Kenneth Le Riche

Born in 1963, prize-winning artist Kenneth Le Riche describes himself as a late bloomer. Having first earned himself a degree in engineering (1986), he worked in a variety of different jobs in different countries.

He only started painting in earnest in his late 20’s and didn’t go to art school until he turned 30, when he attended the Foundation Course at Leith School of Art (1994). This paved his way to study at Edinburgh College of Art where he received a BA Hons. (1998) and where he won an Andrew Grant Scholarship. He was also awarded an Erasmus grant for a four-month exchange to the Villa Arson Centre d’Art Contemporain, France.

He was awarded a scholarship to pursue further studies at the New York Academy of Art where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts with distinction (2003).

Le Riche regularly has work selected for the Royal Scottish Academy, the Society of Scottish Artists and Visual Arts Scotland Open Exhibitions. He has been a council member for Visual Arts Scotland and is currently a professional member. In 2009, he won the Visual Arts Scotland Purchase Prize.

Le Riche has worked for several arts organisations including the Leith School of Art, Edinburgh College of Art, and The New York Academy of Art. He has exhibited widely both in the UK and overseas and has been artist-in-residence at the Leith School Of Art, UK; Amagansett Applied Arts, New York, USA; Odd Nerdrum Studios, Norway; and the International Art Symposium, Jordan. His work is held in numerous collections around the world. Le Riche has his studio practice in Forres, Northern Scotland where he lives with his wife and two children.

SELECTED EDUCATION:

2000 - 2003 MFA Painting (cum laude), New York Academy of Art, USA

1994 - 1998 BA Honours Painting, Edinburgh College of Art, UK

1993 - 1994 Foundation Course, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, UK

1981 - 1986 BSc Honours Mechanical Engineering, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK

SELECTED MIXED EXHIBITIONS:

2021

Society of Graphic Fine Art, Mall Galleries, London

New English Art Club Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

Aberdeen Artist Society Annual Exhibition

Royal Scottish Academy, Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, UK "Flow" VAS Members Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK

2020 Royal Scottish Academy, Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, UK Aberdeen Artists Society, Aberdeen, UK

2019 Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, UK Members' Exhibition, An Talla Solais, Ullapool, UK Society of Scottish Artists, Edinburgh, UK

2018 RSW Open Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK RSA Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh,UK Oseana Kunst & Kultursenter, Bergen, Norway

2017 Sutton Gallery, Edinburgh, UK RSA Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, RSA, Edinburgh, UK

2016 Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK Moray Art Centre,Findhorn, Moray, UK

2015 The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, RSA, Edinburgh, UK ART4X, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK

2014 The Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, UK

2013 Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK

2012 Scottish Society of Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK

2011 New Hampshire Institute of Art, USA Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK

2010 Visual Arts Scotland, Edinburgh, UK

2009 Invited Guest Artist, Scottish Society of Architect Artists, Smith Museum, Stirling. Visual Arts Scotland, Edinburgh, UK

2008 Remal Arts Centre, Amman, Jordan Visual Arts Scotland, Edinburgh, UK

2007 Visual Arts Scotland, Edinburgh, UK Imagination Art Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

2006 La Exposici'n Realismos - travelling exhibition, Spain Cuixart Foundation, Barcelona, Spain Stricoff Fine Art, Chelsea, New York, USA

2005 INBAL, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2004 Stricoff Fine Art, Chelsea, New York, USA

2003 Artists' Night 7!, New York, USA

2002 Artspace, New York Sotheby's, New York

2001 New York Academy of Art Student Exhibition, New York

2000 Rene Lizard Gallery, New York

'Two Years On', The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh

1999 Visual Arts Scotland, RSA, Edinburgh Scottish Society of Artists, RSA, Edinburgh New Graduates', Stenton Gallery, East Lothian, UK 'New Graduates', The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2020 Upstairs Gallery, Inverness, UK

2018 Orchard Road Studios, Forres, Moray, UK

2017 The Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, Moray, UK

2011 Patriot Hall Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

2010 Axolotl Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

2008 soloNOVA Art Festival, Union Square, New York City, USA The Kunst Gallery, Edinburgh, UK The Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, UK

2006 Estudi Obra Vista, La Raval, Barcelona, Spain

2005 Estudi Obra Vista, La Raval, Barcelona, Spain

2004 Centre Stage Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA

2000 The Reynolds Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

1999 The Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, UK