Kate Henderson

Over the years I have developed an increasingly expressive approach to both my painting and glass work and I feel there is a symbiotic relationship between them that continues to strengthen and influence the mark making within each discipline.

My inspiration comes from many areas, especially Historic Architecture and Archaeology. Recent work is based on the Architecture from Edinburgh, a rich source I find constantly challenging, I try to emulate the way the light surrounds a building, creating compositions that focus on the overall shapes of the architecture and yet contain subtle details, obscured and faded

1988-1992- Edinburgh College of Art BA HONS(specialised in stained glass)
1992-1993- Edinburgh College of Art post grad in design
Further courses/research
2022 Two-week residency at Studio Faire south of France, to develop new processes towards drawing (VACMA award -August)
2022 Two-week residency with glass artist Mark Angus in Graz Austria develop glass painting (CGS Award- April)
2012 Learning the process of Waterjet cutting glass at Sunderland University supported by (VACMA Award)
2009 Learning Acid etching on glass with Derix glass studios in Germany (VACMA Award)
2009 Scottish Arts Council funding to attend masterclass with Therman Statom, Northlands Creative Glass, Caithness
2008 Anatomy and Life drawing summer school with George Donald RSA.
2007 Stone Lithography printmaking evening classes with Alistair Clark, Edinburgh printmakers union.
2005 Bullseye teacher’s forum with Ted Sawyer technical director of Bullseye glass held at Northlands Creative Glass, Caithness
2002 Scottish Arts Council funding to attend course with Adrian Wiszniewski and Gerhard Ribka, Northlands Creative Glass, Caithness
2000 1+1 Glass symposium in Vilnius, Lithuania, representing Glass dept at ECA

Solo/ Group Exhibitions
2022 Walled garden exhibition Amisfield Garden, Haddington
2022 On Reflection solo show with Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh
2021 Wondrous, group show with Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh
2020 Sanctuary solo show, online virtual gallery created by projectroom2020/Art North magazine
2020 Selectionbox, group show with Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh
2019 Urban.Rural, group show with Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh
2019 Fragments solo show glass and paintings at Flat Cat Gallery, Lauder
2018 Converge-6 women in glass, Doubtfire Gallery Edinburgh
2017 Sacred Traces, two persons show with Alan James McLeod, Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh
2016 Briggs Donaldson Henderson, three-person show, Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh
2013 Journeys with Carol Sinclair Peter Potter Gallery, East Lothian
2011 Fleeting shadows, bright sunshine solo exhibition at RGI Kelly Gallery, Glasgow
2002 Into the light solo exhibition, The Steading Gallery Borgue, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries
Society Exhibitions
2022 The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, (Also ,19, 18,12, 10, 08, 07 & 05)
2021 BSMGP Centenary Touring English Abbeys and Cathedrals of 30cm x 30cm stained glass (21-22)
2021 The Scottish Drawing competition organised by...