Kirsty Wither is one of the country's most collected women painters. Her rich, vibrant work is immediately recognisable and she has built up a loyal following around the world for her work.

"My paintings are as much about the actual paint on the surface as about the subject matter. Working with oil paint, I build up layers of colour and texture to create an image that will hopefully have some resonance with the viewer. Being in the studio is a mysterious place where the paint takes over from any set ideas I start with and often unexpectedly leads me to a finished work."

EDUCATION

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

PRIZES AND AWARDS

• 2011 Entry in The Dictionary of Scottish Painters: 1600 to the Present by Paul Harris and Julian Halsby

• 2004 Elected Artist Member of the Chelsea Arts Club
  

PAST SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2020 Duncan MillerFine 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
  

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• Winter Show, Cameron Contemporary Art

• All Square at Cameron Contemporary Art

• The Colour of Summer at Cameron Contemporary Art

• Festival at Cameron Contemporary Art

• Invited Artist, Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

• Royal Glasgow Institute

• Singer & Friedlander Competition — Invited artist, The Mall Galleries, London

• Albany Gallery, Cardiff

• Art Fairs, New York, Annually: Battersea, Bristol, Hampstead, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Chelsea

• Cameron Contemporary Art

• Thompson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh

• The Richmond Hill Gallery, London

• Art 2002

• Portland Gallery, various group shows, London

• Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen

• Glasgow Print Studio

• Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

• 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, Air Gallery, Dover Street, London

• MacLean Fine Art, Arndean Gallery, Cork Street, 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 Auctions/Exhibitions

• 2013 postcards for sick kids Edinburgh

• 2004/05/06/09/10/11/12 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
  

COLLECTIONS

• Eastwood District Council, Glasgow

• Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh

• Gleacher & Co, London

• Misys plc, London

• Private collections worldwide
  

WORK IN REPRODUCTION

• Aquarelle Publishing: 8 giclee prints

• 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: 2 greetings cards

• IKEA: 2 packs of 5 postcards

• Buckingham Fine Art: 14 Signed Giclee editions

PRESS

• 2018 Sussex Life Magazine: Artist Feature

• 2018 House Beautiful Magazine, 8 page artist feature including home and studio

• 2017 House and Garden, 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