Anita Klein
Anita Klein studied at Chelsea and the Slade schools of art. She is a fellow and past president of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers (RE) and her work is in many private and public collections in Europe, the USA and Australia, including Arts Council England and the British Museum. She divides her time between studios in London and Anghiari, Italy. Technically flawless and with a beautiful air of simplicity, Anita Klein's drawings celebrate the small things we often forget to stop and enjoy. Dividing her time between London and Italy, she has exhibited across Britain, Europe, America, India and Australia over the past 30 years.
Education
1978-9 Foundation Course, Chelsea School of Art, London
1979-83 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Slade School of Art, London
1983-5 MA (Higher Diploma) Printmaking, Slade School of Art, London
1992 Elected Associate of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers
1995 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers
2003-6 President of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020 Lauderdale House, London with Eames Fine Art
Watts Gallery, Surrey, with Eames Fine Art
Printfest Ulverston (Printmaker of the Year)
Gallerie Peyrusse, France
Hayletts Contemporary Art, Essex
Eames Fine Art : “Water” paintings and prints
2019 Eames Fine Art: Conversations: Paintings and Prints
Marine House Devon: New Paintings
2018 Eames Fine Art – These Fleeting Days: New Paintings
2017 Eames Fine Art – Out of the Ordinary: linocuts
2016 Eames Fine Art - In Australia: New Paintings
2015 Eames Fine Art, London: “Full Circle” new paintings
Marine House Gallery, Devon: paintings and prints
2014 Eames Fine Art London – paintings & prints
Hayletts Contemporary Art Essex – paintings & prints
Cambridge Contemporary Art – paintings & prints
2013 Konst och Folk, Stockholm: Paintings and Linocuts
Gallery Blǻ, Linköping, Sweden: Paintings and Linocuts
Bircham Gallery, Norfolk: Paintings and Linocuts
Eames Fine Art London: New Paintings
The Art Vault, Mildura, Australia: New Prints
Birds Gallery, Melbourne, Australia: New Prints
2012 Seven Angels: Backdrop, paintings and set of linocuts, Royal College of Music, London
The Fine Art Partnership London - Linocuts
Marine House at Beer, Devon - Paintings & prints
Oriel Wrecsam Gallery, Wales - Prints
The Story Museum Oxford – Mural and paintings
2011 The Fine Art Partnership, Bankside and Menier Galleries London;
'Through the Looking Glass' paintings and prints
2010 The Fine Art Partnership London -"Uccelli" paintings and prints
Advanced Graphics London - paintings and prints
2009 Bankside Gallery London - 'Italian Angels' - 52 angels painted in Italy
Boundary Gallery London - New paintings and stained glass
2008 Advanced Graphics London – new monoprints
Bircham Contemporary Arts – prints
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Arts – prints
The Fine Art Partnership, Sussex – paintings, drawings & prints
2007 The Royal Commonwealth Society, London – Australian paintings
Fine Art Partnership, Nottingham – paintings, drawings and prints
2006 Boundary Gallery, London – small oils and watercolours
Bankside Gallery, London – new paintings & prints
Advanced Graphics, London – new prints
2005 Greek Printmakers Gallery, Athens, Greece -prints
2004Advanced Graphics, London – “Ordinary Miracles” prints
Boundary Gallery, London – paintings, drawings and watercolours
2003 Helen Gory Gallery, Melbourne, Australia - paintings
2002 Advanced Graphics London –retrospective exhibition of prints; “20 Years of Printmaking”
Boundary gallery, London – paintings, drawings and watercolours
2001 Boundary Gallery, London – paintings, drawings, watercolours and ceramics
2000 Cambridge Contemporary Art – paintings and prints
Port Jackson Press, Melbourne, Australia - prints
1999 Pyramid Gallery,York – prints and ceramics
Port Jackson Press, Melbourne, Australia - prints
Old Town Gallery, Tustin, California, USA - prints
1998 Cambridge Contemporary Art – paintings and prints
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham - prints
Beaux Arts, Bath - paintings
1997 Leeds City Art Gallery, the Craft & Design Centre - prints
1996 Beaux Arts, Bath - paintings
Cambridge Contemporary Art – paintings and prints
1995 Gateway Arts Centre, Shrewsbury – 2 person show of prints with Paula Rego
European Art Fair,Ghent, with Beaux Arts - paintings
1994 Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester - paintings
1993 Woodlands Art Gallery, London - paintings and prints
1992 Royal Pavillion Contemporary Gallery, Brighton – paintings and prints
Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - prints
1991 Wilson Hale, London – paintings and prints
1990 Tall House Gallery, London - prints
Printworks, Colchester – paintings and prints
1987 Leigh Gallery, London - prints
1986 Creaser Gallery, London – paintings and prints
GROUP EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:
Hayward Gallery (British Drawing)
Royal Academy
Other Worlds: The Story Museum Oxford
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Blond Fine Art
Contemporary Arts Society
Christies
Discerning Eye Exhibition
Hunting Art Prizes
Cleveland Drawing Biennale
Glasgow Print Studio
London Art Fair
Barbican Concourse Gallery
20/21 British Art Fair
International Print Fair New York
20/21 International Art Fair London
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2020 Printmaker of the Year, Printfest Ulverston
2018 The Print Block prize at The Masters, Screen & Stone, Bankside Gallery, London
2016 Invited Artist, Lessedra International Mini Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 Artist in Residence, The Art Vault, Mildura, Australia
2007 Best Artist in UK Fringe Festival, fringereport.com
2006 Artist in residence, Bundanon, NSW Australia
2003 University of Wales Purchase Prize, National Print Exhibition, London
1995 John Purcell Award, National Print Exhibition, London
1991 John Purcell Award for an outstanding print, Bankside Open
1984 Joseph Webb Award, Royal Society of Painter Printmakers
1982 & 1983 Henrique Scholarship, Slade School of Art
PRINTS PUBLISHED
2011-12 Editions Vulfovitch, Stockholm
1998-9 Advanced Graphics,London
2000-10 Advanced Graphics,London
1997/8 CCA Galleries, London
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Jiangsu Museum of Contemporary Art, China
Arts Council England
British Museum
Victoria and Albert museum London
British Library
University of Wales Aberystwyt
University College London, Picture club
Ashmolean Museum Oxford
Paintings in Hospitals permanent collection
Leicestershire County council
Bundanon Trust, Australia
The Ingram Collection at The Lightbox, Woking
Borchard collection of 20th century self portraits
Jewish Museum London
Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Lewisham College