Kay was born in Israel, studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria,[citation needed] lived for ten years in New York, and since 1990 has been living in Australia.
Munich, Frankfurt, Vienna, Amsterdam, New York, Chicago, San-Francisco, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Beijing and Tianjin, and her artworks are on permanent display in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[citation needed], National Gallery of Victoria[citation needed], Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre,[2] Tamworth Regional Gallery,[3] Maitland Regional Art Gallery,[4] Orange Regional Art Gallery, and the Jewish Museum of Australia in Melbourne[citation needed].
[5] It was launched at the University of Sydney by Phillip Adams in August 2007.
[citation needed] The earlier visits to China led to a decision to undertake a PhD project in visual arts and philosophy at the University of Sydney.
The art component of the project, "Shifting Horizons", is a product of numerous research field trips in China, was part of a touring exhibition in Australia and China.