About
Kate Murdoch is an artist whose work reflects a fascination with the passage of time, the permanence of objects and the fragility of existence. Objects provide us with a sense of self and reveal our connections to the wider world. Often loaded with meaning, they reflect both our internal emotional world and the external image we present to others. From the mundane to the meaningful, they are steeped in social and political history and part of our identity.
Murdoch works with found objects, images or materials taken from the everyday and mostly dating from the last century. These elements are modified, transformed or placed together so that they retain a sense of their original function, but also assume new meaning. Murdoch’s work employs an economy of means, a process of reduction that results in a restrained, formal aesthetic. Implied narratives are never fixed and allow for audience (re)interpretation. Often interactive in its display, Kate's work invites viewers to form their own associative memories, attachments and responses to her assemblages and installations, in some cases encouraging the handling of some of the actual objects presented.
Kate Murdoch lives and works in London. She has exhibited as part of the Whitstable Biennale, Deptford X, Frieze Art Fair, and at galleries including Transition, Firstsite, WW and APT.
Murdoch works with found objects, images or materials taken from the everyday and mostly dating from the last century. These elements are modified, transformed or placed together so that they retain a sense of their original function, but also assume new meaning. Murdoch’s work employs an economy of means, a process of reduction that results in a restrained, formal aesthetic. Implied narratives are never fixed and allow for audience (re)interpretation. Often interactive in its display, Kate's work invites viewers to form their own associative memories, attachments and responses to her assemblages and installations, in some cases encouraging the handling of some of the actual objects presented.
Kate Murdoch lives and works in London. She has exhibited as part of the Whitstable Biennale, Deptford X, Frieze Art Fair, and at galleries including Transition, Firstsite, WW and APT.
CV
2019 Neither Use Nor Ornament group show, OVADA Gallery, Oxford
2019 CAVEwomen group show, Cavespace, Pimlico, London
2018 Jo Mama's Second Alphabet Show A-side B-side Gallery, Hackney, London
2018 Shape Open Retrospective group show, Hoxton Arches, Hoxton, London
2018 Push The Boat Out group show, The Art Academy, Walworth, London
2018 New Narratives group show, hARTslane, New Cross, London
2018 In The Future group show, Collyer Bristow Gallery, Holborn, London
2017 Winter Salon Exhibition group show, Rye Creative Centre, Rye, East Sussex
2017 Auntie-Freeeze group show, Cavespace, Pimlico, London
2017 Something Borrowed group show, ARTHOUSE1, Bermondsey, London
2017 Nasty Women group show, ArtSpace, Cambridge
2016 Greetings From New Cross Gate group show, hARTslane, New Cross, London
2016 Europa group show, Transition ShopSpace, Hackney, London
2016 Home Time group show, Transition Gallery, Hackney, London
2016 My Life Shape Open 2016, Guest Projects, Hackney, London
2016 For What It's Worth group show, South Square Gallery, Thornton, Bradford
2015 Life of Pye group show, Angus-Hughes Gallery, Hackney, London
2015 Bread and Jam group show, 52 Whitbread Road, Brockley, London
2015 Disturbance group show, Atom Gallery, Stroud Green, London
2015 10x10 Firstsite, Colchester, Essex
2014 cueB group show, cueB Gallery, Brockley, London
2013 Q-Art 5th annual exhibition, APT Gallery, Deptford, London
2013 The Beginning of History group show, Bond House Project Space, New Cross, London
2013 Discernible group show, ZeitgeistAP, ASC Studios, New Cross, London
2013 This 'Me' of Mine group show, touring:
Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent
Strange Cargo Gallery, Folkestone, Kent
APT Gallery, Deptford, London
2013 Borders group show, Edinburgh Iranian Festival, Edinburgh
2012 I Remember group show, A-Side B-Side Gallery, Hackney, London
2012 Cafe Gallery Open Southwark, London
2012 Coastal Currents Hastings, East Sussex
