ARTISTS | Kate Ballis
Kate Ballis is a Melbourne-based photographic artist whose work explores the theme of seeing the unseen. Her colour-drenched images of utopian landscapes use infra-red technology to isolate colours within the spectrum to bring a unique understanding of a particular place. Referencing ancient mythology and feminist icons, her work explores places and spirits of the otherworld, making them seem even more foreign than the earth we know.
Kate’s work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Miami, and at art fairs across Europe. Her work has featured in Aesthetica, AnOther, Wallpaper, Vogue Living, VICE, Forbes among others.
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KATE BALLIS
born Melbourne, 1985
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Hyperphantasia, Arthouse Gallery, NSW
2019
Palm Springs Art Fair, Palm Springs, USA
Spectrums of the Galapagos, Jardan, VIC
Affordable Art Fair, ARTITLED Contemporary, London, UK
2018
Hypercolour Fantasy: Infra Realism, Garis and Hahn, Los Angeles, USA
Pulse Miami Art Fair, Garis and Hahn, Miami, USA
Affordable Art Fair, ARTITLED Contemporary, London, UK
2017
Glace Noir, Black Eye Gallery, NSW
Infra Realism, Jardan, VIC
Group Exhibitions and Fairs
2020
Sydney Contemporary (upcoming)
Renewal, Arthouse Gallery, NSW
Summer Show, Arthouse Gallery, NSW
2019
Illusions, Backwoods Gallery, VIC
London Art Fair, London, UK
Art Karlsruhe, Germany
KunstRAI, The Netherlands
CCP Photo Fair: Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, VIC
2018
London Art Fair, London, UK
AAF Brussels, Belgium
AAF Hampstead, London, UK
KunstRAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Art The Hague, The Netherlands
AAF Battersea, London, UK Art House Collective, Jardan, VIC
2017
Straight Lines, Black Eye Gallery, NSW
Art the Hague, The Netherlands
AAF Battersea, London, UK
Bibliography: Books
2018
Infra Realism, Manuscript Publishing
Bibliography: Selected Articles/Reviews
2019
‘Tired of Intellectualising Everything? This Photographer Is’, The Design Files, 26 March
‘Spectrums of the Galapagos’ Photography Exhibition by Kate Ballis’, Yellowtrace, 8 April
2018
Jessica Klingelfuss, ‘Infra Realism, Wallpaper
Eleanor Gibson, ‘Kate Ballis’ infrared photography displays California modernism in vivid hues’, 20 February
Laura Pitcher, ‘Photographer Kate Ballis Makes your Palm Springs Vacation Photos look Basic’, iD/ Vice Magazine, 20 June
Jessica Klingelfuss, ‘Kate Ballis’ candy-coloured dreamscapes hit the sweet spot in Los Angeles’, Wallpaper, 28 July
Felicity Carter, ‘Kate Ballis Showcases a Hypercolor Fantasy in her Latest Exhibition, Infra Realism’, Forbes, 4 August
Sara Tardiff, ‘You’ll Never Look at Iconic Palm Springs Architecture the Same Way’, Architectural Digest Magazine, 21 August
Nicholas Carolan, ‘The Pink Print’, Grazia
‘Infra Realism: deserts saturated with colour in pictures’, The Guardian, 16 October
2017
‘First look: This Melbourne-based photographer has captured one of the world’s most beautiful natural attractions’, Vogue Australia, 27 June
Elle Murrell, ’Kate Ballis’, The Design Files, 19 June
Kate Lawson, ‘In her Candy Colored Dreams’, The September Issues
Holly Black, ’Reimagining Californian Landscapes through Infrared’, Another Magazine, 26 July
‘Hyper-real Perspectives’, Aesthetica Magazine, 30 July
