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!”

Kirsty Wither 2025

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 Gallery, Marlebone, 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

  • 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

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