Gareth Kemp

BIO
I am an artist born on the Wirral and based in Liverpool UK. I studied Art History before eventually starting painting around 2006. I participated on the Turps Banana Correspondence Course 2014-2017, where my mentors were Jennifer Coates (New York based Painter and Art Critic), Covadonga Valdes (Painter) and Phil King (Painter, writer and co-editor of Turps Banana Magazine). This supportive, intensive period developed and reinvigorate my practice. The period during and since has witnessed my paintings becoming more sought after for exhibitions. ‘This Could Be Eastern Europe’ was selected for John Moores Painting Prize 2016. Five paintings were selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018 (‘The Mirage’, ‘The Clearing’, ‘Firewood//Setting Sun’, ‘Harvest Moon’ and ‘Starry Night//Campfire Light’). I won second prize in the Bankley Open in 2016 with ‘Time Of The Season’. Significantly in 2017 I was nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Award for Visual Arts. I have recently exhibited internationally, showing three paintings at Berlin’s Sluice Art Fair (November 2018) and three paintings were selected for Art – Letter Home, an exhibition touring four venues across China (2018-19). In 2018 I received A.C.E. A.I.D.F. Funding to spend four ...

BA (Hons) History of Design and the Visual Arts. Staffordshire University 1995

MA Art History. Liverpool University 1997

Turps Banana Correspondence Course 2014-17. Mentors - Jennifer Coates/Covadonga Valdes/Phil King

HIGHLIGHTS

2021 Bloomberg New Contemporaries Studio Bursary - Bluecoat

2021 Arts Council England Developing Your creative Practice Funding

2018 Bloomberg New Contemporaries Exhibition

2018 Arts Council England Artist' International development Fund recipient

2017 Paul Hamlyn Award For Visual Arts Nomination

2017 Bankley Open Call 2nd Prize Winner

2016 John Moores Painting Prize

2008 Short-listed for Liverpool Art Prize

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025

Dream Good (Group Exhibition) - Bridewell Studios and Gallery, Liverpool.

The Joy of Painting (Group Exhibition) - Wellington Yard. Liverpool.
2024

Marfa Abstraction (Solo Exhibition) Bridewell Studios and Gallery, Liverpool.

Beep Painting Biennial - Swansea.

Williamson Open. Williamson Art Gallery. Birkenhead.

Terrace Open. Terrace Gallery, London.

Start With Something (Summer Group Show) Bridewell Studios and Gallery, Liverpool.

The Town Is The Gallery. Convenience Gallery, Liverpool.

This Could Be Texas (Solo exhibition of new work) - Bridewell Studios and Gallery.

A Forest; A Painting Installation. Bridewell Studios and Gallery.

2023

The Monument (Group Show) - Bridewell Studios and Gallery, Liverpool.

The Mirage - The Bridewell Studios and Gallery. Liverpool.


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