Downie, Kate, RSA
b. 1958
Born in North Carolina to British parents, Downie came to Scotland when she was aged seven. In 2010 Downie was awarded the RSA William Gillies Bequest Award to travel to Beijing and Shanghai to work with ink painting masters and develop her own practice in this unique medium. Following on from this experience, in 2011 Downie successfully applied for a position on the Red Gate Residency program, allowing her to return to China and develop her research. An exhibition of her work, including large-scale scroll ink paintings, alongside oil paintings and extensive research material resulting from these visits was shown in dual-site exhibition, Walk Through the Resonant Landscape, held at the RSA and the RGI Kelly Gallery in Glasgow 2013-08-31 to 2013-10-06. In 2014 Downie was the Artist in Residence for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Forth Road Bridge. More recently, the new Queensferry Crossing has become a key subject in her work. She was elected RSA in 2008.
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