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.
Exhibitions:
Sydney Contemporary 2021 | Explore
Gallerysmith Presents Kate Ballis, Dadang Christanto, Fiona Hiscock, Susanne Kerr, Waldemar Kolbusz and Catherine Nelson at Sydney Contemporary Explore 2021.
2020(REAR)VISION
I AM WOMAN | A Group Exhibition for International Women’s Day 2021
Infra Realism: Lilac Lux | Kate Ballis
Sydney Contemporary presents 2020…
Liminality | Kate Ballis
CV:
KATE BALLIS
born Melbourne, 1985
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Infra-realism 2021, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2020
Liminality, Gallerysmith (virtual exhibition), Melbourne
Hyperphantasia, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
2019
Palm Springs Art Fair, Palm Springs, USA
Spectrums of the Galapagos, Jardan, Melbourne
Affordable Art Fair, ARTITLED Contemporary, London
2018
Hypercolour Fantasy: Infra Realism, Garis and Hahn, Los Angeles
Pulse Miami Art Fair, Garis and Hahn, Miami
Affordable Art Fair, ARTITLED Contemporary, London
2017
Glace Noir, Black Eye Gallery, Sydney
Infra Realism, Jardan, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & FAIRS
2021
Not Fair, Melbourne, curated by Ashley Crawford and Sam Leach
Summer Salon, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2020
Sydney Contemporary, Gallerysmith (virtual art fair)
Renewal, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
Summer Show, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
2019
Illusions, Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne
London Art Fair, London
Art Karlsruhe, Germany
KunstRAI, The Netherlands
CCP Photo Fair: Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2018
London Art Fair, London,
AAF Brussels, Belgium
AAF Hampstead, London
KunstRAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Art The Hague, The Netherlands
AAF Battersea, London
Art House Collective, Jardan, Melbourne
2017
Straight Lines, Black Eye Gallery, Sydney
Art the Hague, The Netherlands
AAF Battersea, London
BIBLIOGRAHY
2018
Infra Realism, Manuscript Publishing
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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
Commissions
2020
Shot and Edited on iPhone, Torres del Paine National Park, Apple USA.
Selected Collections
Artbank
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KATE BALLIS ARTIST PROFILE + Q&A
Kate Ballis is a Melbourne-based photographic artist whose work explores the theme of seeing the unseen. Her colour-drenched artworks employ infra-red technology…
