Lives and works in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa
Education
2009-2011 MFA (Distinction), Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, United Kingdom
2005-2007 BFA (High Distinction), Quay School of the Arts, UCOL, Whanganui, New Zealand
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Shared Lines: Pūtahitanga. Civic Square, Wellington, NZ
2021 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award. Whakatāne, NZ
2020 Shared Lines: Pūtahitanga. Online exhibition sharedlinesputahitanga.co.nz
24/7: A Wake-up Call For Our Non-Stop World. (with Nastja Säde Rönkkö) Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, London, UK
2019 National Contemporary Art Award. Waikato Museum, NZ
2018 This is not a holiday. Hardwick Gallery, Cheltenham, UK
Speculative Art School. Hardwick Gallery, Cheltenham, UK
Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness. Hayward Gallery Touring Company, DCA, Dundee, Scotland; Bury Art Museum, Manchester.
2017 Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness. Hayward Gallery Touring Company, The MAC, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Upstream. Central Park, Wellington, NZ
2015 Graphics Interchange Format. Focal Point Gallery, Essex, UK
Inaugural Show. Bohemia Club, Hastings, UK
2014 Where Were We? Meantime Project-Space, Cheltenham, UK
2012 24 hrs. La Vitrine Gallery, Quebec, Canada
Performance Compost. Kiasma National Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Group Sculpture Show. Construction Gallery, London, UK
Ciao! Modernism. Guest Projects, London, UK
2011 Space Station Zsa Zsa. Pumphouse Gallery, London, UK
Making Worlds. Edith Gallery, Whanganui, NZ
2010 Whirlwinds. Woburn Centre, London, UK
T2. Testbed, London, UK
Different Light Here. Le Garage Gallery, London, UK
From London With Love. Wanha Woimala, Jyvaskyla, Finland
2009 La Petite Mort. Whanganui Arts Centre, Whanganui, NZ
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Dead Bug Live. Toi Poneke Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2013 The Softening Project. Lillington & Longmoore Housing Estate, London, UK
2012 Tactile Love Propaganda. Meantime Project-Space, Cheltenham, UK
2009 Lover Nature. Open Window Project, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ
2008 Life Instincts. Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Toy Nature. Edith Gallery, Whanganui, NZ
Selected Awards / Research Grants
2017 Creative NZ Arts Grant
2012 British Council Research Grant (with Nastja Säde Rönkkö & Anna Bunting-Branch)
2011 Land Securities Studio Prize. Shortlisted. London, UK
2010 The Thomas Scholarship. Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2009 ‘Research Images as Art/ Art as Research Images’ Runner-Up Award. UCL, London, UK
2009 Whanganui Arts Review. Merit Award. Sarjeant Gallery, NZ
2008 ‘Flying Start’ Graduate Scholarship. Whanganui, NZ
2006 Graduate Women Manawatu Award. NZFGW, NZ
Selected Residencies
2012 Est-Nord-Est Residence D’Artistes, Quebec, Canada
Meantime Project-Space, Cheltenham, UK
Site Festival 2012, SVA Stroud, UK
2011 Retreat ‘11, Paradise Lost, Cumbria, UK
Selected Public Presentations / Teaching / Other Projects
2023 ARTS401. Guest lecturer. Te Herenga Waka-Victoria Unversity Wellington, NZ.
2022 Feilding Art Society Awards. Judge. Feilding Art Centre, NZ
MotherMother Feminist Potluck. Guest. Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Writing
'The Political Economy of Artistic Experimentation: MEANTIME, Money & Me'. In Bowden, S, (ed) History(s) of MEANTIME. Cheltenham: University of Gloucestershire, 2022.
