Kate Groobey

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Kate Groobey
Artist Kate Groobey in her studio.
Born1979
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
NationalityBritish
EducationRuskin School of Drawing and Fine Art (University of Oxford); Royal College of Art (London)
Known forPainting and performance
Patron(s)Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation,[1] Saatchi Gallery[2] Stanley Smith Scholarship, Royal College of Art,[3]Daiwa Foundation Art Prize,[4][5]Arts Council England.[6]
Websitewww.kategroobey.com
The artist Kate Groobey with one of her paintings 'Female Stallion' in her studio, 2022.

Kate Groobey (born 1979) is a British artist based in South Yorkshire and the South of France.[7]

Early life and education[edit]

Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, Groobey was educated at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford[7][8] receiving a BFA degree in 2000. She then studied at the Royal College of Art in London, receiving an MA degree in 2010.[9][10]

Career[edit]

Groobey exhibited in Newspeak: British Art Now Part 2 at the Saatchi Gallery in 2010,[11] the Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2011 at the ICA, in London[3] and Surrreal at König Galerie, Berlin.[12]

In 2014, Groobey was selected as one of a hundred artists for the book 100 Painters of Tomorrow.[13][14]

Groobey was the first woman to win the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize in 2018.[15][5]

Groobey's work has been written about in publications and essays including The Brooklyn Rail, NYC, by Alfred Mac Adam, 2017.[16] The Daiwa Foundation Art Prize catalogue essay by Jonathan Watkins, Ikon Gallery, 2018.[17]

Solo exhibitions[edit]

  • Female Stallion, Sim Smith, London, United Kingdom (2022)[18]
  • Assholes Of Ambition, RIBOT, Milan, Italy (2019)[19]
  • Pure Pleasure, Atopos + Ikon Gallery, Venice, Italy (2019)[20]
  • Pure Pleasure, Ikon Gallery Tower Room, Birmingham, UK (2018)[21]
  • Daiwa Foundation Exhibition: Pure Pleasure, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (2018)[22]
  • I'm Made Of Milk, Horton Gallery, New York, United States (2017)[23]
  • The Good Life, Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, California, United States (2017)[24]
  • Perfect Potatoes, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, California, United States (2016)[25]
  • Perfect | Parfait, David Lynch Club Silencio, Paris, France (2015)[26]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Daiwa Foundation Art Prize 2018. Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. 2018.
  2. ^ "Saatchi Gallery: Kate Groobey". Saatchi Gallery. 2010.
  3. ^ a b "2011 / Artists: Kate Groobey". www.newcontemporaries.org.uk. UK: New Contemporaries. 2018.
  4. ^ "Daiwa Foundation Art Prize 2018 winner: Kate Groobey". Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. 2018.
  5. ^ a b Cowan, Katy (2018). "Kate Groobey becomes the first woman to scoop the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize". www.creativeboom.com. Creative Boom.
  6. ^ "Arts Council England". Arts Council England. 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Kate Groobey: Press Release" (PDF). 2018.
  8. ^ "Ruskin alumni". 2018.
  9. ^ "Kate Groobey". UK: Royal College of Art. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Royal College of Art alumni". 2010.
  11. ^ "NEWSPEAK: BRITISH ART NOW". www.saatchigallery.com. 2010.
  12. ^ "Surrreal". König Galerie. 2016.
  13. ^ Beers, Kurt (2014). 100 Painters of Tomorrow. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0500239230.
  14. ^ Beers, Kurt (2014). "The 100 PAINTERS included in '100 Painters of Tomorrow' are…". Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  15. ^ "Kate Groobey becomes the first woman to scoop the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize". 2018.
  16. ^ Adam, Alfred Mac (2017). "KATE GROOBEY: I'm Made of Milk". The Brooklyn Rail.
  17. ^ "Ikon Pure Pleasure: Documents: Press release" (PDF). www.ikon-gallery.org. 2018.
  18. ^ "https://www.sim-smith.com/exhibitions/35-female-stallion-kate-groobey/overview/". Sim Smith. 8 October 2022. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  19. ^ "RIBOT | KATE GROOBEY". ribot-art-gallery. 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  20. ^ "Ikon Gallery- Venice Biennale 2019 Kate Groobey". www.ikon-gallery.org. 2019.
  21. ^ "Ikon Gallery Tower Room: Pure Pleasure". www.ikon-gallery.org. 2018.
  22. ^ "Mizuma Gallery: Kate Groobey". 2018.
  23. ^ "Kate Goobey: I'm Made Of Milk". Sean Horton (presents). 2017.
  24. ^ "Kate Groobey / The Good Life, Ever Gold [Projects]". 2017.
  25. ^ "Redling Fine Art: Perfect Potatoes". www.redlingfineart.com. 2016.
  26. ^ "Kate Groobey C.V". Kate Groobey.

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