Kay Kane (Dr)
Selected CV
DVA (Griffith) DFA & BFA (hons) London, Cert IV, FRAQS.
Education
2010
Queensland College of Art Griffith University
Doctor of Visual Arts, Fine Art, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.
1981
Central College of Art
London, UK
1976-77
St Martin's College of Art
London, UK
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Central College of Art (awarded Special commendation, Art History).
Foundation Years
Selected Exhibitions (solo)
2018
2002
1981 & 1982
Honouring Tradition, Solo Exhibition, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The Painters Gallery, Mona Vale, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Cale Art, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom.
Selected Exhibitions (GROUP)
2025
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Art Showcase#1, RQAS Brisbane, in Partnership with Queens Wharf Brisbane.
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The Figure, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
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Milburn Art Prize, BIA Brisbane
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Floral Narratives, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane.
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Harold & Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize, Brisbane (Highly Commended)
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Fresh Perspectives, Lethbridge Gallery
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Governor of QLD, 2 paintings hang in Government House
2023
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Brisbane Landmarks, Landscapes, and Personalities, Brisbane
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Harold & Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize, Brisbane
2022
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Governor of QLD, 2 paintings hang in Government House
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An Artists Place, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane.
2021
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Clayton Utz Art Award, Brisbane.
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Salon de Refuse, Brisbane Portrait Prize (Winner)
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The Inaugural Lethbridge Landscape Prize (Commended)
2020
2019
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"Home" Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
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The Kennedy Art Prize, Adelaide, South Australia.
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The Lethbridge 20,000, Brisbane.
2018
2016
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Show your World, Exhibition, New York, USA
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Queensland Figurative (Winner 1st Prize)
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RQAS Annual, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Works on Paper (Winner 1st Prize)
2015
2014
2013
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Manning Art Prize, Naked and Nude, Manning Regional Gallery, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards.
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Journeys West Exhibition, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
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The Queensland Figurative, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
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Andrew Fisher Portrait Prize, Gympie Regional Gallery, NSW.
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Manning Art Prize, Naked and Nude, Manning Regional Gallery
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Shadow of a Mouse, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
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Manning Art Prize, Naked and Nude, Manning Regional Gallery, NSW
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The Reel Deal, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, USA
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Royal Pastel Exhibition, Petrie Terrace Gallery, QLD
(Winner 1st Prize)
2012
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Alice Bale Art Prize, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, VIC
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Inaugural Exhibition, Petrie Terrace Gallery, QLD
2011
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15 Artist Exhibition
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Redcliffe City Art Gallery Invitational Exhibition, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney, NSW
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Harold and Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize (Winner 1st Prize)
2010
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Evolving Traditions, QLD Contemporary Painters, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, QLD
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The GAS, Griffith University Graduate Show, Griffith University Gallery, QLD
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Harold and Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize (Winner 1st Prize)
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7 Stars 3, Gallery 419, Brisbane
2009
2008
2006
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Art State Competition (Commended)
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Alice Bale Art Prize, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, VIC
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Stanthorpe Festival Competition, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, QLD
2000
1990/91
1986
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The Painter’s Gallery, Sydney, NSW
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Childers Regional Art Gallery, Bundaberg, QLD
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Royal Portrait Society, Mall Galleries, London, United Kingdom
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Albermarle Gallery, London, United Kingdom
1985
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Royal Academy Summer Show, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
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John Player Portrait Award semi-finalist / National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
1984
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Royal Overseas League, West End, London, United Kingdom
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John Player Portrait Award semi-finalist/National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
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Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London, United Kingdom
1984
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Stowells Trophy Exhibition (Royal Academy London)
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Leicestershire County Council Annual Exhibition, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Young Masters Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
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Portrait Artists Society, Mall Galleries, London
Teaching
2019-2020
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Lecturer - Life Drawing.
1997-2015
Queensland College of Art Griffith University
1997-2007
Arts Academy
Balmoral, Queensland
Lecturer - Life Drawing.
Session Teacher - Life Drawing.
Conference Papers
2015
2014
Royal Society of the Arts, “Capturing Tacit Knowledge in an Innovative
Society.” Brisbane QLD.
The Animator, 26th Annual International Society for Animation Studies Conference, Hosted by Sheridan College, Toronto, Canada.
“Animation as Conservation: Classical Values in Contemporary Practice”
2014
2012
The Representational Art Conference, TRAC 2014, The Californian Lutheran University, Ventura, California, USA.
“Representation and the Real Thing”.
The Representational Art Conference, TRAC 2012, The Californian Lutheran University, Ventura, California, USA.
“The Nude, Beauty and Modernist Misogyny”