2012 Diamond Geezer group show, WW Gallery, Hatton Garden, London
2012 Shape Arts Open Portobello Gallery, Notting Hill, London
2012 Collectible group show, ZeitgeistAP, ASC Studios, New Cross, London
2011 home group show, Core Gallery, Deptford, London
2011 pause: Artside Southend-on-Sea, Essex
2011 Sharing Stories an Inspire project, Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire
2010 Art in the Bar ArtHub group show, Greenwich Picturehouse, London
2010 Whitstable Biennale satellite programme, Whitstable Museum, Whitstable, Kent
2010 We All Do Good Things Herne Bay Museum & Gallery, Herne Bay, Kent
2010 10x10 solo exhibition, Lewisham College, New Cross, London
2009 Impossible Exchange Frieze Project, Brina Thurston's Open Call, Frieze Art Fair, Regent's Park, London
2009 Alchemy DNA group show, Cor Blimey Arts Gallery, Deptford, London
2009 Matters of the Heart group show Lewisham Arthouse, New Cross, London
2008 Deptford X invited project, Framework Gallery, Deptford, London
2008 Whitstable Biennale satellite programme, Coastguard's Lookout, Whitstable, Kent
2007 Deptford X invited project, Albany Theatre and APT Open Space, Deptford, London
2019 CAVEwomen group show, Cavespace, Pimlico, London
2018 Jo Mama's Second Alphabet Show A-side B-side Gallery, Hackney, London
2018 Shape Open Retrospective group show, Hoxton Arches, Hoxton, London
2018 Push The Boat Out group show, The Art Academy, Walworth, London
2018 New Narratives group show, hARTslane, New Cross, London
2018 In The Future group show, Collyer Bristow Gallery, Holborn, London
2017 Winter Salon Exhibition group show, Rye Creative Centre, Rye, East Sussex
2017 Auntie-Freeeze group show, Cavespace, Pimlico, London
2017 Something Borrowed group show, ARTHOUSE1, Bermondsey, London
2017 Nasty Women group show, ArtSpace, Cambridge
2016 Greetings From New Cross Gate group show, hARTslane, New Cross, London
2016 Europa group show, Transition ShopSpace, Hackney, London
2016 Home Time group show, Transition Gallery, Hackney, London
2016 My Life Shape Open 2016, Guest Projects, Hackney, London
2016 For What It's Worth group show, South Square Gallery, Thornton, Bradford
2015 Life of Pye group show, Angus-Hughes Gallery, Hackney, London
2015 Bread and Jam group show, 52 Whitbread Road, Brockley, London
2015 Disturbance group show, Atom Gallery, Stroud Green, London
2015 10x10 Firstsite, Colchester, Essex
2014 cueB group show, cueB Gallery, Brockley, London
2013 Q-Art 5th annual exhibition, APT Gallery, Deptford, London
2013 The Beginning of History group show, Bond House Project Space, New Cross, London
2013 Discernible group show, ZeitgeistAP, ASC Studios, New Cross, London
2013 This 'Me' of Mine group show, touring:
Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent
Strange Cargo Gallery, Folkestone, Kent
APT Gallery, Deptford, London
2013 Borders group show, Edinburgh Iranian Festival, Edinburgh
2012 I Remember group show, A-Side B-Side Gallery, Hackney, London
2012 Cafe Gallery Open Southwark, London
2012 Coastal Currents Hastings, East Sussex
2012 Diamond Geezer group show, WW Gallery, Hatton Garden, London
2012 Shape Arts Open Portobello Gallery, Notting Hill, London
2012 Collectible group show, ZeitgeistAP, ASC Studios, New Cross, London
2011 home group show, Core Gallery, Deptford, London
2011 pause: Artside Southend-on-Sea, Essex
2011 Sharing Stories an Inspire project, Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire
2010 Art in the Bar ArtHub group show, Greenwich Picturehouse, London
2010 Whitstable Biennale satellite programme, Whitstable Museum, Whitstable, Kent
2010 We All Do Good Things Herne Bay Museum & Gallery, Herne Bay, Kent
2010 10x10 solo exhibition, Lewisham College, New Cross, London
2009 Impossible Exchange Frieze Project, Brina Thurston's Open Call, Frieze Art Fair, Regent's Park, London
2009 Alchemy DNA group show, Cor Blimey Arts Gallery, Deptford, London
2009 Matters of the Heart group show Lewisham Arthouse, New Cross, London
2008 Deptford X invited project, Framework Gallery, Deptford, London
2008 Whitstable Biennale satellite programme, Coastguard's Lookout, Whitstable, Kent
2007 Deptford X invited project, Albany Theatre and APT Open Space, Deptford, London