Kieran Ingram



Birth Place: Perth, Australia
Year of Birth: 1989

Background:
Kieran Ingram is a classically trained professional artist. The time Kieran spent in Florence studying the methods and work of the Old Masters has provided him with a keen eye and appreciation for the aesthetic qualities of the world around him. Kieran chooses to work from life as he believes that this is the only way truly capture the essence of his subjects.

Themes:
Kieran is currently working on a series of charcoal nudes. His work explores the human form through intense observation from life. The highly rendered charcoal drawings feel at once realistic and dreamlike.

Education:
2007-09 Angel Art Academy, Florence, Italy (specialising in technical aspects of drawing and painting, based on the curricula of 19th century academies)
2006 Secondary School education completed, Perth Australia

EmploymentProjects:
2008 Public Art commission Bus Shelter Mural for the Shire of Mundaring

Awards / Grants:
2008 Mundaring Art Scholarship
2008 Finalist in the Alice Bale Travelling Scholarship
2008 Finalist in the Alice Bale Drawing Prize
2007 Mundaring Art Scholarship
2007 GGS Art Scholarship

Solo Exhibitions:
2010 Gadfly Gallery, Perth, Western Australia

Group Exhibitions:
2009 Guildford Grammar Art Exhibition
2009 Mundaring Shire Acquisitive Exhibition, Perth
2009 Angel Academy of Art Exhibition, Florence
2008 Angel Academy of Art Exhibition, Florence
2008 Alice Bale Art Prize Exhibition, Melbourne
2006 Guildford Grammar Art Exhibition