Kate Gradwell British, Australian, b. 1972-
Kate was originally educated as a scientist and in 1997 was awarded a PhD in Chemistry from Oxford University. Kate has been painting full time since 2016. Rather than pursuing a formal art school education, she sought out inspiring and talented artists to learn from, and further developed her skills through her own exploration and rapidly growing knowledge of her materials and process.
Kate’s art practice is predominantly focused on people and place. Her portraiture seeks to capture the true character of the individuals she chooses to paint. Kates landscape work explores the play of light and colour in the natural world and is where her main passion lies.
In 2016 Kate was selected for the Portia Geach Memorial Award for Portraiture with a portrait of Professor Attila Brungs, and in 2019 she was selected as a finalist in the Archibald Prize for her portrait of Professor Michael McDaniel. Her landscape work has been selected to hang in the Northern Beaches, Bluethumb and Hunters Hill Art Prizes, amongst others. She held her first solo exhibition ‘A Moment in Time’ at the end of 2020 at Brenda Colahan Fine Art (BCFA) in Putney. Kate’s second solo exhibition ‘Close to Home’ was held at the end of 2021. Kate has also been recognised as being one of only 50 ‘Collectable’ artists on Australia’s top online art gallery platform Bluethumb out of over 11,000 artists across Australia and was named by them as one of the top 10 best new emerging Australian artists for 2021.
Kate takes commissions, both public and private, and has works hanging in collections in Australia (including in the University of Sydney and UTS collections), North America, Europe and Asia.
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Kate GradwellAge of Innocence, 2022Acrylic on panel40 x 40cmSold -
Kate GradwellBoth Beauty and Sadness, 2022Acrylic on panel50 x 50cm -
Kate GradwellBrief Encounter, 2022Acrylic on canvas (Framed)60 x 90cmSold -
Kate GradwellInfinite Possibilities, 2022Acrylic on canvas76x76cmSold
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Kate GradwellLearning to be astonished, 2022acrylic on panel (framed)50 x 50cmSold -
Kate GradwellWild Erratic Fancy, 2022Acrylic on panel40 x 40cmSold -
Kate GradwellAfterglow, 2021Acrylic on panel62 x 81cmSold -
Kate GradwellAlways in my Thoughts, 2021Acrylic on panel30 x 30cmSold
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Kate GradwellAn Auspicious Start, 2021Acrylic on panel16 x 25cmSold -
Kate GradwellBeloved Land, 2021Acrylic on canvas30 x 30cmSold -
Kate GradwellCan't Help Myself, 2021Acrylic on panel20 x 20cmSold -
Kate GradwellEssence III, 2021Acrylic on canvas30 x 30 cmSold
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Kate GradwellEssence IV, 2021Acrylic on panel30 x 30 cmSold -
Kate GradwellExtrapolation, 2021Acrylic on panel40 x 81cmSold -
Kate GradwellHere and There, 2021Acrylic on canvas76 x 76cmSold -
Kate GradwellHomeland, 2021Acrylic on panel40 x 81cmSold
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Kate GradwellLet Me Linger, 2021Acrylic on panel21 x 50cmSold -
Kate GradwellOne Day at a Time, 2021Acrylic on panel30 x 30cmSold -
Kate GradwellSafe Harbour, 2021Acrylic on panel60 x 80cmSold -
Kate GradwellThe Lookout, 2021Acrylic on canvas61 x 61cmSold
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Kate GradwellThe Only Way Out Is Through, 2021Acrylic on canvas50.5 x 50.5cmSold -
Kate GradwellThere and Back Again, 2021Acrylic on panel30 x 61 cm -
Kate GradwellThere Lies A Place, 2021Acrylic on panel30 x 30cmSold -
Kate GradwellTime Out, 2021Acrylic on panel30 x 30cmSold
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Kate GradwellWalk Just Walk, 2021Acrylic on panel30 x 61 cmSold -
Kate GradwellA Strange End to a Strange year, 2020Acrylic on panel20 x 20cmSold -
Kate GradwellBurnt but still beautiful study I, 2020acrylic on panel30.5 x 61cmSold -
Kate GradwellConjola Dreaming, 2020Acrylic on canvas76 x 76cmSold
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Kate GradwellEvery Leaf a Flower, 2020Acrylic on canvas30 x 30cmSold -
Kate GradwellFeeed Meee, 2020Acrylic on aluminium composite18.5 x 13.5cmSold
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Kate GradwellFicifolia, 2020Acrylic on canvas76 x 76cmSold -
Kate GradwellFleetingly, 2020Acrylic on canvas76 x 76cmSold
