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Born Wiradjuri Country, NSW, Australia
Education
2018 Master of Fine Arts (Visual Art), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
2010 Bachelor of Arts (Photography), RMIT University
2003 Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary), University of New South Wales
1999 Bachelor of Commerce, University of Wollongong
Selected Exhibitions
Artist
2024 Labours of Love, exhibition and child-inclusive public programs, ArtSpace at Realm, Ringwood
2024 Work In Progress, exhibition and public programs with child artists, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
2023 Labours of Love, exhibition and workshop, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
2023 A1 Darebin Art Salon, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora
2022 CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy
2022 COLLECTIVE, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
2021 Phuong Ngo’s Collaborative Racist Paintings, Asia Pacific Triennial (APT10), QAGOMA, Brisbane
2021 IRIS Award, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
2021 Near this spot, PHOTO 2021 International Festival of Photography, Melbourne
2020 CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
2019 CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy
2018 CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy
2018 Obscuring the Camera, Noir Darkroom, Coburg
2018 In Anna’s Garden, Museum of Australian Photography, Wheelers Hill
2018 A1 Darebin Art Salon, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora
2018 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
2018 Unlearning Cook, Kings Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne
2017 VCA Art Masters Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank, Melbourne
2017 A Field Guide to the Stars curated by Rebecca Najdowski, Ballarat Observatory, Ballarat International Foto Biennale core program, Ballarat
2017 Near this spot, Arcade, Five Walls Projects, Footscray
2017 This Wild Song, The Art Room, Footscray
2017 Waves, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
2017 CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
2016 CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy
2016 Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, St. Kilda
2016 Belonging curated by Daniel Boetker-Smith, Obscura Festival, Penang, Malaysia
2016 Land Dialogues, Wagga Wagga
2016 Victory: Women Artists working in Victoria curated by Christine McFetridge, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
2015 CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy
2015 Open Spaces Book Fair, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
2015 New York Art Book Fair, MOMA PS1, Long Island, Queens, USA
2015 Volume Art Book Fair, Artspace Sydney, Woolloomooloo
2015 Maggie Diaz Projects, Brightspace, St.Kilda, Melbourne
2015 Away We Go curated by Talia Smith, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
2015 Melbourne Art Book Fair, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2015 Photobook Melbourne Book Fair, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy
2014 CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy
2014 Independent Photography Festival Photo Prize, Strange Neighbour, Fitzroy
2014 Raglan Street Gallery Art Prize, Raglan Street Gallery, North Melbourne
2014 CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
2014 IRIS Award, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
2013 First Peoples, Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne
2013 LAND, Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee
2011 Meditations, Off The Kerb Gallery, Collingwood, Melbourne
2011 Inked, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Iron Flamingo, Ballarat
2010 CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2010 Blow Up, Guildford Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Second Exposure, Michaels Alpha Photographic Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Mobile Home, Gallery @ City Library, Melbourne
2008 08, Michaels Alpha Photographic Gallery, Melbourne
Curator
2024 Work In Progress, exhibition and public programs with child artists, PHOTO 2024 International Festival of Photography, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
2012 Apple from the Tree, Co-curated with Michael Brennan, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne
2011 Our View, Highpoint Shopping Centre, Maribyrnong, Melbourne
2011 Two Eyes, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne
Publications & Writing
2024 "This Full Agency, This Decolonised Spirit: Talking Blak to Cooks’ Cottage." Co-authored with Dr Paola Balla and Dr Clare Land. Featured in Grieves, G. & Spiers, A., eds. (2024) Art and Memorialisation: Truth-telling through creative practice in settler colonial Australia, Springer: https://link.springer.com/book/9789819762880
2023 "Monumental care: lockdowns, caregiving and collaborative creative practice." Paper presented via Zoom at 'Reproductive Landscapes' - the Museum of Motherhood Conference, Florida, USA, March 2023
