EDUCATION
GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Journey - then and now, The Studio Gallery WA
2021 Summer Exhbition, The Studio Gallery WA
2020 Inside an Artists Studio, The Studio Gallery WA
2019 Studio Treasures, The Studio Gallery, WA
2017 The Essence of Art in the Bush – Spring Exhibition, The studio Gallery, WA
2016 The Survey 2016: South West Art Now, Bunbury, WA
2016 Churchlands High School Exhibition (Guest Artist), Perth, WA
2015 Cossack Art Award, Cossack,WA
2015 Signature South West ArtGeo, Busselton WA
2013 Printmakers Landscape Heathcote Art Gallery and Museum Perth,WA
2013/09/08/06 South West Survey Bunbury Regional Galleries, WA
2012 Waterhouse Art Prize Finalist Exhibition SA Museum Adelaide SA
2011 Inked Up ArtGeo, Busselton,WA
2011 Signature South West ArtGeo, Busselton, WA
2010 Waterhouse Award Recipient Exhibition Australian National Archives, Canberra, ACT
2009 Signature South West ArtGeo, Busselton
2006 Wetlands Exhibition Art Geo, Busselton
AWARDS & PRIZES
2021 Finalist, The Jury Art Prize
2020 Finalist, The 41st Alice Prize, Alice Springs
2019 Finalist, Perth Royal Art Prize, WA
2018 Finalist, Busselton Art Award
2018 Finalist Perth Royal Art Prize
2017 Finalist, Bunbury Art Award
2016 Vasse Art Award – Home Grown Award, Vasse ,WA
2015 Cossack Art Prize Highly Commended, Cossack, WA
2012 Shortlisted Surfers Point Art Project, Margaret River,WA
2011 Honourable Mention -Vasse Art Award, Vasse, WA
2010 Overall Winner-Signature South West Busselton, WA
2010 2nd Prize painting Category-Waterhouse Natural History Prize, Adelaide ,SA
2009 Acquisitive Award ‘The South West Survey’ City of Bunbury Art Collection Bunbury, WA
Kay is a painter and printmaker with a passionate interest in the natural environment. Her practice is reflective of her life in Margaret River with many of the regions native birds and animals featuring in her work. The subtle gouache images are painted onto Hahnemuhle paper that Kay has embossed with local plants to create a textured backdrop. The role of fire and regeneration is emulated by her use of fumage, a technique that deposits the smoke and soot from a candle onto the paper giving the work an ethereal appearance.
Kay earned her Bachelor of Arts, (Visual Arts), from Edith Cowan University in 2002 and in 2005 added Honours in Visual Arts to her qualifications. Since then, Kay has been represented regularly in group exhibitions and competitions. At the South Western Times Survey 2009 Kay's work was acquired by the City of Bunbury Art collection. In 2010 Kay received 2nd prize in the painting category of the Waterhouse Natural History Prize held at the South Australian Museum. She also won the Shire of Busselton Signature Southwest art competition in 2010. In 2011 Kay was commissioned to do an etched zinc mural for the new Augusta Margaret River Shire Administration and Civic Centre. Churchlands Senior High School invited Kay to be their guest artist in 2016. Kay contributes to the artistic life of the area by her own work, teaching and as a volunteer with Arts Margaret River and the Foyer Gallery team.
