Kate Leiper


Education


1992-1996  BA(Hons) Fine Art - specialising in printmaking Gray’s School of Art,                Aberdeen
1991-1992  Foundation Course in Art and Design Aberdeen College of Commerce,           Aberdeen

Exhibition History

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007    “Unravelling Silk Road Yarns” – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
2006    “In the Shadows of Shahrazad” - Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh                   2004            North Edinburgh Art Centre - A Retrospective Exhibition                                 2002           “Feather Mantle and Seal Skin” - The Netherbow Storytelling Centre,                       Edinburgh - Invited artist as part of the Scottish International Storytelling                        Festival
2001    “Beyond the Ripples” - The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh – An                   exhibition of work based upon the theme of water within Scottish Folklore
2000    “Under the Seal Skin” - The Firth Gallery, Edinburgh
1999    “The Monkey’s Tale” - Elgin Library Gallery, Elgin                                                 “A Summer Dream” - The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh - Based upon           themes from Shakespeare’s plays. 


Selected Group Exhibitions                                                                                

2008    Harrogate Art Fair, Harrogate

            “The Scottish Illustrators”, Frames Gallery, Perth

2007    Leith Gallery, Edinburgh

            Red Dot Gallery, Holt, Norfolk

            Mainhill Gallery, Harestanes, Scottish Borders

2006    “Drawing Stories”, The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh                            “Image Nation”, Collins Gallery, Glasgow – An exhibition of contemporary     Scottish Illustration
2005    “Highland Artists”, Kilmorack Gallery at Cork Street, London
2004    Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow                                                                          
                Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire
                Mainhill Gallery, Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh
                Penicuik Art Centre, Penicuik
2003    “An Exhibition for Mid Winter”, Gallery 27, London          
                Thompson’s Marylebone Gallery, London
                Mainhill Gallery, Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh
                Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art Postcard Exhibition, Glasgow
                Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
2002    Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire                                                                          Leith Gallery, Edinburgh                                                                                                 The Affordable Art Fair, London                                                                  Mainhill Gallery, Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh                                           The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh                 Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow                                                                           Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire                                                              National Scottish Arts and Crafts Competition, Arbroath                            2001    Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire                                                             Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art Annual Exhibition, Glasgow                       The Affordable Art Fair, London                                                                              Art Edinburgh, Edinburgh                                                                                     Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow                                                                                       Art of Paper Fair, London

 

Private Collections                                                                                         The Scottish Storytelling Centre
Moray District Council
Coopers and Lybrand
Grampian Hospital Art Trust
The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Gray’s School of Art

Previous Commissioning Clients
The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh
The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh

Grid Iron Theatre Company


Awards and Residencies
2006    2 month Apprenticeship at the stained glass studio of Vetrate      ArtisticheToscane, Siena, Italy sponsored by the Scottish Arts Council –      Studied processes and techniques involved in stained glass window making 2005   Scottish Arts Council Professional Development Award – Grant was used      to fund an apprenticeship at Vetrate Artistiche Toscane, Siena, Italy         2005 -          6 month Residency at the Scottish Storytelling Centre – The                2006   Residency coincided with the refurbishment of the new Scottish Storytelling      Centre and comprised of three main responsibilities which are described               below.  Producing a series of images illustrating the Early Scottish Celtic,                    Legends which are displayed on a “History of Scottish Storytelling Wall”,      Designing and producing a back drop cloth for a small, intimate storytelling            area, conducting a course of children’s workshop in which we explored and           developed images and texts inspired by local mythology – the final work was           displayed at an exhibition in the Centre.                                                                  2003    The Elizabeth Greenshields Award
2003    3 month Residency at Hospitalfield House, Arbroath sponsored by the               Royal Scottish Academy
1996    Residency at Peacock Printmakers’ Workshop, Aberdeen sponsored by           Coopers and Lybrand
1995    3 month Residency at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France

Articles
2004    “The Big Issue”, December 2nd-8th                                                             Image used to illustrate an article discussing Christmas Shows on in    Edinburgh
2004    “The Scottish Educational Journal”, December issue                                         An article describing a project I led with a group of primary school children.             We made stained glass effect panels based upon the theme of healthy eating           and the finished work was used to decorate the school dining hall.                            1996    Profile in Scotsman, Saturday 3rd January