Kenneth Draper Personal Information

  • 1944
    • Kenneth Draper was born - Sheffield, Yorkshire
  • 1959-62
    • Chesterfield College of Art
  • 1962-65
    • Kingston School of Art, London
  • 1965-68
    • Royal College of Art, London
  • 1980
    • Elected to the Faculty of the British School in Rome
  • 1991
    • Elected R. A. (Royal Academician)

Kenneth Draper Solo Exhibitions

  • 1969
    • Redfern Gallery, London
  • 1978
    • Redfern Gallery, London
    • Cartwright Hall, Museum and Art Gallery Bradford, Yorkshire
  • 1981
    • Warwick Arts Trust, London
    • E. G. K. Galleries, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 1982
    • The Minories, Colchester
    • Chapter Art Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
  • 1984
    • Gallerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, Holland
  • 1990
    • Hampstead Theatre Gallery, London
  • 1991
    • Grape Lane Gallery, York
    • Austin Desmond Gallery, London
    • Glenn Green Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
  • 1993
    • Adelson Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
    • Friends Room, Royal Academy, London
    • Hart Gallery, Nottingham
  • 1994
    • Hart Gallery, London
  • 1995
    • Bridport Arts Centre, Bridport, Dorset
    • Hart Gallery, London
    • Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
    • Hart Gallery, Nottingham
  • 1996
    • Hart Gallery, London
  • 1998
    • New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
    • Hart Gallery, London

