Born in 1964; lives and works in London
Education
2004 MA Sculpture - Royal College of Art
Awarded Distinction for ‘Hair’s-Breadth’ Dissertation on the use of hair in contemporary art practice
Short-listed for Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award
2001 BA Fine Art - University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham
1st-class honours
Residencies
2008 Art Omi International Artists Residency, New York
2006 Shenghua Art Centre, Nanjing, China
Awards
2019 Judge of the Jack Goldhill Award for Sculpture
2019 Member of Selection Panel for Royal West of England Academy Sculpture Open
2018 Winner of The Royal Academy of Arts, Jack Goldhill Award for Sculpture
2013 Judge of the Aesthetica Art Prize
2013 Inaugural member of the Perrier-Jouët Art Salon
2008 Winner of the 'Heart of Glass' Award
Exhibitions
2020
UNBREAKABLE: WOMEN IN GLASS, Fondazione Berengo, Murano, Italy | 5 September - 7 January 2021
BÊTES DE SCÉNE, Espace Monte-Cristo, Paris, France | 2 September – 20 December 2020
MENAGERIE: KATE MccGWIRE, Harewood House, Yorkshire, UK | 20 July – 25 October 2020
FEATHERS | FEDERN, Gewerbe Museum, Winterthur, Switzerland | 1 December 2019 - 1 November 2020
2019
ANGELS, James Freeman Gallery, London, UK
FEDERN - WÄRMEN, VERFÜHREN, FLIEGEN Gewerbe Museum, Winterthur, Switzerland
THE WIND AND THE BIRDS ENCOURAGE ME, Palais Ideal du Facteur Cheval, France
GAÏA, WHAT ARE YOU BECOMING?, Guerlain House, Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
RENATURING NATURE, Hignell Gallery, London, UK
BÊTES DE SCÈNE, Fondation Villa Datris, Avignon, France
SUMMER EXHIBITION 2019, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
FANTASTICAL BEASTS, Temple Newsam House, Leeds, UK
DREAM, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy
RWA SCULPTURE OPEN, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
WONDROUS WORLDS, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany
2018
DICHOTOMY: Kate MccGwire, The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, UK
PAINTING STILL ALIVE, Centre of Contemporary Art, ToruĊ, Poland
21st CENTURY WOMEN, Curated by Fru Tholstrup & Jane Neal, Unit London, UK
REFLECTIONS, Puerta Roja in collaboration with Galerie Huit, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
THIS WORLD AND THE OTHER, Mathieu Dubois and Kate MccGwire, La Gallerie Particuliere, Paris, France
SASSE/SLUICE: Kate MccGwire, commission for the Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, UK
250th SUMMER EXHIBITION, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
WITHOUT A LABEL I FEEL FREER, The Reydan Weiss Collection, Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Germany
MATERIAL EARTH: Myth, Material and Metamorphosis, Messums Wiltshire, UK
M2@15, APT Gallery, Deptford, UK
2017
DOING IDENTITY: The Reydan Weiss Collection, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
ICONOCLASTS: ART OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
PROOF OF LIFE, The Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
ERWARTEN SIE WUNDER! The Museum as Cabinet of Curiosity and Wunderkammer, Museum Ulm, Germany
ENTANGLED: Threads & Making, Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent, UK
GLASSTRESS BOCA RATON, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, USA
THE HIGH LOW SHOW, curated by Paul Carey-Kent, Laure Genillard, London, UK
FORCE OF NATURE, curated by James Putnam, The Art Pavilion, Mile End, UK
Aloys Zötl & Kate MccGwire: Bestiarien der eigenen Art, Galerie Haas AG Zürich, Switzerland
