Kevin Devonport West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Kevin Devonport is a self taught artist currently based at Assembly House studios in Leeds. Art has had a significant impact upon his life as he learnt to paint whilst serving a prison sentence for drug offences. He won a national Koestler Award for painting at London's South Bank and has gained prominent positions in other international contests.
Despite not having any artistic qualifications I do hold a First Class Honours BSc in Sociology that does have a significant impact upon a degree of my work. I paint a number of different traditional genres though these are imbued with a contemporary essence and executed with an element of realism. Not all of my work has underlying themes as a certain amount of my paintings are produced purely for their aesthetic value. I am particularly fond of painting still life images that convey a particular narrative through the meanings that are perceived from everyday material objects.
Artwork
Painting Paint, Oil on Canvas Board, 2021
Death of an Identity, Oil on Canvas Board, 2020
Have a Coke and a Smile, Acrylic on Canvas, 2020, £1200 (prints available £100)
Projects and exhibitions
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Contemporary06/10/2021 — 12/08/2021 Another great group exhibition featuring work from artists globally |
Boomer Gallery Tower Bridge, Central London | Details |
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Doncaster Art Fair01/10/2021 A prize exhibition that also offered a peoples award dependent on a voting system. |
Online, Doncaster | Details |
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Icon10/09/2021 — 16/09/2021 A group exhibition with an eclectic array of art from artists globally. |
Boomer Gallery Tower Bridge, Central London | Details |
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Paraiso23/07/2021 — 03/08/2021 |
MADS Art Gallery, Milan | Details |
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Vogue Second addition09/07/2021 — 15/07/2021 A physical group exhibition in Central London |
Boomer Gallery (Aldgate), Central London | Details |
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Leeds Summer Group Show01/07/2021 — 31/07/2021 4 of my paintings were included in this event that are part of a series that I am still working on. |
Vrtual due to Covid restrictions, Leeds | Details |
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Connectivite23/06/2021 An online exhibition through huts magazine. |
Online | Details |
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Solstice Exhibition21/06/2021 — ongoing An exhibition of artworks comprising of paintings and sculpture; celebrating the summer solstice. |
Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield | Details |
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In the wild exhibition01/05/2021 — 30/06/2021 An exhibition and international competition with artists included from 26 countries. |
Online through the Artist Lounge | Details |
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Bursary award from The Tetley gallery01/05/2021 — 01/07/2021 Given a bursary to produce a piece of work for the Tetley gallery in Leeds, which was part of the PANIC programme (promoting an artists network in the Crisis). |
The Tetley Gallery, Leeds | Details |
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The Virtual Art Fair Prize exhibition01/04/2021 — 01/07/2021 This was a virtual and prize exhibition in which artists interacted by interviewing each other. The competition aspect of the exhibition offered a peoples choice award from a peoples vote. |
Virtual Exhibition online | Details |