'Katty's landscapes and seascapes are deceptively simple and serenely evocative' - 'Cool blue-greys and earthy shades infuse her work, even close to home she gives a fresh perspective' - 'The Latest', Brighton

Katty McMurray was born in London in 1970. After graduating from the Chelsea School of Art in 1991 she moved to Brighton where she paints from her seafront studio. Over the last decade she has exhibited widely throughout the UK and her paintings have acquired a huge following.

Always a passionate traveller she draws inspiration from her travels - places such as Zanzibar, China, India, Italy and many parts of England and Scotland have been her subjects.

Katty's work stems from her love of drawing. While away on location, she spends her time sketching; quickly and often using a single line, she records her immediate impressions of a place.
On returning to her studio, these drawings are used as a base for her larger paintings in oil on canvas, keeping the strong lines and using colours to recreate the atmosphere of the particular place.

Over the last few years Katty has had a series of successful solo and mixed shows, and continues to exhibit with galleries in London and around the UK, such as Lena Boyle Fine Art, Cambridge Contemporary Art, Ingo Fincke Gallery and The Fairfax Galleries.
In April 2005 Cambridge Contemporary Art held her 10th major solo show.

Kattys work has been published as limited edition prints by Artizan Editions and CCA Galleries and in 1999 she was selected to be the Brighton Festival Poster artist. She has been commissioned for a painting on the Cunard Cruise Liner the 'Queen Victoria', and recently a series of paintings for 'Harbour Way' apartments by Bryant Homes.

She has also had cards and posters published by the Art Group and the Cannes Down Press.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Cambridge Contemporary Art - April 2005
The Fairfax Gallery - September 2004
CCA Galleries, London - 2000, 2001
CCA Galleries, Farnham - 2001
Zella Gallery, Chelsea, London - 1997,1998
Open House, Brighton Festival - 1999,2000
The Pumphouse Gallery, Battersea Park, London - 1996,1998
Lyndons Fine Art, (Portobello Open Prizewinner, May 1997)
The Horsham Arts Centre, Horsham - 1995

SELECTED MIXED EXHIBITIONS
Two Person show - Flying Colours Gallery, London - Lena Boyle Fine Art 2004
Art London - Lena Boyle Fine Art 2004, 2005
20/21st Century Show - Commonwealth Institute - 2003
The London Art Fair, Islington - 2005
Art on Paper, Royal College of Art - 2004, 2005
The Air gallery - 1998, 2003
Glasgow Art Fair - 2002, 2003
Artizan Editions, Curwen Gallery, London - 2003
The Fairfax Gallery - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Lena Boyle Fine Art - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Espace Auteuil, Paris - 2002
Two Kats and a Cow, Brighton - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Cambridge Contemporary Art - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
CCA Galleries, Farnham - 2000, 2001, 2002
CCA Galleries, London - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Ingo Fincke and Son, London - 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Gallerina, Darlington - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Hartworks, Dartmouth - 2002, 2003
Zella Gallery, London - 1998, 1999
Pumphouse Gallery, London - 1997, 1998
The Star Gallery, Lewes, Sussex - 1996, 1998
Tabernacle Gallery, London - 1995
Riviera Gallery, Hastings - 1994

COMMISSIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Series of paintings for Bryant, Shoreham-by-Sea 2005
Limited edition screen prints published by Artizan Editions - 1999/00/01/02/03/04
Limited edition screen prints published by CCA Galleries - 2000, 2001
Brighton Festival Poster - 1999
Commission for the Cunard Cruise Liner 'Queen Victoria' - 2004
Cards and Posters -The Art Group - 2001, The Cannes Down Press - 2003, 2005
Illustrated Children's Books:For the Moon there is a Cloud, 1996, School Daze,1996, (Harper Collins)
Dojen the Wanderer, 2004, If I was a Spider, 2004 (Network Press)