2016
SECRETE: Kate MccGwire, Galerie Huit, Hong Kong
SCISSURE: Kate MccGwire, La Galerie Particulière, Paris, France
CREATIVE DIFFERENCES: Dyslexia and Neurodiversity in Science, Art and Design, Royal College of Art, London
I PREFER LIFE: The Reydan Weiss Collection, Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
GLASSFEVER: Contemporary Art in Glass, DordtYart, Dordrecht Museum, Dordrecht, Netherlands
FORCE OF NATURE, curated by James Putnam, Gallery Valérie Bach, Brussels, Belgium
RARE BIRD: John James Audubon and Contemporary Art, Berman Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA
2015
GLASSTRESS 2015 GOTIKA, An official collateral event of the 56th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
THE COLLECTIVE, The Drawing Room, The House of St Barnabas, London, UK
COMPLICIT: Juliette Losq, Kate MccGwire, Jayne Anita Smith, Curated by Coates & Scarry, London, UK
PETER RANDALL-PAGE & KATE MccGWIRE, Royal West of England Academy (RWA), Bristol, UK
SECRETE: KATE MccGWIRE, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany
BEAUTY OF THE BEAST, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, Holland
2014
AKRAM KHAN: ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER, The Lowry, Manchester, UK
FROWARD, The Drawing Schools Gallery, Eton College, Windsor, UK
DISQUIET BEAUTY, Rochester Art Gallery, Rochester, UK
COVERT: KATE MccGWIRE, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, France
FIAC Hors Les Murs, Natural History Museum, Paris, France
REAL MARAVILLOSO, La Galerie Particulière, Brussels, Belgium
HUNTING FOR LOST CRAFTS, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, UK
COASTAL CURRENTS FESTIVAL, St Mary the Castle, Hastings, UK
THE WONDER OF BIRDS, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, UK
THE TOURISTS, Felbrigg Hall, National Trust, UK
ART AND ALCHEMY, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
LURE: KATE MccGWIRE, The Beaney, House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury, UK
BIRDS OF PARADISE, MoMu, Antwerp, Belgium
2013
THE VIEWING ROOM, No. 1 Marylebone, Curated by All Visual Arts, London, UK
OPEN WEST 2013, Cheltenham Art Gallery + Museum, UK
DISQUIET: KATE MccGWIRE, Le Royal Monceau, Raffles, / La Galerie Particulière, Paris, France
LURE: KATE MccGWIRE, Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2013, South Korea
IN BETWEEN - INNER AND OUTER WALKSCAPES, Gaasbeek Castle, Belgium
OPEN WEST 2013, Newark Park, National Trust, UK
LURE: KATE MccGWIRE, The Gallery, Winchester Discovery Centre, UK
IN DREAMS, Cob Gallery, London, UK
SHOWcabinet, SHOWstudio, London, UK
2012
WONDERFUL: Humboldt, Krokodil & Polke, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
LURE: KATE MccGWIRE, All Visual Arts, London, UK
AUGURI: KATE MccGWIRE, La Galerie Particulière, Paris, France
METAMORPHOSIS: THE TRANSFORMATION OF BEING, Curated by All Visual Arts, London, UK
NUIT BLANCHE 2012, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
SCULPTOR’S DRAWINGS, Pangolin Gallery, Kings Place, London, UK
UNNATURAL - NATURAL HISTORY Royal West of England Academy, Curated by Coates & Scarry. Bristol, UK
EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE, The Reydan Weiss Collection, Oberstdorf, Germany
ONE ROOM, THREE GLOBAL NAMES, St Martins Lane Hotel, Curated by Crane TV, London, UK
MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE, Thomas Olbricht Collection, Maison Rouge, Paris, France
2011
ELEVENTH PLATEAU Archaeological Association of Athens, Greece
