Kate Groobey
Kate Groobey (born 1979) is a British artist based in South Yorkshire and the South of France.[7]
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Born | 1979 |
Nationality | British |
Education | Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art (University of Oxford); Royal College of Art (London) |
Known for | Painting 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] |
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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
- Daiwa Foundation Art Prize 2018. Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. 2018.
- "Saatchi Gallery: Kate Groobey". Saatchi Gallery. 2010.
- "2011 / Artists: Kate Groobey". www.newcontemporaries.org.uk. UK: New Contemporaries. 2018.
- "Daiwa Foundation Art Prize 2018 winner: Kate Groobey". Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. 2018.
- Cowan, Katy (2018). "Kate Groobey becomes the first woman to scoop the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize". www.creativeboom.com. Creative Boom.
- "Arts Council England". Arts Council England. 2018.
- "Kate Groobey: Press Release" (PDF). 2018.
- "Ruskin alumni". 2018.
- "Kate Groobey". UK: Royal College of Art. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- "Royal College of Art alumni". 2010.
- "NEWSPEAK: BRITISH ART NOW". www.saatchigallery.com. 2010.
- "Surrreal". König Galerie. 2016.
- Beers, Kurt (2014). 100 Painters of Tomorrow. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0500239230.
- Beers, Kurt (2014). "The 100 PAINTERS included in '100 Painters of Tomorrow' are…". Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- "Kate Groobey becomes the first woman to scoop the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize". 2018.
- Adam, Alfred Mac (2017). "KATE GROOBEY: I'm Made of Milk". The Brooklyn Rail.
- "Ikon Pure Pleasure: Documents: Press release" (PDF). www.ikon-gallery.org. 2018.
- "RIBOT | KATE GROOBEY". ribot-art-gallery. 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- "Ikon Gallery- Venice Biennale 2019 Kate Groobey". www.ikon-gallery.org. 2019.
- "Ikon Gallery Tower Room: Pure Pleasure". www.ikon-gallery.org. 2018.
- "Mizuma Gallery: Kate Groobey". 2018.
- "Kate Goobey: I'm Made Of Milk". Sean Horton (presents). 2017.
- "Kate Groobey / The Good Life, Ever Gold [Projects]". 2017.
- "Redling Fine Art: Perfect Potatoes". www.redlingfineart.com. 2016.
- "Kate Groobey C.V". Kate Groobey.