Curriculum Vitae
Born in Perth Australia 22/12/1980. Currently living in Melbourne.
Education
2005 - Bachelor of Arts, La Trobe University. Double Major in Art History & English
2014 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, The Victorian College of Arts.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 - Pleats of Matter, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta (to be realised in November)
2023 - Slow, Dark Horse Experiment, West Melbourne.
2022 - Process to Passage, Collective Found, Portarlington, Vic.
2017 - 'Wear Me', Tinning Street Presents, Melbourne.
2016 - 'At Kate's Place', artists home studio show, Heidelberg, Melbourne.
2014 - KVMS Retrospect, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne.
Group Exhibitions
2025 - International Textile Art Biennale, Fiber Arts Australia.
2025 - Creative Coast, Revival Runway Fashion, PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival, Geelong, Vic.
2024 - Northern Beaches Art Environmental Art and Design Prize, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, NSW.
2024 - North Sydney Art Prize, Coal loader center for Sustainability, NSW.
2024 - Petite Miniature Textiles, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, Vic.
2024 - Threads of Tomorrow, Museu Textil, digital online exhibition by Rodrigo Franzao.
2023 - We The Makers, Sustainable Fashion Prize, National Wool Museum, Geelong, Vic.
2023 - SHE of mind and body, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Vic.
2022 - Yering Station Sculpture Award Show, Yering Station, Yarra Glen, Vic.
2021 - FORT EARTH, Marfa Gallery, Abbotsford, Melbourne.
2021 - Emerging Artist Award, Fortyfive downstairs, Flinders Lane, Melbourne.
2019 - Sculpture at Scenic World, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, NSW.
2017 - Origins, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
2016 - Fabrik; conceptual, minimalist & performative approaches to textiles, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne.
Fabrik; performative approaches to textiles, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne.
2015 - Bluestone, Melbourne's Living Museum of the West, Maribyrnong, Melbourne.
VCA Award Exhibition, Francoise Alliance, St. Kilda, Melbourne.
Fresh!2015, Craft Victoria, Flinders Lane, Melbourne.
2014 - Lost & Found, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne.
Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne.
2013 - Co/ed, VCA Student Gallery. Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne.
2012 - At Kate’s Place, At Kate’s Place, Coburg, Melbourne.
Fifty Shades of White, VCA Student Gallery.
Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne.
Working with what we’ve got, At Kate’s Place, Coburg, Melbourne.
2011 - Proud, VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne.
2010 - Wall Space, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne.
Awards - Finalist.
2024 - North Sydney Art Prize.
Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize.
2023 - We the Makers Sustainable Fashion Prize.
2022 - Yering Station Sculpture Award Exhibition
2021 - Emerging Artist Award 45 downstairs.
2019 - Sculpture at Scenic World, Blue Mountains.
2015 - Craft Victoria, Fresh!2015 Award Exhibition & Francoise Alliance, VCA Award Exhibition.
Kate V M Sylvester - kate.kvms@gmail.com