Kate Newby
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Kate Newby, Stuart and Kate Newby: What Song is This?, 2026, The Suter Art Gallery, Installation view.
Kate Newby, I LOVE RAINFALL!!!, 2026, Stoneware, glaze, found glass, sand, 1015 x 1015mm
Kate Newby, The Sound of Trees, 2026, Portland International Airport (PDX)
Kate Newby, The Sound of Trees, detail, 2026, ceramic, glaze, found glass (Portland)
Kate Newby, Cold Water, 2025, Glass, rope, (salvaged and new), Dimensions variable, Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Kate Newby, The Sound of Trees, 2026, Portland International Airport (PDX)
Kate Newby, Hours in wind, 2024, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Commission, Installation view.
Kate Newby, THE LAST WORD ALWAYS BELONGS TO THE MOUNTAIN, 2025, Stoneware, glaze, 290 x 400 x 55mm
Kate Newby, What a great year for music, 2023 Installation view, Marfa Books, Marfa. Photograph: Alex Marks
Kate Newby, I know the sky is ready (detail), 2023, wood fired stoneware, 1990 x 3190 x 40mm
Kate Newby, What a great year for music, 2023 Installation view, Marfa Books, Marfa. Photograph: Alex Marks
Kate Newby, What a great year for music, 2023 Installation view, Marfa Books, Marfa. Photograph: Alex Marks
Kate Newby, What a great year for music, 2023 Installation view, Marfa Books, Marfa. Photograph: Alex Marks
Kate Newby, Had us running with you, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St
Kate Newby, Had us running with you, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St
Kate Newby, Had us running with you, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St
Kate Newby, Had us running with you, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St
Kate Newby, Had us running with you, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St
Kate Newby, SHE’S TALKING TO THE WALL, 2022, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, Installation view. Photograph: Maarten Holl
Kate Newby, SHE’S TALKING TO THE WALL, 2022, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, Installation view. Photograph: Maarten Holl
Kate Newby in Réclamer la Terre / Reclaim the Earth, 2022, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Installation view. Photograph: Aurélien Mole
Kate Newby in Réclamer la Terre / Reclaim the Earth, 2022, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Installation view. Photograph: Aurélien Mole
Kate Newby in Réclamer la Terre / Reclaim the Earth, 2022, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Installation view. Photograph: Aurélien Mole
Kate Newby, YES TOMORROW, Installation view, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, March 2021
Kate Newby, YES TOMORROW, Installation view, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, March 2021
Kate Newby, YES TOMORROW, Installation view, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, March 2021
Kate Newby, I can’t nail the days down, 2018, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Installation view.
Kate Newby, I can’t nail the days down, 2018, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Installation view.
Kate Newby, Try it with less pennies and direct light, 2018, glass, jute, Installation view, Michael Lett, Karangahape Road
Kate Newby, Swift little verbs pushing the big nouns around, 2018, copper, bronze, brass, stoneware, rake clay, porcelain, hand dug clay, glass, Installation view, Michael Lett, Karangahape Road
Kate Newby, I’ll be here in the morning, 2017, white brass, wire. Installation view, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
Kate Newby, Snow covered everything, 2017, high fired porcelain and stoneware, glaze, concrete, pigment, Installation view, Contemporary Swedish Art Foundation, Stockholm
Kate Newby, A desert, plain and dry., 2017, pit fired stoneware, salt fired stoneware, porcelain, earthenware, carved bricks, sand, Installation view, SculptureCenter, New York
Kate Newby, Not this time, not for me., 2017, mortar, concrete pigment, silver, white brass, bronze, porcelain, cotton rope, blown glass, glass, stoneware. Installation view, SculptureCenter, New York City
Kate Newby, Plants. Songs. Food. Clothes., 2017, glass, Installation view, SculptureCenter, New York City
Kate Newby, Texas. Big Wave Surfing., 2017, porcelain,stoneware, glass, Installation view, Artpace, San Antonio, Texas
Kate Newby, Texas. Big Wave Surfing., 2017, porcelain,stoneware, glass, Installation view, Artpace, San Antonio, Texas
