Agatha Gothe-Snape facts for kids

Agatha Gothe-Snape (born in 1980) is an Australian artist. She lives and works in Sydney, Australia. Agatha creates many different kinds of art. These include digital slide shows, live performances, and drawings. More recently, she has also made sound installations with other artists. Many of Agatha Gothe-Snape's artworks are kept in public art galleries. These include the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the National Gallery of Victoria. Her partner is Australian artist Mitch Cairns. He won a famous art prize, the Archibald Prize, in 2017 for a painting of her.

Her Art Journey

Agatha Gothe-Snape had her first art show in 2006. Since then, her art has been part of many important exhibitions. These shows have been held all over the world. For example, her work was shown at the 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art in 2014. It was also seen at Melbourne Now at the National Gallery of Victoria in 2013.

She has also had her own special exhibitions and performances. One was called Agatha Gothe-Snape –Trying to find comfort in an uncomfortable chair in 2019. Another was Oh Window at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo in 2017.

In 2016, Agatha won a special award for the Biennale of Sydney. She created an artwork called Here, an Echo. This piece used large text printed on roads and walls. She used the same materials that are used for road markings. You can find this artwork in Wemyss Lane in Surry Hills, Sydney. In 2020, a big exhibition showed many of her key artworks from 2008 until then. This show was at the Monash University Museum of Art.

Agatha Gothe-Snape also works with artist Brian Fuata. They have a long-running performance project together called Wrong Solo.