Katty McMurray was born in London in 1970. After graduating from the Chelsea School of Art in 1991 she moved to Brighton and over the last decade she has exhibited widely throughout the UK and her paintings have acquired a huge following.
Always a passionate traveller she has drawn inspiration from her travels – places such as China, Morocco, Italy and many parts of England and Scotland have been her subjects.
Katty McMurry 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.
In 1999 she was selected to be the Brighton Festival Poster artist and has been commissioned for a painting on the Cunard Cruise Liner the ‘Queen Victoria’, and a series of 10 paintings for ‘Harbour Way’ apartments by Taylor Woodrow for Bryant Homes.
In 2006 she was commissioned to draw a series of London Landmarks to be reproduced over 200 times on a scale of 3 metres each for ‘The Hoxton Hotel’ in London.
Last year Great Ormond Street Hospital bought two collections of Katty’s paintings, they now have over 25 works on display, and the Royal Sussex Neo- natal unit have purchased a collection of her hand made silk screen prints.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Curwen Gallery, London – September 2008
The Fairfax Gallery, London – September 2006
Cambridge Contemporary Art - April 2005
The Fairfax Gallery - September 2004
CCA Galleries, London - 2000, 2001
CCA Galleries, Farnham - 2001
Zella Gallery, Chelsea, London - 1997,1998
Open House, Brighton Festival - 1999,2000
The Pumphouse Gallery, Battersea Park, London - 1996,1998
Lyndons Fine Art, (Portobello Open Prize winner, May 1997)
The Horsham Arts Centre, Horsham - 1995
SELECTED MIXED EXHIBITIONS
Thompson’s galleries , London – 2009/10
Red Rag Gallery, Bath 2009/2010
Ingo Fincke and Son, London – 1994 – 2010
The Curwen Gallery , London 2008 - 2010
The Fairfax Gallery – 2002 - 2010
Lena Boyle Fine Art - 1999-2010
Two Person show - Flying Colours Gallery, London - 2004
Art London - Lena Boyle Fine Art - 2004/05/06/08/09/10
20/21st Century Show - Commonwealth Institute - 2003
The London Art Fair, Islington – 2005/06/07/08/09/10
Art On paper, Royal College of Art 2004-2008
Glyndebourne Opera House – 2005, 2006
Glasgow Art Fair – 2002/03/05/06/08
Artizan Editions, Curwen Gallery, London – 2003 - 10
Cambridge Contemporary Art – 1999 - 2010
CCA Galleries, London – 1999/00/01/02/03
Gallerina, Darlington – 2001 - 2010
Zella Gallery, London - 1998, 1999
Pumphouse Gallery, London – 1997, 1998
The Star Gallery, Lewes, Sussex – 1996, 1998
COMMISSIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London – 2007/2008 ( 25 paintings bought for patient hotel)
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 - 2010
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 and the Cannes Down Press
