Kate Montgomery studied at The Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art, St John's College, Oxford and then Royal College of Art in London, graduating in 1992. In the same year Kate was artist in residence at the Prince of Wales' Institute of Architecture. Her work is held in both private and public collections around the world.
Kate lives on the south coast: sources for her paintings are found through walking in the Sussex countryside, running by the sea, and the interiors and gardens of Georgian and Victorian houses and museums in Brighton & Hove.
Kate's paintings often suggest interior spaces associated with female responsibility, creativity and desire. Silent houses with children playing outside, workrooms, a costume gallery... Real time and space are avoided, permitting personal histories and fictions to be read.
Selected Exhibitions
Declarative Language with artists Edie Flowers, Nicola Hicks, Kelly Jessiman, Mindy Lee, Natasha Macvoy, Kate Montgomery, Anj Smith, Alexis Soul-Gray and Maliheh Zafarnezhad . Curated by Alexis Soul Grey and Kelly Jessiman at Amici Studio Hastings 11 April to 09 May
Story Painters, Picture Writers with painters Julian Bell, Nick Bush, Jane Griffiths, Gala Hills, Jamie McKendrick, Kate Montgomery. Curated by Kate Montgomery. The Kendrew Barn Gallery, St John's College, Oxford January 20th - February 2nd 2026
The Stolen Orange curated by Sarah Shaw - over 80 artists' responses to The Stolen Orange by Brian Patten Bond Street Gallery Brighton November - December 2025
The Sleepers curated by Laura Moseley with artists: Joke Amusan, Helen Cammock, Ann Dowker, Tracey Emin, Laura Footes, Bambou Gili, Kate Montgomery, Celia Paul, Jenny Polak, Gwen Raverat, Lucy Raverat and Nancy Willis. Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
18 September 2025 – 22 February 2026
Lines and Marks - Drawing show (gallery artists and guests) Natasha O'Kane Sussex Art July 2025
Nuits Blanches solo show Long & Ryle London June - August 2025
A Spirit Inside Work by female and non binary artists from The Women's Art Collection Murray Edwards College Cambridge and The Ingram Collection at Compton Verney until September 1st 2024 (two paintings Seawind and Night Watch included).
On Summery Afternoons solo show The Campden Gallery , Chipping Campden 2023
The Art of Biodiversity mixed show by submission, Star Brewery Gallery, Lewes 2023
Pattern Book solo show Long & Ryle London 2023
Winter Show The Campden Gallery Chipping Campden 2022/23
Sussex Contemporary Open i360 Brighton 2022/3
Watercolour Group Summer show Long & Ryle, London 2022
Inner Space with Dawn Beckles, Lindsey Moran and Alison Pullen. Sarah Wiseman Gallery Oxford 2022
Golden Hour mixed exhibition Le Salon Vert, Saanen, Switzerland Summer 2021
Quantum Contemporary Art Summer Show West Horsely Place Surrey 2021
Primavera mixed show Long & Ryle Pimlico London 2021
L'Appel de la Montagne mixed exhibition Le Salon Vert, Saanen, Switzerland 2020/21
Beyond Other Horizons mixed show, British Council Iasi, Romania 2020
Quartet, 4 artists, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh Winter 2019
Moon Gazing , mixed show, Sarah O'Kane, Fitzroy House Lewes June 2019
Dreamed House solo show Long & Ryle, Pimlico, London, May/June 2018
A Winter’s Tale mixed show Long & Ryle, Pimlico London, December 2016
Bijou mixed show Candida Stevens Fine Art Chichester, December 2016
Into The Woods mixed show St Annes Galleries, Lewes East Sussex, March 2016
Kind of Blue mixed show Candida Stevens Fine Art Chichester, November/December 2015
Good Figures The Mall Galleries London, February 2015
Figurative Artists Jerwood Gridshell, West Sussex, 2013
In Town St Annes Galleries, Lewes East Sussex, February 2013
Sussex Landscapes St Annes Galleries, Lewes East Sussex, October 2011
At Home New Paintings and Drawings by Kate Montgomery & Teresa Whitfield St Annes Galleries Lewes East Sussex, April 2009.
