Welcome to Kay's Gallery
Creativity came naturally.
To quote Confucius "When you work at what you love, you never work again." This sums it up!!
About Kay
Kay is a multi-media artist who has for over three decades been painting, drawing and sculpting in clay as well as creating forms in paper-mache. More recently while in Covid-19 lockdown she has immersed herself in printing.
Kay is an intuitive artist, inspired by cultural experiences, nature and her environment. To Kay being an artist is a continuous learning experience,
Kay has undertaken a number of formal educational programs including classes at Monash University in Melbourne, and several workshops in Singapore and Toronto. She studied papier mache techniques in Florence.
During the late 80’s through to the mid 90’s Kay was a member of the prestigious Wellington cooperative, Clay Shapes. In 1997 Kay moved to France giving her the opportunity to paint fulltime for a full year. During this period her work reflected the village life of the South of France. Five years living in Singapore, travelling throughout the region gave Kay the inspiration and opportunity to become further immersed in ceramics. She began working at the studio of the renowned Singaporean Ceramicist, Mr Boon. This lead to her sculptures along with the work of other Singaporean ceramic artists being exhibited in a number of Chinese cities. Kay’s work was selected for an Academic Outstanding Award in the Zhongshan Invited Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition 2008.
Back living in Melbourne (2009) Kay was in residence at Gas Works in South Melbourne. During this period in Melbourne the opportunity arose to live in Hanoi for six months where Kay took again to painting focusing on the local people going about their daily lives.
Late 2011 Kay was back in New Zealand where she set up her own studios on her olive grove in Martinborough. In 2014 she was awarded the NZ Potters Cantaclay Merit Award for Non-functional Pottery.
Kay was born in Sydney and holds both Australian and New Zealand citizenship. She more recently moved back to Melbourne, late 2020.
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