Born in Bournemouth, England in 1965, painter Kimathi Donkor lives and works in London. Exhibitions include the 29th São Paulo Biennial (Brazil, 2010), as well as 'Hawkins & Co' (Liverpool, 2008) and 'Fall/Uprising' (London, 2005).

In 2011, he was awarded the Derek Hill Foundation scholarship for the British School at Rome, and in 2009 he recieved an Arts & Humanities Research Council full masters award.

 
     

Education

MA Degree Fine Art, Camberwell College of Arts, 2010
PGCE, Art & Design, Goldsmiths College, 1992
BA Hons. Degree, Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, 1987
Foundation Diploma, Fine Art, Bournemouth Art College, 1984

Solo Exhibitions

Market Theatre Gallery, Hawkins & Co, Armagh, N Ireland, 2008
Bettie Morton Gallery, Fall/Uprising, London, 2005
Art Exchange Gallery, Caribbean Passion: Haiti 1804, Nottingham, 2005
Bettie Morton Gallery, Caribbean Passion: Haiti 1804, London, 2004

Selected Group Exhibitions

British School at Rome Seven things to do in an emergency, Rome, 2011
St Martin in the Fields Precious little, London, 2011
Chelsea Triangle Space Multiple authors & previous owners, London, 2011
29th Bienal de São Paulo Ha sempre um copo de mar para um homem navegar, São Paulo, Brazil, 2010
The Castle Askew in the Garden of Desire, London, 2010
Space Station Sixty Five be careful what you wish for, London, 2010
Tate Britain, Jam in The Dark, collaborative performance London, 2010
Conway Hall, Kréyol Day, London, 2009
Contemporary Urban Centre, Hawkins & Co, Liverpool, 2008
The Building Centre, Torture Care, London, 2007
Elspeth Kyle Gallery, Hawkins & Co, London, 2007
Elspeth Kyle Gallery, Telltale, London, 2006
Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Orature, London, 2005
198 Gallery, Historicism, London, 2004
The Fridge Gallery, The Jamaican Influence, London, 2003
Simba Project, Charcoal & Chalk, London, 1991
St. Mary’s Centre, Charcoal & Chalk, London, 1989
Brixton Library, Creation for Liberation, London, 1987
People’s Gallery, Young Black & Here, London, 1986
Brixton Art Gallery, Monti Wa Marumo, London, 1986
Brixton Recreation Centre Creation for Liberation, London, 1985
Upper Street Gallery, Black Artists for Azania, London, 1985
Bonnington Square, Art Festival, London, 1985
Jubilee Gardens, Struggle and Success, London, 1985
Royal Festival Hall, Artists Against Apartheid, London, 1985

[* = forthcoming]


Awards, Residencies & Commissions

Derek Hill Foundation, British School at Rome Scholarship Italy, 2011
Shortlisted for Bar-Tur award, University of the Arts London, 2011
Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Johnny was born aloft by Joy and Stephen, 2010
Cortijada Los Gázquez, Joya Residency Almeria, Spain, 2010
Arts and Humanies Research Council, Professional Masters Scheme Full Award, London, 2009-10

Curating

Shades of Noir, Lethaby Gallery CSM, London, 2012
Hawkins & Co, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool, 2008 / Elspeth Kyle Gallery, London, 2007
Brixton Open, Bettie Morton Gallery, London, 2005

Lectures, Seminars & Teaching

Visiting Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University Notts, 2011
Associate Lecturer, CCW University of the Arts London, 2011
Goldsmiths College, Southern African Seminar Series, London, 2010
Conway Hall, Kréyol Day, London, 2009
Tate Britain, Tate Forum, London, 2009
Private Tutor, London, 2009
National Maritime Museum, Roots of Resistance, London, 2007
Pump House Gallery, Artist's Talk London, 2007
National Maritime Museum, Voiceless Odysseys, London, 2007
Imperial War Museum, Escapism, London, 2007
Art teacher, Geoffrey Chaucer School, London, 92-93
African Art & Culture tutor, Greenwich Adult Education Institute, 90-91
RBTW Book Fair, Young Artists, London, 1986



Education Projects & Workshops

Tate Britain Seeing Through London, 2009-11
Horizons, Antibully London, 2009-2010
The Engine Room, UAL, Horizons Away Day London, 2009
Lewisham YOS,
Be Inspired London, 2009
Secondary and Primary Schools, Positive Reinforcement, Escapism, Who Me? London, 2007-2009
Kenwood House, Creative Roundtable, London, 2007



Books

29th Bienal Catalogue, Bienal São Paulo, 2010



Collections

Works held by Novas Contemporay Urban Centre, Liverpool and in private collections in the UK.



Media

www.theoctopusjournal.org, Imaging and Re-Imagining the Neo-Libaral: Brixton and its Discontents, 2011
www.estadao.com.br, Início do conteúdo O americano que provoca na bienal, 2010
Les Echos, On a retrouvé les tableaux de Michel Houellebecq, 2010
Agencia Brasil, Sao Paulo Biennial review, 2010
The Art Newspaper, Sao Paulo Biennial preview, 2010
Murmurart.com, Askew in the Garden of Desire review, 2010
Colour Code, Visual Memories of Slavery..., 2010
Kola E-Zine, Haiti article, 2008
Colourful Radio, Nina Jones interview, 2008
Liverpool Metro, Hawkins & Co Review, 2008
Nerve,
Hawkins & Co Review, 2008
Nubiart Sound Radio, Hawkins & Co Review, 2007
Freedom Songs,
'Toussaint at Bedourette' reproduction, 2007
Culture 24 , Hawkins & Co Review, 2007
Colourful Radio, Afternoon Delight interview, 2007
Untold London, Telltale Review, 2006
Art Knowledge News, Police Censor, 2005
ArtsHub,
Art Thought & Memory, 2005
Time Out, Helping With Enquiries: 1984, 2005
BBC London Radio
, Dotun Adebayo interview, 2005
BBC Nottingham, Caribbean Passion Review, 2005
Black Heritage Today, Justice in a Brush stroke, 2005
New Nation, Our History On Canvas, 2004
London Evening Standard, Metro Pick of the Week, 2004
City Limits, Creation for Liberation Review, 1985



© 2002-2012 - Art by Kimathi Donkor