Four - The London Group Kate Montgomery, David Gluck, Anthony Wishaw RA, Peter Clossick
The Walk Gallery, London 2002
One Person Show
Cadogan Contemporary
Knightsbridge
London
1994, 1996, 1998 2000 2009
One Person Show
Gallery B, Föhr, Germany
1993
Awards
Elected member of the London Group
London
1998
The Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture Prize
Degree Show, Royal College of Art
London
1992
Egerton Coghill Landscape Painting Prize
Oxford University
1988
Geoffrey Rhoades Commemorative Bursary
Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art
Oxford University, 1986
Casberd Scholarship
St Johns College, Oxford University
1986
Open submission exhibitions include
The Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, The Mall Galleries London, 2009/2011/2018
The Sussex Open, Brighton & Hove Museum and Art Gallery, 2006/22/23
The Chichester Open Goodwood, 2005
The Discerning Eye , The Mall Galleries, London 1996/1997/1999/2013/2014/2016/2017/2018
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1995/1996/1999/2000/2001/2010/2013/2024
Work in Private Collections
Vivien Duffield, Princess Margarita of Romania, HRH King Charles III, Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, Jack Sheppard, Kevin Kwan and sales to private individuals in Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Switzerland, Germany and the USA.
Work in Institutional Collections.
St John’s College, Oxford
The Womens' Art Collection, Murray Edwards College Cambridge.
The Cromwell Hospital, London.
Press Cuttings & online media
2026 “Artist carers”: The Visible, the Invisible, and the In-Betweenness. Essay by Lisha Rooney to accompany Declarative Language at Amici Projects
https://amici.art/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Essay-Artisticarers-By-Lisha-Rooney.pdf
2026 Twin Magazine twin picks https://www.twinfactory.co.uk/
2026 Artlyst/St John's College Oxford https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/events/exhibition-story-painters-picture-writers/
2024 - ROSA (Review of Sussex Arts) cover of Autumn issue and interview with Imogen Lycett Green 'Into the Labyrinth' https://rosamagazine.co.uk/into-the-labyrinth/
2024 Observer Review of shows at Compton Verney by Laura Cumming
2024 Artylist Sussex Artists by Claudia Barbieri Shields https://artlyst.com/features/sussex-artists-spotlight-spring-2024-claudia-barbieri/#:~:text=Sussex%2C%20a%20tranquil%20and%20moody,his%20craft%20workshops%20in%20Ditchling.
2023 online interview Selvedge Magazine https://www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedge/pattern-book
2023 online interview Faire Magazine https://www.fairepress.com/journal/kate-montgomery
2023 online interview FLO London https://www.flolondon.co.uk/all-posts/in-conversation-with-kate-montgomery
2022/23 Absolute Sussex editorial and colour reproduction.
Artists & Illustrators 2018 interview and colour reproduction.
Country Life 2018 exhibition preview and colour reproduction
World Of Interiors 2018 exhibition preview.
Women In Art (WIA) online exhibition preview and colour reproduction.
The London Paper, September 2009 : Review of The Threadneedle Prize Exhibition and image.
The Financial Times, February 2002: review of the London Group at The Walk Gallery, William Packer.
Temenos Academy Review, Spring 2000: Two Paintings reproduced; work discussed by Keith Critchlow with notes by the artist.
The Sunday Times, November 1997: review of “The Discerning Eye”, Cosmo Landesman. Painting - b&w reproduction.
The Independent, November 1997 : mentioned in review of “The Discerning Eye”, Andrew Lambirth
Art Review, February 1995: one of ten artists selected and discussed by Nicola Shane. Colour reproduction.
The London Evening Standard, May 1994: preview of Cadogan Contemporary Show. Colour reproduction.
The Spectator, 1992: review of R.C.A. degree show, Giles Auty. Painting reproduced in colour.
Selected use of Paintings and Design work:
Poetry collection cover image, Bloodaxe Books, Jane Griffiths Little Silver 2022
Record Cover, Tapete Records, The Catenary Wires 'Til the Morning' 2019
Major commission with London Contemporary Art
Paintings for Royal Caribbean's new fleet of cruise liners
2001, 2002, 2003
Children’s Book illustrations for “Razia, Queen of India“
Hood Hood Books, London
1997
Textile commission
Edinburgh Weavers
1992