Biography - Constance P. Kilgore - American, b. 1951

As a young American artist living in London, Constance Kilgore began to attract critical attention when her painting Georgica was admitted to the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition XI (JMLE XI) (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/24/). There she found herself exhibiting with the pantheon of British painters, among them David Hockney, Patrick Heron and Howard Hodgkin. Georgica was bought by the Littlewoods Organisation, presenters of the exhibition, before the exhibit opened to the public. Two years later, her painting Haptic was accepted to JMLE XII, and purchased by the Sheffield City Art Museum.

In 1981 Kilgore returned to New York City where she maintained a studio until her move to the countryside in 1994. During this period she established herself as a children's portrait artist.

Constance Kilgore received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Colorado, and a Master of Arts degree from New York University. She has studied with the late Elmer Bischoff and with Stanley Boxer, and was awarded a Master Teacher’s fellowship at the Vermont Studio. Her work has been exhibited in group and solo shows in England, Estonia and throughout the United States.