About.
Kate Saubestre is a French-American multimedia artist who was raised as a global nomad. Her constantly changing environment influenced her into an in-flux practice, as she continues to examine how the natural and built environment are represented throughout media and culture. Her professional background includes working in theater production, video and as a visual artist alongside musicians. Kate is interested in weaving abstraction and story telling through a multidisciplinary approach, spanning from experimental animation, textile paintings, and creating prop-like sculptures which allow the viewers to physically enter Kate's world. She is a recent graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara's MFA program in Art and is working to create through a more ecological mindset--questioning practices of production, permanence and expanding her material practice to work with post-consumer and naturally sourced materials.
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Selected Exhibitions
2023 - Chaotic Good: 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art, Architecture and Design Museum, Santa Barbara, California
2023 - GLAMFA: Accountability, Responsibility, and Sustainability, CSULB Student Galleries, Long Beach, California
2022 - Unsettling California, Glassbox Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
2021 - While You Were Sleeping (Solo Exhibition), Glassbox Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
2021 - Art is the Cure, Channing Peak Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
2021 - Into the Void, Glassbox Gallery (Remote), Santa Barbara, California
2017 - Beaches (Featured Artist) at Studio 121, Santa Barbara, California
2016 - End of Year Exhibition, Parsons Main Gallery, New York, New York
2015 - Parallels: A One Night Experience, Brooklyn, New York
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Education
MFA Art - University of California, Santa Barbara, 2023
BFA Illustration - Parsons School of Design, New York, 2016
Residencies
2023 - AADK Espacio Cruce, Blanca, Spain
2022 - Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
Grants/Awards
2023 Ron Newby Award, University of California, Santa Barbara
2023 Israel Levitan Award, University of California Santa Barbara
2023 HFA CREATIVITY CONTEST: MUSIC & VIDEO, 1st place, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Artist Talk/Events
2023 MFA 2023 Roundtable, University of California, Santa Barbara
2023 Organizer “Graduate Student Conference: Landscape and Garden in Art, Literature and Film”, Graduate Center for Literary Research, University of California, Santa Barbara
2022 “Finding My Own Way in Grad School", Spatial Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
2021 "Painting Praxis", Advanced Painting: University of California, Santa Barbara
2020 "It’s Kind of a Funny Story: Artist Talk", Visual Literacy: University of California, Santa Barbara
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Teaching Experience
Gallery Manager, Glassbox Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara - Spring 2023
7C: Spatial Studies, Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara - Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2023
7B: Image Studies, Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara - Fall 2022
7A: Art & Life, Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara - Spring 2022
Intro to Painting, Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara - Summer 2022, Fall 2022
1A: Visual Literacy, Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara - Fall 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022
Theater Production Experience
2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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Shrek: The Musical
Sense and Sensibility
Blithe Spirit
Measure for Measure
How to Succeed in Business Into the Beautiful North Significant Others
Harvey
Once Upon a Mattress
Death of a Salesman
The Legend of Georgia McBride The Last Lifeboat
School for Lies
The Games Afoot
Grease
Crimes of the Heart Communicating Doors
The Daffy Dame
Marriage of Figaro
Newsies
It’s a Wonderful Life
One Man Two Guvnors
​Technical Director
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Asst. Projection Des.
Charge Artist
Scenic Artist
Charge Artist
Charge Artist
Assistant Set Designer
ASM
Scenic Artist
Charge Artist
Charge Artist
Scenic Artist.
Charge Artist
Charge Artist
Charge Artist
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Asst. Projection Des.
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Dos Pueblos High School
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara City College
Ensemble Theater Company
Santa Barbara City College
University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara City College
Laguna Blanca
Ensemble Theater Company
Ensemble Theater Company
Santa Barbara City College
Ensemble Theater Company
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara City College University California, Santa Barbara
UCSB Opera
Dos Pueblos High School
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara City College
Related Production Experience
2021
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Paris 2017/8 Paris 2016 NYC 2016 NYC 2016 NYC 2016 NYC 2016 NYC 2015 NYC 2015 NYC 2014 NYC 2013 NYC 2013 NYC 2013 NYC 2013 NYC 2014 NYC 2013 NYC 2013
Director /Videographer
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Illustrator, Graphic Designer Graphic Designer
Director, videographer
Director, videographer
Director, videographer
Director, videographer
Director, Projection designer Director, Projection designer Animation Design Assistant Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Projection Designer/Co-director
Videographer
Projection Designer
“Attn & Data”
“Atoms & Yves”
AWG
ASIA NOW
“Starscream”
“Sometimes”
“Brooklyn”
“Daydreamin’”
“Dignity: Video EP”
“Air Light: Video EP”
“Not Now nor Then”
“City and Colour Buzzsession” “Oberhoffer Buzzsession” “Shout Out Louds Buzzsession” “Stars Buzzsession”
“His and Hers” Tour
“Punk Rock Heart”
4-night CMJ Showcases
FiveSe7en Music
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American Women’s Group
Paris Asian Art Fair 2nd edition FiveSe7en Music
FiveSe7en Music
The Brown Project
The Brown Project
Silence Breaks Records
Adesuwa Records
Children’s Museum of the Arts NY The Wild Honey Pie
The Wild Honey Pie
The Wild Honey Pie
The Wild Honey Pie
BKLYN 1834
Silence Breaks Records
Room 17 Studios