Exhibitions
2026
Group. Prelude, Australia Galleries, Melbourne, 31 March - 18 April
Solo. 'EMBER,’ Bett Gallery, Hobart, 1 May - 1 June
Group. Winterlude: Winter Masterpieces, MARS Gallery, Solo, 16th July until 2nd August
2025
Art Fair. Quarantine Art Fair,MARS Gallery Melbourne, 8 - 11 January
Prize. Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane Institute of Art, 9 - 30 May
Group - Seventh Gallery Auction, 1 - 30 June
Solo. Harvest, MARTA Contemporary, Paddington Sydney, - 17 July
Group, Landscape interiors, MARS Gallery Melbourne, 14 - 21 September
Group. ‘Swan Street Studios,’ St Heliers Street Gallery, Abbotsford Convent Melbourne, 6 – 30 November
2024
Group. Platform 2024, Bett Gallery Hobart TAS, 15 March - 6 April
Prize. The 2024 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, 12 April - 10 June
Group. ‘All but Mirrors,’ Airspace Gallery Sydney NSW, 7 - 23 June
Prize. The 2024 Len Fox Painting Award, Castlemaine Art Museum, 27 September 2024 – 2 March 2025
Solo. Once More and Then Again, MARS Gallery Windsor Melbourne, VIC, 5 October - 2 November
Group. ARTSLAB Kangaroo Valley Hall, NSW 6 October
Prize. The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre and Campbelltown City Council, 26 October – 6 December
Prize. National Emerging Art Prize, 30th October – 10th November
2023
Art Fair. MARS Gallery & OLSEN Gallery Subverting the Gaze, in collaboration at Spring 1883 Art Fair, 9-12 August
Solo. MARS Gallery, Melbourne, Uprooted Presence, 24 August - 24 September
Solo release. Modern Times, Melbourne, September
Group. MARS Gallery, Melbourne, Christmas show, November
Group. Modern Times, Melbourne, Tracing Change, 16 November - 5 December
2022
Group. Creative Spaces, City of Melbourne, DIRTY DOZEN, February
Group. MILK Gallery Collingwood, Trust the Process, curated by Frame of Mind, 24 March - 7 April
Group. Brunswick Street Gallery, Fountains & Follies, 12 - 19 May
Solo. Brunswick Street Gallery, Stockroom Artist release - 22 May
Group. VCA ArtSpace, Nocturne, June
Prize. Hadley’s Landscape Prize, Hadley’s Orient Hotel Hobart, 23 July – 21 August
Group. Brunswick Street Gallery, 4 – 21 August
2022 VCA GradShow, 23 Nov - 1 Dec
2021
Solo. Michael Reid Northern Beaches, michaelreidnorthernbeaches.com.au/artist/kate-lewis/
2020
Melbourne Fringe 2020 PLATFORM (LOCAL) at The SUBSTATION 2020
Awards & Residencies
Prize. The 2026 The Theodore Urbach Landscape Prize, Shepparton Art Museum, WINNER
Prize. The 2025 The Theodore Urbach Landscape Prize, Shepparton Art Museum, runner up
Prize. The 2025 Milburn Art Prize for Landscape, Brisbane Institute of Art, finalist
Prize. The 2024 National Emerging Art Prize finalist
Prize. The 2024 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre and Campbelltown City Council, finalist
Prize. The 2024 Len Fox Painting Award, Castlemaine Art Museum, finalist
Prize. The 2024 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, finalist
Residency. Visual Art Residency Shark Island Kangaroo Valley. October 2024
Residency. Artist in residence, All That We Are, Tasmania www.allthatweare.org.au/ October & November 2023
Residency. Visual Art Residency Shark Island Kangaroo Valley. July 2023
Prize. The 2022 Hadleys Art Prize, finalist
Prize. The 2020 Woods Street Art Prize, Fringe Festival, Award Winner
Media
Art Collector Single Issue: April – June 2026, 2 page feature artcollector.net.au/gallery-event/kate-mckenzie-lewis-ember/
Forte Magazine, 2026 fortemagazine.com.au/sams-2026-urbach-prize-kate-lewis-takes-the-crown-local-artists-shine/
Art Collector, 2024 artcollector.net.au/gallery-event/kate-lewis-once-more-and-then-again/
Belle Magazine, 2024 November Issue, National Emerging Art Prize feature
Art Collector, 2023 artcollector.net.au/gallery-event/kate-lewis-uprooted-existence/
The Design Files, 2023 thedesignfiles.net/2023/08/art-affordable-landscape-painters
ArtsHub, 2022 www.artshub.com.au/news/education-student-news/2022-graduates-share-a-future-built-on-community-2597141/
The Design Files, 2022 thedesignfiles.net/2022/12/studio-visit-kate-lewis
Demure Mag, 2022, demuremag.com/art
Commercial
Wilkie Wines, resident artist, 2021 - ongoing, www.wilkiewines.com.au/
Education
Master of Contemporary Art, VCA (2022)
Graduate Certificate in Visual Art, VCA (2020)
Bachelor of Business Marketing, RMIT (2018)