Kate Newby
Lives and works in Texas, United States.
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, 1979.
Solo Exhibitions
2024—2025
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, ‘Hours in wind’, Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Commission 2024, Sydney, Australia
2024
Fine Arts, Sydney, ‘Live near friends’, Sydney, Australia
Kayokoyuki, ‘Very active weather’, Tokyo, Japan
Cooper Cole, ‘WHO IS THIS SONG?’, Toronto, Canada
2023
Fine Arts, Sydney, ‘miles off road’, Sydney, Australia
Marfa Book Company, ‘What a great year for music’, Marfa, United States
Michael Lett, ‘Had us running with you’, Auckland, New Zealand
2022
The Sunday Painter, ‘So close,come on’, London, United Kingdom
Laurel Gitlen, ‘We are such stuff’, New York, United States
Galerie Art : Concept, ‘Try doing anything without it’, Paris, France
testsite, ‘Feel Noise’, Austin, Texas, United States
2021
Fine Arts, Sydney, ‘COLD WATER’, Sydney, Australia
Adam Art Gallery, ‘YES TOMORROW’, Wellington, New Zealand
2020
Feuilleton, ‘As far as you can‘, Los Angeles, United States
2019
Fine Arts, Sydney, ‘Bring Everyone’, Sydney, Australia
Institut d'art contemporain IAC, ‘Wild was the night’, Villeurbanne, France
Cooper Cole, ‘Nothing in my life feels big enough’, Toronto, Canada
Madragoa, ‘Loved like a sunbeam’, Lisbon, Portugal
The Lumber Room, ‘A puzzling light and moving. (Part II and Part III)‘, Portland, United States
2018-2019
The Lumber Room, ‘A puzzling light and moving.’, Portland, United States
2018
Hordaland Kunstsenter, ‘Nothing that’s over so soon should give you that much strength’, Bergen, Norway
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘I can’t nail the days down’, Vienna, Austria
The Sunday Painter, ‘All the stuff you already know’, London, United Kingdom
Michael Lett, ‘Swift little verbs pushing the big nouns around’, Auckland, New Zealand
2017
Artpace, ‘Let me be the wind that pulls your hair’, San Antonio, Texas
2016
Michael Lett, ‘Big Tree. Bird’s Eye.’, Auckland, New Zealand
Cooper Cole, ‘Tuesday evening. Sunday afternoon. Stony Lake.’, Toronto, Canada
The Poor Farm, ‘Make it bigger, Deeper.’, Manawa, United States
2015
Laurel Doody, ‘Two aspirins a vitamin C tablet and some baking soda’, Los Angeles, United States
Gertrude Contemporary, ‘Always humming’, curated by Helen Hughes and Pip Wallis, Melbourne, Australia
Laurel Gitlen, ‘I memorized it I loved it so much’, New York, United States
Old Folks Association, ‘Casualness: it’s not about what it looks like it’s about what it does’, Auckland, New Zealand
2014
MODELAB, ‘Laura, Lucy, Mark and Felix’, Wellington, New Zealand
Lulu, ‘I feel like a truck on a wet highway’, Mexico City, Mexico
Rokeby, ‘Tiny-but-adventurous’, London, United Kingdom
2013
La Loge, ‘Maybe I won't go to sleep at all.’, curated by Anne-Claire Schmitz, Brussels, Belgium
Fogo Island Gallery, ‘Let the other thing in’, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen, Newfoundland, Canada
Hopkinson Mossman, ‘What a day.’, Auckland, New Zealand
2012
Olive St. Garden, ‘All parts. All the time.’ (in association with New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and International Studio & Curatorial Program ISCP, New York), Brooklyn, United States
Fort Greene Park, ‘How funny you are today’, (in association with New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and International Studio & Curatorial Program ISCP, New York), Brooklyn, United States
2011
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, ‘I’m just like a pile of leaves’, curated by Natasha Conland, Auckland, New Zealand
Hopkinson Mossman, ‘I’ll follow you down the road’, Auckland, New Zealand
2010
Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst GAK, ‘Crawl out your window’, curated by Janneke de Vries, Bremen, Germany
2009
Sue Crockford Gallery, ‘Get off my garden’, Auckland, New Zealand
Y3K Gallery, ‘Blow wind blow’, Melbourne, Australia
2008
Gambia Castle, ‘Thinking with your body’, Auckland, New Zealand
Window, ‘Run!’, Auckland, New Zealand
2007
Gambia Castle, ‘On the Benefits of Building’, Auckland, New Zealand
Te Tuhi, ‘A Windy Fire’, Auckland, New Zealand
Group Exhibitions
2024
Fondation d'entreprise Hermès Le Forum, ‘Ephemeral Anchoring’, Tokyo, Japan
2023
Mori Art Museum, ‘Our Ecology’, Tokyo, Japan
Blaffer Art Museum, ‘Intimate confession is a project’, Houston, United States
Institut d’Art Contemporain, ‘Danse Céleste’, Villeurbanne, France
2022
