Kate V M Sylvester

Kate Veronica Mary Sylvester. Born in Perth 1980, Melbourne based visual artist. BA Fine Art (Painting) VCA 2014. Painter, Maker, Dancer.

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Thanks to @eugenehyland for coming into document show on a tropical rainy Melbourne day. Big enormous sincere gratitude to @ecmichaelis & the team @tinningstreet for all their support during my show. #katevmsylvester #melbourneartist #textileart #fashionart #vamff2017 #contemporaryart #fabricart (at Tinning Street)

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Grey Oyster through Soft Pink Pocket. WEAR ME by Kate VM Sylvester @tinningstreet Artist in the gallery until 2pm. Open until 5pm. #katevmsylvester #vamff2017 #fashionart #melbourneartist #installationart #contemporarytextileart #fabricart #contemporaryart #melbourneart (at Tinning Street)

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Wear Me @tinningstreet by Kate V M Sylvester. At the gallery today until 5pm. I shall be sitting tomorrow as well 11-2pm. Come along to say hello & see my show. #vamff2017 #katevmsylvester #fashionart #melbourneartist #installationart #contemporarytextileart #brunswickart #melbourneartgallery (at Tinning Street)

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bottom of Soft Pink Pocket, Wear Me by Kate V M Sylvester @tinningstreet with the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival, 2017 FINAL WEEK Open Thurs - Sun 11-5pm #vamff #katevmsylvester #fashionart #fashionartist #artshow #brunswickart #textileart #dethreadedtshirt #tshirtart #contemporarytextileart #installationart #melbourneartist

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Wear Me by Kate V M Sylvester @ Tinning Street Presents, open today till 5pm. #melbourneart #vamff17 #melbournefashion #katevmsylvester #fashionart #tinningstreet #emergingartist #textileart #contemporaryart (at Tinning Street)

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Wear Me by Kate VM Sylvester www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design Open Thurs - Sun 11-5pm @tinningstreet #melbournefashion #fashionartist #katevmsylvester #vamff2017 #melbourneartist #artshow

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Wear Me by Kate V M Sylvester @ Tinning St Presents, Brunswick.Part of Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival 2017 Open until March 19th Thurs - Sun 11-5pm #vamff #artgalleriesmelbourne #emergingartist #fashionart

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From my opening last night Wear Me by Kate V M Sylvester @tinningstreet photo thanks to @mswendybusch. #vamff2017 #melbournefashionart #fashionart #melbournefestival #artshow #emergingartist #katevmsylvester #fabricart #textileart

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Wear Me by Kate V M Sylvester @tinningstreet #vamff2017. Thanks to my darling friends for their support & the awesome team at Tinning Street Presents. Open until the 19th of March Thurs - Sun 11-5pm #artgallerymelbourne #melbourneartist #katevmsylvester #fashionart #fashionartist #textileart #melbournefashion #melbourneart #brunswick #artshow

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Wear Me by Kate V M Sylvester @tinningstreet Open until the 19th of March. #melbourneartist #katevmsylvester #fashionart #contemporarytextileart #artgallerymelbourne #artshow #vamff

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Opening night this Thursday night 6-9pm @tinningstreet Free Event all are welcome. Part of the 2017 Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival #vamff2017 #katevmsylvester #fashionart #fashionartist #melbourneartist #melbournetodo #tinningstreetpresents #melbourneart (at Tinning Street)

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WEAR ME

Kate V M Sylvester’s contemporary textile work was included in the 2016 VAMFF Arts Program, as a part of Fabrik; conceptual, minimalist and performative approaches to textiles. This year, her solo exhibition, ‘Wear Me’, held at Tinning Street Presents, offers a new collection of de-threaded garments, suspended as a reverse runway.

Using recycled t-shirts as a ready-made art object, Sylvester creates a new textile by maticulllosy un-ravelling the web of bonds between warp and wheft within the weave of the tee, to reveal the mass of fabric used in each garment. This new textile is maliable and transferable to various forms of contemporary art practise.

For this exhibition, Sylvester has selected tees from two friends; Pete Rowett & artist, Lily Vonk. Their individual style and online personas epitomise the fetishastion of fashion of identity. ‘Wear Me’, celebrates the power of the clothes we choose to wear, their ability to embody our fetishised persona, helping to transform our demeanour, our acceptance of ourselves and how we present our identity to the world.

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Preparing & pinning Lily's pink tee on pink Satin. WEAR ME by Kate V M Sylvester Tinning Street Presents @tinningstreet 02/03 6-9pm. Part of the 2017 Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival @vamff. #katevmsylvester #melbournetextiles #melbournefashion #fashionart #textileart #vamff2017 #recyclefashion

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Kate V M Sylvester, 'Hoodie cuff on pinstripe', work in progress. De-threaded hoodie cuff couched onto vintage scrap fabric. #katevmsylvester #melbournefashion #melbourneartist #fashionart #recycledclothing #contemporarytextileart #contemporaryfashionart #textileart

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At Kate's Place. THIS WEEKEND!!! Sat 10th & Sun 11th. 70 Porter Rd Heidelberg Heights. 11am 5pm. #katevmsylvester #melbourneartist #melbourneartshow #melbourneart #artsale #openstudio #supportaustralianartists #painting #textileart #sculpture #emergingartist

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Crafternoons@Boyd with thanks to the lovely Clementine Barnes. #emergingartist #textileart #fabricart #katevmsylvester #melbournetextiles #craft #melbourneart

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Kate V M Sylvester, pen drawing, 2016. #katevmsylvester #melbourneartist #artist #drawing #newpathways #melbourneart #australianart #emergingartist