Kate Breakey Photography
Australian, b. 1957
Kate Breakey is internationally known for her large-scale, richly hand-colored photographs including her acclaimed series of luminous portraits of birds, flowers and animals in a series called Small Deaths published in 2001 by University of Texas Press. Her other monographs include Painted Light, University of Texas in 2010, a career retrospective that encompasses a quarter century of prolific image making.
Her collection of photograms, entitled 'Las Sombras / The shadows' was published by University of Texas Press in October 2012. This series is a continuation of her lifetime investigation of the natural world which in her own words is ‘brimming with fantastic mysterious beautiful things.
Since 1980 her work has appeared in more than 110 one-person exhibitions and in over 60 group exhibitions. A native of South Australia, Kate moved to Austin, Texas in 1988. She completed a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Texas in 1991 where she also taught photography in the Department of Art and Art History until 1997. Her collections include the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, The Australian National Gallery, and the San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts, as well as various private collections.
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Artist: Kate Breakey
Portrait of a Raven
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
When the trembling heart stops beating, what remains is a tiny beautiful corpse. I make a portrait to commemorate that life and to express my sorrow and regret. It’s my gesture towar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Morpho Butterfly
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars.
It came to our planet when the Earth was first forming, as dust from catastrophic astronomical events –sta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
My Sister's White Cat
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ghosts of Love
If love took form, if we could see it, and if so watch, as it faded, or got lost, or just gave up, slowly softly, disappeared, disillusioned, dejected, I think I saw it, as a tree in the woods, as a pale moth, a boat upturned on a shore, moonlight on ocean, a feather, drifting down, discarded, I looked and, love was everywhere, sighing, trembling, shimmering, fluttering, tender, as it departed, and as I watched...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Chrysanthemum in a bottle
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Artist Statement
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Night Snake
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey is internationally known for her large-scale, richly hand-colored photographs including her acclaimed series of luminous portraits of birds, flowers and animals in a series called Small Deaths published in 2001 by University of Texas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
White Swan
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Nest IV
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Portraits of found nests. Price includes frame.
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
House Finch on Yucca, Arizona
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Seated Nude
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sphinx, River Thames
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Single Tree (by lake) Kew Gardens
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Limited edition of 20
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorpora...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
White Witch Moth
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Horseshoe Crab
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Oak Leaf
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In 1834, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) saw that silver salts darkened in the sun and invented a photographic process he called “photogenic drawing” — in which images were made...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Live Oak Tree, Texas
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Artist Statement
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sheoak by Ocean, Kangaroo Island
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tangled I
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Shiny Shell
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Portrait of a Raven
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
When the trembling heart stops beating, what remains is a tiny beautiful corpse. I make a portrait to commemorate that life and to express my sorrow and regret. It’s my gesture towar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Four Lemons
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars.
It came to our planet when the Earth was first forming, as dust from catastrophic astronomical events –sta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
White Horse in Moonlight
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Hydrangea in a Bottle
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Pastel, Pencil
Orange Leaves
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Rattlesnake
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Patricia's Tulips
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
I've been fascinated with botany and have photographed flowers for 40 years now. Flowers were around long before animals – about 140 million years. There are estimated to be 400,000...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Pastel, Pencil
Galahs in a Tree, Pt Lincoln South Australia
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Wing
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Pair of Hummingbirds
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In 1834, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) saw that silver salts darkened in the sun and invented a photographic process he called “photogenic drawing” — in which images were made...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lone Sheoak Tree, Kangaroo Island South Australia
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Mushrooms, Tuscany
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Comet Neowise and Shooting Star
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Artist Statement
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Penstemon in a Bottle
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
I've been fascinated with botany and have photographed flowers for 40 years now. Flowers were around long before animals – about 140 million years. There are estimated to be 400,000...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kangaroo Rat
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In 1834, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) saw that silver salts darkened in the sun and invented a photographic process he called “photogenic drawing” — in which images were made...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rosed-Breasted Grosbeak
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In 1834, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) saw that silver salts darkened in the sun and invented a photographic process he called “photogenic drawing” — in which images were made...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Waxing Crescent
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Orotones leafed in 24kt gold, Price includes frame
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
D Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Artist Statement
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Moonlit Water, Arno Bay, South Australia
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sunflower
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In 1834, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) saw that silver salts darkened in the sun and invented a photographic process he called “photogenic drawing” — in which images were made...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Birds on a Wire
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Archival Pigment Print on Glass Plate Backed with 24kt Gold Leaf
GOLDEN STARDUST .
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars.
It came to our planet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (C)
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Artist Statement
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Dragonfly
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...
Category
2010s Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Still Life with Mandarines
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Big Gum, Adelaide Hills
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Limited edition of 20
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorpora...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Eucalyptus Tree, Fallen Boughs, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Limited edition of 20
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorpora...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (H)
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Artist Statement
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Horny Toad
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Nest I
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Portraits of found nests. Price includes frame.
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Black Swans, Kellidie Bay, South Australia
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Artist Statement
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Flowers on Dress
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Single Spider Chrysanthemum
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Eucalyptus Trees, Xmas Day, South Australia
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Limited edition of 20
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorpora...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Dragonfly
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars.
It came to our planet when the Earth was first forming, as dust from catastrophic astronomical events –sta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Seven Finches on Yukka
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars. It came to our planet when the Earth was first forming, as dust from catastrophic astronomical events –stars...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Raven on Lace
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
White Koi
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...
Category
2010s Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Solar Eclipse August 21, 2017, Nebraska
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...
Category
2010s Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Shetland Islands, Golden Stardust
By Kate Breakey
Located in Columbia, MO
Kate Breakey is internationally known for her large-scale, richly hand-colored photographs including her acclaimed series of luminous portraits of birds, flowers and animals in a ser...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Corella, Dawn, Murray River, South Australia
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Limited edition of 20
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorpora...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
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