Kathryn McGovern
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Kathryn McGovern is a Brisbane based art working predominately with ink, gouache and watercolours. Kathryn has completed a Masters in Visual Arts (MVA) through Monash University GCAD, Victoria. Kathryn has been a finalist in numerous Art Awards and prizes and continues to exhibit works across Australia.
Artist Statement
“My practice focuses on traditional materials used in a manner to convey drawing and painting as a conceptual process. I explore meaningful mark-making as well as a state of reverie when creating. My work responds to and represents the passage of time through the layering of materials and meticulous detail.
The subject matter of my works can be light-hearted and even humorous but other times may offer comments advocating for social change.
When I work I try to see and represent forms as if discovering them for the first time. I use my imagination and play with metaphor and illusion to create surrealist imagery. I’m interested in looking for shared patterns across different natural forms and mixing imagery together. Intricate multi-media drawings and large scale paintings are slow-paced re-enactments of what is seen in a photograph, observed or experienced.
I often create anthropomorphic, hybrid, characters that offer an insight into my interest in the wonder and brutality of human nature, folklore and superstition. Figures emerge by layering marks with ink, watercolour and gouache producing different patterns and textures.” – Kathryn McGovern
Artist CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 WM Galleries, Amsterdam
2017 Dog Show, traffic jam galleries, Sydney
2016 Wild Things, traffic jam galleries, Sydney
2016 Animal Instinct, The Art Vault, Mildura Victoria
2014 Marking Time, The Hub, Moreton Bay Regional Gallery
2013 The Crow, Graydon Gallery, Brisbane
2011 Expressions of Soul, Circle Gallery, Brisbane
AWARDS
2018 Finalist for the Wyndham Art Prize
2017 Finalist for the Hornsby Art Prize
2017 Winner Waverley Art Prize, the Oil Painting Prize
2017 Finalist for the Pro Hart Outback Art Prize
2017 Finalist for the Moreton bay Region Art Awards
2016 Finalist for arc Yinnar Drawing Prize
2016 Finalist for the ANL Maritime Art Prize
2016 Finalist for Brisbane Art Prize
2016 Finalist for Pro Hart Outback Art Prize
2016 Finalist for SCOPE Galleries Art Award, Art Concerning Environment
2016 Finalist for the Ipswich Art Award, Drawing Category
2016 Finalist for the Moreton Bay Region Art Awards
2016 Finalist for Mardi Gras Regional Art Prize
2015 Finalist for KAAF Art Prize
2015 Winner 6th for ArtSlant New York Showcase
2015 Finalist for the ANL Maritime Art Prize 2015
2015 Finalist for the Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards
2015 Winner 3rd for for ArtSlant New York Showcase
2015 Finalist for the John Villiers Outback Art Award
2015 Finalist for the Outback Open Art Prize
2015 Finalist for Lethbridge 10000
2015 Finalist for the Moreton Bay Region Art Awards
2014 Finalist for Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing
2014 Finalist for the Outback Open Art Prize
2014 Finalist for Lethbridge 10000
2014 Finalist for the Moreton Bay Region Art Awards
2014 Finalist for Swan Hill Print and Drawing Awards
2014 Finalist for Rick Amor Drawing Prize
2013 Finalist for Hawkesbury Art Prize
2013 Finalist for Clayton Utz Art Award
The Birds
Kayden Bailey, Megan Barrass, Ebony Bennett, Kasia Fabijanska, Thom George, Andrew Grassi-Kelaher, Elise Judd, Jess Leonard, Will Maguire, Niki McDonald, Kathryn McGovern, Danielle McManus, Rebecca Pierce, Simone Read, Dean Reilly, Al Roberts, Annabel Scanlen, Edgar Schilter, Ben Tankard, Kayo Yokoyama
We are excited to present our opening exhibition for 2021 a group thematic show titled THE BIRDS. Participating artists present their own interpretations and responses to this subject. On a two and three dimensional level the works range from the playful and irreverent through to macabre and nightmarish. The subject is presented through a range of mediums such as steel, ceramics, acrylic and oil paint, digital, pen, ink and charcoal.
Fashioned From Nature
These fresh bodies of work are inspired by the flora, fauna and natural surrounds of Australia and in some works a specific Sydney urban orientation.
