BROUGHTON & BIRNIE

        Short Biography

Kevin Broughton
Education:
West Surrey College of Art & Design - B.A Degree in Fine Art Painting
Royal College of Art - M.A Degree in Painting


Fiona Birnie
Education:
Exeter College of Art & Design - B.A Degree in Photography


Both live & work in London (UK)

Collaborating permanently from 2005


Exhibitions

Solo Shows
2020 – 'Our Current State' Thames-side Studio Gallery, London

2018 – 'Recent Paintings' The Viewing Space, Thames-side Studios, London

2018 – 'The Plotters' Coffeeisourcupoftea space, Dalston, London

2017 – 'Our Ever-Expanding Distance from Disaster', Rum Factory Project Space, Wapping, London

2015 – 'Absurd Monuments', Street Installation, Paris

2014 – 'The Last Party on the Titanic', 46 Willow Walk, London

2013 – 'BERLIN:The Forger's Tale – The Quest for Fame & Fotune', WW Gallery, London

2012 – 'BERLIN:The Forger's Tale', The Crypt Gallery, Euston, London

2011 – 'The Procession', Vyner Street Gallery, London

2011 – 'State of Play', The Old Police Station, Deptford

Selected Group Shows

2022 – A Generous Space 2, The New Art Gallery, Walsall - Artist Support Exhibition
2020 – Beep International 2022, Elysium Gallery, Swansea

2021-2022 – A Generous Space, Hastings Contemporary, Hastings - Artist Support Exhibition
2021 – Without Borders, Elysium Gallery, Swansea - travelling to Japan, Norway, USA, Venice, Canada

2020 – Beep International 2020, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
2020 – ME, MYSELF AND I, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
2020 – Be Seeing You, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
2020 – To Paint the Gloom Itself, Terrace Gallery, London

2019 – Collaborate, Swiss Cottage Library Gallery, London

2018 – Beep Painting Prize 2018, Swansea College of Art, Swansea
2018 – You Are Here, Stockport War Museum Memorial Art Gallery, Stockport
2018 – Secret, RCA, London

2017 – Painting Open 2017, no format Gallery, London
2017 – Secret, RCA, London
2017 – Summer Salon 2017, Angus Hughes Gallery, London
2017 – Painting [Now] 2017, Studio One Gallery, London

2016 – Bad Behaviour Open 2016, Brixton East, London
2016 – SUMMER SALON, Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery, London
2016 – Secret, RCA, London

2015 – SUMMER SALON, Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery, London
2015 – Lucy In The Sky, Transition Gallery, London
2015 – FIGUR|E|ATION, galleryELL, online exhibition
2015 – Secret, RCA, London

2014 – Collaborated with The Frank Bobbins Institute, Exchange Rates, New York
2014 – Secret, RCA, London

2013 – Sluice 2013, London – representing WW Gallery
2013 – Beastly So and So, Royal Standard Gallery, Liverpool
2013 – Discernable, ZAP, London
2013 – RCA Secret, RCA, London
2013 – Xmas Bogof, WW Gallery, London

2012 – Hamburg Vending Machine, Hamburg, Germany
2012 – Art Club, The Red Gallery, London
2012 – Curious Pursuits, The Portico Library Gallery, Manchester

2011 – Print Now 2011, Bearspace Gallery, Deptford
2011 – Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2011 – The Vending Machine, Galleria Perela, Venice, Italy
2011 – Print Now 2011, SW1 Gallery, London

2010 – Art of Giving, Saatchi Gallery, London
2010 – St. Joseph's Hospice Icons Auction, London
2001–11 RCA Secret – Royal College of Art, London

2009 – London Art Fair, London
2008 – Start Your Collection – Contemporary Art Projects, London
2007 – Start Your Collection – Contemporary Art Projects, London
2006 – Summer Exhibition – Contemporary Art Projects, London
2005 – Mountain – Site Specific Instalation - 9 St. Gerards Close, London
2005 – Black Bile Three Colts Gallery, London
2002 – ’Snapshot‘ Seven – Seven Gallery, London
2001 – Baches Street, London



Collections

R.C.A. London
Private Collecions in USA, Netherlands, UK, Saudi Arabia, Germany





        Bibliography

2020
"Be Seeing You", Exhibition Catalogue, 2020 - Martin Stather - Mannheimer Kunstverein
"Be Seeing You", Kunstraum Metropol Rhein-Neckar, January 2020
"Be Seeing You", art-in.de, January 2020 Be Seeing You


2018
"You Are Here", Paul Brandford - catalogue for the exhibition "You Are Here" in Stockport War Museum Memorial Art Gallery, Stockport 2018


2015
"Lucy in the Sky @ Transition Gallery" Pauls Art World CHOICES UP NOW - June 2015

"FIGUR|E|ATION" GalleryELL curated by john ros20 April – 05 July 2015


2014
Fables and Politics: The Fabulous Satire of Kevin Broughton & Fiona Birnie - Writing in relation Interview by Yvette Gresle - December 2014

2013
"Review of Broughton & Birnie: Berlin, The Forger’s Tale: The Quest for Fame and Fortune at WW Gallery" art-Corpus
Review by Anna Mcnay - July 2013

"Broughton & Birnie: The Forger’s Tale: The Quest for Fame & Fortune" This is Tomorrow
Review by Beverley Knowles - June 2013

"JULY FROM DEPTFORD TO SAVILE ROW" Pauls Art World & Artlyst Review by Paul Carey-Kent - June 2013

"Broughton & Birnie: The Forger’s Tale: The Quest for Fame & Fortune at WW Gallery" The Upcoming
Review by Joe Turnbull - June 2013

"Art: Broughton & Birnie, The Forger’s Tale" The Harker Review by J. Singh - June 2013

"Wonderland: Sluice Art Fair 2013" yvettegresle.wordpress.com Review by Yvette Greslé - October 2013

2012
Unusual Exhibition- Berlin: the Forger's Tale - www.stockindexonline.com - May 2012

2009 - RCA Secret 2009 - The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC website.






        Publications



  • To Let 2011
    e-book,
    pages Published 2011
  • The Procession 2011
    e-book,
    Published 2011
  • Last Party on the Titanic
    A5, pages
    printed 2015
  • Paris Suite 2015
    A5, pages
    printed 2015
  • The Berlin Swamp
    A5, pages
    printed 2017