Talking to the Wall, Museum of New Zealand{{Cite web |title=Kate Newby: She's talking to the Wall |url=https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/visit/exhibitions/toi-art/kate-newby-shes-talking-wall |access-date=4 January 2024}}
• Kate Newby: So Close, come on, The Sunday Painter, London, UK{{Cite web |title=Kate Newby: So close, Come on |url=https://thesundaypainter.co.uk/exhibitions/56-kate-newby-so-close-come-on/overview/ |access-date=4 January 2024}}
• We are such stuff, Laurel Gitlen, New York, USA{{Cite web |title=Kate Newby: We are Such Stuff |url=https://www.laurelgitlen.com/kate-newby.html |access-date=4 January 2024}}
• 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{{Cite web |title=Reclaim the Earth |url=https://palaisdetokyo.com/en/exposition/reclamer-la-terre/ |access-date=4 January 2024}}

2023

• miles off road, Fine Arts Sydney, Sydney, Australia{{Cite web |title=Kate Newby: Miles off the Road |url=https://contemporaryhum.com/calendar/kate-newby-miles-off-road |access-date=4 January 2023}}
• Had us running with you, Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand{{Cite web |title=Kate Newby: Had us all Running with You |url=https://ocula.com/art-galleries/michael-lett/exhibitions/kate-newby-had-us-running-with-you/ |access-date=4 January 2024}}
• Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living (group show) Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan{{Cite web |title=Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living |url=https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/eco/index.html |access-date=4 January 2024}}

2024

• Hours in wind, Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Commission at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, Australia{{Cite web |title=Kate Newby, Hours in wind, 2024 {{!}} MCA Australia |url=https://www.mca.com.au/exhibitions/kate-newby-hours-in-wind-2024/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=www.mca.com.au |language=en}}

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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/]

• [http://www.katenewby.com Official website]

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