Kate Newby

Fine Arts, Sydney is presenting an exhibition of new work by Kate Newby.

This exhibition comprises a new body of sculptures made from hot glass and cast bronze with salvaged ropes from Sydney’s maritime and sailing communities. The exhibition also includes new glazed ceramic works for the wall.

Kate Newby’s work is currently exhibited in a large-scale solo presentation at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, for the 2024—2025 Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Commission. Elsewhere in Australasia, Newby’s work featured in the 21st Biennale of Sydney at both the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Cockatoo Island, and was the focus of a survey exhibition at the Adam Art Gallery, Wellington.

Newby has recently made solo exhibitions at institutions in Europe and North America including Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France; Klosterruine, Berlin, Germany; Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway; lumber room, Portland, United States; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria; Artpace, San Antonio, United States; Fogo Island Gallery, Newfoundland, Canada; and Gesellschaft für Actuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany. Her work has been included in curated exhibitions at institutions including Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum, Tokyo, Japan; Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, United States; Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany; Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, United States; Musée d'art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne - Château de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France; SculptureCenter, New York, United States; Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, France.

Kate Newby lives and works in Texas, United States. She was awarded the Walters Prize in 2012, and Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant in 2019.

This is Kate Newby’s fourth solo exhibition with Fine Arts, Sydney.

For further information please contact the gallery directly.