Kate McMillan is a highly regarded Perth-based artist who works in photography, video and multimedia installation. She is interested in the interplay between history, trauma and landscape, and more specifically the psychology of islands and colonialism. In 2010 McMillan's work, Islands of Incarceration, was featured in the Biennale of Sydney and in mid-2011 she undertook an Artsource residency in Basel, Switzerland. Previous solo exhibitions include Lost, John Curtin Gallery, Perth, 2008 and Broken Ground, Margaret Moore Contemporary Art, Peth 2006. McMillan has also participated in group exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne and Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. She is a Phd candidate at Curtin University, funded by an Australian Postgraduate Award, and currently holds an academic post with Open University, Australia. In 2012 McMillan will present a major solo exhibition at Venn Gallery, Perth.
www.katemcmillan.net
