Katherine Lubar

Katherine Lubar è nata a Washington DC, USA. Cresciuta a Dallas, Texas, dal 1993 vive a Londra dove lavora attualmente.
La sua formazione specialistica comprende sia l’arte che la musica.
Negli ultimi dieci anni ha largamente esposto le sue opere in Europa e negli USA presso importanti gallerie e locations pubbliche e private. Il suo lavoro fa parte delle collezioni permanenti del Department of Education and Employment del Regno Unito e del Musem of Geometric and MADI Art negli Stati Uniti.
L’opera della Lubar è influenzata dal vivere in Inghilterra e dall’essere cresciuta negli USA, una doppia dimensione che l’osservatore riconosce nei suoi lavori.
La luce forte che determina i profili netti di forme e relative proiezioni e la presenza costante di strutture e oggetti creati dall’uomo sono la conseguenza del periodo vissuto a Dallas, dove la luce accecante, accentuata dalla presenza di edifici moderni e relative ombre definite da linee dritte, precise, è una costante visiva. La rielaborazione di questo fattore determinante nella costruzione sia tematica che formale ha contribuito a definire la ricerca artistica dell’autrice producendo una forte coerenza stilistica. Altro aspetto importante del lavoro di Katherine Lubar è indiscutibilmente la ricerca cromatica, sviluppata attraverso l’esplorazione dei rapporti tra i colori, distribuiti all’interno del gioco prospettico tra bidimensionalità e profondità.

Katherine Lubar was born in Washington DC, USA. She grew up in Dallas, Texas, but since 1993 she has been living and working in London.
Her studies and specialized training include both art and music.
Over the past ten years she has exhibited her work extensively in Europe and in USA, showing her paintings in international art galleries and public and private locations. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Department of Education and Employment in the United Kingdom and the Musem of Geometric and MADI Art in the United States.
Lubar’s visual research is influenced by living in England and being grown in the U.S., a double dimension that the observer can sense in her artworks.
The strong light that determines profiles of flat shapes and their sharp projections, and the constant presence of man-made structures and objects are the results of the period she spent in Dallas, where the blinding light, accentuated by the presence of modern buildings and their shadows defined by straight, precise lines, is a constant feature. Reworking on this factor seems to produce the hallmark that defines the artistic research of the author, creating a strong stylistic coherence. Another important aspect of the work of Katherine Lubar is indisputably the chromatic research, developed through the exploration of color relationships, placed playing with the prospective rules suggesting alternatively flatness and depth.

Selected Exhibitions:

2012 Vivid Identities; Works by Wayne Mok and Katherine Lubar, Victory Gallery,
        Portland, USA
2011 Art Car Boot Fair (with Open-Draw) Brick Lane, London
2010 Private/Public, Gallery 320, London
        Smörgåsbord, GXGallery, Dulwich, London
2009 Tate the Biscuit, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
        Noise of Art, East End Arts Club, Swanfield Yard, London
        Travelling Light, WW Gallery, London, then touring to Venice Biennale
        Wood, Canvas, Steel(?) tactileBOSCH, Cardiff, Wales
2008 The London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London (Cosa Gallery)
2007 Progression, Ferreira Projects, London
        Happy Days, John Jones Project Space, London
        Dorian Gray, Vegas Gallery, London
        Peachy, Project Space, Great Western Studios, London
2006 Marmite Prize, Residence Gallery, London
        Painting Show, O Contemporary, Brighton
        Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London
        Atmosperic Perspectives, Broughton Gallery, Broughton, Scotland (solo)
2005 Positive/Negative, Square One Gallery, Chelsea, London (solo)
        Broken Space, Signatures Gallery, St James, London (solo)
        Celebration of Geometric Art, Museum of MADI & Geometric Art, Dallas
2004 Group show, Artist Eye, London
        Red Cross Charity Auction with Eyestorm, London
        Celebration of Geometric Art, Salon Borbonico de San Nicola
        la Strada, Naples
        American Artists, Museum of MADI & Geometric Art, Dallas
        Colour: Art & Science’ Institute of Physics, London
2003 100 X 23, JakGallery, London
        Illusions of Depth, Off Broadway, Hackney, London (solo)
        Order and Chaos, Institute of Phsyics, London
        Let There Be Light, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (solo)
        Katherine Lubar, Lower Gallery, Lauderdale House, London (solo)
        Mutiny at the Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London
2002 Group show, Circle Gallery, Edinburgh
        New Constructivists’ Cottons Atrium, London Bridge City, London
        About Vision Showcase, Gallery 14, London
        Vauxhall Open 2002, St Peter’s Church, London
         Images of Light, Stables Gallery, London (solo)
2002 Narrative London, London Chamber of Commerce, London The Art on Paper Fair, Royal             College of Art, London
2001 One Hundred Part 2, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
        Raw Canvas, The Aldwych Tube, London
        30 Finalists; Japanese and Western Contemporary Art, Global Café, London
        Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, London
        Urban Perspectives, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
2000 Abstract Showcase, The Art Attack Project, Hoxton, London
        360º @ the Roundhouse, Camden Roundhouse, London
        Unchain My Art, Sable Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
        Westminster 2000, Sheridan Russell Gallery, London
        Images of Architecture, ARC Gallery, London
        Shadow to the First Light, Brixton Art Gallery, London
        Recent Graduates, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
1999 The October Showcase, The Candid Gallery, London
        New Work; Painting & Sculpture, Mermaid Conference Centre, London
1998 Work by Katherine Lubar, The London Lighthouse, London (solo)
        Shadows and Spaces, The Stables Gallery, London (solo)
1997 Forms and Colours, The Drill Hall Arts Centre, London (solo)

Awards:

2007 Shortlisted, Celeste Art Prize 2007
2002 About Vision Competition – Special Reserve

Collections

Public:

Department of Education and Employment, UK;
MADI Museum, Dallas, USA

Private:

England, Scotland, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Australia, United States, Israel

Selected Press
The Metro (Cardiff) 27/05/09
The Hill 12/06
Cherwell 17/02/066 (Oxford University newspaper)
Dallas Home Design 7/04
Leonardo, Vol 37 Issue 2, 4/04
Homes & Gardens 11/03
Edinburgh Evening News 11/11/02
Art Printing Today (supplement of Art Business Today) 6/02
London Business Matters 5/02
North West Magazine, London 4/02
BBCNews website 23/7/01
Edinburgh Evening News 5/9/00
Axiom News 1/9/00
Capital Live 25/6/99
North West Magazine 3/98
Wembley Observer, London 5/3/98
Hendon & Finchley Times, London 29/1/98
Time Out 12-19/8/98

Catalogues

Travelling Light catalogue, Marmite Prize catalogue 2008, Celeste Art Prize 2007, Royal Academy Illustrated 2006, 'American MADI Artists' April 2004, ‘Fresh Art’ catalogue, Summer 2001

Artist talks

2007: Panelist for Hockaday in the Arts, The Hockaday School, Dallas, USA: slide presentation of work, followed by question and answer session
2003: Talk and slide presentation for the Colour Group of Great Britain, City University, London