ARTIST CV
Born 1989, Canberra Australia
Education
2010
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), First Class with University Medal, Australian National University (ANU) School of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Soft Focus, Artereal Gallery, Sydney NSW
2022
Connections, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn NSW
Recent Echo Paintings, online exhibtion, Artereal Gallery, Sydney NSW
Echo and Traces, AIRspace Projects, Sydney NSW
Tangents and Signals, Canberra Contemporary Art Space (CCAS), Canberra ACT
2019
Floating Time, Galerie pompom, Sydney NSW
2018
Chance Forms, Wellington St Projects, Sydney NSW
2017
Double Mirror, Squiggle Space, Sydney NSW
2016
Logical Alterations, MOP Projects, Sydney NSW
2015
Orbit, CCAS, Canberra ACT
2013
Invert, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney NSW
2012
Mime, Firstdraft, Sydney NSW
Tardy, Galleryeight, Sydney NSW
2011
Seasick, M16 Artspace, Canberra ACT
ONE-HOUR STUDIO, ANCA Gallery, Canberra ACT
Exhibitions and commissioned wall paintings created collaboratively with James Lieutenant
2022
Warmth, installed at Front Gallery, commission for Canberra Art Biennial, Canberra ACT
2020
Peaches, temporary installation, Studio Studio, Canberra ACT
2018
Lilac Walk, public art commissioned by Goulburn Regional Gallery/Goulburn Mulwaree Council, installed in Walker Lane, Goulburn NSW
Foliage, public art commissioned by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, installed at Richmond Marketplace, Richmond (Greater Western Sydney) NSW
2017
Old Eagle, Megalo Print Studio, Sydney NSW
Private residential commission, Canberra ACT
2016
Criss Cross, commissioned by Ovolo Group & Artbank, installed at Ovolo Woolloomooloo Sydney
Counter Compositions, new work commissioned responding to artworks from Artbank collection, curated by Miriam Kelly, Artbank, Sydney NSW
2014
Mistints #3 (Canberra), Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra ACT
Mistints #2 (Melbourne), Bus Projects, Melbourne VIC
Mistints #1 (Sydney), Archive_ Space, Sydney NSW
2013
This is Graphics, CCAS, Canberra ACT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Care Structures, artist and organiser, M16 Artspace, Canberra ACT (Forthcoming Sep-Oct)
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney NSW (Forthcoming Sep-Nov)
Zig Zag, curated by Waratah Lahy, Thors Hammer, Canberra ACT
2022
Cageworks, curated by Alexander Boynes, CCAS, Canberra ACT
Colour of Puddles, curated by Boni Cairncross, Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, Sydney NSW
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney NSW
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney NSW
Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn NSW
ACB Selects, curated by Amber Cresswell Bell, online exhibition presented by Michael Reid Northern Beaches, Sydney NSW
2021
Exploration 2021, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne VIC
M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, Canberra ACT
Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, Ravenswood School, Sydney NSW
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney NSW
Transformation: Megalo Members’ Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra ACT
B & W, curated by Naomi Zouwer and Al Munro, M16 Artspace, Canberra ACT
2020
M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, Canberra ACT
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Greater Sydney NSW
Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Greater Sydney NSW
Intaglio Prints, online exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra ACT
M16 Does Pizza, curated by Jas Huggonet, M16 Artspace, Canberra ACT
Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn NSW
Mark Making, curated by Jas Huggonet, M16 Artspace, Canberra ACT
2019
Plexus, artist and curator, Blindside ARI, Melbourne VIC
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney NSW
Friends and Family, Daine Singer, Melbourne VIC
Studio Artist Exhibition, M16 Artspace, Canberra ACT
2018
M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, Canberra ACT
From small things big things grow, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery of Small Things, Canberra ACT
Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Swan Hill VIC
Spectrum, curated by Natasha McDonald, Prompt Gallery ANU, Canberra ACT
Barton Estate Drawing Prize, Strathnairn Arts, Canberra ACT
2017
Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, Ravenswood School, Sydney NSW
2014
Terms and Conditions, part of Art Not Apart festival, Nishi Gallery, Canberra ACT
2013
Desiring Machines, part of TiNA, The Lock-Up Cultural Centre, Newcastle NSW
2011
HATCHED 2011: National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth WA
Selected Performances
2013
Free Fall, part of Free Fall Festival, Oxford Art Factory, Sydney NSW
Music by Cavelight, part of You Are Here festival, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra ACT
2011
Paraphernalia, Flash Night, Kings ARI, Melbourne VIC
CLOSE RANGE, CCAS Gorman House, Canberra ACT
Selected Awards, Grants, Scholarships and Residencies
2023
Awarded major commission for Canberra Hospital Expansion Project, curated by Creative Road and commissioned by Major Projects Canberra
Finalist, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Arts Centre
2022
Finalist, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery
Finalist, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Gallery
Finalist, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Arts Centre
Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Presbyterian Ladies' College
Finalist, Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
2021
Winner, Local Artist Award, M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace
Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Presbyterian Ladies' College
Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, Ravenswood School
Selected Participant, Arts Infinity Lab, Paper Giant and ArtsACT
2020
Finalist, M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace
Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre
Finalist, Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery
Finalist, Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
2019
Winner, Preparator’s Artist Residency Award (Packer’s Prize), Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Arts Centre
Highly Commended, Early and Young Career Artist Prize, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Arts Centre
Awarded an Arts Activity Funding Grant for $5000, ArtsACT
Completed Professional Artist-In-Residence Program, Megalo Print Studio
2018
Finalist, Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Gallery
Finalist, M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace
2017
Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, Ravenswood School
2011
Awarded an Out of Round Funding Grant, artsACT
2010
Awarded the University Medal for Visual Art, ANU
Awarded the Peter and Lena Karmel Honours Scholarship in the School of Art, ANU
Winner, Peter and Lena Karmel Graduate Prize, ANU
Selected Media and Publications
2023
Canberra Times, Artists selected to design works for Canberra Hospital expansion, Lucy Bladen, Apr 18 2023
2021
Canberra Times, M16 Drawing Prize a window into nation's depth of talent, Peter Haynes, Dec 4th 2021
2018
The Art Life, Chance Forms: Kate Vassallo at Wellington St Projects, Nadia Odlum, Feb 26th 2018
2017
Emboss Magazine, Kate Vassallo Q & A, Issue #8 Women Artists
2016
Happy Mag, Explore the meticulous, machinistic art of Kate Vassallo, Claire Deakin, November 2016
The Silver Egg, #ForTheLoveOfArt Series: Interview with the artists of Criss Cross, Amadou Doumbia, May 2016
Ovolo Woolloomooloo Art Guide, Amadou Doumbia, Ovolo Group 2016
2015
City News, Emerging creators and arts this weekend, Helen Musa, May 28th 2015
2014
Archive_, #26 MISTINTS, Zacha Rosen, May 2014
2013
BMA Magazine, Graphic Content, Chloe Mandryk, June 4th 2013
Hyperallergic, New Work Tuesday
The Art Life, New Work Friday
2012
Emergency Index 2011, Ugly Duckling Presse, 2012
LALA, In Conversation // Kate Vassallo, interview with Boni Cairncross
mX Newspaper, Kate's drawing a long rainbow (cover photo), Chris Pavlich, Feb 7th
2010
Art Monthly Australia, Staged: Community Building through Performance art, Flossie Peitsch, June 2010
Collections
Artbank (National)
Goulburn Regional Gallery
Goulburn Mulwaree Council
Megalo Print Studio (Canberra)
Ovolo Group (Hong Kong and Australia)
Private collections throughout Australia and the USA