Palais de Tokyo, ’Reclaim the Earth’ curated by Daria de Beauvais, Paris, France
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own: The Chartwell Show, Auckland, New Zealand
Artpace, ‘Carbonate of Copper’, San Antonio, United States
2021-2022
Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, ‘The Flames – The Age of Ceramics’ curated by Anne Dressen, Paris, France
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, ’Swallowing Geography’, New Plymouth, New Zealand
‘SCAPE Public Art’, Christchurch, New Zealand
2021
Musée d'art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne - Château de Rochechouart, ‘L’œil du serpent’, Rochechouart, France
Fondation Carmignac, ’La mer imaginaire’, curated by Chris Sharp , Porquerolles, France
The Sunday Painter, ’A Grain of Sand’, London, United Kingdom
Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, ’washed up’, curated by Christine Nyce, Annandale-on-Hudson, United States
2020
Michael Lett, ’As long as you want, two-person exhibition with Paul P.’, Auckland, New Zealand
Shimmer, ’Higher! Higher! Lower, Lower. Louder! Louder! Softer, Softer’, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Anne Mosseri-Marlio Gallerie, ’Patterns 11’, curated by Michelle Grabner, Basel, Switzerland
SEPTEMBER, ’Tiny Things’, Hudson, New York, United States
2019
Galerie Art : Concept, ‘Indus 2’, Paris, France
56 Henry, ‘Notebook’, New York, United States
Neues Kunsthaus, ‘Elements’, Ahrenshoop, Germany
2018
21st Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, and Cockatoo Island, ‘Superposition: Equilibrium & Engagement’, Sydney, Australia
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art ACCA, ‘Dwelling Poetically: Mexico City, a Case Study’, Melbourne, Australia
Aspen Art Museum, ‘Ritual’, Aspen, CO, United States
Kunsthaus Hamburg, ‘Further Thoughts on Earthy Materials’, Hamburg, Germany
Michael Lett, ‘Juliette Blightman, Parbhu Makan, Kate Newby, Henrik Olesen’, Auckland, New Zealand
SEPTEMBER, ‘Still Life’, Hudson, New York
Nicelle Beauchene, ‘It was literally the wreck of jewels and the crash of gems...’, New York, United States
Embassy of Canada, ‘Belonging to a Place, An exhibition by Fogo Island Arts’, Washington DC, United States
2017
SORT, ‘Appendix Toss (Kate Newby and Georg Petermichl)’, Vienna, Austria
Madragoa Embora, ‘Leotta/Newby (Renato Leotta and Kate Newby)’, Lisbon, Portugal
Scrap Metal, ‘Belonging to a Place, An exhibition by Fogo Island Arts’, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen, Toronto, Canada
Index - The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, ‘The Promise, curated by Axel Wieder’, Stockholm, Sweden
SculptureCenter, ‘In Practice: Material Deviance’, curated by Alexis Wilkinson, New YorUnited States
The Honeymoon Suite, ‘Of everything that disappears there remain traces’, curated by Lauren Ravi, Melbourne, Australia
Raising Cattle, (Mark Hilton, Kate Newby and Tove Storch), Toronto, Canada
Galeria Madragoa, ‘JADE BI’, curated by Sara De Chiara, Lisbon, Portugal
2016
Philipp Pflug Contemporary, ‘Exhibition by 31 Women’, Frankfurt, Germany
Dutton, ‘A plot of land’, New York, United States
Minerva, ‘Every day I make my way’, Sydney, Australia
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, ‘Light switch and conduit: the Jim Barr and Mary Barr collection’, Dunedin, New Zealand
2015
Ludlow 38, ‘Natural Flavor’, curated by Vivien Trommer, New York, United States
Casa del Lago, ‘The Secret and Abiding Politics of Stones’, curated by Chris Sharp, Mexico City, Mexico
Josh Lilley, ‘Homeful of Hands’, London, United Kingdom
The Dowse, ‘Thought Cupboard’, Wellington, New Zealand
Marianne Boesky, ‘Ordering Nature’, New York, United States
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, ‘Inside Outside Upside Down’, curated by Natasha Conland, Auckland, New Zealand
Hastings City Art Gallery, ‘5x5, curated by John Parker’, Hastings, New Zealand
Supplement, ‘Parallel Oaxaca at Supplement London’, London, United Kingdom
Hopkinson Mossman, ‘Lunch Poems’ (Joanna Margaret Paul and Kate Newby), Auckland, New Zealand
P420, ‘Where the trees line the water that falls asleep in the afternoon’, curated by Chris Sharp, Bologna, Italy
GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, ‘Inside the City’, curated by Janneke de Vries, Bremen, Germany
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art ACCA, ‘NEW 15’, curated by Matt Hinkley, Melbourne, Australia
