Kayoon Anderson (b.1997, Seoul) is a London-based artist working with oil paint. Having studied architecture before training as a painter, she aims to present structured yet harmonious environments within which her figures sit. Taking inspiration from European medieval paintings and munbangdo still-lives, her imagined domestic scenes call to her mixed heritage, bringing together memories of her childhood in Korea and the UK.

Education
City & Guilds of London Art School, MA Fine Art 2023-2024
Heatherly School of Fine Art, Diploma in portrait painting 2020-2022
University of Cambridge, BA Architecture 2015-2018

Prizes & Residencies
Windsor & Newton Young Artist Award 3rd Prize 2024
Artist in Residence, Queens College Oxford 2024
Royal Institute of Oil Painters Emerging Artist Prize 2023
Art Academy London Award 2023
The Phyllis Roberts Award 2022
The Richard Sharp Prize 2022
Mr Heatherley’s Prize 2021

Exhibitions
2024
Brussels - EDGI Gallery - ‘Echoes of Home’ solo show
London - Mall Galleries - Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition
London - City & Guilds MA Degree Show
London - Mall Galleries - New English Art Club Annual Exhibition
London - Contemporary British Portrait Painters Exhibition
London - Royal Society of British Artists ‘Rising Stars’ Exhibition
Brussels - EDJI Gallery - ‘Sanctuaries’ group show
2023
London - Mall Galleries - Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition
Guildford - Guildford House Open
London - The Gallery at Green and Stone - Summer Exhibition
London - Bankside Gallery - Jackson’s Exhibition
Paris - Millenn’Art ‘Les Choses De La Vie’ group show
2022
London - Mall Galleries - Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition
London - Mall Galleries - ING Discerning Eye
London - FRMD - Partnership Editions Open Call Exhibition
London - Mall Galleries - Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition
London - Heatherleys School of Art Diploma Show
Bolton - The Bolton Museum and Library collection
Compton Verny - Portrait Artist of the Year: The Exhibition
2021
Florence - The Florence Biennale
London - Heatherleys School of Art show
London - Society of Women Artist Online Exhibition
London - Mall Galleries - New English Art Club Annual Exhibition
London - Heatherleys School of Art Diploma Show
London - Figurative Art Now Online Exhibitions

Experience
Artist talk with 4482 society, October Gallery 2023
Member of the Contemporary British Portrait Painters 2023
Judge of the Jackson’s Painting Prize 2023
Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week 2021
Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year semi-finalist 2020