Kate Kos

Full-time visual artist based in County Wexford for the past 21 years, working predominantly in water-based media including watercolour, gouache, and acrylic. My practice encompasses both studio and plein air work, focusing on landscape, botanical, and coastal subjects. I am an experienced tutor, delivering regular classes and workshops, and operate a permanent gallery space in Gorey where I exhibit and sell my work.

I believe art is a window to our happiest memories and future dreams. Therefore, I make art that helps busy people pause, embrace those positive feelings, and feel connected to the joy in their lives.

Awards:

2025 – Third Place, Paint the Flying Dutchman competition, IMMA, Dublin

2024 – Silver Award, Art in the Open Exhibition, Greenacres, Wexford

2024 – Award Winner, Dublin Plein Air in Balbriggan

2024 – Award Winner, Mount Congreve Plein Air Competition, Waterford

2023 – Bronze Prize, Graiguenamanagh Plein Air

2023 – First Prize, Dublin Plein Air in Malahide

2022 – First Prize, Artform Plein Air Exhibition

2019 – First Prize, Kathleen Browne Festival (portrait of Hon. Mayor of Bridgetown, Bridie)

2019 – Bronze Award, Art in the Open, Greenacres, Wexford

2019 – First Prize, Gorey Landscapes Exhibition, Gorey Art Collective Studio

2018 – First Prize, Puck Group Exhibition, Puck, Poland

2018 – Bronze Award, Art in the Open, Greenacres, Wexford

2017 – First Prize of the Day, Dublin Plein Air Painting Festival, Balbriggan, Co. Fingal

2015 – Silver Award, Art in the Open, Wexford

2013 – First Prize, Artfest Competition, The Gaslamp Gallery, Gorey


Solo Exhibitions

2024 – Blooming Fields, Pigyard Gallery, Wexford

2019 – Corners, Kate Kos Studio, Gorey

2017 – Sea Breeze, The Gaslamp Gallery, Gorey

2017 – Waterside, Pigyard Gallery, Wexford

2016 – Serenity, The Gaslamp Gallery, Gorey

2014 – Twenty14, Wells House, ...