Kaye Donachie

(Scottish, born 1970)

Kaye Donachie is a contemporary Scottish painter best known for her muted, figurative paintings. Throughout her oeuvre, she explores the history of counter cultures, domesticity, and utopian ideals, often choosing to focus on female figures and leaders. Donachie will sometimes superimpose landscapes over or within portraits that depict the sermons of cult leaders, forming tableaus that are at once mysterious and deeply evocative. “In the paintings, the character and the description of time and place drift between dream and reality, as the day passes into night,” the artist has said. “The paintings and drawings are structured like pages from a book but the play or script denies any linear narrative seeking to express evocative moments in time.” Donachie’s imagery brings to mind the psychedelia of contemporaries like Peter Doig, while the subtle tonal palette recalls Luc Tuymans. Born in 1970 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, she studied at the University of Central England in Birmingham before receiving her MA in 1997 from the Royal College of Art in London. Today, Donachie’s works are in the collections of the British Council in London, the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain in Paris, and the Royal College of Art in London among others. She lives and works in London, United Kingdom.

Kaye Donachie Artworks

Kaye Donachie (27 results)
Our faces are formless like the stars, 2007

Kaye Donachie

Our faces are formless like the stars, 2007

Sale Date: March 20, 2024

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The Nursery, 1997

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The Nursery, 1997

Sale Date: December 3, 2023

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Motel, 1997

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Motel, 1997

Sale Date: December 3, 2023

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PLOT 1, 1999

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PLOT 1, 1999

Sale Date: August 9, 2023

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PLOT 1 - 1999, 1999

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PLOT 1 - 1999, 1999

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Hobos lament, 2005

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Hobos lament, 2005

Sale Date: May 27, 2021

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DAYS PILED HIGH COLLAPSE; AND MOON, 2005

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DAYS PILED HIGH COLLAPSE; AND MOON, 2005

Sale Date: April 8, 2020

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SQUEAKY (EYES OF A DREAMER), 2004

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SQUEAKY (EYES OF A DREAMER), 2004

Sale Date: November 21, 2019

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WANDERVOGEL, 2005

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WANDERVOGEL, 2005

Sale Date: November 21, 2019

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AND THE MAGICAL SONG SWELLS WEAVES AWAY, 2006

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AND THE MAGICAL SONG SWELLS WEAVES AWAY, 2006

Sale Date: April 12, 2019

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Shelves, 1998

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Shelves, 1998

Sale Date: November 11, 2017

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That Daily the Night Falls, 2007

Kaye Donachie

That Daily the Night Falls, 2007

Sale Date: November 1, 2016

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Wandervogel (Wanderer), 2005

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Wandervogel (Wanderer), 2005

Sale Date: October 7, 2016

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Hobo's Lament, 2005

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Hobo's Lament, 2005

Sale Date: October 14, 2015

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Do you feel my love my grief. Just a breath, , 2006

Kaye Donachie

Do you feel my love my grief. Just a breath, , 2006

Sale Date: October 14, 2015

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What will there be tomorrow, 2005

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What will there be tomorrow, 2005

Sale Date: March 7, 2014

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Now is the Time, 2004

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Now is the Time, 2004

Sale Date: March 7, 2014

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During the days we move along like..., 2005

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During the days we move along like..., 2005

Sale Date: September 10, 2013

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Every mornin' our love is reborn, 2004

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Every mornin' our love is reborn, 2004

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Red and Blue, 2002

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Red and Blue, 2002

Sale Date: March 8, 2013

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Here's your chance to step out of time, 2005

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Here's your chance to step out of time, 2005

Sale Date: September 21, 2011

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Is there no one in your world but you, 2004

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Is there no one in your world but you, 2004

Sale Date: May 13, 2011

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You hear yourself say things you could never , 2005

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You hear yourself say things you could never , 2005

Sale Date: March 8, 2011

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Site office, 1999

Kaye Donachie

Site office, 1999

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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