Kimberley Gundle was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1963. After completing her BA and Postgraduate Studies at the Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town (1983-88), she came to London in 1988 to study at the Slade and has lived and worked here ever since. Gundle has exhibited regularly with Art First in London, including three solo shows in 1996, 1999 and 2003. She has also had solo shows in Belfast (1991), at the Oxford Gallery, Oxford (1994) and at the Museum Annex, Hong Kong. She has participated in various group exhibitions in the UK, South Africa and Hong Kong from 1988 to the present, including the 2002 national touring exhibition, SHOE, curated by Kathy Fawcett at the City Art Gallery, Leicester. Her work can be found in various collections in the UK, USA, Hong Kong and South Africa

Kimberley Gundle Biography

1963

Born Johannesburg, South Africa

1983 - 1986

BA Fine Arts, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa

1988

Post Graduate Advanced Painting, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town

1988 - 1990

Post Graduate, Slade School of Fine Art, London

 

Selected Collections

 

St Peter’s College, Oxford

 

Cole & Cole Solicitors, Reading

 

South African Breweries

 

Unilever Plc, London

 

Pentland Group, London (Kickers Shoes commissioned by the Pentland Group) 

 

St George’s Hospital, London

 

Private collections in the UK and abroad

Selected Exhibitions

2009

A Slice of London, Art First, Cork Street, London (solo)

2008

Postcards Exhibition, Art First, Cork Street, London

2007

Postcards Exhibition, Art First, Cork Street, London

2006

Group Exhibition, Art First, Cork Street, London

2005

Group Exhibition, Art First, Cork Street, London

2004

London Affordable Art Fair represented by Art First, Cork Street, London

2004

London Contemporary Art Fair represented by Art First, Cork Street, London

2003

Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

2003

Christmas Exhibition, Art First, London

2003

Chelsea Art Fair, London

2003

London Contemporary Art Fair represented by Art First, Cork Street, London

2003

The Shoe Fits: Portraits Below the Knee, Art First, Cork Street, London (solo)

2002

Shoe, National Touring Exhibition sponsored by the City Gallery, Leicester (touring for 18 months)

2002

Group Exhibition, Art First, London

2002

Chelsea Art Fair, London

2002

London Contemporary Art Fair represented by Art First, Cork Street, London

2001

Starting a collection III Art First, London

2001

10” x 10” Art First, London

2000

Starting a collection II Art First, London

2000

Time Pieces, The Gallery, Cork Street, London (sculpture exhibition)

1999

New York Expo 99

1999

Flower Sellers of London, Art First, Cork Street, London (solo)

1998

The London Contemporary Art Fair represented by Art First, Cork Street, London

1997

‘Passion and Sensuality’ The Gallery in Cork Street, London (sculpture exhibition)

1997

McKinsey & Co offices, Jermyn Street, London

1997

‘Three Years On’ Art First, Cork Street, London

1997

London Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Art First, Cork Street, London

1997

‘Focal Subjects II’ The Museum Annex, Hong Kong

1996

Café Observations, Art First, Cork Street, London (solo)

1996

Open Studios, Victor House, London

1996

ART MIAMI ’96 Miami, Florida, USA. Represented by Art First, Cork Street London

1996

London Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Art First, Cork Street, London

1995

London Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Art First, Cork Street, London

1995

LONDONERS, Art First, Cork Street, London

1995

‘Focal Subjects’, The Museum Annex, Hong Kong (solo)

1994

Oxford Gallery, Oxford (solo)

1994

London Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Art First, Cork Street, London

1993

London Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Art First, Cork Street, London

1993

Reading Contemporary Art Exhibition, Reading

1993

Rexel-Derwent Drawing Competition

1993

JOIE DE VIVRE, Midlands Contemporary Art, Birmingham

1992

London Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Art First, Cork Street, London

1992

International Arts Festival, Sauve, France

1992

Artist in Focus, Midlands Contemporary Art Fair. Represented by Art First, Cork Street, London

1992

Edinburgh Contemporary Art Fair. Represented by Art First, Cork Street, London

1992

Oxford Art Week

1991

‘Dreams in the Sand’, Belfast, Northern Ireland (solo)

1991

The Gordon Gallery, Londonderry, Northern Ireland

1991

A British Exchange, Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1991

Oxford Gallery, Oxford

1990

South Bank Picture Show, Art Alfresco, Royal Festival Hall, London

1990

Slade Post Graduate Exhibition, Slade Pearson Gallery, London

1989

Slade Pearson Gallery, London

1988

Diorama Christmas Art Show, London

1988

Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

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