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CASE STUDY

Kate Bohunnis

Kate Bohunnis is a graduate from Flinders University. They graduated with First Class Honours with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Visual Arts).

Kate’s practice prioritises an inventive approach to materials and their ability to communicate conceptual concerns, with a focus on gender, identity and queer methodologies. In recent projects, they have turned their attention to the complexities and trappings of pleasure, from a personal and neuroscientific standpoint. They are also interested in spiritualism as a vehicle for exploring family history and inventive methods of psychological support.

In form, Kate’s work often leans toward the abject as a way of negotiating bodily and political identities. They are known for producing pared back, large-scale sculptural installations using metals in contradictory and deliberate dialogue with wax, silicone, latex, leather and textiles. Their works are often highly charged with allusions to power, dominance, subjugation and containment. Kate is represented by STATION Gallery, Australia.

KATE BOHUNNIS | VISUAL ARTIST. PHOTO: SAM ROBERTS
KATE BOHUNNIS | VISUAL ARTIST. PHOTO: SAM ROBERTS

The Creative Development Grant enabled me to get myself and my work interstate for a solo presentation. Being supported during meaningful steps in their careers affords artists the mental space and confidence to achieve ambitious outcomes.

Kate Bohunnis, Creative Development Grant 2021 recipient.
CAREER PROGRESSION & HELPMANN SUPPORT

  1. Receives Arts Excellence in Printmaking Award from Adelaide College of the Arts

    2016
    2017

    Exhibits as part of the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition

  2. 2017

    Receives The Watson Award at the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition Value: $7,500

  3. 2017

    Attends Helpmann Seminar Series – #1 Contracts

  4. 2018

    Receives six-week Sanskriti Kendra Residency, in New Delhi, India from Helpmann Academy Value: $5,000

  5. with each little death, BLINDSIDE, Melbourne

    2019
    2018

    Receives David Hayden Professional Development Award at the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition Value: $1,000

  6. with each little death, FELTspace, Adelaide

    2019
    2018

    Receives grant for exhibition at BLINDSIDE, Melbourne Value: $3,400

  7. Awarded the Eran Svigos Award for Best Visual Art, Adelaide Fringe

    2020
    2019

    Receives Elevate Mentorship from Helpmann Academy to be mentored by craftsmen Martin Murray and Jason Balmer in metal fabrication and mould making. This supported the development of Kate’s Ramsay Art Prize winning artwork Value: $3,000

  8. this soft machine, Firstdraft, NSW

    2020

  9. Wins Ramsay Art Prize valued at $100,000

    2021
    2019

    Receives 12-month Helpmann Academy George Street Studios Residency Value: $6,000

  10. Mucosa, collaboration with Kate Power, Outer Space, Brisbane

    2021
    2019

    Attends Helpmann Seminar – Websites for Creatives

  11. fill me up and make me useful, STATION, Melbourne

    2021
    2020

    Receives Creative Development Grant from Helpmann Academy to support metal fabrication skills Value: $3,000

  12. fill me up and make me useful, Central Gallery, Adelaide

    2021

    Receives 12-month Helpmann Academy George Street Studios Residency. This supported the development of Kate’s Ramsay Art Prize winning artwork Value: $6,000

  13. house that heaves, COMA, Sydney

    2022
    2021

    Receives Creative Development Grant from Helpmann Academy to fund exhibition at STATION, Melbourne, and Central Gallery, Adelaide Value: $5,000

  14. Receives ArtSA 2022 Fellowship

    2022

  15. Dopamine, STATION Gallery, Melbourne

    2023

  16. Exhibited as part of Living Patterns, curated by Ellie Buttrose, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland

    2023

  17. A Healthy Distance presented as part of Bodies Without Organs, Canberra Contemporary Artspace, Canberra

    2023

  18. House of Sleep presented as part of Art Brussels, Ames Yavuz Gallery, Brussels

    2024

  19. Exhibits as part of group exhibition to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of surrealism, STATION Gallery, Melbourne

    2024

  20. $40K +

    value in support and
    opportunities from
    Helpmann Academy

  1. 2016

    Receives Arts Excellence in Printmaking Award from Adelaide College of the Arts

  2. 2017

    Exhibits as part of the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition

  3. 2017

    Receives The Watson Award at the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition Value: $7,500

  4. 2017

    Attends Helpmann Seminar Series – #1 Contracts

  5. 2018

    Receives six-week Sanskriti Kendra Residency, in New Delhi, India from Helpmann Academy Value: $5,000

  6. 2018

    Receives David Hayden Professional Development Award at the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition Value: $1,000

  7. 2018

    Receives grant for exhibition at BLINDSIDE, Melbourne Value: $3,400

  8. 2019

    with each little death, BLINDSIDE, Melbourne

  9. 2019

    with each little death, FELTspace, Adelaide

  10. 2019

    Receives Elevate Mentorship from Helpmann Academy to be mentored by craftsmen Martin Murray and Jason Balmer in metal fabrication and mould making. This supported the development of Kate’s Ramsay Art Prize winning artwork Value: $3,000

  11. 2019

    Receives 12-month Helpmann Academy George Street Studios Residency Value: $6,000

  12. 2019

    Attends Helpmann Seminar – Websites for Creatives

  13. 2020

    Awarded the Eran Svigos Award for Best Visual Art, Adelaide Fringe

  14. 2020

    this soft machine, Firstdraft, NSW

  15. 2020

    Receives Creative Development Grant from Helpmann Academy to support metal fabrication skills Value: $3,000

  16. 2021

    Wins Ramsay Art Prize valued at $100,000

  17. 2021

    Mucosa, collaboration with Kate Power, Outer Space, Brisbane

  18. 2021

    fill me up and make me useful, STATION, Melbourne

  19. 2021

    fill me up and make me useful, Central Gallery, Adelaide

  20. 2021

    Receives Creative Development Grant from Helpmann Academy to fund exhibition at STATION, Melbourne, and Central Gallery, Adelaide Value: $5,000

  21. 2022

    house that heaves, COMA, Sydney

  22. 2022

    Receives ArtSA 2022 Fellowship

  23. 2023

    Dopamine, STATION Gallery, Melbourne

  24. 2023

    Exhibited as part of Living Patterns, curated by Ellie Buttrose, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland

  25. 2023

    A Healthy Distance presented as part of Bodies Without Organs, Canberra Contemporary Artspace, Canberra

  26. 2024

    House of Sleep presented as part of Art Brussels, Ames Yavuz Gallery, Brussels

  27. 2024

    Exhibits as part of group exhibition to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of surrealism, STATION Gallery, Melbourne

  28. Receives 12-month Helpmann Academy George Street Studios Residency. This supported the development of Kate’s Ramsay Art Prize winning artwork Value: $6,000

  29. $40K +

    value in support and
    opportunities from
    Helpmann Academy