Kirsten Todd

Award winning Lancashire based intuitive artist, Kirsten Todd, paints expressive, energetic and expressionist portraits, and abstracts. Painting since a child, and after gaining her degree on graphic design, she has had a career in the design industry for 30 years, whilst continuing to paint. For the last 7 years she has concentrated on painting professionally. Painting intuitively, Kirsten finds creating her pieces a working meditation, becoming in flow, in tune with the piece, Her spiritual side having a great influence on her work. Working mainly in acrylics, her portraits celebrate strong women, female empowerment, cultural diversity: giving women a voice. Expressing the divine feminine and the divine human form to show their inner strength, human resilience, their inner power and realisation of the true power that we humans have within us, our emotion, energy, our connection with each other and all that exists. Her artwork highlights the fact that everything is energy, has a vibration and frequency and is connected to everything that exists creating an intertwined cause and effect, (quantum entanglement). Everything therefore has a consciousness and our plane of existence is a conscious living entity. One small action or thought somewhere can have a huge effect on something in another place, planet, universe, dimension or density. Kirsten’s recent achievements include; WINNER of the British Art Prize Edding Acrylic Award 2022, Finalist in the Society of Women Artists Open Exhibition 2023, Winner in the Galeria Moderna London Invitational Art Contest 2023 at Castle Fine Art, Mayfair, and obtaining a Certificate of Artistic Merit from Luxembourg Art Prize and the Pinacotheque Museum for 2023, 2022 and 2021 consecutively. Kirsten has shown her work in exhibitions in the Mall Galleries, Gallery@oxo, Castle Fine Art, London, around the UK and internationally, with solo shows in the UK. In addition to being the winner of The British Art Prize Acrylic Award she has also gained several emerging artist awards, has featured in 4 art books, features in The Huts Magazine, World Wide Art Magazine, The Circle Quarterly Art Review Magazine, Women United Art Magazine, ArtistCloseup, Living North and Artists and Illustrators Magazine. Kirsten’s work is collected nationally and internationally. Kirsten is also a member of the Visual Artists Association.

