Jack Kettlewell
Jack Kettlewell makes paintings about painting history, his own history, nostalgia, and contemporary culture. He makes easel-sized works that marry painterly and graphic approaches. Born in 1973 in Saltburn by the Sea, North Yorks, and with an MA in Fine Art from Staffordshire (1998), on leaving art school the dual lives of painter and gallery technician played out. 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 in between. Kettlewell lives and works in Sheffield.
