Studying the tension between personal and mythical realms, Kate Clark creates sculpture that synthesizes the human face into the body of wild animals. Initially, these forms can be shocking and repelling as viewers both recognize and reject their presence. Kate sculpts a tamed face, our face, a mirror reflecting safety and cultivation. Emotion is caught in the eyes, in the mouth, in the tilt of the head. The human face combined with animal body projects unease, a response to what we understand to be primitive, unrestrained, and even dangerous. A single life, with its private and unique history, gazes back at us.
Kate had her first solo exhibit at Claire Oliver Gallery in New York in 2008. Since then Kate has been included in museum exhibitions at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, The Islip Art Museum, and The Bellevue Arts Museum. Kate had her first solo museum show in 2010 at the Mobile Museum of Art.
