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Andrea lives in Kent and works in London and Kent

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Studio Address

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Thames-Side Studio

Harrington Way

London SE18 5NR​​

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Education

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2025                  CPD: One To Many - Lisa Johnson

2024                  ReMix with Sam Jackson, Contemporary Art Academy, Online 

2023 -2024        CPD: Ceri Hand Coaching, Online 

2023                  PG1; PG2 Contemporary Art Academy, Online 

2015 - 2017       MFA Fine Art, UAL, Wimbledon College of Art

2013 - 2015       Fine Art Professional Development, Brook Street, Tonbridge

2013                  BA (Hons)  Fine Art, First Class Honours, University of Kent

2010-2012         FDA Fine Art, Distinction,  University of Greenwich

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Certification

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2025                  CPD certified One to Many, That Strategy Co.​

2023                  Enhanced DBS 

                          Safeguarding Level 1

                          Paediatric First Aid Level 1

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Future Shows & Residencies

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2026             Vespid,  Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks                

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Solo Shows

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2025              Solo Show, "WHY?" Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks  

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2023

                          Let's Facebook It - 10 Years On, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks

 

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Selected Group Shows

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2026            

                   Vespid, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks                 

                   Woolwhich  OPEN '26, Thames-Side Studio Gallery , Woolwich

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2025

                   SVAF  OPEN '25, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks                

                   Woolwhich  OPEN '25, Thames-Side Studio Gallery , Woolwich

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2024

                        Incognito, Two person Show with Jane Pickersgill

                   The Lounge (Unit 0) Thames-Side Studio, Woolwich

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2024

                        Woolwhich  OPEN '24, Thames-Side Studio Gallery , Woolwich

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2023

                          SVAF OPEN '23, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks

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2022               READING BETWEEN THE LINES, Koppel Hive, Project Space

                       curated by Andrea Coltman and Joonhong Min

                       SVAF OPEN '22, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoak

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2020

FROM DARKNESS, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks

selected by Marcus Rees Roberts

Curated by Sarah Cliff, Essay by Dr John K Shaw

 

2019

SVAF OPEN '19, 10th Anniversary, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks

TAE19 UK, Twitter Art Exhibition19, Edinburgh, Scotland

Ex Libris, The Idea Store, Churchill Place, Canary Wharf

A Room of One's Own, Koppel Project Hive, Soho Gallery

SVAF OPEN '19, 10th Anniversary, Cello Factory, Waterloo

Selected and curated by Rebecca Fairman, Arthouse1

 

2018       

 

Painting Open, no format Gallery, Deptford

A5, Koppel Project Hive, Holborn Viaduct

R.S.V.P, Streets of Growth HEADQUARTERS, Marsh Wall

R.S.V.P, no format Gallery, Deptford

R.S.V.P, Community Gallery Window, Jubilee Walk, Canada Place, Canary Wharf

Summer Residency, Koppel Project, Holborn Viaduct

Drawing Open, no format Gallery, Deptford

20x20, Hospital Rooms, Griifin Gallery, London

TAE18 AUS, Twitter Art Exhibition18, Canberra, Australia

Threads, Dundas St Gallery, Edinburgh      

Dame of the Hour, St James Wine Vaults, Bath

Liminality, Cass Arts, Glasgow

SVAF Open '18, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks Selected and curated by Rebecca Fairman, Arthouse1

 

 

2017              

Play, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks

SFSA Painting Open, no format Gallery, London

The Locale Annual Exhibition, Govanhill Baths, Glasgow

Evocativo, Art Gallery 37, Turin, Italy

Sluice Biennal, PIY Paintlounge in conjunction with Hospital Rooms, Arch 11 Bohemia Place, London

Threads, Dundas Gallery, Edinburgh

Signal to Noise, Curated by Charley Peters, Arbyte, Hackney Wick

MFA Fine Art Degree Show, UAL Wimbledon College of Art, London

Intersections, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks

 

2016

Art Maze II, OXO Tower Wharf, London

SVAF Open '16, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Selected by Kenton Lowe

In the Shadows of a Subterranean River, The Crypt Gallery, St Pancras, London

Peckham Open, Peckham Platform, London

Interventions, Lewisham Arthouse, London

Collaboration in Progress, Lewisham Arthouse, London

Beyond the Image, Espacio Gallery, Selected & Curated by Carlos de Lins

Unleashed, Menier Gallery, London

1’, Chelsea School of Art

 

2015

Art Maze, Barge House, Oxo Tower Wharf, London

S.V.A.F. Open '15, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent, Selected by Rebecca Hone

Improbable Truths Embassy Tea Gallery, Union Street, London

In The Dock, Chatham Dockyard, Kent

Post, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent

 

2014

Dialogue ii Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent

 

2013  

SVAF Open '13, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks   

Zeitgeist Summer Exhibition, ASC Studios, London        

43 Whitfield Street, Fitzrovia, London

Xi - Featuring 'Let's Facebook It', BA Graduate Show, Brook Street, Tonbridge

Who Cares? K College, Tonbridge

 

2012 

Social Integration, Art lab, Tonbridge         

Artistic Licence, FDA Graduation Show, K College, Tonbridge

Guardian Angels, Maidstone Museum, Maidstone

 

2011             

Illustrating the Point, Topfoto Gallery, Edenbridge

Angels, Art lab, Tonbridge

Aspects of Ourselves, Lyons House, Tonbridge

SEOS Taster Exhibition, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks

Unite, Topfoto Gallery, Edenbridge

 

2010             

The Light, Wobblybridge Gallery, Tunbridge Wells

Boundaries, EVA Window Project, Edenbridge

Water, EVA Window Project, Edenbridge

SEOS Taster Exhibition, The Art Room, Ashford

 

