KATE BALLIS

born 1985, lives Melbourne

Solo Exhibitions

2022

Atlantis, Gallerysmith, Melbourne, VIC (upcoming)
Wonderworld, David Jones Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2021
Infra Realism: Lilac Lux, Gallerysmith, Melbourne, VIC

2020
Liminality (virtual exhibition), Gallerysmith, Melbourne, VIC
Hyperphantasia, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, 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

2017
Glace Noir, Black Eye Gallery, NSW
Infra Realism, Jardan, VIC

 Group Exhibitions and Fairs

2022
Kings School Art Prize, Finalist, The King’s School, Parramatta, NSW

2021
Hundreds and Thousands, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Going Home, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Coming Home, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW
fresh eyes: reimagining robin boyd’s walsh street’, Melbourne Design Week
PAN Amsterdam, RAI Amsterdam exhibition centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bowness Photography Award, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne
Not Fair, Melbourne, curated by Ashley Crawford and Sam Leach
Summer Salon, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2020
Sydney Contemporary presents 2020 (virtual art fair)
Head on at 107, Head On photo Festival, curated by Sandy Edwards, Redfern, NSW
RE(NEW)AL, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Summer Show, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, 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
Affordable Art Fair, ARTITLED Contemporary, 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 

Commissions
2020       Shot and Edited on iPhone, Torres del Paine National Park, Apple USA.

2018       Nicholas Building Tenants, City Square Metro Tunnel, Melbourne, VIC

Collections
Artbank

Parliament House Art Collection

Bibliography
2021       Lekka Angelopoulou, Sofia, ‘Architectural photographers reimagine robin boyd’s iconic modernist house in Melbourne’, Designboom, April 3, 2021

2020       ‘Hyperphantasia: a trip through the California desert – in pictures’, The Guardian, 15 February

2019      ‘Tired of Intellectualising Everything? This Photographer Is’, The Design Files, 26 March

2019      ‘Spectrums of the Galapagos’ Photography Exhibition by Kate Ballis’, Yellowtrace, 8 April

2018      Infra Realism, Manuscript Publishing

2018       Gibson, Eleanor ‘Kate Ballis’ infrared photography displays California modernism in vivid hues’, 20 February

2018       Pitcher, Laura, ‘Photographer Kate Ballis Makes your Palm Springs Vacation Photos look Basic’, iD/ Vice Magazine, 20 June

2018       Klingelfuss, Jessica, ‘Kate Ballis’ candy-coloured dreamscapes hit the sweet spot in Los Angeles’, Wallpaper, 28 July

2018       Carter, Felicity, ‘Kate Ballis Showcases a Hypercolor Fantasy in her Latest Exhibition, Infra Realism’, Forbes, 4 August

2018       Sara Tardiff, ‘You’ll Never Look at Iconic Palm Springs Architecture the Same Way’, Architectural Digest Magazine, 21 August

2018       Carolan, Nicholas, ‘The Pink Print’, Grazia

2018       ‘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

2017      Murrell, Elle, ‘Kate Ballis’, The Design Files, 19 June

2017      Lawson, Kate, ‘In her Candy Colored Dreams’, The September Issues

2017      Black, Holly, ‘Reimagining Californian Landscapes through Infrared’, Another Magazine, 26 July

2017      ‘Hyper-real Perspectives’, Aesthetica Magazine, 30 July