Kay Spare CV

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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.