Newsletter #185
September 29, 2022
We are excited to share new work by REBECCA PIERCE for her upcoming solo exhibition opening October 14th 'And Yet Again' 61 x 45cm acrylic paint and ink, oil sticks and charcoal on canvas $ 1,200.00
September 25, 2022
'Seems Like a Good Idea at the Time' by DEAN REILLY "Much of our early colonial history is riddled with absurdity. Explorers doomed for failure through bad planning miscommunication and a disconnect and discomfort with the landscape. Like a fish out of water or a naked white man on a chartreuse camel, the new can sometimes appear bizarre." - Dean Reilly 'Seems Like a Good Idea at the Time' 40.5 x 51cm, 43.5 x 54cm framed acrylic on canvas $ 1,400.00
September 24, 2022
"The great gold rush has never really ended it has just become corporatized, legalised, monopolised, justified and naturalised. Fly into the heart of Australia and you will see men in uniform moving about in airports, to go and dig up the earth to provide security and pleasure for their families." - DEAN REILLY Gold 1, 2 and 3 on display and available now
September 24, 2022
'Gone Fishing' new work by Miranda Summers. This work is 20 x 20cm oil on canvas $ 640.00 with free packing and shipping Australia wide. For overseas shipping, please contact the gallery. This work is available to purchase now but is still drying and will be ready for collection or delivery early October 2022.
September 23, 2022
"In Australia, space and place stage stories torn between absurdity and beauty, the knowable and unknowable, and the sublime" - DEAN REILLY 'There is so Much to See Here Study' 20 x 25cm, 23 x 28cm framed acrylic on canvas on board $ 350.00 with free packing and shipping Australia wide.
September 23, 2022
'Banksia Fringe' 61.5 x 61.5cm oil on canvas $ 1,450.00 by MIRANDA SUMMERS. This work is available to purchase now but is still drying and will be ready for collection or delivery early October 2022.
September 22, 2022
"I have come to learn that the landscape is represented by my internalised feelings drawn from experience and memories within the landscape and my landscape is littered with heroes, villains, myths and legends grounded in story." - DEAN REILLY Solo Exhibition on now until 30 September You can browse and buy works online via our website and view the exhibition page and catalogue. Or please feel free to contact the gallery team with any questions or enquiries.
September 22, 2022
"Black swan theory suggests that the black swan is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a complete surprise. One can only wonder how early Northern hemisphere explorers would have perceived and reacted to seeing the first black swans." - DEAN REILLY 'Odette Study' 20 x 25cm, 23 x 28cm framed acrylic on canvas on board $ 350.00 Free packing and shipping Australia wide
September 21, 2022
Dreaming of sunny Sydney days with MIRANDA SUMMERS new works inspired by scenes of Sydney ! 'Pink Pocket in Time' 20 x 20cm oil on canvas $640.00
September 21, 2022
DEAN REILLY'S 'Past Present Future' 51 x 40.5cm, 54 x 43.5cm framedacrylic on canvas $ 1,400.00 "The past, present, and future is governed and informed by our feelings towards the landscape you are in. Whether you see it as majestic natural wilderness, a wild mongrel scrub to be developed or sacred country, is up to you. However, mostly it is inherited through the stories we hear and the experiences we have that form our views of the landscape and ultimately the world." - Dean
September 20, 2022
DEAN REILLY'S Solo Exhibition 'The Landscape is Beyond Me' is on now until September 30th. "In Australia, space and place stage stories torn between absurdity and beauty, the knowable and unknowable, and the sublime. My experience towards landscape comes from my internal feelings and experiences of country through observation, study, and from the dreams I had as a little boy growing up on the land. Landscape can be viewed as a majestic natural garden, a wild mongrel scrub or sacred country, for me however, landscape represents a strange combination, torn between the heroic and the absurd. I think it is the absolute hopelessness of the situation that we can find joy, connection and hope in the landscape that is beyond me." - DEAN REILLY #birdpainting
September 20, 2022
The gallery will open as usual 10am - 5pm on the Queens National Day of Mourning public holiday on the 22nd of September. Please contact the team if you have any questions or enquiries. #northshoreart