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Kay Spare CV
Artist and Children's Author
1957 born in Malta
1979–83 Goldsmiths' College, University of London
1983–93 Art Teacher (11–19), London's East End
1989 Established Wellington Studio with Richard Spare, London
Lives and works in London
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2001
Touring Exhibition:A New Landscape, Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead. With poetry by John Powls.
2000
Touring Exhibition:A New Landscape, St Martin’s Gallery, St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London. With poetry by John Powls.
Joint
2007
Richard Spare | Kay Spare: Colour & Line, Trevelyan College, University of Durham, Durham. (15/01/2007 – 16/05/2007)
2002
Touring Exhibition: Richard Spare | Kay Spare: Colour & Line, Broxbourne Civic Hall, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. (22/02/2002 – 15/03/2002)
Touring Exhibition: Richard Spare | Kay Spare: Colour & Line, Art in Action Gallery, Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire. (01/06/2002 – 30/06/2002)
Touring Exhibition: Richard Spare | Kay Spare, CCA Galleries, London. (03/09/2002 – 16/09/2002)
Touring Exhibition: Richard Spare | Kay Spare, CCA Galleries, Farnham, Surrey. (21/09/2002 – 04/10/2002)
Group
2023
Winter Auction 2023, Art on a Postcard (AoaP), London. In aid of The Hepatitis C Trust. ( - )
2021
Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2021 (Long-list), Online. (17th May – 30th September 2021)
2020
Winter Auction 2020, Art on a Postcard (AoaP), London. In aid of The Hepatitis C Trust. (05/11/20 - 19/11/20)
2015
Art on a Postcard (AoaP), London. In aid of The Hepatitis C Trust.
Art Fairs
2011
JAGS Art Fair, Dulwich, London. (19 – 20/11/2011)
2010
JAGS Art Fair, Dulwich, London. (13 – 14/11/2010)
2009
JAGS Art Fair, Dulwich, London.
2008
JAGS Art Fair, Dulwich, London. (21 – 23/11/2008)
Selected Collections
Public
Kings College Hospital, London
Trevelyan College, University of Durham
Private
Held in private collections around the world.
Published
Children's Books
2014
Mooncat, Kay Spare, RJ and K Spare, 2014. Written and Illustrated by Kay Spare with illustrations by Richard Spare.
2013
Roll Up Master Prickles!, Kay Spare, RJ and K Spare, 2013. Written and Illustrated by Kay Spare with illustrations by Richard Spare.
Mrs Timm’s Ten Cats, Kay Spare, RJ and K Spare, 2013. Written and Illustrated by Kay Spare.
Collaborations
2020
North Sea to the East: A personal landscape of Teesside and North Yorkshire, John Powls, Halsgrove Ltd/Halstar, 2020. With 17 illustrations by Kay Spare. (ISBN-10: 190669073; ISBN-13: 978190669073)
1998
Galerie d'Amour, J. Powls, Poetry@MMD, 1998. Illustrated by Kay Spare and Richard Spare. (ISBN-10: 0953478505. ISBN-13: 9780953478507)
Press
2002
"Colour and Line", What's on in Broxbourne (January-June, 2002). p.27. Listing for exhibition 'Richard Spare | Kay Spare: Colour and Line' featuring artwork 'Cactus Dahlias' by Richard Spare (illustrated).
"Creative Contrasts", Hertfordshire Star (February 13, 2002). p.16. Review of exhibition 'Richard Spare | Kay Spare: Colour and Line' featuring artwork 'Cyclamen' by Richard Spare (illustrated).
Copyright
1990 – Present
DACS represent Kay Spare, clearing copyright and reproduction rights on her behalf.