Jack Kettlewell

Born: 1973 in Saltburn by the sea, Cleveland, United Kingdom
Lives and Works: Sheffield, United Kingdom

Sheffield-based painter Jack Kettlewell works on paper and small scale canvases. His practice explores visually diverse subject matter from American iconography to kitchen utensils and palm trees.

Jack Kettlewell's Style and Practice

Jack received an MA in Painting from Staffordshire University in 1998. His recent paper studies examine beauty and intrigue within the ordinary, turning to his local surroundings for inspiration. Thematically, his works wander between relocation and dislocation, rural/urban landscapes, and pop-cultural motifs. Hard edges riff on gestural mark-making, blending figurative with abstract elements.

Exhibitions and Projects

He has exhibited widely, including at the National Portrait Gallery and in the Royal Academy Summer Show, and was a prizewinner in Lynn Painter-Stainers and the Brixton Open. Jack also completed a commissioned residency at Farnborough Hospital.

Education

  • 1998
    MA Fine Art, Staffordshire Uni, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom
  • 1995
    BA Fine Art, Staffordshire Uni, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom

Awards

  • 2005
    prizewinner, Bettie Morton Gallery, London, United Kingdom
  • 2005
    prizewinner, Lynn Painter-Stainers prize, Painters’ Hall, London, United Kingdom

Selected solo exhibitions

  • 2019
    Urban Tropicana:works on paper, presented by Oliver Projects, Blue Shop Cottage, London
  • 2014
    Ragtime, Daykin Marshall Studio architects, London

Selected group exhibitions

  • 2020
    Summer show, Royal Academy, London
  • 2018
    Oriel Davies Open 18, Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales
  • 2018
    Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral, Wells
  • 2018
    9 artists, Thin House, Peckham, London
  • 2018
    C’est de la Peinture!, Bankley studios/gallery, Manchester
  • 2017
    Jealous Needs You, Saatchi Gallery, London
  • 2017
    Mystery portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London
  • 2017
    Bloom, UCLH, London
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