Kate Groobey

Kate Groobey (born 1979) is a British artist based in South Yorkshire and the South of France.[7]

Kate Groobey
Born1979
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
NationalityBritish
EducationRuskin School of Drawing and Fine Art (University of Oxford); Royal College of Art (London)
Known forPainting and performance
Patron(s)Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation,[1] Saatchi Gallery[2] Stanley Smith Scholarship, Royal College of Art,[3]Daiwa Foundation Art Prize,[4][5]Arts Council England.[6]
The artist Kate Groobey with one of her paintings at the Daiwa Foundation Japan House, Regent's Park, London, in 2018.

Early life and education

Biorn in Leeds, Yorkshire, Groobey was educated at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford[7][8] receiving a BFA degree in 2000. She then studied at the Royal College of Art in London, receiving am MA degree in 2008.[9][10]

Career

Groobey exhibited in Newspeak: British Art Now Part 2 at the Saatchi Gallery in 2010,[11] the Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2011 at the ICA, in London[3] and Surrreal at König Galerie, Berlin.[12]

In 2014, Groobey was selected as one of a hundred artists for the book 100 Painters of Tomorrow.[13][14]

Groobey was the first woman to win the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize in 2018.[15][5]

Groobey's work has been written about in publications and essays including The Brooklyn Rail, NYC, by Alfred Mac Adam, 2017.[16] The Daiwa Foundation Art Prize catalogue essay by Jonathan Watkins, Ikon Gallery, 2018.[17]

Solo exhibitions
  • Assholes Of Ambition, RIBOT, Milan, Italy (2019)[18]
  • Pure Pleasure, Atopos + Ikon Gallery, Venice, Italy (2019)[19]
  • Pure Pleasure, Ikon Gallery Tower Room, Birmingham, UK (2018)[20]
  • Daiwa Foundation Exhibition: Pure Pleasure, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (2018)[21]
  • I'm Made Of Milk, Horton Gallery, New York, United States (2017)[22]
  • The Good Life, Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, California, United States (2017)[23]
  • Perfect Potatoes, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, California, United States (2016)[24]
  • Perfect | Parfait, David Lynch Club Silencio, Paris, France (2015)[25]

References
  1. Daiwa Foundation Art Prize 2018. Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. 2018.
  2. "Saatchi Gallery: Kate Groobey". Saatchi Gallery. 2010.
  3. "2011 / Artists: Kate Groobey". www.newcontemporaries.org.uk. UK: New Contemporaries. 2018.
  4. "Daiwa Foundation Art Prize 2018 winner: Kate Groobey". Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. 2018.
  5. Cowan, Katy (2018). "Kate Groobey becomes the first woman to scoop the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize". www.creativeboom.com. Creative Boom.
  6. "Arts Council England". Arts Council England. 2018.
  7. "Kate Groobey: Press Release" (PDF). 2018.
  8. "Ruskin alumni". 2018.
  9. "Kate Groobey". UK: Royal College of Art. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  10. "Royal College of Art alumni". 2010.
  11. "NEWSPEAK: BRITISH ART NOW". www.saatchigallery.com. 2010.
  12. "Surrreal". König Galerie. 2016.
  13. Beers, Kurt (2014). 100 Painters of Tomorrow. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0500239230.
  14. Beers, Kurt (2014). "The 100 PAINTERS included in '100 Painters of Tomorrow' are…". Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  15. "Kate Groobey becomes the first woman to scoop the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize". 2018.
  16. Adam, Alfred Mac (2017). "KATE GROOBEY: I'm Made of Milk". The Brooklyn Rail.
  17. "Ikon Pure Pleasure: Documents: Press release" (PDF). www.ikon-gallery.org. 2018.
  18. "RIBOT | KATE GROOBEY". ribot-art-gallery. 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  19. "Ikon Gallery- Venice Biennale 2019 Kate Groobey". www.ikon-gallery.org. 2019.
  20. "Ikon Gallery Tower Room: Pure Pleasure". www.ikon-gallery.org. 2018.
  21. "Mizuma Gallery: Kate Groobey". 2018.
  22. "Kate Goobey: I'm Made Of Milk". Sean Horton (presents). 2017.
  23. "Kate Groobey / The Good Life, Ever Gold [Projects]". 2017.
  24. "Redling Fine Art: Perfect Potatoes". www.redlingfineart.com. 2016.
  25. "Kate Groobey C.V". Kate Groobey.


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