Kate Daw (1965 - September 2020) was an Australian visual artist and former Head of Art at the

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in Melbourne.

Career

Kate Daw was born in 1965 in Esperance,

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, and her family moved to

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when she was five. She initially studied art at the

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but dropped out when she was 18. After moving to

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, Daw graduated in Painting at the

(VCA) in 1989, and began exhibiting work extensively from 1992. Her work incorporated canvas, ceramic, fabric and paper, though she later moved away from painting. She began a Master of Fine Arts degree at

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in 1995, completing it back in Australia at

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, and also had several international artist residencies through the 1990s and 2010s. She collaborated with Scottish artist

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on a series of works beginning in 2007, including a residency at the

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, where they developed ''Two Homes, Another World'' (2016), a project with

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player Liam Jurrah, and the installation ''Civil Twilight End'' (2011) at

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. In the 2000s, Daw taught Painting at VCA, where she also begun her Doctorate, with the thesis titled ''The Between Space: narrative in contemporary visual practice''. After five years as Head of Painting, she was made Head of Art at the VCA in 2018. After undergoing treatment for cancer, Kate Daw died 7 September 2020, aged 55.

Selected exhibitions and works

* ''Work: four recent projects'' (1997), William Mora Galleries * ''The Between Space'' (2006),

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* ''Civil Twilight End'' with Stewart Russell (2011) * ''Green Lamp'' (2014),

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* ''Lights No Eyes Can See'' (2015),

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* ''Love, Work (prelude, aftermath, everyday)'' (2020), ''All That Was Solid Melts'' group exhibition'',''

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* ''Reverse Anthem'' with Stewart Russell (2021),

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(previously part of 2016's ''Two Homes, Another World'')

Collections

Kate Daw's work is held in several galleries and museums in Australia. * Art Gallery of Western Australia *

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References

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