Kirsty Wither

KIRSTY WITHER

 I think of a painting in terms of colour first, then texture, then the subject matter becomes more defined. It's important for me that if someone is looking at a painting all day, it is an uplifting experience — that doesn't mean the paintings are easy or simplistic, rather that they are built up in strong layers that have a lot of oomph and joy about them!

“A laden brush and palette knife give body to her pictures. Consequently, the colour in a painting is rich, but it is much more than decorative. On the contrary, her pictures have a very satisfactory kind of poetic solidity.”

— Duncan Macmillan, The Scotsman 2022

 CV

EDUCATION

• 1986–1990 Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen BA (Hons) Fine Art (painting)

NOTES

• 2017 Invited Artist, Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
• 2016 Invited Artist, Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
• 2011 Entry in The Dictionary of Scottish Painters: 1600 to the Present by Paul Harris and Julian Halsby
• 2008 Singer & Friedlander Competition — Invited artist, The Mall Galleries, London
• 2004 Elected Artist Member of the Chelsea Arts Club

SOLO EXHIBITIONS FROM 1995

• 2025 Gloucester Room, London
• 2024 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2023 Cameron Contemporary Art, Brighton & Hove
• 2022 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2020 Duncan Miller Fine Art, London
• 2020 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2019 Duncan Miller Fine Art, London 
• 2018 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2017 Capital Club, Dubai
• 2017 Portland Gallery, London
• 2016 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2015 Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow
• 2015 Portland Gallery, London
• 2014 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2013 Portland Gallery, London
• 2012 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2011 Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow
• 2010 Portland Gallery, London
• 2010 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2009 Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow
• 2008 Portland Gallery, London
• 2008 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2007 Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow
• 2006 Portland Gallery, London
• 2006 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2005 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
• 2004 Portland Gallery, London
• 2004 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2003 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
• 2002 Portland Gallery London
• 2002 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2001 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
• 2001 The Richmond Hill Gallery, London
• 2000 The Richmond Hill Gallery, London
• 2000 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• 1999 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
• 1999 The Richmond Hill Gallery, London
• 1998 The Clachanmore Gallery, Stranraer
• 1998 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
• 1997 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
• 1995 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow

COLLECTIONS

• Kings House, Brighton and Hove
• Eastwood District Council, Glasgow
• Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
• Gleacher & Co, London
• Misys plc, London
• Private collections worldwide

WORK IN REPRODUCTION

• KW Studio: 7 signed giclee editions 2018 View editions here
• Aquarelle Publishing: 8 signed giclee editions
• Hibel, Japan: 14 small-edition giclee prints
• The Art Group: 16 greetings cards and 8 posters
• The Art Group: 6 limited edition giclee prints
• Woodmansterne: Mothers Day card for US market
• Woodmansterne: 2 greetings cards
• IKEA: 2 packs of 5 postcards
• Buckingham Fine Art: 14 Signed Giclee editions

SELECTED PRESS

• 2024 Front Cover full image, Watershed Magazine, Ontario, Canada
• 2018 Sussex Life Magazine: Artist Feature
• 2018 House Beautiful Magazine, 8 page artist feature including home and studio
• 2017 House and Garden Magazine, painting featured
• 2017 Artists and Illustrators, Fresh Paint feature
• 2014 The Artist Magazine. Feature
• 2014 House and Garden Diary News page
• 2014 Huffington Post Art Fair recommendations
• 2014 Harpers Bazaar online, celebrating female artists
• 2014 Psychologies magazine online, Art for All
• 2014 Cazenove Wealth management magazine. Investment feature
• 2013 The Spectator, arts feature by William Cook
• 2013 Homes and Interiors Scotland, Scottish Colourist Tradition feature
• 2012 Velocity, Cityjet’s in flight magazine, feature
• 2011 Artists and Illustrators magazine, artist feature
• 2010 The Herald, Arts feature
• 2008 Scotland on Sunday, At Home magazine, feature
• 2005 Leisure Painter, feature
• 2005 Executive Lifestyle
• 2004 The Artist Magazine, Artist feature

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• Panter and Hall Gallery, London
• Gormley’s, Belfast and Dublin 
• Stafford Gallery, Wimbledon
• Cricket Fine Art, London
• Cameron Contemporary Art, Hove 
• Duncan Miller Fine Art, London
• Ballater Gallery, Aberdeenshire
• British Art Portfolio, Northamptonshire
• Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow
• Cameron Contemporary Art, Hove 
• Duncan Miller Fine Art, London
• Galleriet Hornbaek, Hornbaek, Denmark
• Royal Glasgow Institute
• Portland Gallery, London
• Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• Strathearn Gallery, Crieff
• Albany Gallery, Cardiff
• Art Fairs, Annually: AAF New York, AAF Battersea, AAF Bristol, AAF Hampstead, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Chelsea
• Thompson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh
• The Richmond Hill Gallery, London
• Art London
• Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen
• Glasgow Print Studio
• Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
• Frames Gallery, Perth
• The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
• Glasgow Society of Women Artists
• Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
• Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
• Riverside Gallery, Stonehaven
• Catto Gallery, London
• Heinzel Gallery, Aberdeen
• McCauley Gallery, Edinburgh
• McLaurin Galleries, Ayr
• De Putron Art Consultants, London
• MacLean Fine Art, London
• Art for Life, Christies, London
• Heartbeat, Edinburgh
• The Strathearn Gallery, Crieff
• Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
• The Jerdan Gallery, Crail
• Red Rag Gallery, Bath
• Edgar Modern Gallery, Bath

CHARITY EXHIBITIONS

• 2024 Art on a Postcard, International Women’s Day auction, London 
• 2021 Maggies Art Extravaganza, Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh
• 2019 True Colours Art Auction, Edinburgh
• 2018 Maggies Centre, Aberdeen 
• 2013 postcards for sick kids Edinburgh
• 2004-2014 Macmillan Cancer Relief Exhibition, Glasgow
• 2006 Amnesty International and Gay Pride auction, Brighton
• 2006 Hatwalk charity Event/Auction, Mansfield Traquair, Edinburgh
• 2005 Walk for Life, breast cancer charity auction