Kate Daw (1965-2020) was an Australian visual artist and former Head of Art at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.

Kate Daw
Born1965
Died7 September 2020
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
SpouseRobert Hassan

Career

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Kate Daw was born in 1965 in Esperance, Western Australia, and her family moved to Sorrento when she was five.[1] She initially studied art at the Western Australian Institute of Technology but dropped out when she was 18.[2] After moving to Melbourne, Daw graduated in Painting at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in 1989,[1] and began exhibiting work extensively from 1992.[3]

Her work incorporated canvas, ceramic, fabric and paper, though she later moved away from painting. She began a Master of Fine Arts degree at Glasgow School of Art in 1995, completing it back in Australia at RMIT University,[1] and also had several international artist residencies through the 1990s and 2010s.[4]

She collaborated with Scottish artist Stewart Russell on a series of works beginning in 2007,[4] including a residency at the Melbourne Cricket Ground,[5] where they developed Two Homes, Another World (2016), a project with Indigenous Australian football player Liam Jurrah,[2] and the installation Civil Twilight End (2011) at Melbourne Docklands.[4]

In the 2000s, Daw taught Painting at VCA, where she also begun her Doctorate,[1] with the thesis titled The Between Space: narrative in contemporary visual practice.[6] After five years as Head of Painting, she was made Head of Art at the VCA in 2018.[4]

After undergoing treatment for cancer, Kate Daw died 7 September 2020, aged 55.[1][3]

Selected exhibitions and works

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Collections

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Kate Daw's work is held in several galleries and museums in Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Duncan, Jenepher (2 July 2020). "Kate Daw (1965–2020)". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art. 20 (2): 297–301. doi:10.1080/14434318.2020.1846990. ISSN 1443-4318.
  2. ^ a b Harvey, Warick (14 June 2022). "Artist Kate Daw in conversation". Library. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "ArtAsiaPacific: Obituary: Kate Daw (1965–2020)". artasiapacific.com. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d Fairley, Gina (8 September 2020). "Vale Kate Daw, who lead a generation of creatives at VCA". Arts Hub. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b Perkins, Miki (3 October 2011). "It tolls for thee: marking time makes a peal to our civic nature". The Age. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  6. ^ Daw, Kate (2005). The between space: narrative in contemporary visual practice. hdl:11343/37353.
  7. ^ McQualter, Andrew (April 1997). "Kate Daw Work: Four recent projects". www.artdes.monash.edu.au. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  8. ^ Cattapan, Jon (15 September 2020). "Vale Kate Daw, a shining light for all who knew her". Art Guide Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Kate Daw: Lights No Eyes Can See". ACCA. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  10. ^ McIntosh, Clare, ed. (2021). All That Was Solid Melts (PDF). Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmak. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-86463-332-3.
  11. ^ "All That Was Solid Melts". Auckland Art Gallery. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  12. ^ "RISING: Reverse Anthem". rising.melbourne. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  13. ^ Hughes, Helen (30 November 2018). "Kate Daw and Stewart Russell". Artforum. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  14. ^ "The Between Space (cups and saucers)". Art Gallery WA Collection Online. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  15. ^ ""Two Homes", by Stewart Russell and Kate Daw, 2010". Australian Sports Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Mizpah jewellery". City Collection. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  17. ^ "KATE DAW | Artists | NGV". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 25 March 2024.