Kate McCarthy

Artist Statement
I have to work fast and I stick to the principles we had with our art when we were children- immediate, simple and direct. When we needed red, we reached for the closest red we could find and that then determined the feel and look for the rest of the piece. I have a palette that is chosen by eye from the colours used in the 70s series of Sesame Street as affected by the 16mm film and TV screen. The whites are the grey shades from Bert and Ernie's apartment, the reds are classic stop sign red. I use repetitive pattern and references to shapes that trigger emotion in the audience only by default- what connects all of us comes from TV shows, books and characters from infancy and childhood, and I believe by incorporating these suggestive elements into my work I can transport the viewer back to childhood. I live on the Bay of Fires on Tasmania's East Coast at Binalong Bay with my beautiful full on boys who are quite mental. Born: 1974 Queensland, Australia Lives: Tasmania, Australia Solo Exhibitions 2011/12 BSG 40 x 40 Show (solo projection space for duration) 2011 Sydney Fringe Festival 2011, New Town, Sydney 2011 The Fellows and the Bloodies, in conjunction with Miss Mica Stills (NZ) and Beck Wheeler (NZ), 19Karen Contemporary Artspace, Gold Coast, Queensland 2009 Self, The Wall Exhibition Space, Arts Tasmania Arts Centre Department Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts, Hobart Tasmania 2010 Chux Redux, CSart, Reggio Emilia, Italy. 2008 '78 Series, Wursthaus on Oliver, Launceston, Tasmania (in conjunction with Tourism Tasmania) Group Exhibitions 2012 BSG Photographic Group Show 2011 On the Wall with Leeloo and Finders Keepers, Carriageworks, Sydney 2011 An Indespensible Item, GILLIGAN GRANT GALLERY, Collingwood Australia 2011 Homage to Frida, 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Gold Coast, Queensland 2011 You'll be Travelling Incognito, The General Store for Contemporary Art, Sydney 2010 Aussie Girls, CSArt, Reggio Emila, Italia 2010 Down the Rabbit Hole with Whitespac3 Gallery, The Wall @ World Bar, Kings Cross, Sydney 2010 On the Wall, Finders Keepers and Leeloo, CarraigeWorks, Sydney 2010 CROSS CITY EXPERIENCE # 3 - ONLINE EXHIBITION - VEGAS SPRAY.COM 2010 Art Melbourne 10, Retrospect Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 2010 Who Got The Bunny, GILLIGAN GRANT GALLERY, Collingwood Australia 2009 Petit Travaux, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia 2009 Art Melbourne 09, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2008 BSG Small Works (finalist) Other 2008 BSG Small Works finalist 2004 Production Design 'Rosebery 7470' http://www.sydneyundergroundfilms.com/rosebery.html 2004 Director McCarthyism Contemporary Artspace, Sheffield, Tasmania Education I have spent time in the following courses at Queensland College of Art, Victoria University, and Curtin University. For various reasons I chose not to complete the course. 1993 Queensland College of Art, Bachelor in Fine Art Illustration 1995 Victoria University, Bachelor in Digital Art 2000 Curtin University, Bachelor in Contemporary Art Collections Private collections throughout Australia, Italy and United States. REPRESENTED BY 19 KAREN, GOLD COAST, (partner of PORTER CONTEMPORARY, NEW YORK) S T O R Y www.storythestore.com and in the stockroom of GILLIGAN GRANT GALLERY, COLLINGWOOD, MELBOURNE recently joined Charlatan Ink Collective, New York Publications and e-news and blogs and bits... 2011 The Sunday Age Newspaper Magazine, June 19th, 2011 2010 Pen and Paper Issue 5 http://issuu.com/whitespac3/docs/issue5 2010 Kickcan and Conkers, May 2011 http://kickcanandconkers.blogspot.com/2011/05/rosie.html 2010 Millard Boutique zine by Lady Millard (NY) SEX, BROWN and FIRSTS ISSUES http://issuu.com/ladymillard/docs/issue2brown http://issuu.com/ladymillard/docs/poetry http://issuu.com/ladymillard/docs/redsun 2010 Yen magazine online featured illustrator http://www.yenmag.net/artery/featured-illustrator/kate-mccarthy/ 2010 Pikaland feature http://pikaland.com/2010/09/01/kate-mccarthy 2010 Avant Card artist for SUFF callout for submissions 2010 Juxtapoz Online Artist Profile http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/artist-profile-kate-mccarthy 2009 Pocket Magazine, Italia 2009 artwhatson, Artist to Watch 2009 Framelines Magazine 2009 Wet Ink, Issue 7 2009 Avant Card artist

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