Howe (American) is an artist, writer and post-graduate researcher at the University of Leeds where they are pursuing a Ph.D. in Practice-led research entitled Collecting Rape: Collation, Curation and Response to every item in the Victoria and Albert Museum and Archives that takes Rape as its subject. Howe holds an MA from Kingston University in Creative Writing, an MA from the Royal College of Art in Painting, a BA from Arizona State University in Art History, and an AA from Foothill College in Technical Theatre.
Howe is the Founding Director and Artist in Residence at RuptureXIBIT, an inclusive, artist-run residency based practice incubator located in South West London, and has shown at the Aspen Art Museum (US), Lychee One Gallery (London, GB), The Crypt St. Pancras (London, GB), Mile End Art Pavilion (London, GB), Orleans House Gallery (London, GB) and Patrick Studios, Leeds (GB).
My work explores gender identity and the socialisation of gendered violence through painting, installation, text, and performance. I begin with a marked surface which mirrors the state of my own body, pulled apart and rendered whole again and again. This continual rupture, reconstitution and dissolution mirrors the actions of memory, loss, and the process of editing, recording and presenting histories.
Kate Howe (they/them) (1971, American) is a multi-disciplinary artist who lives and works between London and Leeds, GB
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Employment
2020 – current – Founding Director & Mentor/Coach, RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London GB
2024 – current - Arts, History and Culture Research Insights Mentor, University of Leeds, Leeds, GB
Education
2024 - current – Ph.D. Candidate in Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, Leeds University, Leeds GB
2022 – 2024 – MA Creative Writing (First Class Honors), Kingston University, London, GB
2020 - 2022 - MA Painting, (Distinction) Royal College of Art, London, GB
2017 – 2020 - BA (summa cum laude) Art History, Arizona State University, AZ, USA
1999 - 2000 - Fine Art Program, Art Center College of Design, CA, USA
1991 – 1996 - AA, (highest hons) Technical Theatre, Foothill College, CA, USA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 – I’m going to protect them whether they like it or not. University of Leeds Project Space under AHC Faculty Research Dissemination Awards (Round 1 Grant) 2024/25, Leeds, GB
24/25 – Patience and Time, solo exhibition at RuptureXIBIT London, GB.
2024 – The Templum, solo Exhibition following an awarded ten-week residency at the Orleans House Stables Gallery, London (July-Sept 2024)
2022 - Selected Works and Works in Progress – RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London, GB
2021 - The Erotics of Power - RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London, GB
2020 - CORE Climate: Undamaged Destiny, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, USA
2020 – Sliding down the Wall - Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 – Practice Holds Discovery, Patrick Studios, Leeds, GB
2023 – Lawless Imagination, RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London, GB
2023 – HEAT, RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London, GB
2023 – Light Being, Curator: Jonathan Miles, Lychee One Gallery, London GB
2023 – Alternative Airport presented by The Wild Parlour, RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London GB
2023 – Subterranean Organ, Curator: Daisy Wang. The Crypt Gallery, London GB
2022 - Omitted References, Curator: Daisy Wang. The Art Pavilion, Mile End, London GB
2022 - RCA Painting 2022 Grad Show, The Royal College of Art London, GB
Selected Performances and Live Readings
2025 – PAGES artist’s book fair, poetry reading and artist’s book in show. Leeds Central Library, Leeds, GB
2024 – Frieze Sculpture London – guest performer: on-site performance led by Duru Bebekoglu at Albano Hernandez’ The Shadow (Pi Artworks). London, GB
2024 – The Long Read, a 90-minute intimate reading performance for 26 people in the Templum, Orleans House Gallery, London, GB
2024 - The Forest Walk, a three-hour meditation for 26 people in and around the Templum, Orleans House Gallery, London, GB
2024 – Deep Body Relaxation, a two-hour internal journey for 18 people in the Templum, Orleans House Gallery, London, GB
2023 – Buthho (ka) – Instructions to the Other from the Mother – live performance during Lawless Imagination, RuptureXIBIT, London GB.
2023 – The Infinite Intimate – Reading at the show Light Being, curated by Jonathan Miles, Lychee One, London, GB.
2023 – The Final Feeding – nude in a nest of kraft paper receiving an IV in a shop front window inside my installation at RuptureXIBIT, London GB
2023 – Contact – Social performance during Alternative Airport, RuptureXIBIT, London, GB
2023 – Transmission – Social performance during Subterranean Organ, The Crypt Gallery, London GB
2023 – Intimate Readings – 90-minute intimate readings during Subterranean Organ, The Crypt Gallery, London GB
2017 – 2020 Performer (spoken word): Writ Large, Aspen Colorado, US
Residencies, Awards and Prizes
2025 - University of Leeds AHC Faculty Research Dissemination Awards 2024/25 Round 3 Awarded Grant
2025 – Extended Long-List Jackson’s Painting Prize March 2025
2024 – University of Leeds AHC Faculty Research Dissemination Awards 2024/25 Round 1 Awarded Grant
2024 – Orleans House Summer Stables Residency and Solo Exhibition at the Orleans House Stables Gallery, London (Aug-Sept 2024)
2019 – Arizona State University – Dean’s List (Spring)
2019 - Presidential Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO, US
2018 – Arizona State University – Dean’s List (Fall)
2018 – 2020 Resident Artist, Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO, US
Selected Writings & Publications
2025 – I am Human. Wild Parlour book publication with ICA. Editor, contributor
2024 – On the Knife’s Edge. Kingston University Dissertation (Highest Honors), author
2023 – Light Being, catalogue essay author
2023 – Alternative Airport – show catalogue layout and introductory essay author
2022 - What is becoming us? Catalogue introductory essay author
2021 - Things that were About to be Lost. Catalogue introductory essay author
2021 - Turner was my Covid Hook-Up. RCA Dissertation (Distinction) author
2020 - FEAST – Holiday, now. RCA Painting Student publication, introductory essay author
Selected Film Projects
2025 – Because I can Forget (2:04) https://substack.com/home/post/p-162355535
2020 – Train to Nowhere, (9:20) https://vimeo.com/505217593
2023 – Susanna’s Howling Liver (4:18) https://vimeo.com/820157407
Artist’s Talks, Lectures & Symposiums
2025 – RuptureXIBIT, London – Symposium: Making the Future: Addressing socialisation of violence against women and girls. Chair, Contributor.
