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Lyndsay Russell - MFA Kingston School of Art 2022
“Every day I wake up inspired by the flowing river, the parkland and wildlife that surrounds me — a privilege and a pleasure.”
Lyndsay is an international artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, sculpture, photography, film, sound and text.
With a background as a best-selling author and radio journalist, she brings narrative, research and lived experience into her visual work. She completed a two-year MFA in Fine Art at Kingston School of Art, Kingston University, London, graduating in 2022.
Since leaving university, her work has been exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery, the West Bund Art Centre in Shanghai (often referred to as the Chinese “Tate Modern”), and Kingston Museum's 'Creative Flow,' show. A six-month exhibition, she was honoured as the lead contemporary artist, presenting sculpture, film and installation alongside historic works by Millais and Turner.
Her practice also extends into immersive solo shows combining music, spoken word and visual art.
Internationally, Lyndsay has exhibited at BBK Gallery in Germany representing ten fellow Kingston artists as part of a cultural exchange with the twin town of Oldenburg.
Renowned as the artist who lives and works aboard a Thames houseboat, Lyndsay’s practice is deeply shaped by the river landscape that surrounds her. The rhythms of water, weather, parkland and wildlife inform both her materials and her conceptual approach, with the Thames itself often becoming a collaborator rather than a subject.
CV:
EDUCATION
2020 - 2022 MFA in Fine Arts - Kingston School of Art, Kingston University
1990 - Watford School Of Art, Advertising Writing Diploma, Honours
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 - As Above, So Below - FREUD West End, London
2023 - Elemental Circle - RuptureXIBIT Gallery Hampton Wick
2022 - Water Alchemy - Sponsored by Cass Art Kingston
2018 - We Are All One - Sponsored by Kingston Arts, Court Farm, Kingston
2016 - Echoes of the Wind - Denbies Art Gallery, Dorking, UK
2015 - Subjectivity and Such Matters - Bernardo’s, Kingston, UK
2014 - Echoes display exhibition Chelsea Harbour Design Fair, London,
2014 - Solo Exhibition Stand - The Landmark Arts Fairs UK
COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2025 - Beasties - Kaos Kingston
2025 - Koppel Open Studios - two shows Kingston
2025 - The Rose Theatre, Kaos Kingston
2025 - Mad March One Paved Court - Richmond
2024 - All Saints Eco Exhibition (Winner) Kingston
2024 - KAOS@The Rose Theatre
2024 - 'Kingston Upon Huntz' BBK Gallery Oldenburg, Germany (representing 9 British Artists - Cultural Exchange)
2024 - Confluence KAOS@TheCornerHOUSE
2023-2024 - Orleans House Gallery
2023-2024 - Kingston Museum - 'Creative Flow'
2023 - KAOS @ The Rose Theatre
2023 - West Bund Art Centre Shanghai - National Ecology Day
2023 - KAOS @ the cornerHOUSE
2022 - Bobcat Gallery - Seeds of The Mind
2022 - The Rose Theatre Art Exhibition
2022 - Kaos Open Studios
2020 - Fine Art Film Shorts – The Stanley Picker Gallery, London
2021 - The Visitor (Online) Kingston School of Art
2018 UK MIND auction London, UK
2016 - Landmark Arts Exhibition – solo stand
2015 - KAOS The Market House, Kingston, UK
2015 - Figurative exhibition, Gallery 63A, Kingston, UK
2016 - Echoes of the Wind - Denbies Art Gallery, Dorking, UK
2015 - Subjectivity and Such Matters - Bernardo’s, Kingston, UK
Subjectivity and Such Matters - Jaxx, Kingston, UK
Echoes display exhibition Chelsea Harbour Design Fair, London, UK
2014 - Solo Exhibition Stand - The Landmark Arts Fairs
2014 - Acre Studios Winter Exhibition, Kingston, UK
PERFORMANCE ART
2019 - We Are Publication exhibition, reading of Kuki Shuzo -Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston UK
2014 - Mid Life Crisis, own poetry performance - Pleasance Bunker Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, UK
2014 - Mid Life Crisis, own poetry performance - The Word Cafe, Tea House, Richmond UK
PUBLICATIONS
2014 - ‘Making It Big’ - Both the Author and book cover Illustrator. Novel awarded ‘Best Seller’- No. 9 on Kindle. Published by Oldcastle Books, UK
2010
‘The Rainbow Weaver’ - Published by Oldcastle Books, UK
2000 - ‘America’s Cup Jubilee Official Book’ (Editor, photographer) - Published by Sam Fryer Associates, UK