Kate Davis, ‘Charity’ (2017), installation view, ‘Nudes Never Wear Glasses’, Stills, Edinburgh, 2017. Photo: Ruth Clark. Courtesy of the artist.
‘Primers’ offer an opportunity to hear from artists during the development of new projects with The Common Guild. As part of the upcoming project ‘anywhere in the universe’, this 'Primers' event presents Glasgow-based artist Kate Davis to discuss her practice to date.
Davis works across film/video, drawing, printmaking, installation and bookworks. Questioning how to bear witness to the complexities of the past, her artwork is an attempt to reconsider what certain histories could look, sound and feel like. This has often involved responding to the aesthetic and political ambiguities of historical artworks and their reception.
Kate Davis, ‘Phantom’ (2021). Installation view, ‘Flaw’, A-M-G5, 20 Albert Rd, Glasgow, 2021. Photo: Keith Hunter. Courtesy of the artist.
Kate Davis was born in New Zealand and lives and works in Glasgow. Solo exhibitions include: Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen; A-M-G5 at 20 Albert Road, Glasgow; LUX, London; Stills, Edinburgh; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand; The Drawing Room, London; Temporary Gallery, Cologne; GoMA, Glasgow; Galerie Kamm, Berlin; Museo de la Ciudad and La Galeria de Comercio, Mexico; Tate Britain, London; and Kunsthalle Basel amongst others.
Recent group exhibitions and screenings awards include: ‘Termite Tapeworm Fungus Moss’, CCA Glasgow; ‘Chips and Egg’, The Sunday Painter, London; 35th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival; ‘Class Reunion’, MUMOK, Vienna; ‘A Slice Through the World: Contemporary Artists’ Drawings’, Modern Art Oxford; ‘The Driver’s Seat’, Cubitt Gallery, London; The Margaret Tait Award 2016/17; Cinenova Presents ‘Now Showing’, LUX Cornwall; LUX/ BBC Artists and Archive commission; ‘GENERATION’, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art; ‘HOUSE WORK CASTLE MILK WOMAN HOUSE’, Glasgow Women’s Library; ‘Art Under Attack’, Tate Britain; ‘The End of the Line: Attitudes in Drawing’, Hayward Touring Exhibition; ‘Art Sheffield 10’ (collaborative commission with Jimmy Robert); and ‘Das Gespinst’, Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach.
Event Details
This in-person event takes place on Thursday 2nd March from 6 – 8pm at the University of Glasgow’s Yudowitz Lecture Theatre.
'Primers' are presented in collaboration with Dr. Dominic Paterson at the University of Glasgow.
Tickets
Free. Book in advance here.
Location
The Yudowitz Lecture Theatre is located within the Wolfson Medical Building on University Avenue.
Access
The Lecture Theatre is on the ground floor. The venue is wheelchair accessible with accessible toilets
