Jack Kettlewell
British, b. 1973
Jack Kettlewell (b. 1973, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, UK) lives and works in Sheffield. He holds an MA in Fine Art from Staffordshire (1998). Kettlewell makes paintings about painting history, his own history, weaving together nostalgia and contemporary culture. His paintings pop with colour and marry painterly and graphic approaches. In the early 2000’s Kettlewell worked as assistant to Howard Hodgkin and spent 20 years as an art tech at Dulwich Picture Gallery, Tate, the Courtauld Gallery, Phillips auction house and various contemporary galleries. He worked with established art luminaries such as David Hockney, Humphrey Ocean, Peter Doig, Richard Long, Brigitte Riley, Richard Serra and others. These experiences underpinned and informed his painting practice. He has exhibited widely in the UK from the National Portrait Galleries in England/Scotland to smaller independent pop ups and everything inbetween.
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