Guest Post

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Kate MccGwire

Guest Posting 08 February – 12 February 2010

Kate MccGwire studied at the RCA. Her MA installation, ‘Brood’ was installed at the Saatchi Gallery in 2004. She has done the ShengHua Residency in China and the Art Omi residency in New York. In 2008 she won of the Heart of Glass competition in London. In 2009 exhibited with the Contemporary Art Society, The New London School Berlin, Tunnel 228 with Punch Drunk and The Age of the Marvellous, London She will be making a large-scale installation for the Museum of Art and Design, New York in April 2010

What have you got planned this week?

It’s a busy week! I have new work in a group show ‘Strangeness and Charm’ at Viktor Wynd Gallery, opening on Thursday 4th, 11 Mare Street.

What do your parents think you do?

They are confused, love what I do but would really like me to get a proper job!

Who do you look like?

My Mum

What’s your favorite sense?

Touch

Tell us something people don’t know about you…

I sing in a fantastic choir

Did your education count?

Yes, but I really wasn’t into it the first time around. Studying at RCA as a mature student was an amazing experience and something I constantly pinch myself about

What word can’t you spell?

Just about everything

Tell us a good fact

Distrust in red-headed people stems from Judas Iscariot having red hair

What’s Next?

It’s going to be a busy few months ahead, March is a new installation in the Tatton Park Biennial, Cheshire. Then a large scale feather installation at the Museum of Art and Design in New York, in April

What’’s your ‘Plan B’?

No plan B

Guest Posted Articles

  1. Irwin

    Stephen Irwin

    Guest posted by Kate MccGwire,

    Thinking back to my recent gallery visit to New York, the drawings of Stephen Irwin (no, not the crocodile man) have lodged in my mind. He alters vintage pornographic images in a playful and intriguing ways.

    www.invisible-exports.com

  2. Flowers

    Isabella Plantation

    Guest posted by Kate MccGwire,

    My birthday treat in May is a visit to the Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park. At this time of the year the garden is an unbelievable riot of colours, azaleas and rhododendrons – completely over the top, it never ceases to make me smile. Established during the 1950s, the ornamental woodland garden consists of clearings, ponds and streams and is planted with ferns, exotic trees and shrubs. It’s particularly striking during spring for a wonderful display of bluebells than in April and May when the azaleas and rhododendrons put on their annual show.

    www.timeout.com
    www.royalparks.org.uk

  3. 2445

    Rob Carter

    Guest posted by Kate MccGwire,

    A talented young Brit in New York who makes fascinating animated films with python-esque ingenuity and playfulness. Currently showing at Museum of Art and Design in New York Slash: Paper under the Knife until April 4th.

    www.robcarter.net