Kate MccGwire

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Born: Norfolk UK
Lives: London

Education

2002-2004 MA Sculpture
Royal College of Art, London

1995 -2000 BA (Hons) Fine Art – 1st
University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham

Solo Exhibitions

2011

HOST, Pertwee, Anderson and Gold, London.
Curated by Kate MccGwire and PA&G.

2006

ALL AT SEA, Platts Eyot Island, London.

2005

PARTERRE, Atrium Gallery, London.
ISSUE, M2 Gallery, London.


Group Exhibitions

2011

HOUSE OF BEASTS, Attingham Park, National Trust, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Curated by Meadow Arts
3 July 2011- 15 July 2012

ELEVENTH PLATEAU, Hydra Historical Archives Museum, Greece.
Curated by Out of the Box Intermedia
8 July - 4 September 2011

BOUND: Alice Anderson & Kate MccGwire, All Visual Arts, London.
Curated by KAte MccGwire and AVA

HOST, Pertwee, Anderson and Gold, London.
Curated by Kate MccGwire and PA&G

2010

VANITAS: The Transience of Earthly Pleasures, 33 Great Portland Street, London
Exhibition by All Visual Arts , Curated by Joe La Placa and Mark Saunders
Show including Jake and Dinos Chapman, Polly Morgan and Wim Delvoye.

STRANGENESS AND CHARM, Viktor Wynd Gallery, 11 Mare Street, London.
Curated by Richard Ducker.

TATTON PARK BIENNIAL, Cheshire.
Curated by Danielle Arnaud/ Jordan Kaplan.

DEAD OR ALIVE, Museum of Art & Design, New York.
Curated by David Revere McFadden.

2009

THE AGE OF THE MARVELLOUS, No 1 Marylebone, London.
Curated by Joe La Placa, All Visual Arts.

TUNNEL 228, Waterloo Station
Curated and organized by Hamish Jenkinson/ Kevin Spacey in conjunction with Punch Drunk

THE SPACE BETWEEN, St Pancras Crypt, London.
Curated by Marilene Oliver & Kate MccGwire.
Show including Kate Street, Annie Cattrell. Amanda Couch and Esther Teichman.

THE ANIMAL GAZE, Plymouth Museum, UK.
Curated by Rosemarie McGoldrick.

GOTHIC, Contemporary Art Society Exhibition
Shunt Vaults and Sotheby's, London.

NEW LONDON SCHOOL IN BERLIN
Galerie Schuster, Berlin.

2008

SOOT FROM THE FUNNEL, LOKAAL01, Breda, Holland.
Curated by Richard Ducker and Frederik Vergaert.

THE ANIMAL GAZE (symposium and exhibition),
Unit 2 Gallery and Metropolitan Works, London
Curated by Rosemarie McGoldrick
(touring till March 2009)

HEART OF GLASS (part of the Concrete and Glass Festival)
Shoreditch Town Hall, London
Crated by Flora Fairbairn and Paul Hitchman
in association with the Contemporary Art Society

THIS IS NOT A FAIRY TALE, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London.

THE FUTURE CAN WAIT, T1, The Old Truman Brewery, London.
Curated by Zavier Ellis and Simon Rumley.

ART OMI, International Artists Residency, New York.

ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION, London.

GOTHIC, Fieldgate Gallery, London.
Curated by Richard Ducker.

2007

DUNKELHEIT, St Pancras Crypt, London.
Flora Fairbairn Projects, curated by Annabelle Moreau.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, curated by ARTed
Building 1000, Royal Albert Docks, London.

2006

THIS AND THAT, show with Susan Stockwell
Shenghua Art Centre, Nanjing, China.

2005

PECULIAR ENCOUNTERS, ecArtspace, London.
Curated by Sarah Dwyer and Laura Green.

SEIGE, Sidney Street, London
Curated by Angela Huntbach

2004

GALLEON AND OTHER STORIES
Saatchi Gallery, London.

DEGREE SHOW
Royal College of Art, London.

TIME SHARE
Trinity Buoy Wharf, London.

Grants/Awards

HEART OF GLASS Award,
Concrete and Glass Festival, 2008
(Solo Show October 2009)

ART OMI
International Artist Residency
New York 2008

SHENGHUA
International Artist Residency
Nanjing China 2006

Awarded Distinction for 'Hair's-Breadth'
MA Dissertation on the use of hair in contemporary art practice

Short-listed for Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award RCA