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Kate McLeod is a full-time abstract painter working from her home-studio in Ilam, Ōtautahi, New Zealand.

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Riding the Waves

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Acrylic, mica and art resin on timber board. 330mm diameter.

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This series was created for the 2026 NZ Art Show.

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Lead with Love

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Acrylic, mica and art resin on timber board. 330mm diameter.

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This series was created for the 2026 NZ Art Show.

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Art Heals

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Acrylic, mica and art resin on timber board. 330mm diameter.

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This Too Shall Pass

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Acrylic, mica and art resin on timber board. 330mm diameter.

To purchase email hello@katemcleod.art and quote Takatāpuhi Proud (KRM26PT129R).

This series was created for the 2026 NZ Art Show.

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Takatāpuhi Proud

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Acrylic, mica and art resin on timber board. 330mm diameter.

To purchase email hello@katemcleod.art and quote Takatāpuhi Proud (KRM26PT129Q).

This series was created for the 2026 NZ Art Show.

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Risk It All

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Acrylic, mica and art resin on timber board. 330mm diameter.

To purchase email hello@katemcleod.art and quote Hope is Protest (KRM26PT129N).

This series was created for the 2026 NZ Art Show.

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Peace is Possible

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Acrylic, mica and art resin on timber board. 330mm diameter.

To purchase email hello@katemcleod.art and quote Hope is Protest (KRM26PT129L).

This series was created for the 2026 NZ Art Show.

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Not My King

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Acrylic, mica and art resin on timber board. 330mm diameter.

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This series was created for the 2026 NZ Art Show.

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What's the World With No Soul

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Acrylic, mica and art resin on timber board. 330mm diameter.

To purchase email hello@katemcleod.art and quote What’s the World With No Soul (KRM26PT129G).

This series was created for the 2026 NZ Art Show.

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Hope is Protest

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Acrylic, mica and art resin on timber board. 330mm diameter.

To purchase email hello@katemcleod.art and quote Hope is Protest (KRM26PT129E).

This series was created for the 2026 NZ Art Show.

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Fuck. Paint. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.

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Acrylic, mica and art resin on timber board. 330mm diameter.

To purchase email hello@katemcleod.art and quote Fuck. Paint. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. (KRM26PT129J).

This series was created for the 2026 NZ Art Show.

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Fail Fast

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Acrylic, mica and art resin on timber board. 330mm diameter.

To purchase email hello@katemcleod.art and quote Fail Fast (KRM26PT129H).

This series was created for the 2026 NZ Art Show..

Kate McLeod is a full-time mixed media artist based in Ilam, Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand.

McLeod has exhibited widely throughout Aotearoa and her work is in collections in NZ, USA, China and the UK.

In December 2023 McLeod was the New Zealand representative at the Liangzhu Forum, a global art symposium involving artists from over 80 countries. She was a keynote speaker at the event and her painting is now part of the permanent gallery collection in Liangzhou, China. In 2022 she was awarded the Winsor and Newton Prize for creative use of materials at the Auckland Art Show.

Following her graduation in 2005 from Canterbury University (BA, Art History and Sociology), McLeod’s life twisted and turned, with jobs as a TV set designer, art teacher, advertising account manager, creative software executive and restoration project manager giving her licence to explore a wide range of creative disciplines.

Along the way, Melbourne, Auckland, Ankara, London, San Francisco and Sydney have all been called home. In 2015 McLeod came full circle, putting down roots in her home town of Ōtautahi. She then set about creating a purpose built studio and environment to support her career as a full-time artist.

She now lives her dream of creating rich, layered, gestural, abstract paintings with the goal of evoking an emotional response. Grounded by her deep fascination with colour theory, each work is original and captures a fleeting moment.

McLeod paints in a wide range of archival materials, including oil, acrylic, resin, pigments, metal leaf and hand-crafts all her frames. Free delivery available in Canterbury and worldwide delivery can be arranged.

Kate McLeod is a full-time abstract painter working from her home-studio in Ilam, Ōtautahi, New Zealand.

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Kate McLeod is a full-time mixed media artist based in Ilam, Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand.

McLeod has exhibited widely throughout Aotearoa and her work is in collections in NZ, USA, China and the UK.

Along the way, Melbourne, Auckland, Ankara, London, San Francisco and Sydney have all been called home. In 2015 McLeod came full circle, putting down roots in her home town of Ōtautahi. She then set about creating a purpose built studio and environment to support her career as a full-time artist.

She now lives her dream of creating rich, layered, gestural, abstract paintings with the goal of evoking an emotional response. Grounded by her deep fascination with colour theory, each work is original and captures a fleeting moment.

McLeod paints in a wide range of archival materials, including oil, acrylic, resin, pigments, metal leaf and hand-crafts all her frames. Free delivery available in Canterbury and worldwide delivery can be arranged.

Studio visits welcomed by appointment.

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