Artspace, ‘An Imprecise Science’, curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor, Sydney, Australia
Laurel Gitlen, ‘Eraser’, New York, United States
The Western Catskills, ‘The January February March’ (Jennifer Kabat, Anna Moschovakis and Kate Newby), New York, United States
2014
Arnolfini, ‘The Promise’, curated by Axel Wieder, Bristol, United Kingdom
Tracy Williams Gallery, ‘On The Blue Shore of Silence’, New York, United States
Hopkinson Mossman, ‘Portmanteaux’, Auckland, New Zealand
Slopes, ‘Thin Air’, Melbourne, Australia
Starkwhite, ‘Lovers’, curated by Martin Basher, Auckland, New Zealand
Dowse Museum, ‘Slip Cast’, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Rokeby, ‘Mud and Water’, London, United Kingdom
2013
Arratia Beer, ‘because the world is round it turns me on’, curated by Clara Meister, Berlin, Germany
Henningsen Gallery, ‘The things we know’, curated by Tim Saltarelli, Copenhagen, Denmark
Utopian Slumps, ‘Between being and doing’, Melbourne, Australia
2012
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, ‘Crawl out your window’, Walters Prize exhibition, Auckland, New Zealand
castillo/corrales, ‘Everyone knows this is nowhere’, curated by Louise Menzies and Jon Bywater, Paris, France
Snakepit, ‘Running on Pebbles: through lines with incidents and increments’, curated by Allan Smith, Auckland, New Zealand
2011
Wellington City Gallery, ‘Prospect: New Zealand Art Now’, curated by Kate Montgomery, Wellington, New Zealand
Witte de With, ‘Melanchotopia’, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen and Anne-Claire Schmitz, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Banner Repeater, ‘Out of a stone’, curated by Daniel Munn, London, United Kingdom
Museo de Arte Zapopan (MAZ), ‘Bas Jan Ader: Suspended between Laughter and Tears’, curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Guadalajara, Mexico
2010
Gambia Castle, ‘Burnt house. A little later’, Auckland, New Zealand
Pitzer Art Galleries and Claremont Museum of Art, ‘Bas Jan Ader: Suspended between Laughter and Tears’, curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Los Angeles, United States
Artspace, ‘post-Office’, Auckland, New Zealand
CalArts, ‘The sky, a window and a tree’ (Fiona Connor and Kate Newby), Los Angeles, United States
2009
The Adam Art Gallery, ‘The Future is Unwritten’, curated by Laura Preston, Wellington, New Zealand
Gallery Manuela Klerkx, ‘Today is OK’, Milan, Italy
Hell Gallery, ‘Cross Coloring’, Melbourne, Australia
2008
Brussels Biennial 1, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen and Florian Waldvogel, Brussels, Belgium
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, ‘Break: Towards a Public Realm’, curated by Melanie Oliver, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Christchurch Art Gallery, ‘Let it be now’, Christchurch, New Zealand
One Day Sculpture, ‘Hold Still’ (Nick Austin and Kate Newby), curated by Claire Doherty, Auckland, New Zealand
TCB, ‘4th Y2K Melbourne biennale of art and design’, Melbourne, Australia
site-specific project, ‘The World (will soon turn our way)’, Auckland, New Zealand
TCB, ‘Academy’ (Ryan Moore and Kate Newby), Melbourne, Australia
1301PE, ‘Many directions, as much as possible, all over the country’, Los Angeles, CA, United States
2007
Gambia Castle, ‘Working on Talking’, Auckland, New Zealand
Artspace, ‘Moment Making: After the Situation’, curated by Laura Preston, Auckland, New Zealand
Gambia Castle, ‘How W.H. Auden spends the night in a friend’s house’, Auckland, New Zealand
Physics Room, ‘Twone’ (Sriwhana Spong and Kate Newby), Christchurch, New Zealand
Awards
The Joan Mitchell Foundation - 2019 Painters & Sculptors Grant, United States (2019)
The Walters Prize, New Zealand (2012)
Residencies
The Chinati Foundation Artist in Residence, Marfa, United States (2017)
Spring 2017 International Artist in Residence Program, curated by Michelle Grabner, Artpace, San Antonio, TX, United States
Gertrude Contemporary Residency, Melbourne, Australia (2015)
Fogo Island Arts Residency, Newfoundland, Canada (2012/2013)
International Studio & Curatorial Program ISCP, New York, United States (2012)
SOMA, Mexico City, Mexico (2010)
Theatre of Erosion or I Hate Work This is not a Play (with Geoffrey Farmer), Banff Centre, Banff, Canada (2010)
Künstlerhäuser, Worpswede (2010)
Education
University of Auckland Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand
Doctor of Fine Art (2015)
Master of Fine Art (2007)
Bachelor of Fine Art (2001)