KATE STEWART ARTIST

Kate Stewart / Curriculum Vitae

Born Sydney. Based in Melbourne / Naarm

Website: www.katestewartartist.com

Instagram: @kkksssttt / @_minnie_artspace

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Education

2024 – Master of Fine Art (Coursework), RMIT University — with Distinction, Vice-Chancellor’s List

for Academic Excellence

2012 – Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts

2009 – Graduate Certificate in Visual Art, Victorian College of the Arts

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Solo Exhibitions

2025 – Intermission, Five Walls Projects, Footscray

2024 – The Murmuring, Rubicon ARI, North Melbourne

2022 – Lost and Found, RED Gallery, Brunswick

2014 – TRACE, Pro-merging Artspace, Sorrento

2013 – Strange Truths in Undiscovered Lands, Pro-merging Artspace, Sorrento

2012 – Great Expectations, Bower Gallery, Ripponlea

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Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 – Missing and Longing, LON Gallery, Melbourne

2025 – Kill Your Darlings, HAIR ARI, Melbourne

2024 – The Weather, La Salle College of the Arts, Singapore (Tropical Lab Residency)

2024 – RMIT Graduate Exhibition, Site Eight Gallery, Melbourne

2022 – Archives of Feeling, RMIT Design Hub Gallery

2021 – Of Colour and Light, West End Art Space, Melbourne

2021 – COMPACT, Alternating Current Artspace, Prahran

2019–2021 – Bayside Local, Bayside Gallery, Brighton Town Hall

2013 – Material Matters, Outward Projects, Launceston

2013 – Honey is Flowing in All Directions, Monash University

2011–2012 – Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne

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Residencies

2025 – Founder and Director, Minnie Artspace, Sandringham (artist-led studio and project space)

2024 – Tropical Lab Residency, La Salle College of the Arts, Singapore

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Awards and Prizes

2024 – Winner, Five Walls Graduate Award, RMIT

2024 – RMIT Vice-Chancellor’s List for Academic Excellence

2022 – Finalist, Tacit Gallery Print Prize

2021 – Winner, Henry Award for Abstraction, Linden New Art Postcard Prize

2021 – Finalist, Castlemaine Experimental Print Prize

2017 – Finalist (Highly Commended), Ravenswood Art Prize

2017 – Finalist, Fischer’s Ghost Art Prize

2012 – Winner, Fiona Myer Award for Painting, VCA Graduate Exhibition

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Professional Experience

2025 – Present

Founder and Director, Minnie Artspace, Sandringham