Richard Kitchen North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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I am a visual artist based in York, UK. Formerly a teacher of literature & drama in the UK and Spain, I was awarded an MA in Fine Art in 2020 and went on to co-manage a community gallery and studio at 23 Piccadilly. I'm a co-founder of NAVIGATORS ART, a York-based collective of artists, writers, musicians and performers. I'm also a freelance editor & proofreader. Enquiries & commissions welcome.

My cross-disciplinary practice embraces paper and photo collage, drawing and painting, sculpture, installation, poetry and performance. My work is influenced by the effect of time and nature (and people) on the environment. I support the recycling and repurposing of materials and much of my art makes new connections between disparate sources, often finding beauty in the unloved and the discarded. I'm interested in exploring text as a visual as well as a verbal medium. I experiment with both analogue and digital techniques, often in dialogue with each other. I'm grateful to have had work (visual and verbal) accepted for actual and online exhibitions and publications.

NAVIGATORS ART is a fluid collective of local artists and other creatives originally set up in 2019. We engage with community projects to enhance and interpret their work for a wider public. We also mentor young and emerging artists, and we 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