2024 WINNER - The Old Lock Up Gallery Open - Cromford, Derbyshire, Feb 24 SELECTED ARTIST - Abstraction - Neighbourhood Gallery, Sale, Manchester, Jan 24 SELECTED ARTIST - Bread and Roses, Dot-Art Gallery, Liverpool, March - April 24 SOLO EXHIBITION - Eden Gallery, Newburgh, Lancashire, April - May 24 FINAL SELECTION - White Chalk Gallery Open Exhibition, Devizes, Wiltshire, April - May 24 FINAL SELECTION - Nature - Open Gallery, Halifax, W Yorkshire - June 24 FINAL SELECTION - Eos - The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, Derbyshire, - June 24 FINAL SELECTION - Winners’ Exhibition - Galeria Moderna, Cambridge - June 24 FINAL SELECTION - Clitheroe Contemporary, Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, Lancashire - June 24 FINAL SELECTION - Chorley Open Exhibition - Chorley, Lancashire - June 24 FINAL SELECTION - Liverpool Art Fair - Liver Building, Liverpool - July - August 24 FINAL SELECTION - Lancaster Art Fair - Storey Gallery, Lancaster - August 24 2023 WINNER - Embracing Our Differences exhibition, Sarasota Bayfront Park, North Port’s Butler Park, State College of Florida, USA Jan-May WINNER - Galeria Moderna London Invitational Contest, Castle Fine Art, Mayfair, London - 17th - 23rd April Stories to be Told - Online Exhibition - Artmums United - Jan 30th - 2nd March FINAL SELECTION - Figurative Exhibition - Open Gallery, Halifax - 1st -21st March Guest Artist - Famas Open Studios, Bolton, Lancashire 12-13th May BRONZE AWARD - Figurative Art Open Competiton - online - Global Painting Conclave - February TALENT PRIZE AWARD Figurative Open Exhibition - Teravena Art Gallery - Online - March Art in the Ev - Residency Exhibition, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool - 17th April - 29th April SOLO EXHIBITION - The Divine Feminine - Coach House Gallery, Astley Park, Chorley - May 23 FINALIST - Society of Women Artists Open Exhibition - Mall Galleries, London - 6th - 10th June Magazine Feature - Women United Art Magazine - Issue 4, Summer Issue I am Women, Virtual Exhibition - Women United Art Movement. SELECTED ARTIST - Clitheroe Contemporary, Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, - June 24 SELECTED ARTIST - Liverpool Art Fair, Royal Liver Building, Liverpool - July - August SELECTED ARTIST - FERENS Gallery Open Exhibition, Hull, - June - October LONGLISTED - VAA Professional Art Award 2023 - July LONGLISTED - VAO Art Award 2023 - July Magazine Feature - Artist Closeup Magazine - Issue 11 - October 23 SHORTLISTED- WOMEN ART PRIZE - Women United Art Movement, November 23 Certificate of Artistic Merit - Luxembourg Art Prize - November 2023 2022 WINNER of the British Art Prize - Edding Acrylic Award - Winners Exhibition, Gallery Oxo, Oxo Tower, South Bank, London - November 23rd, 2022 FINALIST and Commended Artist, FIDA Worldwide 6th Awards - November 22 Certificate of Artistic Merit - Luxembourg Art Prize - November 2022 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE at Everyman Theatre Liverpool, September 22 - April 23 Final Selection - The Manchester 2020 Vision Virtual Exhibition - 12 January 2022 - 19 January 2022 Solo online show - Artmums United - February 22 Final Selection - The Divine Feminine - online exhibition - Art from Heart - 12th March - 30 April Cover Feature, ArtIdeal Magazine, Circle Foundation of Arts, March-April 22 Artbox Venice Biennial Exhibition - Venice - April - May 22 ONE OF 37 WINNERS - Feature in World Wide Art Magazine - Issue 9 - Contest with Artavita - April 22 Artist, mother and Proud Exhibition, online Artmums-united, 24th April - 25th May 2022 Magazine feature - The Huts Magazine - June 2022 edition #5 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD - ‘Open’ Exhibition, Open Gallery, Halifax, Yorkshire, 4th May - 25th May Final Selection - Oppositions - The Holy Art - online exhibition - May 22 Final Selection - Art on Loop - The Holy Art, Digital Screens across London - June 22 SOLO SHOW - Art in the Ev, Everyman Theatre Liverpool - 6th June - 14th July 22 Final selection - Mother, Tebbs Art Gallery - online exhibition - 15-21st July Fronteer Art Fair, Chester, August 22 SELECTED ARTIST - Featured in Circle Quarterly Art Review Magazine - July/August LONGLSITED - VAA Professional Artist Award 2022 - August 22 Longlisted - VAO Art Prize 2022 - August 22 Harrogate Art Fair, Contemporary Art Fairs, Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, 16-19th October 22 Book Feature - Artmums-United - Stories To Be Told Nov 22 Magazine Feature - Living North - December Issue Magazine Feature - Artists and Illustrators - December issue 2021 3RD PLACE WINNER - Finalist - Emerging Artist Award, Creates Gallery, Monmouth, Feb-March 2021 Final Selection - Harris Museum Open Exhibition - Harris Museum, Market Square, Preston - 3rd March - 3rd May 2021 Final Selection - The Absent Gallery Open Exhibition, online - 20th April - 15th June Final 12 “Wraptious” National Art competition - May 2021 Final Selection - The Huts Magazine Virtual exhibition Connectivite - 31st May - 30th June WINNER - Artist of the Month, Art From Heart Website and social takeover - online - , 1st - 30th June Final Selection - Voices of Earth Exhibition - Art from Heart - online - 9th June - 30th July Final election - VAA Open Exhibition - online - March-June 21 SHORTLISTED - VAO2021 - Visual Artist Association Open Art Prize - September 2021 Solo Exhibition - Dot-Art & INNside by Melia Liverpool - 15th September - 15th January 2022 Featured Artist - Obsessed With Art - online article - October 2021 Certificate of Artistic Merit - Luxembourg Art Prize - November 2021 Final Selection - Iconic - The Holy Art, Shoreditch, Virtual Exhibition - 10th- 26th November 2021 2020 Finalist - Emerging Artist Award, Creates Gallery, Monmouth, Jan-Feb 2020 StandUp! International Women’s Day Exhibition, Artcore, Derby, 6th - 28th March 2020 Solo Online exhibition “The Divine Feminine” - April - September 2020 2nd place WINNER - New Emergence Art Prize - August 2020. FINALIST - Highly Commended Artist - VAO2020 - Visual Artist Association Open Art Prize - September 2020 FINALIST - Emerging Artist Award, Creates Gallery, Monmouth, February 2019 Final Selection - Insight Exhibition, Lancashire Mind, Farmhouse Gallery, Chorley, May-June 2019 Final Selection - Artbound Summer Show “Radiant”, Legacy Art Gallery, Todmorden, June-July 2019 Final Selection - Artbound “Tales of the Iconic”, Hebden Bridge Town Hall, Hebden Bridge, June-July 2019 Final Selection - Liverpool Art Fair, Metquarter, Liverpool - June - September 2019 Solo Exhibition - ArtForm Gallery, Shipley, W Yorkshire - July 30th - Sept 24th 2019 Harrogate Art Fair, Harrogate, Yorkshire - August 2019 Solo Exhibition - TwentySix Gallery, Market Street, Hebden Bridge, W Yorks - 5-7 October 2019 The Creative Principle - Art Fair, Harris Museum, Preston Lancs - 2 Nov 2019 Final Selection - Calderdale Open Exhibition, Bankfield Museum, Halifax - 9th Nov - 21 Dec 2019 Final Selection - Artbound Winter Showcase, The Town Hall, Hebden Bridge, W Yorks - 30 Nov - 21st Dec 2019 Final Selection - Artsmill Winter Open Competition - Artsmill, Linden Mill, Hebden Bridge W Yorks - 26 Nov - 20 Dec Final Selection - Harris Museum Open Exhibition - Harris Museum, Market Square, Preston - 14 Dec - 26 Jan 2020 Final Selection - “Brought to Birth” 35 Chapel Walk Gallery, Sheffield, Yorks - 9th - 20th Dec 2019 Artbound Xmas Art Fair - The Town Hall, Hebden Bridge, W Yorks - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2019 Final 12 “Wraptious” National Art competition - December 2019 Lancaster Xmas Art Fair - Town Hall, Lancaster - 17 -21 December 2019 2018 Final Selection - Milnthorpe Open Art exhibition, Milnthorpe, August 2018, Final Selection - Calderdale Open Art Exhibition, Bankfield Museum, Halifax, November 2018 Chester Art Fair - November 2018 Parallax Art Fair - November 2018 FINALIST - ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, November 2018

Art A level, Runshaw 6th Form College NWRAC foundation in Art, Blackburn College BA graphic design, Salisbury College of Art and Design