 

Curation

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2025

WHY?, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks

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2019          

Ex Libris, The Idea Store, Churchill Place, Canary Wharf

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2018

R.S.V.P, Streets of Growth HEADQUARTERS, Marsh Wall

R.S.V.P no format Gallery, Deptford

R.S.V.P, Community Gallery Window, Jubilee Walk, Canada Place, Canary Wharf

 

2017

MFA Degree Show, UAL Wimbledon College of Art, London

Intersections, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks

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2016

Interventions, Lewisham Arthouse, London

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2014

Dialogue ii, Tonbridge Arts Festival, Tonbridge

 

2013

Telling Stories, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks

43 Whitfield Street, Fitzrovia, London

Let's Facebook It, K College, Tonbridge

Who Cares?, K College, Tonbridge

 

2012

Social Integration, Art lab, Tonbridge

 

2011

Angels, Art lab, Tonbridge

Aspects of Ourselves, Lyons House, Tonbridge

 

2010

South East Open Studios

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Member of Artist Collectives & Groups:

 

Cloud_Collective

Ceri Hand Membership

Visual Artists Association

The Locale, Glasgow

SVAF, Sevenoaks

 

 

Additional Skills:

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                     Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Adobe Express

 

Project Lead

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2019

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Ex Libris, The Idea Store, Churchill Place, Canary Wharf

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2018                      

RSVP Streets of Growth, Marsh wall

RSVP no format Gallery, Deptford

RSVP Community Gallery Window, Canary Wharf, London

CWND Residency 2017, Canary Wharf, London

 

2017               

CWND Residency 2017, Canary Wharf, London

 

 

2017               

Intersections, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent

 

 

2016                

Bank Street Residency 2016, Canary Wharf, London

 

2016               

Interventions, Lewisham Arthouse. London                       

Bank Street Residency 2016, Canary Wharf

1’, Chelsea School of Art

 

 

Residencies

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2025         "WHY?"Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks

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2019

Rodd Roughlinks iii Residency, Sidney Nolan Trust, Wales

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2018

Summer Residency, Koppel Project Hive, Holborn Viaduct

Rodd Roughlinks ii Residency, Sidney Nolan Trust, Wales

CWND Residency – Project lead and participant

 

 

2017

CWND Residency – Project lead and participant

 

2016                 

Bank Street Residency 2016, Canary Wharf, London - Project lead and participant

 

 

Honours and Awards

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2026

Longlisted for Visual Arts Open 2026

Selected by: Addi Aegisdottir,Stephanie Dieckvoss, Tabish Kahn, Hannah Grout, Hanna ten Doornkaat, Li Hao, 

Adelaide Damoah, Ella Baudinet, Elizabeth Fortescue

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2021

Longlisted for 2nd Stage Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize

Selected by Sheela Gowda, Simon Groom, Zoé Whitley,

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2020

Longlisted for 2nd Stage Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize

Selected by Ian McKeever RA, Francis Norris, Sophia Hoa

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2018

Shortlisted for A Case for Place, The Case Gallery, Gallery Steel Rooms, Lincolnshire

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2017                 

Shortlisted for the Tiffany Studio Makers Prize

Selected for Capsticks Exhibition, Wimbledon, London

Runner up Olympia Alice Award

 

2016                 

Shortlisted John Moores Painting Prize

Selected by Gillian Carnegie, Ansul Krut, Phoebe Unwin, Ding Yi

2015

Shortlisted for National Open Art, chosen by the following judges:  Hughie O'Donoghue RA, David Lister, Rebecca Hossack, Vanessa Branson & Amanda Harman

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Talks

 

2025       

Artist Talk, WHY?, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent

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2020       

Artist Talk, From Darkness, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent

Artist Talk, Professional Development Masterclass, West Kent College, Tonbridge, Kent

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2019   

 

Artist Talk, Ex Libris,The Idea Store, Churchill Place, Canary Wharf  

2018   

 

Artist Talk, RSVP no format Gallery, Deptford

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Panel Discussion: Working with Limited Resources

Chair Ian Monroe

Panel Rebecca Byrne, Andrea Coltman, Liz Elton, Samuel L Herbert

RSVP no format Gallery, Deptford

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2017       

Artist Talk, Intersections, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent

Artist Talk, Professional Development Masterclass, West Kent College, Tonbridge, Kent

 

2016                 

Artist Talk, Professional Development Masterclass, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent

 

Internship

 

2016                

Marketing Internship for Park 16, Wimbledon

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Teaching

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2014- Present

Freelance Art Teacher

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2024       

Visiting Artist at Crockham Hill Primary School, Edenbridge, Kent leading a whole school art project

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2018

CWND Residency, Canary Wharf, London

MFA Critique, UAL Wimbledon College of Art

 

2017

CWND Residency, Canary Wharf, London

 

2016

Bank Street Residency, Canary Wharf, London

 

2014/15    

Visiting Artist at Four Elms Primary School, Four Elms, Kent

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Andrea Coltman
Publications
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2025​

SVAF Open Show Catalogue

Nesbit Care Home - Press article referencing collaboration with WHY? 

2023

Sonder Series

https://issuu.com/ladmore.illustration/docs/sonder_october_2023.pptx_1_

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2020

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From Darkness Catalogue

2019

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SVAF 10th Anniversary Catalogue, Cello Factory, London, Rebecca Fairman

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2018

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Full page feature over 5 weeks The Wharf News

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2017

Full page feature The Wharf News

Review of Signal to Noise a-n magazine

Interview UAL, Wimbledon College of Art

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Documentaries
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Upcoming Documentary

Date TBA 

Documentary featuring British Female artists

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