About






                            



                                  KATE STEVENS                                  

      Born 1979, Nipaluna/Hobart, Lutruwita/Tasmania.
     



EDUCATION
    
     Bachelor of Arts (Visual) with First Class Honours                        2001
     Canberra School of Art, Australian National University
     


AWARDS

   People's Choice, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, 2021

   Winner, Evelyn Chapman Art Award, 2018
     
   People’s Choice, Portia Geach Memorial Painting Prize, 2016
     
   Veolia Creative Arts Scholarship, 2017
     
   CAPO Materials Award, 2015
    
   Winner, Portia Geach Memorial Painting Prize 2011
     
   
   Finalist in Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, 2021, 2022

   Finalist in Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, 2021
     
   Finalist in Hutchins Art Prize, 2018
     
   Finalist in M16 Drawing Prize, 2017
     
   Finalist in Plein Air Painting Prize 2014
     
  Finalist in Portia Geach Memorial Painting Prize 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 
     2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
     
   Finalist in Mosman Art Prize, 2008 
     
   Finalist in City of Hobart Art Prize, 2005
     
   Finalist in Metro 5 Art Award, 2005
     
   Foundation for Young Australians Emerging Artist Residency,
       Canberra Contemporary Art Space 2003
     
   ASOC Travelling Scholarship to Japan, 2002
     
   People’s Choice, Canberra Art Prize 2002
     
   EASS CMAG Canberra Museum and Gallery Award, 2001
     
   Alliance Francaise de Canberra Exhibition Award, 2001
     
   KPMG Emerging Artist’s Support Scheme, 2001



SOLO EXHIBITIONS
   
   The Way Home, Blackartprojects at Neospace, Melbourne, Nov 2021

   Scenes from an Afternoon, Nancy Sever Gallery, Canberra, Nov 2018
     
   Drones over Aleppo, CCAS Gorman House, Canberra, Sep 2018
     
   Sky Blue Sky, Nancy Sever Gallery, Canberra, Sep 2016
     
   36 Views, Altenburg and co., Braidwood, Oct 2015 
     
   Kate Stevens, Flinders St Gallery, Sydney, Feb 2013
     
   Greetings From Braidwood, Stur Gallery, Braidwood May 2013
     
   I Kept it to myself,  The Pump Shed, Adelaide, April 2011
     
   The Vishnumati River Series, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne, Nov 2007
     
   Wish you Were Here, Birdhouse, Braidwood, March 2006
     
   Day Tripper, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Dec 2003
     
   Exit Kikuzaka, Alliance Francaise de Canberra, May 2002



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    Sydney Contemporary with Blackartprojects, Carriageworks, Sydney, Sep 2022

    Explore Sydney Contemporary with Blackartprojects, Nov 2021

    Crossing Paths, Scratch Art Space, Marrickville, March 2018
             
    Celebration: 20 years of collecting visual art at CMAG, Canberra 
       Museum and Gallery, March 2018              
     
    M16 Drawing Prize Exhibition, M16 Artspace, Canberra, Nov 2017
     
    Paint on paper, The Left Hand, Braidwood, Oct 2016 
    
    On The Beach, with Olivia Bernardoff, Ivy Hill Gallery, April 2016 
    
    The Summer Exhibition, Nancy Sever Gallery, Canberra, Dec 2016
      
    World Series, with Julian Laffan, M16 Artspace, Canberra, August, 2015
    
    Making the Cut, The Left Hand, Braidwood, August 2013
  
   100, Blackartprojects @ Langford 120, Melbourne, Nov 2011
     
    Pin-Wondewall, ANCA Gallery, Canberra, June 2011
      
    Drawn in the Moment, The Left Hand, Braidwood, April 2011
     
    2622, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, July 2010
     
    Kinaesthetic Melody, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, August 2009 
     
    Silver Light, Megalo Access Arts, Canberra, June 2008
     
    Blood on the Tracks, Studio Altenburg, June 2008
     
    Picture This, ANU School of Art Gallery, 2006; touring VCA Student 
       Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts, October 2006
     
    Kathmandu Honeymoon, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, 
     June 2005
     
    Mythellaneous, Canberra School of Art Foyer Gallery, July 2003
    
    The Sleeper, 24:7 II, Canberra Railway Museum, May 2004
     
    Depth of Field, Shepparton Art Gallery, January 2003; touring Monash
      University Museum of Art, 2003
    
    Snap, CSA Gallery, Canberra, September 2002
    
    Fresh Cut, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra, July 2002
   
    Lift Off, National Institute of the Arts, ANU, December 2001



COLLECTIONS

     CMAG- Canberra Museum and Art Gallery
     ACT Legislative Assembly
     ACT Health
     Artbank