Working from an interest in the documentary photography of transient artwork of the past the resulting constructed photographs recreate and re-site fleeting artworks and events. A particular focus is on the Xiamen Dada Group’s happenings from 1986. While in Beijing, on a residency, Woods researched how the beginnings of contemporary art evolved there and became fascinated by the group, who were an important part of the avant-garde 85' Wave Movement in China.
Kate Woods, born in Auckland in 1981, graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland in 2003. Kate has exhibited in artist run spaces, dealer and public galleries including XYZ Collective, Tokyo and City Gallery Wellington. In 2012 she was the recipient of an Asia: NZ foundation residency at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre.
