Born: Wirral
Lives: Liverpool

Education

Foundation; Art and Design. Wirral Met. College 1992
BA (Hons) History of Art. Staffordshire University 1995
MA Art History, Liverpool University 1998



CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

CORNERHOUSE PROJECTS
Cornerhouse Gallery
70 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5NH, UK
Open: Fri 18th December 2009 - Wed 20th January 2010


Recent exhibitions include
The National Open Art Exhibition, The Minerva, Chichester Festival Theatre
Revolver, The Lost Souls and Stranger Service Station @ the Bluecoat gallery, Liverpool. 2009
Next Up: Liverpool Art Now, Blucoat Gallery, Liverpool. 2009
Christmas exhibition, Karen Taylor Gallery, Twickenham. 2008
Summer exhibition, Karen Taylor Gallery, Twickenham. 2008
The Liverpool Art prize, NCUC, Liverpool. 2008
Deck the Walls. Wills Art Warehouse,Putney common, London. 2007
Open Ex. Cafe Gallery Projects, Centre of Southwark Park. 2007
Sefton Open. The Atkinson Gallery, Southport. 2007
The Affordable Art Fair. New York, 2007
Spring Open. Williamson Art Gallery, 2007
Art for Business at The Albany. Liverpool. 2006
Wirral Open. Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead. 2006
Inaugural. Cube noir, Liverpool Biennial 2006
Score Draw. Cube noir, Liverpool Biennial 2006
Soup versus Gazpacho. Cube noir, Liverpool Biennial 2006

For Liverpool Independents Biennial 06, Gareth curated the following shows at Cube noir:-
Inaugural
Soup versus Gazpacho
Score Draw; recent painting by Gareth Kemp
Half cut for confidence; recent paintings by Tim Ellis
The North West passage

Grants/Awards
Short-listed for Liverpool Art Prize 2008.
www.liverpoolartprize.com

Projects
Through Cube noir, Gareth is planning a number of ambitious exhibitions and projects. Details to follow. Cube noir website is currently being built. www.cubenoir.co.uk

Gareth Kemp also works as a freelance Art Handling Technician. His clients include: White Cube Gallery, Whitworth Gallery, Ashmolean Museum, Bluecoat Gallery, Tate Liverpool, Victoria Gallery and Museum and The Royal Academy.