Born Suffolk, UK
Lives and works in London
Education
MA Goldsmiths College London
BA Camberwell School of Art London
Currently Associate Professor at Slade School of Fine Art London
Recipient of the Lorne Award 2017 Sydney Noland Centenary Award 2018
Selected Individual Exhibitions
| 2019-20 | Deadhead Van Gogh House London |
| 2018 | Soft Estate Locks Gallery USA |
| 2016 | Kate Bright Constable Commission Wivenhoe House Essex |
| 2015 | Edgelands, Locks Gallery USA |
| 2014 | Snow Paintings, House Of St Barnabas London |
| 2013 | In Deep, Locks Gallery USA |
| 2008 | Between The Woods, Locks Gallery USA |
| 2007 | Emily Tsingou Gallery, London UK |
| 2005 | Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, USA |
| 2004 | Vitamin Art, Turin, Italy |
| 2003 | New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK |
| Getting Away From It All, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK | |
| Backwater, Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Newcastle, UK | |
| Casa Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain | |
| 2001 | Emily Tsingou Gallery London |
| 1999 | Emily Tsingou Gallery London |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2019 | Sun Blink Locks Gallery USA |
| Alive In the Universe 2019 Venice Biennale | |
| Beyond Boundaries Somerset House London | |
| 2018 | Women in Art Art at WTC3 Jakarta Indonesia |
| Material:Wood Messums Wiltshire | |
| Malevolent Eldritch Shrieking Attercliffe™ Sheffield | |
| Landscape and Light Letheringham Lodge Suffolk | |
| 2017 | Nolan Residency Award The Rodd, Presteigne |
| La Diablesse Tramps London | |
| 2016 | Lost and Found World Trade Centre Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Chinese Open No Monkey Business Q-park Chinatown London | |
| 2015 | Salon Eleven London |
| 2014 | Salon Eleven London |
| Tri Space Gallery London | |
| Starter Escargot London | |
| 2012 | Multiple Market Handel Street Projects London |
| Water C2 Gallery Stoke Hammond UK | |
| 2010 | Water, Idaho Centre for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho USA |
| 2009 | Sparkle and Glitter, Locks Gallery, 10 January – 21 February |
| 2007 | 10 Years, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, November 1 – December 22 (catalogue) 2007 |
| 2003 | Post Flat, New Art from London, Locks Gallery (cur. Barry Schwabsky), Philadelphia, USA |
| Tailsliding, Turku Art Museum, Finland, Brno House of Arts, Prague, Czech Republic, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Salamanca, Spain | |
| 2002 | Shimmering Substance, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK |
| Shimmering Substance, Arnolfini (cur. Barry Schwabsky), Bristol, UK | |
| Art and Mountains: conquistadors of the useless (cur. Bruce Haines), The Alpine Club, London, UK | |
| Tailsliding, Vilnius Contemporary Art Centre, Lithuania; Tallin Museum of Contemporary Art, Estonia; Brno House of Arts, Czech Republic; Belgrade Museum of Contemporary Art, Yugoslavia | |
| 2001 | Tailsliding, Bergen Centre of Contemporary Art, Norway |
| All of my Heart (cur. Stephen Hepworth), Arte e Personae, Florence, Italy | |
| Surface Tension – New British Painting, Holly Snapp Gallery, Venice, Italy | |
| 2000-1 | Exploration of the Environment-Landscape Redefined, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, USA |
| 2000 | Salon, Delfina Project Space, London |
| There is No Spirit in Painting, Le Consortium, Dijon, France | |
| Wooden Heart, AVCO, London | |
| 1999 | Another Country: The Constructed Landscape, Lawrence Rubin Greenberg VanDoren, New York |
| 1998-9 | Dumbpop, Jerwood Gallery, London Metropolitan University Gallery Leeds |
Selected Reviews and Articles
| 2018 | Art Forum December |
| 2017 | Hereford Times, 11 August |
| 2016 | Essex Life March |
| East Anglian Daily Times 28th March | |
| Ipswich Star | |
| 2015 | Christmas Salon Wall Street International |
| Edith Newhall Choose your Season Philadelphia Enquirer | |
| Edgelands Philadelphia City Paper | |
| 2013 | Rosie Roberts International Woman of the Day TYCI (web) |
| 2012 | Aquatic Explorations Chip Schwartz Art Blog |
| 2011 | International Woman Other Criteria (web) |
| 2008 | Edith Newhall Philadelphia Enquirer May |
| 2005 | Edward J. May Sozanski Philadelphia Enquirer May |
| 2005 | Beth Dunlop Met Home Jan/Feb |
| 2003 | Martin Herbert, Kate Bright, Art Monthly, September |
| Colour Book Guardian July | |
| Rebecca Geldard, Kate Bright, Time Out, June 4 | |
| What’s On, The Art Newspaper, April | |
| El Centro del Arte recibe 9.000 visitas en 2 meses, el Adelanto de Salamanca, March | |
| La purpurina mas realista, Universa, February | |
| Yamandu Canosa, en el CASA, La Gaceta, February | |
| La Joven, Kate Bright expone en el Centro de Arte, Tribuna de Salamanca, February | |
| Post Flat, The Art Newspaper, February | |
| Kate Bright estrena su brillo de purpina en el Centro de Arte, el Adelanto de Salamanca, February | |
| Inauguration de la musetra de Kate Bright, La Gaceta, February | |
| Caroline Corbetta, MOSTRE, Vogue. Italia (ill.), January | |
| Ed. Sozanski, New from London, Philadelphia Inquirer, January | |
| Roberta Fallon, Sketches, Philadelphia Weekly, January | |
| Lori Hill, First Friday Focus, City Paper, January | |
| 2002 | Bruce Haines, Climb Every Mountain, (A-N), October |
| Fisun Guner, Scaling New Heights, Metro Life, September | |
| JL, Art + Mountains, Guardian Guide, September | |
| Helen Sumpter, Scaling The Heights, The Big Issue, September | |
| All that Glitters, RA Magazine, Summer | |
| 2001 | Barry Schwabsky, Review, Artforum, July |
| Martin Herbert, The Deep Blue Yonder, Art Review, July/August | |
| Roderick Conway Morris, Biennale Opens Its Portals To The Pros, Herald Tribune June 16 | |
| Mark Currah, review, Time Out, April | |
| Preview, Art Review, April | |
| Pick of the Week, The Guardian, April | |
| 2000 | Bronwyn Cosgrave, A Fashion For Female Painters, Harvey Nichols Magazine November |
| Gemma de Cruz, British Beauty, Flash Art International Jan-Feb | |
| Luca Beatrice Marci ponchi Imbecill, Kult No 7 |
Catalogues
| 2018 | Kate Bright Locks Arts Publications |
| 2016 | Lost and Found, WTC Indonesia |
| 2007 | 10 Years Emily Tsingou Gallery London |
| 2005 | Kate Bright Locks Gallery Philadelphia US |
| 2003 | Bright, New Art gallery Walsall, UK |
| Accadueo, Kate Bright, Vitamin Art, Turin, Italy |
Public Collections
St Barts Health NHS Trust
ABN AMRO, London
British Council, UK
Casa Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Spain
Goldman Sachs, London, UK