Kathy Prendergast facts for kids

Kathy Prendergast is a talented Irish artist born in 1958. She is known for her amazing sculptures, drawings, and paintings. Her art can be found in galleries all over the world!

About Kathy Prendergast

Kathy Prendergast was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1958. She went to Manor House School in Raheny for her early education. After that, she studied art at the National College of Art & Design, graduating in 1983.

She continued her art studies at the famous Royal College of Art, London from 1983 to 1986. Since 1983, she has lived in London.

Awards and Recognition

Kathy Prendergast has won some important awards for her art. In 1995, she won the Best Young Artist Award while representing Ireland at the Venice Biennale. The Venice Biennale is a very important art exhibition that happens every two years in Venice, Italy. It's a big deal for artists to show their work there!

She also received the very first David and Yuko Juda Foundation Prize. This shows how much her work is valued in the art world.

Famous Art Projects

One of Kathy Prendergast's most famous projects is called City Drawing. She started this project in 1992. For this, she created detailed pencil drawings of maps of capital cities from all over the world.

These amazing drawings are now part of the permanent collection at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. This means they are kept there forever for people to see and enjoy. Kathy Prendergast is also a member of Aosdána, which is an Irish group that honors artists who have made important contributions to the arts in Ireland.

Where to See Her Art

Kathy Prendergast's art has been shown in many important galleries and exhibitions around the world. Here are some of the places where her work has been displayed:

• Unit 7 Gallery, London (1987)
• Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
• Camden Arts Centre, London
• Memento Metropolis, Copenhagen (1996)
• Tate Gallery, London (1997)
• Robert Miller Gallery, New York (1998)
• Irish Museum of Modern Art (1999)