Katherine Lubar

Born: 1969

Hometown: Dallas

Based in: London

Originally from Dallas, Texas, and based in London, Katherine Lubar obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma from City & Guilds, London. She has exhibited at The Museum of Geometric and MADI Art in the US and in London at the Royal Academy, Vegas Gallery, Griffin Gallery, Arthouse1 and the Angus-Hughes Gallery. She was a finalist for the Evening Standard Contemporary Painting Prize in 2017 and in 2018 was shortlisted for the Wells Art Contemporary. In 2020 she received a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.
Lubar’s work is influenced by both living in England and growing up in The United States. The strong light that is present in her paintings and the man-made structures it falls upon is a direct response to growing up in Dallas, with its almost blinding light, exaggerated by the modern buildings and their corresponding shadows with their straight lines and flat expansive structures. Other important aspects of her work include the interplay between negative and positive space, a concurrence of flatness and depth, as well as investigations into the relationships between colours.

Artwork

Green Error Complex 4

Katherine Lubar, United States of America

Painting

US$ 585

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Key West

Katherine Lubar, United States of America

Painting

US$ 650

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Green Error Complex 3

Katherine Lubar, United States of America

Painting

US$ 585

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Steps

Katherine Lubar, United States of America

Painting

US$ 1,500

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Late Afternoon

Katherine Lubar, United States of America

Painting

US$ 1,900

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Bright Day

Katherine Lubar, United States of America

Limited Edition Prints

US$ 350

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From the Ground up (Red/Acqua)

Katherine Lubar, United States of America

Painting

US$ 540

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Green Error Complex 5

Katherine Lubar, United States of America

Painting

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Katherine Lubar In The Studio

More About Katherine Lubar

Question Icon What inspires you?

Light and Shadow - this is my main passion

Question Icon Describe your creative process.

I first take a photo or do a drawing of a light pattern or shadow that I see. I then work out the composition, using pencil. Once that's done I spent weeks on small colour sketches, deciding on the colour. Once I'm happy, I then start the painting. Some paintings take me 6 months, some a year, as I like to build up many paint layers, which takes a long time.

Question Icon What are 3 words that best describe your work?

geometric, colourful, semi-abstract

Question Icon Who are some artists that have influenced your work?

Edward Hopper, Vermeer, Patrick Caulfield, Michael Craig-Martin

Question Icon What is the most important tool when creating your work?

A tiny razor attached to a pencil stub which is very useful for removing tiny bumps in the paint

Question Icon What is the best piece of advice you have been given?

Red dots do not equate to quality of work. My art teacher said this to me once, and it is invaluable, as many people equate sales with quality of work, but it often isn't the case. Some artists' work is 'discovered' much later (often too late for them to know!)

Question Icon Where do you go for inspiration?

I see light patterns and shadows I like on the street, in magazines and on TV.

Collections Featuring Katherine Lubar

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70 Artists, 72 Products

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19 Artists, 23 Products

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Credentials

Education

City & Guilds of London Art School

United Kingdom, 2000

Meadows School of Fine Arts at SMU

United States of America, 1993

Awards

Pollock-Krasner Grant

2020

Evening Standard Contemporary Art Prize – finalist

2017

Exhibitions

Beep Painting Biennale, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales

United Kingdom, 2022

Hastings Open, Hastings Museum

United Kingdom, 2020

A Solar Umbrella, Gallery 46

United Kingdom, 2019

Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral

United Kingdom, 2019

Inside the Shadow, Arthouse1

United Kingdom, 2017

SHOP; Visions of Abstraction, Gallery Elena Shchukina

United Kingdom, 2016

Griffin Gallery Open, Griffin Gallery

United Kingdom, 2015

Pop Living, Schwartz Gallery

United Kingdom, 2015

hundreds and thousands, Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes

United Kingdom, 2015

Polarities, RRGallery, St Peter’s Church

United Kingdom, 2014

Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries

United Kingdom, 2014

Vivid Identities: Works by Wayne Mok and Katherine Lubar’ Victory Gallery

United States of America, 2012

Smörgåsbord, GX Gallery

United Kingdom, 2010

TravellingLight, Venice Biennale

Italy, 2009

Wood, Canvas, Steel (?), tactileBOSCH

United Kingdom, 2009

London Art Fair

United Kingdom, 2008

Dorian Gray, Vegas Gallery

United Kingdom, 2007

Progression, Ferreira Projects

United Kingdom, 2007

Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy

United Kingdom, 2006

Celebration of Geometric Art’, MADI Museum & Gallery

United States of America, 2005

Celebration of Geometric Art, Salon Borbonico de San Nicola la Strada, Naples

Italy, 2004

American MADI Artists' MADI Museum & Gallery

United States of America, 2004

‘Order and Chaos’ Institute of Physics

United Kingdom, 2003