Kevin McKay - Glory Days: South Sydney Studies

KEVIN McKAY Glory Days: South Sydney Studies 17 March to 11 April 2015

KEVIN McKAY Glory Days: South Sydney Studies 17 March to 11 April 2015

This series of small paintings explores the unique urban landscape surrounding the Brenda May Gallery. I enjoy finding beauty in the everyday and immersing myself in a locality where traditional working class terraces, public housing towers and contemporary development produce surprising geometries animated by atmosphere and light. They were painted en plein-air and in the studio during the summer of 2014-15.

- Kevin McKay, 2014

Kevin McKay, ‘Blue House, Phillip St, Redfern’ 2014, oil on linen on board, 25.5 x 20.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘16 Danks St, Waterloo’ 2015, oil on linen on board, 20.5 x 25.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Kettle St Units, Redfern’ 2014, oil on linen on board, 25.5 x 20.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Poets Corner, Evan Ln, Waterloo’ 2015, oil on linen on board, 25.5 x 20.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Poets Corner, Phillip St, Waterloo’ 2014 oil on linen on board, 25.5 x 20.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Poets Corner, Young St, Waterloo’ 2015 oil on linen on board, 25.5 x 20.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Water Board Block, Lachlan St, Waterloo’ 2014, oil on linen on board, 25.5 x 20.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Potter St Crossing, Waterloo’ 2014, oil on linen on board, 25.5 x 20.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Potter St Stack, Waterloo’ 2014, oil on linen on board, 25.5 x 20.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Vacant Warehouse, Lachlan St, Waterloo’ 2014, oil on linen on board, 25.5 x 20.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Phillip St Roundabout, Redfern’ 2014 oil on linen on board, 25.5 x 20.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Renwick St North, Redfern’ 2015 oil on linen on board, 25.5 x 20.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Redfern Oval’ 2015, oil on linen on board, 20.5 x 25.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Cooper St, Waterloo (Uncle Max)’ 2015, oil on linen on board, 35.5 x 45.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Substation, Lachlan St, Waterloo’ 2014, oil on linen on board, 20.5 x 25.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Water Board Block, McEvoy St, Waterloo’ 2014, oil on linen on board, 25.5 x 35.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Renwick St South, Redfern’ 2015, oil on linen on board, 20.5 x 25.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Water Board Block, Bourke St, Waterloo’ 2014, oil on linen on board, 20.5 x 25.5cm

Kevin McKay, ‘Wellington St Roundabout, Waterloo’ 2015, oil on linen on board, 25.5 x 35.5cm

KEVIN MCKAY SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 Glory Days: South Sydney Studies, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2014 You Are Here: Paintings of Kogarah, Kogarah Library &

Cultural Centre.

2013 New Work 2013, Sheffer Gallery, Darlington.

2012 In Passing, Sheffer Gallery, Darlington.

2011 All Roads Lead to Rome, Sydney Grammar School.

Enframed (MFA Final Presentation), National Art School.

2010 The Interchange, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2014 Christmas Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Paddington Art Prize, NCJWA hall, Woollahra.

Plein Air Art Prize, Parliament House, NSW.

Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woollahra Art School.

Kogarah Art Prize, Kogarah Library.

Stations of the Cross, Northmead Creative & Performing

Arts High School.

2013 Mount Eyre Art Prize, Rex Livingston Gallery, Sydney.

Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woolahra Art School.

Kogarah Art Prize, Kogarah Library.

2012 Shelf Life, Delmar Gallery’s Christmas Exhibition, Trinity

Grammar School, Ashfield.

Artbeat’12, Mariah College Art Prize, (finalist) Waverley.

Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woolahra Art School.

Kogarah Art Prize, Kogarah Library.

2011 National Art School Postgraduate Exhibition 2011,

National Art School Gallery.

The Outpost Project, Cockatoo Island.

Fountains and Drains, British School at Rome, Italy.

2010 May’s: The May Lane Street Art Project, Bathurst Regional

Gallery and touring.

Blake Prize Directors Cut.

Paddington Art Prize, Menzies Art Brands Gallery, Sydney.

Mosman Art Prize, (double finalist), Mosman Art Gallery.

Plein Air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament, Sydney.

Stations of the Cross, St Ives Uniting Church.

2009 Toyota Community Spirit II (two-person), Toyota

Corporation, Caringbah.

Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery.

Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea.

Sydney City of Villages Art Prize, Pine Street Arts Centre.

Dog Days Too, A-SPACE on Cleveland, Surry Hills.

B R E N D A M AY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (cont’d) 2008 Honours Show 08, National Art School Gallery.

Landscape, Flinders Street Gallery, Darlinghurst.

Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery.

2007 National Art School Degree Show, National Art School Gallery.

Weird/Wacky/Wonderful, A-SPACE on Cleveland.

2006 Blake Prize, National Art School Gallery (and touring).

MCQ International Art Prize, Art House Hotel.

4th Annual Dog Show, A-SPACE on Cleveland, Surry Hills.

2005 Fisher’s Ghost, Cambelltown Arts Centre.

Art on the Rocks, Sydney.

MCQ International Art Prize, Chiefly Plaza/MCA.

Southern Exposure, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery.

SELECTED AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS/RESIDENCIES 2015 Winner, Australian Plein Air Landscape Quarterly Prize,

Plein Air Painters of Australia.

2014 Highly Commended, Landscape Painting, Waverley Art Prize.

2013 Oil Painting Prize, Waverley Art Prize.

2012 Highly Commended, Open Prize, Waverley Art Prize.

Emerging Artist Prize, Kogarah Art Prize.

2011 Appointed Art Fellow, Sydney Grammar School.

Inaugural William Fletcher Travelling Fellowship and Rome

Residency winner.

2010 Highly Commended, Open Prize, Waverley Art Prize.

2009 Winner, Sydney City of Villages Art Prize.

Highly Commended, Glebe Art Prize.

2007 National Art School Outstanding Academic Achievement Award.

William Fletcher Foundation Grant.

Winner, Fairfield Art Prize.

NAS Drawing Week Prize.

NAS & St Vincent’s Painting Collection Prize.

Chroma Paints Award, NAS. COLLECTIONS Art Spectrum; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; BHP; Kogarah Municipal Council; St Vincents Public Hospital; Sydney Grammar School; Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority; Sydney Institute of TAFE; Tooheys Brewery; Private collections

G A L L E R Y

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