Kate Newby, Big Tree. Bird’s Eye., 2016, bricks, coins, white brass, pink silver, yellow silver, bronze, stoneware, porcelain, glaze, bottle top, paper clip, nail, glass, wire, rope, Installation view, Michael Lett [offsite], Auckland
Kate Newby, Two asprins a vitamin C tablet and some baking soda, 2015, bricks, pennies and coins, silver, porcelain stones, aluminum, glass, Installation view, Laurel Doody, Los Angeles
Kate Newby, Two asprins a vitamin C tablet and some baking soda, 2015, bricks, pennies and coins, silver, porcelain stones, aluminum, glass, Installation view, Laurel Doody, Los Angeles
Kate Newby, I memorized it I loved it so much, 2015, wood, boulder, wax, concrete, mulberries, paint, ceramic and metal stones, Installation view, Laurel Gitlen, New York City
Kate Newby, Leap, oh leap!, 2015, white stoneware, debris, glaze, Installation view, Lauren Gitlen, New York City
Kate Newby, Ah be with me always, 2015 coloured mortar, brick, porcelain, bronze, 304 x 710 x 609 mm, Installation view, Laurel Gitlen, New York City
Kate Newby, Mr + Mrs Hands, 2014, stoneware, porcelain, glass, wooden surface, Installation view, Arnolfini, Bristol
Kate Newby, Mr + Mrs Hands, 2014, stoneware, porcelain, glass, wooden surface, Installation view, Arnolfini, Bristol
Kate Newby, Laura, Lucy, Mark and Felix, 2014, stoneware, rope, Installation view, Oriental Bay, Wellington
Kate Newby, Mr + Mrs Hands, concrete, Installation view, Arnolfini, Bristol, 2014
Kate Newby, Mr + Mrs Hands, red rope, Installation view, Arnolfini, Bristol, 2014
Kate Newby, Crawl out of your window, concrete ramp, rocks, crystals, cotton fabric wall, yellow paint, Installation view, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, 2010
Kate Newby, Crawl out of your window, concrete ramp, rocks, crystals, cotton fabric wall, yellow paint, Installation view, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, 2010
Kate Newby, Crawl out of your window, painted mural on riverside, Installation view, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, 2010
Kate Newby, I feel like a truck on a wet highway, stoneware, porcelain, glaze, cotton thread, Installation view, Lulu, Mexico City, 2014
Kate Newby, I feel like a truck on a wet highway, colored cement, porcelain, bronze, Installation view, Lulu, Mexico City, 2014
Kate Newby, Maybe I won’t go to sleep at all, stoneware, earthenware, porcelain, glaze, rope, silk thread, Installation view, La Loge, Brussells, 2013
Kate Newby, Let the other thing in, stoneware, porcelain, glaze, Installation view, Fogo Island Gallery, Newfoundland, 2013
Kate Newby, Let the other thing in (Drew), porcelain skipping stone, Installation view, Fogo Island Gallery, Newfoundland, 2013
Kate Newby, The January February March, porcelain stoneware, earthenware, Installation view, Hobart and Margaretville, The Catskills, NY, 2015
Kate Newby, Let the other thing in (Jack), porcelain skipping stone, Installation view, Fogo Island Gallery, Newfoundland, 2013
Kate Newby, I LOVE RAINFALL!!!, 2026, Stoneware, glaze, found glass, sand, 1015 x 1015mm
Kate Newby, The Sound of Trees, detail, 2026, ceramic, glaze, found glass (Portland)
Kate Newby, The Sound of Trees, 2026, Portland International Airport (PDX)
Kate Newby, THE LAST WORD ALWAYS BELONGS TO THE MOUNTAIN, 2025, Stoneware, glaze, 290 x 400 x 55mm
Kate Newby, I know the sky is ready (detail), 2023, wood fired stoneware, 1990 x 3190 x 40mm
Kate Newby, What a great year for music, 2023 Installation view, Marfa Books, Marfa. Photograph: Alex Marks
Kate Newby, Had us running with you, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St
Kate Newby, Had us running with you, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St
Kate Newby, Had us running with you, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St
Kate Newby, SHE’S TALKING TO THE WALL, 2022, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, Installation view. Photograph: Maarten Holl
Kate Newby in Réclamer la Terre / Reclaim the Earth, 2022, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Installation view. Photograph: Aurélien Mole
Kate Newby, YES TOMORROW, Installation view, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, March 2021
Kate Newby, YES TOMORROW, Installation view, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, March 2021
Kate Newby, I can’t nail the days down, 2018, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Installation view.
