© Kate Jenvey
| Kate Jenvey SAA is a realistic coloured pencil and graphite pencil artist and oil painter using nature as her inspiration. Her artistic interest began early as she grew to love and admire the animals that were part of her childhood in East Africa. Her passion for Africa remains strong and influences much of her work today. After her move to Australia, Kate has settled into a rural lifestyle and now this subject matter is also featured within her colourful paintings and intricate pencil drawings. Kate has demonstrated her work in an interview on the TV show ‘Colour in Your Life’ and had a feature article in The Australian Horseman Magazine titled “Capturing Wild Spirits”. Her pencil work has been published in ‘CP Treasures, Vol. IV, V and VII, Strokes of Genius 9, 10 and 15th International ARC salon. Kate is the recipient of many awards, including an international award and has been juried into many art exhibitions including Western Visions at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, USA and Wildlife Artist of the Year, London. Kate continues to be an international and national exhibiting artist and has had six solo shows, including ‘Drawn to the Wild’ in 2017 at the Benalla Art Gallery. Kate is currently a signature member of The Society of Animal Artists and a member of The Colored Pencil Society of America. Kate is also a director and resident artist of Art Gallery on Ovens, Wangaratta. |
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| Awards/Exhibitions AWARDS AND HONOURS 2021: NASA and Codex Lunar mission-artwork archived on the moon 2020: “BeDazzled” published in CP Treasures, Vol. 7 2019: ‘Remembrance’ Best in Show, Tatong, 'Free Spirits' wins Equine Art Prize, Flinders Art Show P T Explorers Vol 15, Pg 148 Feature article 'Pecking Order' selected for publication in Hidden Treasures Vol 5 2018: Awarded Master status in Coloured Pencil Community of Australasia Finalist in International magazine’s Wildlife Challenge with “Eye to Eye’” 2017: 'Eye to Eye' selected for Strokes of Genius 10 Highly commended in the National Equine Art Prize 'Safe in Stripes' published in Color Pencil Treasures Vol. 5 Artist profile “An Art Safari” in Ann Kullberg’s Color magazine Honourary Mention in Colourbrations International Online Exhibition 'Vanishing' SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2022: Featured Artist at Beechworth ‘Botanica & Animal Magnetism’ Invitational Mansfield Easter Art Show, Mansfield 2021: Best ‘Other Medium’, St Bernard’s Art Show, Wangaratta ‘Art for Survival’, Solo exhibition Art Gallery on Ovens, Wangaratta 2020: 15th Art Renewal Center Salon International Exhibition, finalist 2019: ‘Country Life’, solo exhibition Art Gallery on Ovens, Wangaratta National Equine Art Prize, Mansfield, Victoria 'Golden Hour' juried in to Explore This! 15, Colored Pencil Society of America 2018: 'Cowgirl Cuddle’ juried into Mountain Oyster Club Art Show, Tucson, Arizona Kayamoja International Wildlife Exhibition, Windhoek, Namibia Featured Artist, Mornington Rotary Art Show, Mornington Explore This! 14, Color Pencil Society of America 2017: Wildlife Artist of the Year, London, UK Wildlife Treasures, Nature in Art Museum, Gloucester, UK National Equine Art Prize, Mansfield, Victoria 'Drawn to the Wild', Solo exhibition, Benalla Regional Art Gallery MEMBERSHIPS Society of Animal Artists, signature member, Colorado, USA Colored Pencil Society of America |