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
KATE MCCGWIRE
All Visual Arts, London
23rd November 2012 � January 2013

MURMURATIONS
La Galerie Particuli�re, Paris
11th October - 10th November 2012

HOST, 2011
Pertwee, Anderson & Gold, London.
Curated by Kate MccGwire and PA&G.;

Group Exhibitions
2012

UNNATURAL - NATURAL HISTORY
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Curated by Coates & Scarry
14th July - 23rd September 2012

EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE
The Reydan Weiss Collection, Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf
23th June - 30th September 2012

ONE ROOM, THREE GLOBAL NAMES
The Front Room, St Martins Lane, London
Curated by Crane TV
16th - 22nd January 2012

MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE
The Thomas Olbricht Collection, Maison Rouge, Paris
22nd October 2011 - 15th January 2012

2011

ELEVENTH PLATEAU, Archaeological Association of Athens, Greece
Curated by Sozita Goudouna, Out of the Box Intermedia
23rd October 2011 - December 2011

NOW & THEN
Harris Lindsay, London
11th October 2011 − 28th October 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