Kate Newby, Swift little verbs pushing the big nouns around, 2018, copper, bronze, brass, stoneware, rake clay, porcelain, hand dug clay, glass, Installation view, Michael Lett, Karangahape Road
Kate Newby, Snow covered everything, 2017, high fired porcelain and stoneware, glaze, concrete, pigment, Installation view, Contemporary Swedish Art Foundation, Stockholm
Kate Newby, Not this time, not for me., 2017, mortar, concrete pigment, silver, white brass, bronze, porcelain, cotton rope, blown glass, glass, stoneware. Installation view, SculptureCenter, New York City
Kate Newby, Texas. Big Wave Surfing., 2017, porcelain,stoneware, glass, Installation view, Artpace, San Antonio, Texas
Kate Newby, Big Tree. Bird’s Eye., 2016, bricks, coins, white brass, pink silver, yellow silver, bronze, stoneware, porcelain, glaze, bottle top, paper clip, nail, glass, wire, rope, Installation view, Michael Lett [offsite], Auckland
Kate Newby, Two asprins a vitamin C tablet and some baking soda, 2015, bricks, pennies and coins, silver, porcelain stones, aluminum, glass, Installation view, Laurel Doody, Los Angeles
Kate Newby, Leap, oh leap!, 2015, white stoneware, debris, glaze, Installation view, Lauren Gitlen, New York City
Kate Newby, Mr + Mrs Hands, 2014, stoneware, porcelain, glass, wooden surface, Installation view, Arnolfini, Bristol
Kate Newby, Laura, Lucy, Mark and Felix, 2014, stoneware, rope, Installation view, Oriental Bay, Wellington
Kate Newby, Mr + Mrs Hands, red rope, Installation view, Arnolfini, Bristol, 2014
Kate Newby, Crawl out of your window, concrete ramp, rocks, crystals, cotton fabric wall, yellow paint, Installation view, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, 2010
Kate Newby, I feel like a truck on a wet highway, stoneware, porcelain, glaze, cotton thread, Installation view, Lulu, Mexico City, 2014
Kate Newby, Maybe I won’t go to sleep at all, stoneware, earthenware, porcelain, glaze, rope, silk thread, Installation view, La Loge, Brussells, 2013
Kate Newby, Let the other thing in (Drew), porcelain skipping stone, Installation view, Fogo Island Gallery, Newfoundland, 2013
Kate Newby, Let the other thing in (Jack), porcelain skipping stone, Installation view, Fogo Island Gallery, Newfoundland, 2013
Kate Newby
Born 1979, Auckland (NZ). Lives and works in Floresville, Texas (US)
Consisting of site-specific projects that form relationships with locations through actions, Kate Newby’s work engages with a wide range of situations using every-day actions and materials in order to displace and challenge how contemporary art is exhibited, viewed, and archived. These projects draw directly from the locations in which they are presented, with Newby’s work bouncing backwards and forwards between initial observations, the process of working, and the sites that she works in.
