Kate Howe (they/them) (1971, American) is a queer multi-disciplinary artist who lives and works in London, GB
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Education
2020 - 2022 - MA Painting, (Distinction) Royal College of Art, London, GB
2017 – 2020 - BA (summa cum laude) Art History, Arizona State University, AZ, USA
2001 - 2003 - Fine Art Program, Art Center College of Design, CA, USA
1991 – 1996 - AA, (highest hons) Technical Theatre, Foothill College, CA, USA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 - Selected Works and Works in Progress – RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London, GB
2021 - The Erotics of Power - RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London, GB
2020 - CORE Climate: Undamaged Destiny, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, USA
2020 – Sliding down the Wall - Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 – Lawless Imagination, RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London, GB
2023 – HEAT, RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London, GB
2023 – Light Being, Curator: Jonathan Miles, Lychee One Gallery, London GB
2023 – Alternative Airport presented by The Wild Parlour, RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London GB
2023 – Subterranean Organ, Curator: Daisy Wang. The Crypt Gallery, London GB
2022 - Omitted References, Curator: Daisy Wang. The Art Pavilion, Mile End, London GB
2022 - RCA Painting 2022 Grad Show, Royal College of Art, London, GB
2022 - What is Becoming Us? RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London, GB
2021 - Things that were About to be Lost, RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London, GB
2021 - Invitation au Vouyage, Riana Raouna Gallery, Cyprus
2021 - Windows SW11, a curated Covid walking art trail, London, GB
2020 - Red Brick Artists in Residence, Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO, US
2020 - Changes, D’Art gallery, Denver, CO, US
2019 - Art League of Hilton Head Biennial, Hilton Head, NC, US
Residencies, Awards and Prizes
2020 – present Founding artist-in -residence, RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London GB
2018 – 2020 Resident Artist, Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO, US
2019 - Presidential Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO, US
Selected Writings
2023 – Light Being, catalogue essay.
2023 – Alternative Airport, Show catalogue layout and introductory essay.
2022 - What is becoming us? Catalogue introductory essay.
2021 - Things that were About to be Lost. Catalogue introductory essay.
2021 - Turner was my Covid Hook-Up. RCA Dissertation (Distinction)
2020 - FEAST – Holiday, now. RCA Painting Student publication, introductory essay.
Selected Film Projects
2020 – Train to Nowhere, (9:20)
2023 – Susanna’s Howling Liver (4:18)
Selected Performances and Live Readings
2023 – The Infinite Intimate – 5-minute reading at the show Light Being, curated by Jonathan Miles, Lychee One Gallery, London, GB.
2023 – The Final Feeding – nude in a nest of kraft paper receiving an IV in a shop front window inside my installation at RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London GB
2023 – Contact – Social performance during Alternative Airport, RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London, GB
2023 – Transmission – Social performance during Subterranean Organ, The Crypt Gallery, London GB
2023 – Intimate Readings – 90-minute intimate readings during Subterranean Organ, The Crypt Gallery, London GB
2017 – 2020 Performer (spoken word): Writ Large, Aspen Colorado, US
Artist’s Talks, Lectures
2024 - (upcoming) Turps – Half day visiting lecture on the research and process behind my body of work in response to Susanna and the Elders
2021 – University of Salford – One-hour artist’s talk/lecture, 20-minute q and a
2021 – Central St. Martins – One-hour artist’s talk/lecture, 8 one-on-one tutorials, followed by a day of mentoring at my studio
Selected Press & Writings
2023 (June) – Light Being – Susannas Howling Liver and The Templum were written about and presented by Jonathan Miles in his philosophical lecture performance for the Royal College of Art postgraduate lecture series.
2022 (June) – London Sunday Times “Forget the Summer Exhibition”