Kate deJude
+61 414 270 643

Thinker

BIO
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With what could have been hundreds of kilometres of fencing draped over the Australian landscape, Kate de Jude weaves works of art. "Wire, pre-optic fibre, has been symbolic of power and communication and is a natural medium for me as an artist."

EXHIBITIONS

 
June–Dec 2009
Static Exhibition      
Nobby Queensland  
Sole Exhibitor
Nov 2008
Opening of The Pink Bits  
Dean’s Kellett Street, Potts Point  
Exhibition & Performance
2004 
Redundant Fencer
Davson Art Gallery, Gatton
Shared Exhibition
July 2002
Beauty & Violence
Stephanie Burns, Canberra
Group Exhibition
April 2000
Crossed Wires
Withcott Colonial Shopping Centre
Sole Exhibitor
April 1999
Easter in the Outback   
Stockman’s Hall of Fame Longreach
Competition Winner
1997-1999
Kate Heslin Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Winton
Sole Exhibitor
Aug 1995
Wired Women of the West  
Group exhibition Longreach Club
Curator/Group Exhibition
April 1995
Outback Art Exhibition
Corfield & Fitzmaurice Association
Curator/Group Exhibition
May 1993
Wired West Artback  
Winton Club
Curator/Shared Exhibition
April 1992
Breaking Bread with Strangers
Figaro Pasqualatet, Amsterdam
Expose'
Feb 1991
Childhood
Young & Unknowns Gallery Waterloo
Group Exhibition
Nov 1990
A Le Fin De La Ligne
Galerie Dr. Potin  Paris 11me France
Group Exhibition
Sept 1988
BHP-Titan Wire Advertisement
National Trade Magazine
Image Endorsement of Product
June 1988
Untitled     
Denison Sculpture Gallery, Rozelle
Group Exhibition
Sept 1987
Untitled
Balmain Loft Balmain Sydney
Shared Exhibition
 
FILM & TELEVISION
2007
Riding Dark
Short Film
Acting roles: Nurse and Katherine
2006
Pryde 
Video/Oral history project
Initiated, planned & implemented as Back to the Future
2003
Everybody’s Life is a Hero’s Journey
Promotional Video CUA
Camera and Editing
2003
Don’t Dis My Ability
Theatre Project
Video documentation and editing of Play
2003
Anglicare Roma Promo
Video promotion Anglicare Roma  
Storyline, Camera, Editing
2002
Anglicare Staff Reflections 
Video report: End of year
Storyline, Camera, Editing
1993
Under the Weather
FFICS Tokyo Award Winning Animation
Sculpture for animation for Animator: Lyn Ashby
1993
Ten Days in the Outback
Documentary Winton Outback Festival
Co-Editor
1984
Mirage Special Effects
Director Tad Pride Sydney
SFX assistant
1983
Human Relations Education
Wave Link Productions
Make up artist
1983
Shot to Pieces
Tit for Tat Film Group Rozelle
Make up artist
1983
Movie Premiere
Hoyts Cinema Sydney
Make up artist
THEATRE
2003
Don’t Dis My Ability 
Theatre Project with Anglicare
Director, Script, Costumes, Sets, Props & MC
2003
Bigot No More
Theatre Project
Production and Direction
2002
Win Friends Not Fights
Pantomime for Primary Shools Tour
Costume/ MakeUp & Props, Production & Direction
1984
Rocky Hospital Show
RPA Hospital Revue, Tom Mann Theatre
Producer/co-director/make-up artist
1984
Sandinista
New Theatre Newtown
Make up & SFX artist
1984
Here Comes Kitsch
New Theatre Newtown
Make up & SFX artist
1983
The World According to Alf
Royal Prince Alfred Revue Sydney
Make up artist
1983
Rapunzil in Suburbia
Marionette Theatre The Rocks Sydney
Make up artist
1983
Mulligan’s Gold
Nimrod Theatre Sydney
Make up artist
1983
The Kid
Nimrod Theatre Sydney 
Make up assistant
PERFORMANCE
2007-2009
Pandora’s Box
Various Sydney
Performance with wire sculpture as puppets
August 2002
Giving Art  
Mother’s Morning Tea  Dalby 
Performance with wire sculpture as puppets
May 2001
Competitor 
CBD Busking Program
Performance with wire sculpture as puppets
March 2001
Giving Art
Women’s International Day Toowoomba
Performance with wire sculpture as puppets
Sept 2000
Bush Poetry
Carnival of Flowers, Toowoomba
Poetry Performance
April 2000
Runner Up Champion
Bush Poetry Competition, Gatton 
Original and Traditional
March 1997
Women’s International Day Luncheon
Rural Women's Network, Winton
MC
April 1996
Waltzing Matilda Poetry Championship
Finalist
Performance
May 1995
National Outback Performing Arts
Stockman’s Hall of Fame
Performance
April 1995
Bush Poetry
Waltzing Matilda Centenary Winton 
Award Winner
6mth 1995
The Girl from Far Outback 
Banjo’s Outback Theatre Longreach
Performer
Sept 1994
Bronze Swagman Bush Verse 
Royal Theatre Winton 
Performer
Jan 1994
Quote Misquote
TAP Gallery Darlinghurst 
Performance with wire sculpture as puppets
Mar 1994
Quote Misquote
Mister Goodbar Paddington 
Performance with wire sculpture as puppets
Aug 1994
Quote Misquote
Kinsela’s East Sydney
Performance with wire sculpture as puppets
May 1993
Art for One: Censorship for Another
Qld Arts Council Winton Club 
Performance with wire sculpture as puppets
1993
Dancing with Charlie Chaplin
Nostalgic Flicks Royal Winton
Performance
Feb 1991
War on Valentine
Candid Gallery Islington London
Performance with wire sculpture as puppets
Sept 1989
Bewire Some Scenes May Offend
Busking Festival Coffs Harbour
Performance with wire sculpture as puppets
INSTALLATIONS
1998
Santa’s Cave
Winton R.S.L. Club
Creation of mannequins & atmospherics
1998
Nativity Scene
Orlando’s Orchard 
Creation of mannequins & atmospherics
1998
Friday 13th 
Fund Raiser     R.S.L.
Creation atmospherics
1997
Black Friday Night Club 
Winton Club 
Creation atmospherics
1997
Chinese New Year
Winton Club
Create atmosphere with handmade Chinese Dragon
1996
Chinese New Year
Winton Club
Create atmosphere with handmade Chinese Dragon
MURALS
1998
Pelican Fuel Stop 
Commission
Pelican flying on circular windmill
1997
Happy Valley Chinese Restaurant 
Commission
Dragon wall for entrance
IT DIGITAL PUBLISHIING
2007 - 2009
Website
rav-el.com
Decommissioned
2004 - Current
Website and Forum
Wire Magic
2004 - 2007
Website
Wired 4 Art
Decommissioned
2003
Programme
Bigot No More
Design & Layout
2002
Programme
Don’t Dis My Ability
Design & Layout
2002
Programme
Win Friends Not Fights
Design & Layout
2001
Programme
Smart Arts Auction 
Design & Layout
1997 - 1999
The Agitator
Monthly Newspaper Winton
Editor, Journalist, Crossword Puzzler, Cartoonist
1998 - 1999
R.S.L. Club News
Monthly newsletter for members  RSL
Writer, Design
1998
Brochure Design
Waltzing Matilda Expo
Design
COMMUNITY GROUPS
2005
International Wire Sculptors Guild
Member 
1998 - 1999
Tourism Implementation Strategy 
Winton Shire Council
Committee Member
1997 - 1999
Vision Winton   
Economic Promotion Association
Committee Member
1996 - 1997
Rural Women’s Network
Winton Branch
Cofounder & Vice Chair Winton Branch
1996 - 1999
Winton Youth Centre Association
Winton Youth Centre
Committee member
1995 - 1996
Friends of Triple J
Eagle St Longreach
Cofounder and Chair
1995 - 1996
Queensland Arts Council    
Winton Branch
Delegate State & National Conference
1993 - 1994
Queensland Arts Council
Winton Branch
Publicity Officer
1993 - 1994
Regional Arts Development Fund 
Winton Shire Council 
Committee member
1993 - 1994
Winton Creative Arts
Winton
Vice President