Newby received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2001 from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in 2007 and a Doctor of Fine Arts in 2015. Significant solo exhibitions and public projects include: I’m asking, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany (2026), The Sound of Trees, Portland International Airport (2026), Cold Water, Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates (2025), Hours in wind, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Commission (2024), Sydney, Australia Had us running with you, Michael Lett 3 East St (2023); YES TOMORROW, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi (2021); I can’t nail the days down, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2018) and Let me be the wind that pulls your hair, Artspace, San Antonio (2017). Recently, work by Newby has been included in the group presentations: Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (2023); Intimate Confession is a Project, Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, Texas (2023); Robin, Dove, Swallow, Thrush, Monte Castello di Vizio, Italy (2022); Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own: The Chartwell Show, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland (2022) and Réclamer la Terre / Reclaim the Earth, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2022); In 2012 Newby was awarded the Walters’ Prize, Aotearoa New Zealand’s premiere contemporary art award, by international judge Mami Kataoka. She has exhibited at the 21st Biennale of Sydney (2018), the 1st Brussels Biennial for Contemporary Art (2008) and the Sao Paolo Biennale (2004). In 2017 she undertook the prestigious Chinati Foundation residency at Marfa, Texas.
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Kate Newby, Stuart and Kate Newby: What Song is This?, 2026, The Suter Art Gallery, Installation view.
Kate Newby, I LOVE RAINFALL!!!, 2026, Stoneware, glaze, found glass, sand, 1015 x 1015mm
Kate Newby, The Sound of Trees, 2026, Portland International Airport (PDX)
Kate Newby, The Sound of Trees, detail, 2026, ceramic, glaze, found glass (Portland)
Kate Newby, Cold Water, 2025, Glass, rope, (salvaged and new), Dimensions variable, Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Kate Newby, The Sound of Trees, 2026, Portland International Airport (PDX)
Kate Newby, Hours in wind, 2024, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Commission, Installation view.
Kate Newby, THE LAST WORD ALWAYS BELONGS TO THE MOUNTAIN, 2025, Stoneware, glaze, 290 x 400 x 55mm
Kate Newby, What a great year for music, 2023 Installation view, Marfa Books, Marfa. Photograph: Alex Marks
Kate Newby, I know the sky is ready (detail), 2023, wood fired stoneware, 1990 x 3190 x 40mm
Kate Newby, What a great year for music, 2023 Installation view, Marfa Books, Marfa. Photograph: Alex Marks
Kate Newby, What a great year for music, 2023 Installation view, Marfa Books, Marfa. Photograph: Alex Marks
Kate Newby, What a great year for music, 2023 Installation view, Marfa Books, Marfa. Photograph: Alex Marks
Kate Newby, Had us running with you, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St
Kate Newby, Had us running with you, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St
Kate Newby, Had us running with you, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St
Kate Newby, Had us running with you, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St
Kate Newby, Had us running with you, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St
Kate Newby, SHE’S TALKING TO THE WALL, 2022, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, Installation view. Photograph: Maarten Holl
Kate Newby, SHE’S TALKING TO THE WALL, 2022, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, Installation view. Photograph: Maarten Holl
Kate Newby in Réclamer la Terre / Reclaim the Earth, 2022, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Installation view. Photograph: Aurélien Mole
Kate Newby in Réclamer la Terre / Reclaim the Earth, 2022, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Installation view. Photograph: Aurélien Mole
Kate Newby in Réclamer la Terre / Reclaim the Earth, 2022, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Installation view. Photograph: Aurélien Mole
Kate Newby, YES TOMORROW, Installation view, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, March 2021
Kate Newby, YES TOMORROW, Installation view, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, March 2021
Kate Newby, YES TOMORROW, Installation view, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, March 2021
Kate Newby, I can’t nail the days down, 2018, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Installation view.
Kate Newby, I can’t nail the days down, 2018, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Installation view.
