Alastair MacKinven (born 1971, Clatterbridge, United Kingdom) is a British visual artist based in London working on figurative painting and portraiture, film, and performance.[1][2] He is a lecturer in painting at University College of London's Slade School of Art.[3]
Work and Career
Alastair MacKinven's paintings touch on figuration, mythology, the physical and natural worlds depicting ethereal color combinations to present human and non human bodies and objects.[4][5]
He holds a BFA from Alberta College of Art, Calgary, in Canada (1994); and an MFA from Goldsmiths College, London (1996).[6]
In 2008, his solo show Alastair MacKinven at ICA London paid homage to Dutch designer and illustrator MC Escher.[7]
In the Summer of 2020, his work was featured in the cover and content of FRONTRUNNER Magazine, an arts journal edited by art critic Shana Beth Mason.[8]
MacKinven's work was on view in Room By Room: Concepts, Themes, And Artists In The Rachofsky Collection, presented in 2023 at Warehouse Dallas.[9] His work is included in the collection of Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida.
References
- ^ "Alastair MacKinven". archive.ica.art. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ Hunt, Andrew (2019-05-01). "Alastair Mackinven and Behrang Karimi". Artforum. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "Slade School of Fine Art - Mackinven". Slade School of Fine Art. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ Schwabsky, Barry (2021-05-01). "Alastair Mackinven". Artforum. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ Block, Louis (2021-03-09). "Alastair MacKinven: Dlnrg [oeeey]". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "Maureen Paley – Alastair Mackinven". www.maureenpaley.com. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "Alastair MacKinven". archive.ica.art. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ Mason, Shana Beth (2020-09-08). "FRONTRUNNER Meets Alastair Mackinven". FRONTRUNNER. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "The Warehouse Dallas | Alastair Mackinven". The Warehouse Dallas. Retrieved 2024-05-03.