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| KATE TERRY |
With coloured thread, tautly pulled across the expanse of the gallery, Kate Terry creates
a subtle yet large presence: a whole form articulated through the most minimal means.
This is her challenge. In her studio she makes a model; she draws; she imagines. In the
gallery, Terry starts by hammering pins into the gallery walls. Here, her search for
perfection begins. She is adamant that the pins are absolutely evenly spaced and treated
identically. She ties a thread to each pin on one wall and stretches it towards its
designated pin on the other side. She ties the end. The threads travel individually
across, above and beneath each other… Meticulously, delicately and with great restraint
she skillfully alters gallery spaces and the way viewers experience them. Yet the
completed work is, at first, almost invisible. She works hard to create an installation that
reveals itself slowly – transforming imperceptibility into spectacle.
- Georgiana Uhlyarik, ‘From the invisible to the spectacular’
Mercer Union catalogue essay, Toronto, 2007
Education:
2000-2002 Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Guelph, Canada
1996-1999 BA Hons Fine Art Sculpture, Manchester Metropolitan University
Selected Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Empty Voluminous, 1000000mph, London
2007 Interference, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada
2005 From Margin to Centre, A Delicate Matter Gallery, Leeds
2005 Pinpoint, text + work, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
2004 Kits, Satchel Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2002 Diaphanous, Skol Centre des Arts Actuels, Montreal, Canada
2002 Cloud Filling, Art System, Toronto, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2008 A Life of Their Own, Lismore Castle, curated by Richard Cork, County Waterford, Ireland
2007 The Joy, with Gary Colclough, Nettie Horn, London
2006 Shibboleth, Dilston Grove, London
2006 More and Less, with Michelle Allard, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, NS Canada
2006 Storefront, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
2005 Multiples, Lot Gallery, Bristol
2004 Sorry for the Inconvenience, Junction Arts, Toronto
2004 Self Publish or Punish, Open Space, Victoria, BC, Canada
2003 This is Paradise, Peter Richmond Gallery, Toronto
Selected Bibliography
2007 Geldard, Rebecca, “Kate Terry: Exhibition of the Week”, Time Out magazine, August 8-14, 2007, No. 1929
2007 Peck, Robin & Pilipczuk, Sophie, “Monstra” Espace Sculpture, Number 79, Spring 2007
2007 Pilipczuk, Sophie, “A Material World”, Visual Arts News, Volume 28, Number 3, Winter 2007
2006 Uhlyarik, Georgiana, “From the invisible to the spectacular”, exhibition catalogue, Mercer Union, Toronto,
Canada
2005 Bethune-Leamen, Katie, “Kate Terry: Pinpoint”, Pinpoint exhibition catalogue, The Arts Institute at
Bournemouth
Awards and Grants
2000-2002 Commonwealth Scholarship
2002 Du Maurier Arts Council Grant
2002 Canadian Federation of Graduate Women Artists Award
2002 International Council for Canadian Studies Award
a subtle yet large presence: a whole form articulated through the most minimal means.
This is her challenge. In her studio she makes a model; she draws; she imagines. In the
gallery, Terry starts by hammering pins into the gallery walls. Here, her search for
perfection begins. She is adamant that the pins are absolutely evenly spaced and treated
identically. She ties a thread to each pin on one wall and stretches it towards its
designated pin on the other side. She ties the end. The threads travel individually
across, above and beneath each other… Meticulously, delicately and with great restraint
she skillfully alters gallery spaces and the way viewers experience them. Yet the
completed work is, at first, almost invisible. She works hard to create an installation that
reveals itself slowly – transforming imperceptibility into spectacle.
- Georgiana Uhlyarik, ‘From the invisible to the spectacular’
Mercer Union catalogue essay, Toronto, 2007
Education:
2000-2002 Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Guelph, Canada
1996-1999 BA Hons Fine Art Sculpture, Manchester Metropolitan University
Selected Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Empty Voluminous, 1000000mph, London
2007 Interference, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada
2005 From Margin to Centre, A Delicate Matter Gallery, Leeds
2005 Pinpoint, text + work, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
2004 Kits, Satchel Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2002 Diaphanous, Skol Centre des Arts Actuels, Montreal, Canada
2002 Cloud Filling, Art System, Toronto, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2008 A Life of Their Own, Lismore Castle, curated by Richard Cork, County Waterford, Ireland
2007 The Joy, with Gary Colclough, Nettie Horn, London
2006 Shibboleth, Dilston Grove, London
2006 More and Less, with Michelle Allard, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, NS Canada
2006 Storefront, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
2005 Multiples, Lot Gallery, Bristol
2004 Sorry for the Inconvenience, Junction Arts, Toronto
2004 Self Publish or Punish, Open Space, Victoria, BC, Canada
2003 This is Paradise, Peter Richmond Gallery, Toronto
Selected Bibliography
2007 Geldard, Rebecca, “Kate Terry: Exhibition of the Week”, Time Out magazine, August 8-14, 2007, No. 1929
2007 Peck, Robin & Pilipczuk, Sophie, “Monstra” Espace Sculpture, Number 79, Spring 2007
2007 Pilipczuk, Sophie, “A Material World”, Visual Arts News, Volume 28, Number 3, Winter 2007
2006 Uhlyarik, Georgiana, “From the invisible to the spectacular”, exhibition catalogue, Mercer Union, Toronto,
Canada
2005 Bethune-Leamen, Katie, “Kate Terry: Pinpoint”, Pinpoint exhibition catalogue, The Arts Institute at
Bournemouth
Awards and Grants
2000-2002 Commonwealth Scholarship
2002 Du Maurier Arts Council Grant
2002 Canadian Federation of Graduate Women Artists Award
2002 International Council for Canadian Studies Award