Kate Newby, Try it with less pennies and direct light, 2018, glass, jute, Installation view, Michael Lett, Karangahape Road
Kate Newby, Swift little verbs pushing the big nouns around, 2018, copper, bronze, brass, stoneware, rake clay, porcelain, hand dug clay, glass, Installation view, Michael Lett, Karangahape Road
Kate Newby, I’ll be here in the morning, 2017, white brass, wire. Installation view, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
Kate Newby, Snow covered everything, 2017, high fired porcelain and stoneware, glaze, concrete, pigment, Installation view, Contemporary Swedish Art Foundation, Stockholm
Kate Newby, A desert, plain and dry., 2017, pit fired stoneware, salt fired stoneware, porcelain, earthenware, carved bricks, sand, Installation view, SculptureCenter, New York
Kate Newby, Not this time, not for me., 2017, mortar, concrete pigment, silver, white brass, bronze, porcelain, cotton rope, blown glass, glass, stoneware. Installation view, SculptureCenter, New York City
Kate Newby, Plants. Songs. Food. Clothes., 2017, glass, Installation view, SculptureCenter, New York City
Kate Newby, Texas. Big Wave Surfing., 2017, porcelain,stoneware, glass, Installation view, Artpace, San Antonio, Texas
Kate Newby, Texas. Big Wave Surfing., 2017, porcelain,stoneware, glass, Installation view, Artpace, San Antonio, Texas
Kate Newby, Big Tree. Bird’s Eye., 2016, bricks, coins, white brass, pink silver, yellow silver, bronze, stoneware, porcelain, glaze, bottle top, paper clip, nail, glass, wire, rope, Installation view, Michael Lett [offsite], Auckland
Kate Newby, Two asprins a vitamin C tablet and some baking soda, 2015, bricks, pennies and coins, silver, porcelain stones, aluminum, glass, Installation view, Laurel Doody, Los Angeles
Kate Newby, Two asprins a vitamin C tablet and some baking soda, 2015, bricks, pennies and coins, silver, porcelain stones, aluminum, glass, Installation view, Laurel Doody, Los Angeles
Kate Newby, I memorized it I loved it so much, 2015, wood, boulder, wax, concrete, mulberries, paint, ceramic and metal stones, Installation view, Laurel Gitlen, New York City
Kate Newby, Leap, oh leap!, 2015, white stoneware, debris, glaze, Installation view, Lauren Gitlen, New York City
Kate Newby, Ah be with me always, 2015 coloured mortar, brick, porcelain, bronze, 304 x 710 x 609 mm, Installation view, Laurel Gitlen, New York City
Kate Newby, Mr + Mrs Hands, 2014, stoneware, porcelain, glass, wooden surface, Installation view, Arnolfini, Bristol
Kate Newby, Mr + Mrs Hands, 2014, stoneware, porcelain, glass, wooden surface, Installation view, Arnolfini, Bristol
Kate Newby, Laura, Lucy, Mark and Felix, 2014, stoneware, rope, Installation view, Oriental Bay, Wellington
Kate Newby, Mr + Mrs Hands, concrete, Installation view, Arnolfini, Bristol, 2014
Kate Newby, Mr + Mrs Hands, red rope, Installation view, Arnolfini, Bristol, 2014
Kate Newby, Crawl out of your window, concrete ramp, rocks, crystals, cotton fabric wall, yellow paint, Installation view, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, 2010
Kate Newby, Crawl out of your window, concrete ramp, rocks, crystals, cotton fabric wall, yellow paint, Installation view, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, 2010
Kate Newby, Crawl out of your window, painted mural on riverside, Installation view, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, 2010
Kate Newby, I feel like a truck on a wet highway, stoneware, porcelain, glaze, cotton thread, Installation view, Lulu, Mexico City, 2014
Kate Newby, I feel like a truck on a wet highway, colored cement, porcelain, bronze, Installation view, Lulu, Mexico City, 2014
Kate Newby, Maybe I won’t go to sleep at all, stoneware, earthenware, porcelain, glaze, rope, silk thread, Installation view, La Loge, Brussells, 2013
Kate Newby, Let the other thing in, stoneware, porcelain, glaze, Installation view, Fogo Island Gallery, Newfoundland, 2013
Kate Newby, Let the other thing in (Drew), porcelain skipping stone, Installation view, Fogo Island Gallery, Newfoundland, 2013
Kate Newby, The January February March, porcelain stoneware, earthenware, Installation view, Hobart and Margaretville, The Catskills, NY, 2015
Kate Newby, Let the other thing in (Jack), porcelain skipping stone, Installation view, Fogo Island Gallery, Newfoundland, 2013