MISSION AUSTRALIA WORK FOR THE DOLE PROJECTS
(Initial Idea, Consultation + Project Management) 
2007 
Trash to Treasure
Bankstown Hospital Exhibition
Creating environmental art with recycled goods
2004
Hip Hop & What’s Hot
4DDBFM Toowoomba
Youth radio programme
2004
One Hundred Years of Achievement
Centenary of Toowoomba City
Book publication
2003
Bigot No More
Discrimination: What's Wrong With It?
Theatre Activity on discrimination
2003
Phat Arts Community Portraits
Win Television
Video Documentary Series (community portraits)
2002
Don’t Dis My Ability
Theatre Project with people of ability
Producer, Director, MC
2002
Art in the City, Toowoomba
Innovative use of empty shop windows
Transferred community program as Work for the Dole
2001
Win Friends Not Fights Theatre Project  
Winner Highly Commended Award
Script, Costumes, Props, Set design & Direction
2001
Smart Arts Project
Dalby Regional Art Gallery
Art creation & Auction
       
ART IN THE CITY 
Innovative use of empty shop windows
    
2000-2002
Recipient of a Queensland Arts Council $15,000 Grant
Initiated, planned and implemented program
THE AGITATOR 
Newspaper report from Council Chambers
    
1996-1999
Controversial effigy of the editor hanged by the neck over Council Chambers
Editor /Journalist/Cartoonist 
KATE HESLIN ART
Outback Qld Gallery Winton
    
1997-1999
 Tourist Attraction: Hidden Treasures of the Outback
Exhibition of art work
MAYORAL CAMPAIGN
Local Government Elections
   
1996
Small town maverick with 40% of the vote
6 week campaign
PELI-CANN FILM FESTIVAL
Royal Theatre 'Open Air Picture Show', Winton
  
1994-1995
Cultural Event to Celebrate 100 years of Waltzing Matilda and 100 years of Film
Initiated & planned
     
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