NOW & THEN Harris Lindsay, London, UK
HOUSE OF BEASTS, Attingham Park, National Trust, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
ELEVENTH PLATEAU Hydra Historical Archives Museum, Greece
BOUND: Kate MccGwire & Alice Anderson All Visual Arts, London
HOST: KATE MccGWIRE, Pertwee, Anderson & Gold, London, UK
2010
VANITAS: The Transience of Earthly Pleasures, Curated by All Visual Arts, London, UK
STRANGENESS AND CHARM Viktor Wynd Gallery, Curated by Richard Ducker, London, UK
TATTON PARK BIENNIAL Curated by Danielle Arnaud/ Jordan Kaplan, Cheshire, UK
CONCRETE AND GLASS: KATE MccGWIRE, Curated by Flora Fairbairn & Paul Hitchman London, UK
DEAD OR ALIVE Museum of Art & Design, Curated by David R McFadden, New York, USA
2009
THE AGE OF THE MARVELLOUS, No. 1 Marylebone, Curated by Joe La Placa, All Visual Arts, London, UK
TUNNEL 228 Waterloo Station. Curated by Hamish Jenkinson / Kevin Spacey in conjunction with Punch Drunk
THE SPACE BETWEEN St Pancras Crypt, Curated by Marilene Oliver & Kate MccGwire, London, UK
THE ANIMAL GAZE Plymouth Museum, Curated by Rosemarie McGoldrick, Plymouth, UK
GOTHIC Contemporary Art Society Exhibition, Shunt Vaults and Sotheby's, London, UK
NEW LONDON SCHOOL IN BERLIN, Galerie Schuster, Curated by Zavier Ellis, Berlin, Germany
2008
SOOT FROM THE FUNNEL LOKAAL01, Curated by Richard Ducker and Frederik Vergaert, Breda, Holland
THE ANIMAL GAZE Unit 2 Gallery and Metropolitan Works, Curated by Rosemarie McGoldrick, London, UK
HEART OF GLASS Shoreditch Town Hall, Curated by Flora Fairbairn and Paul Hitchman, London, UK
THIS IS NOT A FAIRY TALE Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, UK
THE FUTURE CAN WAIT T1 The Old Truman Brewery, Curated by Zavier Ellis and Simon Rumley, London, UK
ART OMI International Artists Residency New York, USA
ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION RA, London, UK
GOTHIC Fieldgate Gallery, Curated by Richard Ducker, London, UK
2000 - 2007
TDUNKELHEIT St Pancras Crypt, Flora Fairbairn Projects, Curated by Annabelle Moreau, London, UK
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS Building 1000, Royal Albert Docks, Curated by ARTed, London, UK
THIS AND THAT: Kate MccGwire & Susan Stockwell, Shenghua Art Centre, Nanjing, China
ALL AT SEA: KATE MccGWIRE, Platts Eyot Island, London, UK
PECULIAR ENCOUNTERS ecArtspace, Curated by Sarah Dwyer and Laura Green, London, UK
SEIGE Sidney Street, Curated by Angela Huntbach, London, UK
PARTERRE: KATE MccGWIRE, Atrium Gallery, London, UK
ISSUE: KATE MccGWIRE, M2 Gallery, London, UK
GALLEON AND OTHER STORIES Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
DEGREE SHOW Royal College of Art, London, UK
TIME SHARE Trinity Buoy Wharf & South Bank Barge House, London, UK
HUNTING ART PRIZE Royal College of Art, London, UK
SELECT Hockey Gallery, Farnham, UK
Art Fairs
2020 The Armory Show, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire (New York, USA)
2015 Art Central (Hong Kong)
2014 FIAC (France), Art Paris (France), Art Rotterdam (Netherlands), Art14 (UK)
2012 London Art Fair (UK), Art Paris (France)
2010 Art Moscow (Russia), Korea International Art Fair (South Korea)
2008 Miami Pulse (USA)
2007 Toronto International Art Fair (Canada), Art Chicago (USA)
Collections
Saatchi Collection
Thomas Olbricht collection
Reydan Weiss Collection
Shenghua Art Centre, Nanjing, China
University College for the Creative Arts
Hampshire County Council Collection
Temple Newsam Collection
Art Omi Collection
Tia Collection
Private collections in UK, Middle East and USA