BIOGRAPHY
(b. 1985, South Africa)
Kate Arthur is a South African artist currently based in Cape Town.
She works predominantly in mediums of painting, drawing and printmaking, with a particular interest in portraiture and representations of the body. In her work, she looks at aspects of queer identity and notions of the self, through both figurative and abstracted visual explorations. Her practice involves traditional approaches to art-making as well as more experimental processes involving intuition and play. She has exhibited in various group shows around the country and in 2017 she won the Sanlam National Portrait Award.
EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Portrait Show, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2019 The invisible realm of possibility, curated by John McNorton, FIAP Jean Monnet, Paris
Anon, curated by Sarah Jayne Fell, Pop Up Place, Cape Town
2018 Cubicle Series, Everard Read/CIRCA, Cape Town
Sunday Service, curated by Heinrich Groenewald and Brett CharlesSeiler, GUS, Stellenbosch
BOTANICA, curated by Adele van Heerden, Art.b Gallery, Bellville
SAME SAME, Gallery One11, Cape Town
Body Politic: Transformation (performance), Theatre Arts Admin Collective, Cape Town
Rain Dance, The Voorkamer Gallery, Chandler House, Cape Town
2017 Sanlam Portrait Award 2017 Top 40 Exhibition (travelling)
People and Portraiture, Everard Read/CIRCA, Cape Town
Pop Up // Joburg, Warren Editions, 44 Stanley, Johannesburg
Array, curated by Isabella Kuijers, The Gallery at Taj, Cape Town
A Panel of Patrons, Julia Meintjes Fine Art, Tokara Winery, Stellenbosch
Potblou Blou Pot, Woordfees Festival, Stellenbosch University Gallery, Stellenbosch
2016 Things You Can Tell (solo), The Voorkamer Gallery, Chandler House, Cape Town
HB, The Voorkamer Gallery, Chandler House, Cape Town
Fugly, The Voorkamer Gallery, Chandler House, Cape Town
Opening Exhibition, Loading Bay Gallery, Durban
BUZZART2016, KZNSA Gallery, Durban
2015 Sanlam Portrait Award 2015 Top 40 Exhibition (travelling)
P!nk, The Voorkamer Gallery, Chandler House, Cape Town
Anthropology III, Breathing Space Gallery, Durban
Min of Meer ’n Meermin / More or Less a Mermaid, Kamersvol Geskenke, City Hall, Cape Town
He Sells Seascapes By The Seashore, The Voorkamer Gallery, Chandler House, Cape Town
Wet Paint, The Voorkamer Gallery, Chandler House, Cape Town
Frida Mash-Up, Alex Hamilton Studio Gallery, Cape Town
2014 Drawingrooms (solo), City Soirée, Cape Town
Open City Event Vol. II, Church Square, Cape Town
2008 Epicene (performance) by Joni Barnard, New Voices Program, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown
2007 Rhodes University Student Exhibition, Department of Fine Art, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown
2006 stART Exhibition (co-curator), Student Arts Festival, St Aidan’s Cathedral, Grahamstown
2005 Rhodes University Student Exhibition, Department of Fine Art, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown
2004 Rhodes University Student Exhibition, Department of Fine Art, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown
FAIRS
2018 Cape Town Art Fair, Clarke's Bookshop booth, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town
2017 Cape Town Art Fair, Warren Editions booth, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town
2016 Turbine Art Fair, Warren Editions booth, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg
2015 THAT ART FAIR, Salt River Parkade, Cape Town
COMPETITIONS
2017 Sanlam Portrait Award (winner), Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, Durbanville
2016 Barclays l’Atelier Western Cape Exhibition (regional finalist), Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, Durbanville
2015 Sanlam Portrait Award Top 40 (finalist), Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, Durbanville
2008 ABSA l’Atelier Awards (finalist), Johannesburg
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum Biennale (finalist), Port Elizabeth
2007 Sasol New Signatures Competition (finalist), Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2006 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum Biennale (finalist), Port Elizabeth
RESIDENCIES
2019 Drawing Research Residency, DRAWinternational (Caylus) and L'AiR Arts (Paris), France