2025 – Kingston University – The Writer’s Conference. 60-minute talk on the intersection of critical thought, humanities and painting, London, GB.
2025 – Wild Parlour Artists Philosophy Collective 60-minute talk on the development of practice (online), London, GB
2024 – The Templum – 60 min artist talk (four talks on Fridays throughout the show) at Orleans House Gallery, London, GB
2024 - Turps – 90 min artists talk/lecture Susanna and the Unavoidable Subject of the Artist followed by q&a and tutorials
2022 – Royal College of Art – 20 minute artist’s talk in the Gore Lecture Theatre followed by Q&A. London, GB
2021 – University of Salford – one-hour artist’s talk/lecture, 20-minute q and a
2021 – Central St. Martins – one-hour artist’s talk/lecture, tutorials, followed by a day of mentoring at my studio
Selected Press & Writings
2025 (June) – Featured on BabeStation https://www.instagram.com/babe___station/
2024 (September) – FAD Magazine – Top Five Exhibitions to see in London in September
2024 (August) – The Londonist – Tabish Kahan reviews The Templum “An Exhibition so Good I had to See it Twice”
2023 (June) – Light Being – Susanna’s Howling Liver and The Templum were written about and presented by Jonathan Miles in his philosophical lecture performance for the Royal College of Art postgraduate lecture series.
2022 (June) – London Sunday Times “Forget the Summer Exhibition” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/forget-the-summer-exhibition-meet-the-5-art-stars-of-tomorrow-vz5hmdvl3
Representation
Laeticia Robinson, Watson Little Creative Agency, London
Sally Minns, Manager and Business Partner (RuptureXIBIT)
CATALOGUES
COLLECTIONS
The Infinite Intimate
‘The Infinite Intimate’, Kate Howe, is a Site-Specific Installation for the Wild Parlour Philosophy Collective’s group show ‘Light Being’, curated by Jonathan Miles, at Lychee Gallery, June 2023. Catalogue includes small works and works on paper.
Book Material Exploration
‘The Other Side’ Material exploration, includes small works and works on paper from 2022 - 2023.
Susanna’s Howling Liver
‘Susanna's howling liver, delivered unto the Organ of Healing’, Kate Howe, 2023, is a site-specific installation for group show ‘Subterranean Organ’, at the Crypt Gallery, Euston.
Templum: Wild Parlour
The ‘Templum’ is a site-specific installation, in collaboration with sound artist Jess Mardon, for the Wild Parlour Philosophy Collective’s group show ‘Alternative Airport’, at RuptureXIBIT, May 2023.
Erotics of Power & Alien Babies
‘Erotics of Power: Alien Babies edition, includes works from Howe’s expanded collection ‘Erotics of Power’, to include small works and works on paper. 2022 - 2023.
Before the Bath
Before the Bath (After Gentileschi), Kate Howe, 2022, is a site specific installation created for the show ‘Omitted References’ at the Art Pavilion at Mile End.
Turner
The ‘Turner’ catalogue encompasses work from Howe’s Turner series, 2021 - 2022.
Intersections: Templum X Painting
How Howe's painting practice intersects with installation, and Templums begin to function as an antidote to the violence which underpins their practice.
A collection of downloadable PDFs and links to catalogues from Howe’s past shows & collections of work.
SHOWS
The Templum: Orleans House Gallery
A pictoral celebration of the build, from the residency to the community, the collaborative magic, and the resulting shared experience of the exhibition.
Lawless Imagination
Howe’s installation ‘Instructions to the Other from the Mother’ and performance ‘Fidelity loss inevitable’, were included in RuptureXIBIT’s Group show ‘Lawless Imagination’, following Howe’s front gallery occupation throughout November. Howe also co-curated the show.
Jonathan Miles (in Templum)
A transcript of Jonathan Miles, PHD lecturer and fellow at the RCA, along with mentor to the the Wild Parlour Philosophy Collective, speaking inside Howe’s site-specific installation the ‘Templum’, during group show ‘Alternative Airport’.
Alternative Airport
Catalogue for the Wild Parlour Philosophy Collective’s group show ‘Alternative Airport’ at RuptureXIBIT in May 2023, including Howe’s site-specific collaborative installation the ‘Templum’.
Light Being
Catalogue for the Wild Parlour Philosophy Collective’s group show ‘Light Being’ at Lychee One Gallery, June 2023. The show including Howe’s site-spcific installation ‘Infinite Intimate’ and a transcript of Howe’s reading at the performance event of the show.
Things that were about to be lost
Catalogue for group show ‘Things that were about to be lost’ at RuptureXIBIT 2021, a group show from 8 recent RCA MA Painting graduates.