Kate Breakey

Kate Breakey is a visual artist known for her large-scale, hand-colored photographs. Since 1981 her work has appeared in more than 75 solo exhibitions and more than 50 group exhibitions in the United States, France, Japan, Australia, China, and New Zealand. Her work is in the permanent collection of many public institutions including the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Wittliff collections[1] at Texas State University, the Austin Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra and the Osaka Museum in Japan. In 2004, she received the Photographer of the Year Award from the Houston Center for Photography.

Biography

Kate Breakey was born in Port Lincoln, South Australia on 14 August 1957. She achieved a Diploma in Graphic Design from the University of South Australia in 1978, and a Bachelor of Fine Art from the same university in 1981. In 1988, Breakey moved to Austin, Texas, where she completed a Master of Fine Art at the University of Texas in 1991, and where she taught photography in the university's Department of Art and Art History until 1997. In 1999, Breakey moved to Tucson, Arizona. In addition to participating in countless solo and group exhibitions, she is regularly invited to be a guest speaker and to teach throughout the U.S. and internationally.

Chronology

Selected Public Collections

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

Awards

Books

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/collections/southwestern-mexican-photography/artists/breakey.html
  2. ↑ "Works from the collective title Ten small photographs by Kate Breakey :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  3. ↑ "Exhibitions | James A. Michener Art Museum". James A. Michener Art Museum. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  4. ↑ "Kate Breakey: Out of Darkness | Art Intersection". artintersection.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  5. ↑ van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. "A selected round-up of gallery exhibits". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  6. ↑ "Art Gallery of South Australia :: Exhibitions". www.artgallery.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  7. ↑ Margaret Regan, "Making Her Mark", Tucson Weekly, 24 November 2011
  8. ↑ Alexandra Newman, "'Slow Light' Illuminates Photo Art", Arizona Daily Star, 22 December 2011
  9. ↑ Kyle MacMillan, "Portraits Larger Than Life", The Denver Post, 2 May 2008
  10. ↑ Margaret Regan, "Remains of the Day: Kate Breakey finds monumental beauty in 'Small Deaths'", Tucson Weekly, 2 May 2002
  11. ↑ Clay Smith, " Still Lives: Kate Breakey brings dead things back to life", The Austin Chronicle, 21 December 2001
  12. ↑ Kristen Peterson, "CAC's ART + SCIENCE exhibit explores the disciplines' natural coupling", Las Vegas Weekly, 22 July 2016
  13. ↑ Margaret Regan, "15 Beautiful Moons", Tucson Weekly, 9 October 2014
  14. ↑ MexicoLindo (2016-09-21). "México lindo / Beautiful Mexico: The Wittliff Collections: Texas State University". www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  15. ↑ Robert Faires, "A Sense of Place: For two decades, Stephen L. Clark's gallery has made a home for photographers of the region", The Austin Chronicle, 18 October 2013
  16. ↑ Villarreal, Ignacio. "Austin Museum of Art Presents The Texas Chair Project". artdaily.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  17. ↑ Robert McFarlane, "Between Magic and Reality", The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 February 2006
  18. ↑ "Works shown in the exhibition "Magical realism" :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  19. ↑ "Best Photographer, Lisa M. Robinson and Kate Breakey", Tucson Weekly, October 2012
  20. ↑ WittliffAward072811 (2016-06-08). "Wittliff Collections honored with 2011 Mitchell A. Wilder Awards: Office of Media Relations: Texas State University". www.txstate.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  21. ↑ Lena Tabori, " Amazing Illustrated Art Books And Their Brilliant Publishers", Huffington Post, 8 June 2011

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