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Kelly-Anne Cairns

Born: Lancaster, England 1975 Lives: Dunfermline, Scotland Education Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordons University | BA (Hons) Fine Art | 1995 – 99 Kelly-Anne Cairns graduated from Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, in 1999. She is based in Dunfermline, Fife, where she works from her studio at home. The human form is her main inspiration – she aims to capture emotions, movement and moments in time. She recreates the subtle skin tones of the figures which are enveloped in sumptuous colours – creating calm, atmospheric paintings. She has exhibited regularly across Scotland, London, New York and Amsterdam. Her portraits have been included in the BP Portrait Awards and The Scottish Portrait Awards. She was selected as an artist for Sky Portrait Artist of the Year, March 2020.

“I manipulate the figure and its surroundings by exploring the contrasts between the angular shapes surrounding the figure and the soft contours of the body.”

Selected Exhibition History 1999 – present Compass Gallery, Glasgow Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen BP Portraits Award, National Portrait Gallery, London Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 139 Gallery, Nottinghill, London Thompsons Gallery, Stow-On-The-Wold The Richmondhill Gallery, Richmondhill, Surrey Ballie Gallery, London Aberdeen Artist Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery Bridge View Gallery, Aberdeen Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, London Red Rag Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Lennox Gallery, London Wilson Davis Fine Art, Bridge of Weir, Inverclyde Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire Strathearn Gallery, Crieff The Laurel Gallery, Edinburgh The Green Gallery, Aberfoyle The Green Gallery, Dollar Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh Art Fairs Battersea, Glasgow, Edinburgh, West Country AAF, Bristol, New York, Amsterdam, Homes and Interiors Exhibition Glasgow Solo Exhibitions Leith Gallery, Edinburgh Bridge View Gallery, Aberdeen Bon Papillion, Edinburgh Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh Fire Station Creative, Dunfermline Collections NHS Scotland, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust Publications Glasgow Herald, 1999 Edinburgh Scotsman, 1999, 2004 Herald Arts Magazine, Glasgow Herald Critics Choice December 2020 Art North Issue 6/7 October 2021 Awards and Notable Achievements Awarded John Kinross Travel Scholarship Florence 1999 Selected for BP Portrait Award National Portrait Gallery, London 1999 Scottish Portrait Award Shortlist, Edinburgh 2017 Selected as a contestant – Sky Portrait Artist of the Year, March 2020