Illuminated Woman, 2020

Katy Papineau is an artist living and working in London, UK. She studied Philosophy at university and in 2018 she started a year-long Specialist Degree at the Royal Drawing School.  Her practise includes both painting and drawing. In her work she focuses on scenes from various interiors and their imposing intimacy. She paints from imagination using themes from stories, theatre and literature. Her vivid and colorful figurative images are composed from mixes of raw pigment, paint, crayon and pencil.

Exhibitions history

Selected solo & group works

Works on Paper 2 at Blue Shop cottage, September 2020

The Art Register at Sophie Breitmeyer, June - October 2020

Katy Papineau at All Mouth Gallery, July 2020

Summer Show 2020 at the Royal Drawing School, June 2020

Reaction in Seclusion, June 2020

Curated for Covid, May 2020

Miniature Masterpieces on The Edition Shop, March 2020

Works On Paper at Frestonian Gallery, February 2020

Bee Urban at Kennington Park, December 2019

Drawing Year Open Studios at Space Studios, December 2019

Drawing Year End of Year Exhibition at the Royal Drawing School, November 2019 

Best of the Drawing Year, Christie’s London, November 2019

The Greek Street Art Show, Maison Bertaux, July 2019

Artist Showcase, 119 Lower Clapton, July 2018

Open Studio Show, The Koppel Project, May 2018

Drawn Together, Mercer Chance Gallery, July 2017