Richard Kitchen North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Richard Kitchen is a visual artist and writer based in York, UK, who has taught literature and theatre in the UK and Spain. In 2020 he was awarded an MA in Fine Art and went on to work at Malthouse studios and to co-manage a community gallery at 23 Piccadilly. He is a co-founder of NAVIGATORS ART & PERFORMANCE. He is also a freelance editor and proofreader. He welcomes enquiries and commissions
Richard's cross-disciplinary practice embraces paper and photo collage, drawing and painting, wall art, frottage, sculpture, installation, poetry and performance. His work is influenced by the effect of time and nature (and people) on the environment. He advocates the recycling and repurposing of materials and much of his art makes new connections between disparate sources, often finding beauty in the unloved and the discarded. In times beset by division, distraction and crisis, he believes that how we piece together fragments of experience is how we try to make sense of the world. He is interested in exploring text as a visual as well as a verbal medium.
NAVIGATORS ART & PERFORMANCE is a loose collective of local artists originally set up in 2019. Currently a 12-strong hive of artists, writers, musicians and performers, they engage with community projects to enhance and interpret their work for a wider public. They mentor young and emerging artists and encourage enquiries from potential collaborators, particularly those who are less established or underrepresented and have no regular platform for displaying work. Navigators can be found on Instagram and Facebook @navigatorsart and https://linktr.ee/navigatorsart Email for enquiries, commissions, etc.: navigatorsart@gmail.com

Projects and exhibitions
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Moving Pictures II09/01/2023 — 03/03/2023 A sequel to our first Moving pix show at City Screen York, last year. |
HELMSLEY ARTS CENTRE, Helmsley, N. Yorks | Details |
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Coney Street Jam17/10/2022 — 20/01/2023 Artists in residence at this community project in the heart of York, looking at the past, present and possible future(s) of this historic street. |
StreetLife, York, York | Details |
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The Unspoken09/05/2022 — 15/05/2022 |
Theatre Royal, York | Details |
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Moving Pictures12/03/2022 — 16/04/2022 |
City Screen Picturehouse, York | Details |
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Piccadilly Pop Up04/04/2020 — ongoing Every Saturday, 12.00 - 18.00 (when restrictions permit): open studios/gallery exhibition. |
The Old Tax Office, 23 Piccadilly, York, York | Details |
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Wordhoard21/12/2019 Art and Poetry evening, participatory workshop/event. |
Malthouse, York, York | Details |
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Close to the Edge23/09/2019 — 27/09/2019 MA Final show |
York St John University, York | Details |
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Crossing the Line02/06/2019 — 07/06/2019 MA show |
Spark:York, York | Details |