'Visual Nutrition: A Speculative Theory'. In Bowden, S. (curator) Speculative Art School, exhibition at Hardwick Gallery, Cheltenham, UK, 2018
Instructions: Ngā Tohutohu. Self published artist book, on the occasion of 'Dead Bug Live', exhibition at Toi Poneke Gallery Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ, 2016
'Matisse Never Joined the Resistance'. In Whitby, M. (ed) Retreat Book 2012, London: Paradise Lost, 2012. p37-8
Visual Nutrition: The Harm Signature of Material & the Power of the Impotent Gesture. Unpublished MFA thesis, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL: London, 2011
Some thoughts. Wall text for 'Bird of Passage' an exhibition by Karin Strachan, Edith Gallery, Whanganui, 2008.
Selected Bibliography
The Matter Talks. (2022) London Sculpture Workshop, UK
'Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness at Dundee Contemporary Arts', Lafarge, D., ArtReview, May 2018, London, UK
Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness (2017) Strachan, Z., Walter, J., Welch, L., Hayward Publishing, London, UK
Mémento 2012 (2015) Bourgault, P., Giguēre, A., Guimont, M., Lord, A., Est-Nord-Est Rēsidence D'Artistes, St Jean Port Joli, Quebec, Canada
'The World & World-Making in Art' (2013) Turner, C., Antoinette, M. & Stanhope, Z. (eds), Humanities Research Journal, Vol. XIX No. 1, ANU E-press, Canberra, Australia
Chie Konishi Discusses Kate Lepper's Project (2012) Konishi, C., Meantime Discussion Forum, http://meantimespace.wordpress.com/
The Second Enjoy Five Year Retrospective Catalogue (2010) Booth, J. (ed.), Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Speed, Light, Time/Colour, Scale Space: A Two-Part Programme of Graduate Research (2010) Hilliard, J. et al., Slade Press, London, UK
Kate Lepper’s Life Instincts: The Politics of Abject Desire (2009) Reddaway, R., Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ.
'The Grass is Always Greener' (2005) Sunde, C., EcoHealth Journal, Springer-Verlag, 2 (1), pp. 4-5 & Cover. New York, USA
Crossover: Art Connecting Our Cultural Capital (2005) Bugden, E., NZAFA, Wellington Waterfront Ltd./Wellington City Council, Wellington, NZ.
Education
2009-2011 MFA (Distinction), Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, United Kingdom
2005-2007 BFA (High Distinction), Quay School of the Arts, UCOL, Whanganui, New Zealand
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Shared Lines: Pūtahitanga. Civic Square, Wellington, NZ
2021 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award. Whakatāne, NZ
2020 Shared Lines: Pūtahitanga. Online exhibition sharedlinesputahitanga.co.nz
24/7: A Wake-up Call For Our Non-Stop World. (with Nastja Säde Rönkkö) Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, London, UK
2019 National Contemporary Art Award. Waikato Museum, NZ
2018 This is not a holiday. Hardwick Gallery, Cheltenham, UK
Speculative Art School. Hardwick Gallery, Cheltenham, UK
Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness. Hayward Gallery Touring Company, DCA, Dundee, Scotland; Bury Art Museum, Manchester.