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Kate GradwellKiss The Sky, 2020Acrylic on canvas51 x 51cmSold -
Kate GradwellLake Conjola Gum Blossom, 2020Acrylic on watercolour paper24 x 19cmSold
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Kate GradwellMimic, 2020Acrylic on canvas30.5 x 30.5cmSold -
Kate GradwellNot Forgotten, 2020Acrylic on aluminium composite (triptych)80 x 105cmSold
84 x 113cm (framed)
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Kate GradwellOpen Wide, 2020Acrylic on aluminium Composite36 x 28.5cmSold
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Kate GradwellParadise Lost, 2020Acrylic on linen40 x 50cmSold
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Kate GradwellPurple Haze, 2020Acrylic on canvas51 x 51cmSold -
Kate GradwellReawakening, 2020Acrylic on canvas122 x 152cmSold
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Kate GradwellReverie, 2020Acrylic on board40 x 50cmSold -
Kate GradwellRiver Secrets I, 2020Acrylic on aluminium composite50.5 x 50.5cmSold
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Kate GradwellTangled Up In Blue, 2020Acrylic on canvas76 x 76cmSold
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Kate GradwellTherapy , 2020Acrylic on canvas30 x 30cmSold
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Kate GradwellWhen Shall We Three Meet Again, 2020Acrylic on aluminium composite54.5 x 23.5cm (triptych)Sold -
Kate Gradwell...Perfect the Next, 2019Acrylic on watercolour paper27 x 34.5cmSold -
Kate GradwellBeautiful One Day..., 2019Acrylic on watercolour paper27 x 34.5cmSold -
Kate GradwellBluster, 2019Acrylic on canvas30 x 30cmSold
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Kate GradwellBreeze, 2019Acrylic on canvas76 x 76cmSold -
Kate GradwellChase The Light, 2019Acrylic on canvas91.5 x 61.5cmSold -
Kate GradwellFor the Love of Trees, 2019Acrylic on canvas50.5 x 50.5cmSold -
Kate GradwellFrom the Water 3, 2019Acrylic on cotton rag paper28 x 34cmSold
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Kate GradwellFrom the Water 6, 2019Acrylic on cotton rag paper28 x 34cmSold -
Kate GradwellFrom the Water 7, 2019Acrylic on canvas40 x 61cmSold -
Kate GradwellFrom the Water 8, 2019Acrylic on canvas40 x 61cmSold -
Kate GradwellWatchful, 2019Acrylic on canvas76 x 76cmSold
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Kate GradwellWistful, 2019Acrylic on canvas76 x 76cmSold -
Kate GradwellContemplation AAcrylic on canvas15 x 15cmSold -
Kate GradwellContemplation BAcrylic on canvas15 x 15cmSold
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Exhibitions:
2022 Affordable Art Fair, Sydney. Brenda Colahan Fine Art
2022 In Our Nature Online group show curated by The Brush Artists
2021 New Narratives Group show, Sydney Road Gallery
2021 Close to Home, Brenda Colahan Fine Art
2019 Archibald Prize finalist
2019 Northbridge Art Prize finalist and winner of the Derivan Matisse Award for Excellence
in Acrylics
2019 Northern Beaches Art Prize finalist
2017 Northern Beaches Art Prize finalist
2016 Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Award finalist
2016 Warringah Art Prize finalist
2016 Hunters Hill Art Exhibition finalist
2016 Kirribilli Art Prize finalist
Commissions:
2019 Commission from UTS to paint the official portraits of the Chancellor and Vice-
Chancellor
2018 Commission from University of Sydney to paint a portrait of Associate Professor Ruth Gall – now hanging in main lecture theatre in the School of Chemistry
2018-19 Further 18 private individual portrait painting and drawing commissions and 6 landscape commissions.
Recognition:
2021 Finalist, Bluethumb Art Prize
2020 Finalist, Northern Beaches Art Prize
2020 Finalist, Carlingford Art Prize
2020 Finalist, Moonee Valley Art Prize
2019 Finalist, Northern Beaches Art Prize
2019 Finalist, Northbridge Art Prize, Winner of Excellence in Acrylics 2019 Finalist, Archibald Prize 2016 Finalist, Warringah Art Prize
2016 Finalist, Hunters Hill Art Prize
2016 Finalist, Portia Geach Portrait award
2016 Finalist, Kirribilli Art Prize Collections Three portraits currently on loan to University Technology of Sydney, including ‘Yindyamarra’ Portrait of Associate Professor Ruth Gall commissioned by University of Sydney, 2018
Publications:
‘Portrait’, Art and Words 2020, published by Northern Beaches Council and Manly Art Gallery ‘Killarney Heights Mum a 2019 Archibald Finalist’ 2019, Daily Telegraph, North Shore Times
