Dan Kitchener

born in 1974 in Essex. I am an urban artist working in London and the south east.

My names Dan Kitchener and I am an painter,artist and illustrator living in Essex and working all over London and the South East. My work has a gritty urban theme, taken from everyday life and the surroundings and environment I experience daily. I love to find beauty in the most mundane of scenes and particularly love the relationship with light, shadow and composition. I try to fill my work with a tangible mood, a sense of being there. I work using a variety of mediums, spray paint, paint markers, stencils and paint for my canvases. I also produce a lot of digital paintings and illustrations which again follow similar themes, lonely urban landscapes punctuated by flickering, faulty street lights, high rise flats rising from misty horizons over concrete grey skies....

June 22nd - 2011 - 'Showcase London' - Richmix, Bethnal Green road, London, for one night, I'll be showing some new canvas works with a group of other artists, music and drinks too !
http://www.showcase-london.com/

July 10th - Cargo nightclub / London - as part of Spin Doctor's Bday BBQ, I am painting live graffiti in the yard at the famous Cargo, where Banksy has painted a piece!

July 14th - 17th Latitude Festival - myself and Snub23 will be live graffiti painting at the festival over the whole 3 days - come along to this amazing event ans watch us paint!
http://www.latitudefestival.co.uk/2011/

July 3rd - 2011 - 'Graffiti in the Yard' - details TBA - multiple graffiti artists decend upon an amazing bar / venue to graff up the yard, music and fun!

July 29th - 31st - ' Hackney Wicked' at Stour space in Hackney / London - the new studio I have moved into had this incredible art event, all welcome to come !

August 4th - Graffiti paint Jam in Tamworth with Aerosolplanet.com

August 14th - Meeting Of Styles London - I have been invited to paint at this prestigious graffiti event!!! details TBA