Kate Downie
Kate Downie (an Haife shi a shekara ta 1958)yar asalin ƙasar Scotland ce,haifaffiyar ƙasar Amurka wacce ke aiki a zane,bugawa da zane. An san ta da zanen shimfidar wuri,kuma manyan gidajen jama'a na Glasgow suna gudanar da ayyukanta.
An haifi Downie a Arewacin Carolina a cikin 1958,ga mahaifin Scotland da mahaifiyar Ingila. Ta zo Scotland tare da danginta lokacin tana shekara bakwai.[1]Ta yi karatun fasaha a Aberdeen,kuma ta yi aiki a ƙasashe da yawa bayan haka,ciki har da Amurka da Holland,amma tana cikin Edinburgh kuma ta shahara da ayyukanta da ke nuna yanayin ƙasar Scotland.[2] Downie yana aiki a cikin kewayon kafofin watsa labaru,gami da mai da zanen acrylic, zanen tawada, haɗin gwiwa,da lithography [3]
Daga 2004 zuwa 2006,Downie ya kasance shugaban ƙungiyar masu fasaha na Scotland.A cikin 2005 an zaɓi ta don Kyautar Zana Jerwood.A cikin ƙarshen 2000s,ta ƙirƙiri Diaries Coast Road Diaries,tana yin rikodin tafiyar shekaru biyu a kusa da Scotland;ayyukan sun kafa baje kolin balaguro wanda ya samu karbuwa sosai.
Memba a Kwalejin Royal Scottish Academy,a cikin 2010 ta tafi kasar Sin don nazarin zanen tawada, ta dawo a 2011 da kuma a 2013.An baje kolin ayyukan da aka samu daga waɗannan wuraren zama a Royal Scottish Academy da kuma Kelly Gallery na Cibiyar Royal Glasgow. A cikin 2014,an ba da izini ga Downie a matsayin mai zane-zane a Gadar Forth Road,don ƙirƙirar nuni da aiki don tunawa da ranar cika shekaru hamsin da gina gada. Ta bayyana rawar da ta taka a matsayin"tattaunawa mai zurfi"tare da tsarin,don tattara bayanai da ra'ayoyin don sanar da aikinta.Har ila yau, ta haura zuwa saman ginin,kuma ta shafe watanni biyu tana aiki a wani ɗakin studio wanda aka inganta kai tsaye a ƙarƙashin gada.[1]