2017 Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness. Hayward Gallery Touring Company, The MAC, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Upstream. Central Park, Wellington, NZ
2015 Graphics Interchange Format. Focal Point Gallery, Essex, UK
Inaugural Show. Bohemia Club, Hastings, UK
2014 Where Were We? Meantime Project-Space, Cheltenham, UK
2012 24 hrs. La Vitrine Gallery, Quebec, Canada
Performance Compost. Kiasma National Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Group Sculpture Show. Construction Gallery, London, UK
Ciao! Modernism. Guest Projects, London, UK
2011 Space Station Zsa Zsa. Pumphouse Gallery, London, UK
Making Worlds. Edith Gallery, Whanganui, NZ
2010 Whirlwinds. Woburn Centre, London, UK
T2. Testbed, London, UK
Different Light Here. Le Garage Gallery, London, UK
From London With Love. Wanha Woimala, Jyvaskyla, Finland
2009 La Petite Mort. Whanganui Arts Centre, Whanganui, NZ
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Dead Bug Live. Toi Poneke Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2013 The Softening Project. Lillington & Longmoore Housing Estate, London, UK
2012 Tactile Love Propaganda. Meantime Project-Space, Cheltenham, UK
2009 Lover Nature. Open Window Project, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ
2008 Life Instincts. Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Toy Nature. Edith Gallery, Whanganui, NZ
Selected Awards / Research Grants
2017 Creative NZ Arts Grant
2012 British Council Research Grant (with Nastja Säde Rönkkö & Anna Bunting-Branch)
2011 Land Securities Studio Prize. Shortlisted. London, UK
2010 The Thomas Scholarship. Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2009 ‘Research Images as Art/ Art as Research Images’ Runner-Up Award. UCL, London, UK
2009 Whanganui Arts Review. Merit Award. Sarjeant Gallery, NZ
2008 ‘Flying Start’ Graduate Scholarship. Whanganui, NZ
2006 Graduate Women Manawatu Award. NZFGW, NZ
Selected Residencies
2012 Est-Nord-Est Residence D’Artistes, Quebec, Canada
Meantime Project-Space, Cheltenham, UK
Site Festival 2012, SVA Stroud, UK
2011 Retreat ‘11, Paradise Lost, Cumbria, UK
Selected Public Presentations / Teaching / Other Projects
2023 ARTS401. Guest lecturer. Te Herenga Waka-Victoria Unversity Wellington, NZ.
2022 Feilding Art Society Awards. Judge. Feilding Art Centre, NZ
MotherMother Feminist Potluck. Guest. Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Writing
'The Political Economy of Artistic Experimentation: MEANTIME, Money & Me'. In Bowden, S, (ed) History(s) of MEANTIME. Cheltenham: University of Gloucestershire, 2022.
'Visual Nutrition: A Speculative Theory'. In Bowden, S. (curator) Speculative Art School, exhibition at Hardwick Gallery, Cheltenham, UK, 2018
Instructions: Ngā Tohutohu. Self published artist book, on the occasion of 'Dead Bug Live', exhibition at Toi Poneke Gallery Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ, 2016
'Matisse Never Joined the Resistance'. In Whitby, M. (ed) Retreat Book 2012, London: Paradise Lost, 2012. p37-8
Visual Nutrition: The Harm Signature of Material & the Power of the Impotent Gesture. Unpublished MFA thesis, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL: London, 2011
Some thoughts. Wall text for 'Bird of Passage' an exhibition by Karin Strachan, Edith Gallery, Whanganui, 2008.
Selected Bibliography
The Matter Talks. (2022) London Sculpture Workshop, UK
'Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness at Dundee Contemporary Arts', Lafarge, D., ArtReview, May 2018, London, UK
Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness (2017) Strachan, Z., Walter, J., Welch, L., Hayward Publishing, London, UK
Mémento 2012 (2015) Bourgault, P., Giguēre, A., Guimont, M., Lord, A., Est-Nord-Est Rēsidence D'Artistes, St Jean Port Joli, Quebec, Canada
'The World & World-Making in Art' (2013) Turner, C., Antoinette, M. & Stanhope, Z. (eds), Humanities Research Journal, Vol. XIX No. 1, ANU E-press, Canberra, Australia
Chie Konishi Discusses Kate Lepper's Project (2012) Konishi, C., Meantime Discussion Forum, http://meantimespace.wordpress.com/
The Second Enjoy Five Year Retrospective Catalogue (2010) Booth, J. (ed.), Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Speed, Light, Time/Colour, Scale Space: A Two-Part Programme of Graduate Research (2010) Hilliard, J. et al., Slade Press, London, UK
Kate Lepper’s Life Instincts: The Politics of Abject Desire (2009) Reddaway, R., Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ.
'The Grass is Always Greener' (2005) Sunde, C., EcoHealth Journal, Springer-Verlag, 2 (1), pp. 4-5 & Cover. New York, USA
Crossover: Art Connecting Our Cultural Capital (2005) Bugden, E., NZAFA, Wellington Waterfront Ltd./Wellington City Council, Wellington, NZ.