2002 Bournville College of Art; National diploma, Foundations Studies in Art & Design
Awards & Residencies
The United Sardine Factory, Bergen (Oct-Dec), 2016
Kaus Australis, Rotterdam (July-Sept), 2015
People’s Prize Winner, Beep Wales 2014
Saatchi Showdown: Painted Faces, finalist, 2013
Teddy Smith Award, 2011
Pro Artibus, Finland (Oct - Dec), 2010
GlogauAIR, Berlin (Jan - June), 2010
Petrov Prize, National Open Art Competition, 2009
Derek Hill Scholarship, British School at Rome (Oct - Dec), 2008
Sheldon Bergh Award, 2008
Boundary Figurative Art Prize, 2008
De Laszlo Prize, 2008
Stanley- Smith Scholarship, Royal College of Art, 2006 - 2007
Astra Zeneca Purchase Prize, 2006
Alan Quiney Award, 2004 & 2005
Selected Exhibitions
2016
Open Studio, USF, Bergen, Norway
Proverommet, Nobel Popel, Bergen, Norway
Paint By Number, Issue 2, launch and exhibition, Studio 24, Leeds
Process, Bankley Studios and Gallery, Manchester
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
Secret, Royal College of Art, London
2015
Dig-Dab (2 person show with Carolin Kastner), galerie Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Passengers, Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Oil Bennett Postcard Exhibition, Westminster School, London
Smalls, The Dog House, Kennington
2014
Bad Behaviour, Brixton East Gallery, London
Beep, The Elysium Gallery, Wales
The Open West (with artist talk), The Wilson, Gloucestershire
Shortlisted for The Curwen Figurative Art Prize, London
2012
Creative Cities Collection, Barbican Exhibition Halls, London
BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London (touring to Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh 3 Nov - 27 Jan 2013 and Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter 9 Feb - 19 May 2013)
Orchestrated, Cato Music, London
Islington Exhibits, The Old Firestation, London
2011
'Dialogues' 10th International Biennial of Contemporary Art, The Central Exhibition Hall 'Manege', St Petersburg, Russia
[GALERIA REGRESSO], Memorial do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2010
Shrublands, Raseborg gatan, Ekenas, Finland
Secret, Royal College of Art, London
Home Sweet Home, Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin
GlogauAIR, Glogauer Strasse, Berlin
Northern Stars, A Foundation, Liverpool
2009
Small is Beautiful, Flowers East, London
The National Open Art Competition Winner's Exhibition, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Guesthouse, Galleria Progresso, London
Solo Show, Magdalen College, Oxford
Actual Size, Studio One, London
2008
Figure of 8, British School at Rome, Italy
Saatchi's 4 New Sensations, The Truman Brewery, London
Blank Canvas, 1-2 Carnaby Street, London
Pentimenti, Permanent Gallery, Brighton
MA Final Show, Royal College of Art, London
Bank of America, Docklands, London
Boundary Figurative Art Prize, The Boundary Gallery, London
2007
Howie Street is Dead; long live Howie Street, Battersea, London
2006
"SPENT", 3 Colts Gallery, London
Celeste Art Prize, The Truman Brewery, London
Nationwide Mercury Music Art Prize, The Hospital Gallery, London
Press Articles & Publications
Apricot Jam - a collection of work created by Ruth Murray between 2009–2015. This book was a collaborative project between artists Ruth Murray and Carolin Kastner with an introductory text by artist and scholar Jacopo Benci (The British School at Rome).
Not Waving or Drowning, Artspace, 2008
Artists and Illustrators, Artist Profile, September 2008
Pollocks London, Sketchbook, September 2008
Camden New Journal, April 2008
Cheltenham Illustration Awards Annual, 2007
Seawhite of Brighton Annual Catalogue, Front Cover, 2007
The Times, 'The Knowledge', Image of the Week, Nov 2005