Kate Breakey Black and White 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
Palo Verde Beetle
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 Black and White Photography
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Gold Leaf
Sonoran Whipsnake
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 Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (J)
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (K)
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Pastel, Pencil
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Comet Neowise
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Droopy Daisies
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nine Lunar Eclipses (A)
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Canvas
Nine Lunar Eclipses (H)
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Sunflower III
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
White Coi
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Agoseris 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Fingernail Moon Setting Behind Safford Peak
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (G)
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (F)
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 Black and White 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 Black and White 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kelp, Mendocino, California
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Nine Lunar Eclipses (F)
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Tangled III
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Nine Lunar Eclipses (B)
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Orchid 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Buckeye, 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rio Grande Gorge
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Archival Pigment Print on Glass Plate Backed with 24kt Gold Leaf, Framed by the Artist
GOLDEN STARDUST.
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kate Breakey Black and White 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Humming Bird Flying
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Pastel, Pencil
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Birds on Wire
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be made 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Nine Lunar Eclipses (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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Nine Lunar Eclipses (G)
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Nine Lunar Eclipses (C)
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Nine Lunar Eclipses (E)
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Blue Vase with Red Berries
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Waterfall, Mongolia
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Three Pink Roses
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Tangled II
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Ravens, Kellidie Bay, 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Droopy Tulips
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Vase, Two Dead Flowers
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Carnation 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Five Figs
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Archival Pigment Print on Glass Plate Backed with 24kt Gold Leaf, Framed by the Artist
GOLDEN STARDUST
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be made in the nuclear reactor of stars.
I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kate Breakey Black and White Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chaseberry 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Two Magnolia
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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