Kate Craig
| Kate Craig | |
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| Born |
September 15, 1947 Victoria, British Columbia |
| Died | July 23, 2002 (aged 54) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Dalhousie University, (1963-1966) |
| Known for | Performance art, video art, mail art |
Kate Craig (September 15, 1947 – July 23, 2002) was a pioneering Canadian video and performance artist. She was a founding member of the artist-run centre the Western Front, where she supported the video and performance works of many artists while producing her own body of work. She is known for her performances as 'Lady Brute' and for her video works.
Catherine Shand Craig was born on September 15, 1947, in Victoria, British Columbia. She was the third child of Sidney Osborne Craig (née Scott) and Charles Edward Craig. Her parents divorced in 1956. In 1960, her mother married Douglas Shadbolt, an architect and brother of the painter Jack Shadbolt. The family moved to Montreal and then to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where Kate attended Dalhousie University (1961). Craig met artist Eric Metcalfe in Victoria and they married in 1969. Craig and Metcalfe moved to Vancouver where, along with friends and fellow artists, Michael Morris, Vincent Trasov and Glenn Lewis, they bought the space that became the Western Front in the Mount Pleasant area of Vancouver. Craig and Metcalfe separated in 1973 but continued to work together on collaborative projects. That year, Craig met artist Hank Bull. As a couple they worked on projects with Metcalfe, Glenn Lewis, Patrick Ready, Margaret Dragu and many others. Craig established and curated the Western Front’s Artist-in Residence video program from 1977 to 1993. In 1980/81 Craig and Bull traveled through Indonesia, India, Africa and Europe performing Around The World in Over 365 Days. Craig married Hank Bull in 1990. After retiring from her position as curator of Media Arts at Western Front in 1993, she spent the late 1990s preparing for a major retrospective of her work at the Vancouver Art Gallery, entitled Skin. Kate's “ idea of performance was always informed by community and based on thinking life is an art project” even at end of her life. She died of cancer in 2002.
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