2022 "What can a monument be?" Paper presented at the 'Sometimes Connect', Public Pedagogies Conference, Victoria University, Footscray, Victoria, November 2022
2021 Blak Cook Book: New Cultural Perspectives on Cooks’ Cottage. A Set of Provocations. By Clare Land, Paola Balla and Kate Golding. Published by the City of Melbourne
2015 Within You Without You, self-published
2010 Aboriginalities, self-published
Grants & Awards
2021 City of Melbourne and Testing Grounds Test Sites participant
2021 Finalist IRIS Award for portraiture, Perth Centre for Photography
2020 Finalist CLIP Award for landscape, Perth Centre for Photography
2020 City of Melbourne Arts Grant
2020 Finalist PHOTO 2020 x Perimeter International Photobook Prize, Melbourne
2019 Finalist Perimeter Small Book Award, Melbourne
2018 Finalist Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre
2017 Finalist CLIP Award for landscape, Perth Centre for Photography
2016 Winner Best work by a CCP Member, CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy
2016 Winner Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, St. Kilda
2015 Finalist Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women
2015 Finalist Mohawk Show for Within You Without You
2015 Finalist Sheffield International Artist's Book Prize for Within You Without You
2014 Finalist CLIP Award for landscape, Perth Centre for Photography
2014 Finalist IRIS Award for portraiture, Perth Centre for Photography
2011 ArtStart Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
Other
2019 - 2020 Masters Program Mentor, Photography Studies College, Melbourne
2015 - 2016 Sessional Lecturer in Alternative Processes, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2012 Photography and Photoshop Instructor, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray, Melbourne
2011-2012 Programming Department Intern, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray, Melbourne
2010-2011 Photography Instructor, Community Prophets, Melbourne & Northern Territory
Volunteer at the Asia-Pacific Photobook Archive, Melbourne
Volunteer at Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Workshops (Facilitator)
2024 Kids and Adults on the Same Page workshop, Same Page Art Book Fair, Perimeter Books & Gertrude, Gertrude Contemporary, Preston
2024 Labours of Love, exhibition and child-inclusive public programs, ArtSpace at Realm, Ringwood
2024 Work In Progress, exhibition and public programs with child artists, PHOTO 2024 International Festival of Photography, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
2023 Painting on Photographs, Pinhole Projectors and Cyanotypes, workshops for school holiday program, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat
2023 Cyanotype workshop, Perth Centre for Photography
2023 Toddler Art Sessions, Footscray Community Arts Centre
2010-2011 Photography Instructor, Community Prophets, Melbourne & Northern Territory
2010 & 2011 Snap a Colour workshops, City of Melbourne’s Artplay, Melbourne
2010 Photography workshops, Melbourne City Mission’s Front yard, Melbourne
Workshops (Attendee)
2015 Photobook Melbourne Workshop with Ron Jude, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Magnum Photos Workshop with Raghu Rai, Delhi Photo Festival, India
Collections
Melbourne Museum Collection, Australia
National Library of Australia
State Library of Victoria, Australia
Asia-Pacific Photobook Archive, Australia
Indie Photobook Library, USA
The Library Project, Ireland
TUB Small Library, Portugal
Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, UK
Lachlan Shire Council Library, Australia
Private collections in Australia and international
Online
Blak Cook Book: New Cultural Perspectives on Cooks’ Cottage. A Set of Provocations PDF version. By Dr Clare Land, Dr Paola Balla and Kate Golding, May 2021
“Melbourne Conversations: Truth-telling, Cooks’ Cottage and Cook’s Legacy” Melbourne Knowledge Week, May 2021
“‘Committed to truth-telling’: Council gives voice to Indigenous views on Cooks’ Cottage” The Age, May 2021
Counter-monuments: Indigenous settler relations in Australian contemporary art and memorial practices symposium, Session One, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, March 2021
“PHOTO 2021 Artist Profile - Kate Golding” PHOTO 2021 International Festival of Photography, March 2021
“Perceptions / Reconstructions, about photography” Essay by Christine Barthe for PHOTO 2021, March 2021
“PHOTO LIVE with Brook Andrew and Kate Golding in conversation with Clare Wright” February 2021
“Colonial Ruins on Bleached Margin” Essay by Tristen Harwood to accompany Near this spot at PHOTO 2021, February 2021
“Q&A with Kate Golding” PHOTO 2021 International Festival of Photography, August 2020
"The howling Tasman wind" Terratory Journal curated by Christine McFetridge, February 2016
"Within You Without You" Landscape Stories Blog, June 2015
"India's Quiet Places" interview by Ben Thomson for VICE magazine, March 2 2015
"Aloha" Landscape Stories 19 curated by Heidi Romano, March 2015