Biography and CV
KATTY MCMURRAY
‘Katty’s landscapes and seascapes are deceptively simple and serenely evocative’ – ‘Cool blue-greys and earthy shades infuse her work, even close to home she gives a fresh perspective’ – ‘The Latest’, Brighton
Katty McMurray was born in London in 1970. After graduating from the Chelsea School of Art in 1991 she moved to Brighton where she paints from her seafront studio. Over the last decade she has exhibited widely throughout the UK and her paintings have acquired a huge following.
Always a passionate traveller she draws inspiration from her travels – places such as Morocco, Spain, India, Italy and many parts of England and Scotland have been her subjects.
Katty’s work stems from her love of drawing. While away on location, she spends her time sketching; quickly and often using a single line, she records her immediate impressions of a place. On returning to her studio, these drawings are used as a base for her larger paintings in oil on canvas, keeping the strong lines and using colours to recreate the atmosphere of the particular place.
Over the last few years Katty has had a series of successful solo and mixed shows, and continues to exhibit with galleries in London and around the UK, such as the Ingo Fincke Gallery, Lena Boyle Fine Art, Cambridge Contemporary Art and The Fairfax Galleries. Her recent show at the Fairfax Gallery in London was her 11th major solo show.
Kattys work has been published as limited edition prints by Artizan Editions and CCA Galleries and in 1999 she was selected to be the Brighton Festival Poster artist. She has been commissioned for a painting on the Cunard Cruise Liner the ‘Queen Victoria’, and recently a series of 10 paintings for ‘Harbour Way’ apartments by Taylor Woodrow for Bryant Homes. Last year she was commissioned by ‘The Hoxton Hotel’. The Hoxton Hotel is Sinclair Beecham’s (co-founder of Pret A Manger) new hotel in London. Katty was asked to draw a series of London Landmarks to be reproduced over 200 times on a scale of 3 metres each. The Hoxton opened in Septmber 2006. She has also had cards and posters published by the Art Group and the Cannes Down Press, and great Ormond street Hospital, London, have just bought a collection of her paintings. Katty has recently had her first child, a boy called Ingo Jim.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS The Curwen Gallery ( upstairs) forthcomming -Sep 08 The Fairfax Gallery, London – September 2006 Cambridge Contemporary Art - April 2005 The Fairfax Gallery - September 2004 CCA Galleries, London - 2000, 2001 SELECTED MIXED EXHIBITIONS Two Person show - Flying Colours Gallery, London - Lena Boyle Fine Art 2004 Art London - Lena Boyle Fine Art - 2004, 2005, 2006, forthcomming 2008 20/21st Century Show - Commonwealth Institute - 2003 The London Art Fair, Islington – 2005, 2006 , 2007, 2008 Art on Paper, Royal College of Art - 2004, 2005, 2006,2007,2008 Ingo Fincke and Son, London – 1994 - 2008 Glyndebourne Opera House – 2005, 2006 The Air gallery - 1998, 2003 Glasgow Art Fair - 2002, 2003,2005,2006 Artizan Editions, Curwen Gallery, London – 2003/05/07 The Fairfax Gallery – 2002 - 2008 Lena Boyle Fine Art – 1999 - 2008 Espace Auteuil, Paris - 2002 Two Kats and a Cow, Brighton – 2001 - 2008 Cambridge Contemporary Art – 1999 - 2008 CCA Galleries, London - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Hartworks, Dartmouth – 2002, 2003 Drawings of London landmarks for ‘The Hoxton Hotel’ - 2006 Series of paintings for ‘Harbour Way’ Bryant, Shoreham-by-Sea 2005 Limited edition screen prints published by Artizan Editions – 1999/00/01/02/03/04/05/06 Limited edition screen prints published by CCA Galleries - 2000, 2001 Brighton Festival Poster - 1999 Commission for the Cunard Cruise Liner ‘Queen Victoria’ - 2004 Cards and Posters –The Art Group – 2001, 2007 The Cannes Down Press – 2003, 2005, 2006
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