Kay Vinson studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL achieving a first class B.A Hons Degree and M.A in Painting. Awards include the Boise Travelling Scholarship to Russia, Italy and Istanbul and she is a two time recipient of the Canadian Elizabeth Greenshield’s Foundation Award for figurative painting.
She has work in public and private collections including UCL and Jesus College Cambridge and has exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Millenium, St Ives and Penlee House Penzance.
Education:
1965 Born, 25 March, Corbridge, Northumberland
1983 – 1984 Falmouth College of Art Foundation Diploma
1984 – 1988 The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
First Class B.A. Honours Degree in Fine Art awarded
1988 – 1990 The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London M A in Fine Art
1993 – 1994 Goldsmiths College, University of London PGCE in Art & Design Education (Secondary)
Painting Awards and Scholarships
1985 William Coldstream Prize for the most promising newcomer
1988 Rosa Morrison Scholarship
1988 Douglas Woolf Award
1990 Boise Travelling Scholarship – travelled to Russia and Italy
1991 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award
1994 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award
Selected Joint/Group Exhibitions:
1987 ‘Staff & Students from the Slade School of Fine Art’, the Robertson Mort Gallery, Bedfordshire
1990 ‘A New Perspective’, Leighton House, London
1991 ‘A Second Perspective’, Leighton House, London
1992 Royal Academy Summer exhibition
1994 Exhibition of Paintings: Mark Dunford, Ken Maycock, Kay Vinson & Leslie Whittaker Blackheath Concert Halls, London
2012 Limbo, Truro, Cornwall
2012 Drawing Survey, Bucca, Newlyn, Cornwall
2013 Draw the Line, Millenium Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2014 Penlee Inspired, The Penlee Art Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
Selected Publications
2005 The Public Catalogue Foundation London: The Slade and UCL