top of pageKenneth Draper Group Exhibitions

  • 1964
    • London Group, London
  • 1965
    • Young Contemporaries
    • Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
  • 1968
    • Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
  • 1971
    • Seven Redfern Artists, Redfern Gallery, London
    • British Sculptors Drawings, Bonino Gallery, Buenos Aires (and touring S. America)
    • Eight Individuals, Graves Gallery, Sheffield, ( and Arts Council tour)
    • Jacobs Ladder Inc., Washington D.C. ,U.S.A.
  • 1972
    • British Sculptors '72, Royal Academy, London
    • British Sculptors '72 Related Works, Redfern Gallery, London
  • 1976
    • Arts Council, Recent Purchases, Hayward Gallery, London
  • 1977
    • Tolly Cobbold Eastern Arts Exhibition, Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge (and tour)
    • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
    • Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Contemporary British Sculpture,Battersea Park, London
    • Yorkshire Sculptors , Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall, Yorkshire
  • 1978
    • Fragile Stones Make Art, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
    • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
    • Works on Paper, Artist's Market, London
  • 1979
    • Tolly Cobbold Eastern Arts Exhibition, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (and tour)
    • British Sculptor's Drawings. The Minories, Colchester
    • Contemporary Works on Paper, Gainsborough House, Sudbury
  • 1980
    • The Human Factor, Arts Council Touring Exhibition
    • The British Art Show, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield.(and Tour)
  • 1981
    • British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
  • 1982
    • Coloured Constructions, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
  • 1983
    • The Sculpture Show, Hayward Gallery, London
    • Group Exhibition, Studio Odd, Hiroshima, Japan
    • Small is Beautiful, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
  • 1984
    • Questions About Sculpture, Arts Council touring Exhibition
    • Group Exhibition, Friedus Ordover Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
  • 1985
    • Contemporary Art Society Market, London
  • 1986
    • Hidden Landscape, Juda Rowan Gallery, London
    • Contemporary Art Society Market, London
  • 1987
    • Contemporary International Art Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A.
    • Art for the City, Lloyds of London
    • Contemporary Art Society Market, London
    • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
    • Hunter Collection of Twentieth Century Modern Masters, Courtauld Gallery, London
  • 1988
    • Contemporary International Art Exposition, Chicago U.S.A.
    • Group Exhibition, Louise Hallett Gallery, London
    • Warwick Arts Trust Collection, Warwick Arts Trust, London
    • Art in the Market Place, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk
    • Contemporary Art Society Market, London
    • Landscape, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
  • 1989
    • Contemporary International Art Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A.
    • Contemporary Art Society Market, London
    • Artist in Residence, Chesil Gallery, Portland, Dorset
  • 1990
    • International Gallery Invitational Art Fair, Chicago, U.S.A.
    • Contemporary International Art Exposition, Chicago U.S.A.
    • Art '90, Islington, London
    • I C A F, Olympia, London
    • Group Exhibition, Glenn Green Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
    • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
    • Bath Art Fair, Bath
    • Group Exhibition, Louise Hallett Gallery, London
    • Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney, Australia
    • Contemporary Art Society Market, London
  • 1991
    • Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, U.S.A.
    • Art 91, Islington, London
    • I C A F Olympia, London
    • Stonewall, I C A Galleries, London
    • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
    • Contemporary Art Society Market, London
    • Wessex Artists, Parnham House, Dorset
    • Group Exhibition, On Line Gallery, Southampton
  • 1992
    • Aspects of British Abstraction, The Poetic Trace, Adelson Galleries, New York, U.S.A.
    • British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century, Millfield, Somerset
    • Landscape, On Line Gallery, Southampton
    • Sense of Place, Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath
    • Art 92 , Islington, London
    • Contemporary Art Society Market, London
    • Royal Academy Summer Show, London
  • 1993
    • Hart Gallery, Nottingham
    • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
    • Art 93, Islington, London
    • Chicago International Art Exposition, U.S.A.
    • Painting the Earth ,John Jones Gallery, London
    • Contemporary Art Society Market, London
    • Small is Beautiful,, Flowers East, London
  • 1994
    • Hart Gallery, London
    • Art 94, London
    • Contemporary Art Society Market, London
    • Kenneth Draper, Jean Macalpine, John Hubbard, Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset
    • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
    • Works on Paper, Adelson Galleries, New York, U.S.A.
    • Chesil Gallery, Portland, Dorset
    • Twentieth Century Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
    • Space Redefined, Shad Thames Galleries, Butlers Wharf, London
    • Small is Beautiful, Flowers East, London
    • Landscape, New Academy Gallery, London
  • 1995
    • Art 95, London
    • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
    • Geneva Art Fair, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Manchester Fine Arts Fair, Manchester
    • Twentieth Century Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
    • Group Exhibition, Adelson Galleries, New York U.S.A.
  • 1996
    • Art Miami 96, U.S.A.
    • Art 96, London
    • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
    • Hart Gallery, London
  • 1997
    • Art Miami 97 U.S.A.
    • Art 97 London
    • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
    • New Academy Gallery
  • 1998
    • Art Miami 98
    • Art 98 London
    • Hart Gallery and Lee and Priestly exhibition, Leeds
    • Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery
    • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
  • 1999
    • Art Miami 99
    • Art 99 London
    • Hart Gallery and Lee and Priestly Exhibition, Leeds
    • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
    • Triennial Sculpture Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy
    • 'Contemporary British Landscape' , Flowers East, London

top of pageKenneth Draper Public and Corporate Collections

    • Arts Council of Great Britain
    • Arts Council of Wales
    • Ashmoleum Museum, Oxford
    • Arthur Anderson, London
    • Contemporary Art Society, London
    • Cartwright Hall Museum and Art Gallery, Bradford
    • Courtauld Institute, London
    • De Beer's Collection, London
    • Fitzwilliam Museum and Art Gallery, Cambridge
    • Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire
    • I C I , London
    • International Bank of Japan, London
    • Leicestershire Education Authority
    • Lloyds of London
    • Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
    • Mischon de Reya, London
    • McCrory Corporation, New York, U.S.A.
    • National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
    • National Westminster Bank
    • Pearl Insurance, London
    • Royal Life Group
    • TSB bank, London
    • Unilever PLC, London
    • Usher Gallery, Lincoln