Tarka Kings b. 1961
A graduate of the Royal Academy schools, Tarka Kings makes intricate, processed based works using graphite, coloured pencil, and more recently cut paper. Subtle and closely observed mark making is at the heart of her practice.
Offer Waterman exclusively represents Tarka Kings.
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Visit Tarka's own website www.tarkakings.com
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Untitled Stripe Drawing II, 2025graphite and colour pencil on Arches paper44 7/8 x 34 1/4 in
114 x 87 cmVIEW MORE DETAILS -
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Getting Dressed II, 2025graphite and colour pencil on Arches paper37 5/8 x 26 in
95.5 x 66 cmVIEW MORE DETAILS -
Untitled Stripe Drawing I, 2025graphite and colour pencil on Arches paper44 7/8 x 34 1/4 in
114 x 87 cmVIEW MORE DETAILS -
Untitled Stripe Drawing III, 2025graphite and colour pencil on Arches paper44 7/8 x 34 1/4 in
114 x 87 cmVIEW MORE DETAILS
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Tarka Kings: Mornings at the Lido
26 Sep - 24 Oct 2025Offer Waterman is delighted to announce Mornings at the Lido, an exhibition of new works by acclaimed artist Tarka Kings. In her third solo exhibition at the gallery, Kings explores...Read more -
Portraits
1 Jun - 14 Jul 2023A selection of portraits from the gallery's inventory alongside represented contemporary artists and invited guests.Read more -
Texture, Line and Form: A conversation between ten women artists
13 - 27 May 2022PRESS RELEASE Offer Waterman is delighted to present an exhibition surveying ten women artist’s exploration of line and form. Weaving together an imagined conversation between painters, ceramicists, sculptors and photographers,...Read more -
Tarka Kings: New Cut-Outs
3 Oct - 29 Nov 2019Carefully assembled from strips of Chiyogami paper and Balsa wood, Tarka Kings’ Cut-Outs are her first wholly abstract body of work. With their thin, colourful, irregular lines, the papers are...Read more
Education
1972-79 St Paul's Girls' School
1981-87 Royal Academy Schools, Undergraduate and Post Graduate Diploma
Gallery Exhibitions
2025 Mornings at the Lido, Offer Waterman, London
2025 Neither XII, Greengrassi/Corvi Mora, London
2025 Colour, Tristan Hoare, London
2024 Picturing Childhood, Chatsworth House, Bakewell
2024 Art as Jewellery, Louisa Guinness, London
2023 Paper, Tristan Hoare, London
2023 Grace Notes, Drawing Matter, Shatwell Farm, Somerset
2022 Living with Art we Love, Chatsworth House, Bakewell
2021 Artists’ Jewellery, Louisa Guinness, London
2021 Life Stories, Chatsworth House, Bakewell
2019 Tarka Kings: New Cut-Outs, Offer Waterman, London
2018 Tarka Kings: Still is Still Moving, Offer Waterman, London
2015 Tarka Kings / Tristano di Robilant, Faggionato Fine Art, London
2014 The House, Faggionato Fine Art, London
2011 Krug Happiness Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2011 Lingua Franca, Faggionato Fine Art, London
2009 Tarka Kings / Kate Atkin, W.Y. Work, 52 Hoxton Square, London
2009 Group Show, Pippy Houldsworth, London
2007 Sick and Tired of Purity, Fine Art Society, London
2004 Caledonia, Nigel Greenwood and Camilla Davidson, London
2001 Tarka Kings, Ingleby Gallery, London and Edinburgh
1999 Night Train, Fine Art Society, London
1994 New Paintings by Tarka Kings, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
1991 Tarka Kings, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
1988 Tarka Kings / Catherine Goodman, Gallery 24, London
1986 Tarka Kings / Tom Dixon, Gallery 24, London
1985 Creative Salvage, Cutz Gallery, London
Special Projects
2024 Shell Tide, commission for San Vicente, The Jane Hotel, New York
2022 Drawing installation, Ladbroke Grove, London
2017 Windscape, site specific architectural project, Kapoor House, Lipari, Italy
2015 Mountain Standard Time, drawing installation, Kapoor House, London
2014 Diana and Actaeon, drawing installation, Chatsworth House, Bakewell
2013 Soon, opera set design, Riverside Studios, London
2011 Isis, Maggie's Centre, Rem Koolhaas Building, Glasgow
2008 Artist in Residence, Ucross Foundation, Wyoming, USA
2003 Caledonia I, Maggie's Centre, Frank Gehry Building, Dundee
2002 Art Tube, Art on the Underground, London
Teaching
Visiting Tutor, The Royal Drawing School, Shoreditch, London
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Tarka Kings: Mornings at the Lido
OUT NOW 2025Softcover, 48 pagesRead more
Publisher: Offer Waterman
ISBN: 978-1-9996598-7-5
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Tarka Kings: Still is Still Moving
AVAILABLE 2018Softcover, 72 pagesRead more
Publisher: Offer Waterman
ISBN: 978-0-9574188-9-9
Dimensions: 24 x 26 cm
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Tarka Kings in 'Artists for Kettle's Yard'
March 4, 2026ARTISTS FOR KETTLE'S YARD 14 March – 12 April 2026 Gallery artist Tarka Kings is included in a new exhibition at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, which...Read more -
Tarka Kings' home and studio is featured in House & Garden
September 26, 2025A profile featuring gallery artist Tarka Kings' home and studio appeared in House & Garden this September. Written by Fiona McKenzie Johnston , with photographs...Read more -
Tarka Kings' new exhibition is featured in the Financial Times
August 11, 2025Tarka Kings forthcoming exhibition Mornings at the Lido opens Rosalind Jana's most recent article for the Financial Times. In 'Art about swimming? It’s the ultimate...Read more -
Tarka Kings in Picturing Childhood at Chatsworth House
16 March - 6 October 2024 April 2, 2024Gallery artist Tarka Kings is included in a new exhibition at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Picturing Childhood includes objects and artworks spanning five centuries, from...Read more
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Tarka Kings at Tristan Hoare
Paper: an exhibition curated with Flora Hesketh and Omar Mazhar June 7, 2023Gallery artist Tarka Kings is participating in an exciting new exhibition at Tristan Hoare's London gallery. Paper , an exhibition curated with Flora Hesketh and...Read more -
Tarka Kings in the April issue of House and Garden
Artists in their studio March 4, 2022Tarka Kings is interviewed for the April issue of House and Garden. Emily Tobin and photographer Joshua Monaghan visit the former laundry in west London,...Read more -
Tarka Kings: New Jewellery at Louisa Guinness Gallery
January 10, 2022Gallery artist Tarka Kings' new jewellery collection is now available to buy at the Louisa Guinness Gallery in London. Kings was included in the recent...Read more -
Tarka Kings in the FT Weekend Magazine
November 11, 2020Gallery artist Tarka Kings' Scottish home features in the FT Weekend Magazine on Saturday 14th November. 'Airlie Castle sits perched above a deep gorge where...Read more
