Artist Statement
Kate Tume (b. 1980) works in textiles using hand techniques. Her work spans sculpture, performance and the magical object.
Exploring the question ‘what is sacred’, Tume’s work is ultimately memorial in nature – love made tangible and monumental. Bringing her identity as a widow to the centre as a continuous act of mourning made visible.
Her latest series of large needlepoint portals investigates the notion of a shroud and the transformation created by significant moments, and continues the project started with Death Masks (2022-25) in creating the regalia of grief and loss.
Selected CV
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2026 - For The Love of Textiles, group show, Sunnybank Mills, Leeds
2026 - Judges Choice winner (Isabel Seligman), Inspiration From Dreams Competition, College of Psychic Studies (Sensitivity)
2024 - 1st place winner, Mr X Stitch Contemporary Needlework, 3D Textiles category
2024, 22, 21, 20 – Finalist Mentor, Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery
2023 – 2nd Prize winner, Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery & exhibition OMNI gallery, London and Harrogate Knitting & Stitching exhibition
2023 – The Art of Women, group show Brush Gallery, Brighton
2021– Moon, group show, Brush Gallery, Brighton
2021– Hand & Lock Embroidered Arts Exhibition, OXO Bargehouse, London
2020 – Pura Vida, group show, Brush Gallery, Brighton
2020 – Beyond Ruin, Remembrance Day For Lost Species Exhibition, artist and co-curator, ONCA Gallery, Brighton
2020 – Third Kind Records, Bary Center ‘Guide Me Through The Hills Of Your Home’ album artwork
2020 – Shortlisted for David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of The Year – third place winner People’s Choice Award
2020, 22 – Artist in Residence, Mauser Foundation, Costa Rica
2019 – Elephant, Group Show, Brush Gallery, Brighton
2019 – International Contemporary Stitched Art Exhibition, Society For Embroidered Work, Clerkenwell Gallery, London (juried)
2019 – #BeJane Exhibition and Auction for Jane Goodall Institute, Vienna (juried)
2018 – Natural Fibres, solo show, Brush Gallery, Brighton
2018 – Brighton Gin Art Prize, 2nd place winner, Brush Gallery, Brighton
2017– Extinct Icons and Ritual Burials – part of Remembrance Day for Lost Species, ONCA, Brighton
2017 – Third Kind Records, Embla Quickbeam/Graham Dunning ‘Inside Memory’s Head’ album artwork
2017, 18, 19 – Artistic collaboration with Ellie Mac Embroidery, Limited Edition patch series
2017 – Stitch-Up, Brush Gallery, Brighton
2016 – Botanica, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis
2015 – Miniature Art Extravaganza, Ghost Gallery, Seattle
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2024 – Interview, NeedlXchange Podcast
2023 – Embroidery Magazine, ‘Of Life & Death’, feature, Jan/Feb issue
2021, 22 – TextileArtist.org, interview feature
2021 – Panelist, Beyond Ruin: Meet the Artists, ONCA, as part of RDLS 2020
2020 – The Art Of Mourning In The Anthropocene, part of ‘Mapping the Anthropocene in Ōtepoti/Dunedin’ symposium, featured artist.
2020 – Interview, Stichery Stories podcast
2020 – Interview, FiberTalk podcast
2020 – Stitch Magazine, Interview feature, October/November issue
2019 – Pikchur Magazine, featured artist (US)
2018 – Dark Mountain Anthology, featured artist
2018 – Interview, Narratives of Artistic Identity, Sol Howard
2017 – Embroidery Magazine, News feature, Nov/Dec issue
2017 – Unveiling the Cheetah, Booth Museum of Natural History, in association with ONCA, Brighton
2017 – Memory Beyond the Human, Time Studies Cluster, University of Sussex
2013 – Central Library Arts Division (website), Review, July