Kate Breakey Color 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.
She has resided in Tucson, Arizona for 20 years. She regularly teaches workshops nationally and internationally.to
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Artist: Kate Breakey
Nest IV
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Portraits of found nests. Price includes frame.
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2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Color Photography
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Archival Ink
Waxing Crescent
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Orotones leafed in 24kt gold, Price includes frame
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2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Color Photography
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Gold Leaf
Nest I
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Portraits of found nests. Price includes frame.
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2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Color Photography
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Archival Ink
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...
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2010s Kate Breakey Color Photography
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Gold Leaf
Solar Eclipse August 21, 2017, Nebraska
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
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2010s Kate Breakey Color Photography
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Gold Leaf
Solar Eclipse August 21, 2018, 2nd Contact
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Horny Toad Lizard
By Kate Breakey
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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...
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2010s Kate Breakey Color Photography
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Gold Leaf
Sprouting Onion
By Kate Breakey
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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...
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2010s Kate Breakey Color Photography
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Gold Leaf
Nest II
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Portraits of found nests. Price includes frame.
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2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Color Photography
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Archival Ink
Nest III
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Portraits of found nests. Price includes frame.
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2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Color Photography
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Archival Ink
Dead Pine, Low Show, White Mountains, Arizona
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...
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2010s Kate Breakey Color Photography
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Gold Leaf
Rose
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Encaustic Print – Encaustic printing employs the addition of heated beeswax, and occasionally pigment, to the prepared surface of a photographic print, giving the object a unique to...
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2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Color Photography
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Digital Pigment
$2,000
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