Kirsten van Schreven | Painter and printmaker

Kirsten van Schreven RBA

Kirsten is an elected member of the Royal Society of British Artists. The society was founded as an alternative to The Royal Academy in 1823 and has an impressive list of past members including Whistler, Lowry, Sickert and Monet. She is a printmaker with a BA (Hons) first class degree in Fine Art Printmaking from Maidstone College of Art and a Master’s Degree in Fine Art Printmaking from Chelsea School of Art. She has exhibited internationally and won awards for her work.

For many years she worked globally in pre-production and design in both the feature film and computer games industry, notably on Spyro the Dragon.

Kirsten est un membre élu de la Société Royale des Artistes Britanniques (RBA). La société a été fondée en 1823 comme une alternative à l’Académie Royale. Il compte une liste impressionnante d’anciens membres dont Whistler, Lowry, Sickert et Monet. Kirsten van Schreven est une graveuse primée. Elle a une maîtrise en gravure d’art de l’École d’art de Chelsea. Kirsten a exposé sur la scène internationale, notamment à l’Academie Royale, les Galléries Mall et Bankside à Londres.

Pendant de nombreuses années, elle travaillait à l’échelle mondiale en préproduction et en conception dans l’industrie cinématographique et des jeux vidéos, notamment Spyro the Dragon.

EXHIBITIONS

2023

The 200th Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London

2022

OpenArt Print International Barcelona (honourable mention)

The Society of Graphic Fine Art 101st Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

The Chianciano Biennale, Siena, Italy

The Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition

2021

The 41st Cadaqués Mini Print International, Taller Galleria Fort, Cadaqués, Spain

The Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London

The Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London

2020

The 111th Cantabria Mini Print International Faro Cabo Mayor Art Centre, Santander, Spain

The New English Art Club Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London

2019

The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition

The Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition , The Mall Galleries

The Wells Art Contemporary Awards, Wells Cathedral

2018

Winner of the Baby Forest Print Category award 2018

The Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries :

Awarded The Stuart Southall Print Prize

Selected for the Wells Art Contemporary

Selected for Printfest7 at Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks

Winner of the Artichoke Contemporary Print Prize.

2017

Long listed for The Secret Art Prize at The Curious Duke Gallery, London

The Masters : Monoprint, Bankside Gallery, London

The National Original Print Exhibition at Bankside Gallery, London :

Awarded The Editorial Prize by The Journal of The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers

The Hahnemuhle Mini Print Exhibition

Graphicall 2017 International Print Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2016

The Pastel Society at The Mall Galleries,London

The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition

155th SWA Exhibition at The Mall Galleries, London

The Original Print Show curated by Norman Ackroyd RA at The Zillah Bell Gallery

The National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London

The National Open Art Competition, Mercers’ Hall, London

The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers : The Masters – Etching, Bankside Gallery, London

2015

154th SWA Exhibition at The Mall Galleries, London

2014

153rd SWA Exhibition at The Mall Galleries, London

ING Discerning Eye at The Mall Galleries, London

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Artist Statement

My work is inspired by skeletal, partially built and abandoned structures. The constructions are man-made with unusual purposes – pieces of a previous time and odd historical remnants of war, industry and navigation.

They are eerie, isolated structures, strong but fragile in appearance, that emerge from and disappear into the landscape.

Awards

Awarded the Editorial Prize by ‘Printmaking Today’ – the journal of The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, 2017.
Awarded The Stuart Southall Print Prize at The Royal Society of British Artists 301st Exhibition, London 2018.
Winner of the Artichoke Contemporary Print Prize 2018.
Finalist, The Neo Print Prize.
Winner of the Baby Forest Print Category award 2018.