Richard Kitchen & Navigators Art Collective
I’m a London-born artist and writer. I taught literature and drama in East Anglia and Spain before settling in York in 2008. I was awarded an MA in Fine Art by St John’s University in 2020. I then joined a working studio and gallery in York, instituting community outreach and a mentoring scheme for young artists. I’m also a freelance editor and an interest in text informs much of my work.
My practice is fuelled by my own drawings, paintings, photography and poetry, and influenced by the impact of time, nature and people on the environment. Drawings respond to surfaces and their underlying images and stories, and these feed further work. Collages recycle and repurpose, championing the unloved and the discarded as a metaphor for remedy. Texts are transformed into visual art by creative analytical processes such as word mapping.
I’m a co-founder of Navigators Art, a fluid collective of cross-disciplinary creatives who devise theme-based exhibitions and events in and around York. Having grown from 3 to 12+ members since March 2022, we currently comprise visual artists of all kinds, writers and spoken word artists, a composer and other musicians and performers.
Please contact me for enquiries, commissions and workshop opportunities.
Some images about me
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"Even the monster was beautiful to Frankenstein."
Connection to Yorkshire
I live and work in the fair city of York.
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PUNK/JAZZ: Contrasts & Connections by Navigators Art & Performance
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We're back in the water and making waves with a striking new exhibition and live event. A Love Supreme or No Future? Are Punk & Jazz at odds or two sides of a coin? Each can be controversial, uncompromising, confrontational. The best of each is groundbreaking, pushing conventions to the limit. B...more
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From 19/10/2023 To 03/01/2024
Moving Pictures II Helmsley Arts Centre
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Moving Pictures was Navigators Art's first show at City Screen Picturehouse in York last year. Now we're hitting the Highway to Helmsley with a sequel, featuring drawings, paintings, collages and textiles ranging from figurative to abstract and all points in between. All our artists at Helmsley Arts...more
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From 10/01/2023 To 03/03/2023
HIDDEN TREASURES: Rediscover, Reimagine, Rebuild (2023 York Festival Of Ideas)
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Navigators Art & Performance collective in York are thrilled to invite you to our forthcoming events for the 2023 York Festival of Ideas. We have interpreted this year's Festival theme 'Rediscover, Reimagine, Rebuild' in a range of creative ways. Our visual exhibition HIDDEN TREASURES is on show...more
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From 03/06/2023 To 06/07/2023
DREAM TIME
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A mixed media visual exhibition taking inspiration from dreams and visions, surrealism, and the mysteries and fantasies of the subconscious mind. Dream Time features drawing, painting, collage, 3D constructions, photography, prints and textiles by six members of the collective. Part One will be on s...more
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From 12/03/2023 To 21/04/2023
Coney St Jam: an art intervention
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Mon, 17 Oct 2022 - Sat, 19 Nov 2022, 10.00am - 5.00pm Mon - Sat (except Wednesday) & Sunday 11.00 am - 4.00pm. Inspired by StreetLife's research and findings, this collective of 12 local artists is mounting a celebratory exhibition for the Project. Their mixed media show is a creative response t...more
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From 17/10/2022 To 19/11/2022