Kimberley Bevan

Creating is a compulsion; it’s in my very essence. As a young child I would practice my drawing skills using my mum’s ruby red lipstick on the magnolia walls of our council home. I never really planed to become an artist if anything I was strongly guided away from such ideas for my own safety, however the fates were not so easy to persuade and so, after a sequence of unforeseen events I found my path to an alternative world where rules were broken and boundaries pushed.
In recent years I have enjoyed discovering new mediums and developing my own personal style, my work explores layering and usually mixes multiple layers of Ink, Acrylic and Oils, (in collaboration with a simple textural printing technique). I love using loose swishing brush marks and building exciting rhythmic marks across the canvas by using all manner of tools, from credit cards, rags and newspapers to chop sticks and palette knifes. Most of my Landscapes/Portraits are exploration of colour and contrast, these seem to naturally occur within my work unconsciously. It constructs a tension between the textures/layers and the tones, making the work atmospheric and an exaggeration of a fleeting moment.
My paintings can be a little lively and some have said chaotic,...

After graduating from the University of Hertfordshire in 2004 with a BA (Hons) in Applied Media Arts - 3D, Kimberley Bevan was awarded a five year fellowship with Digswell Arts Trust. During which time she begun to exhibit in London and Europe while working with other artists on international exhibitions and local educational programes for a variety of large and small institutions. After completion of her fellowship she was awarded a board trustee position where she continued to work in support of local arts projects in collaboration of various authorities.

After leaving DAT she went into private studios and continued to exhibit locally, national and internationally, while also working on private commissions. In 2021, she moved to Norfolk and now teaches for a variety of institutions, while delivering personal commissions.

2021 - Current: Teaching at East Coast College, Great Yarmouth.

Teaching FOR ART POCKET, Norwich, Norfolk.


Prior 2020:
Created KIMBERLEY BEVAN ART CLASSES ONLINE.

Loss and Lucidity” Lisbon, Portugal.

Curated by D Ali (BBC). Lisbon Portugal.

Awarded Private commission: International company H &K Strategies.

London Headquarters.

Published in Quotes: Inspirational Quotations/Creative Responses. Strawlitter publications.

Private Commissions for Book publication on Human Identity. a Vinci Workshop, N. Winston.

“Loss and Lucidity”
International USA Exhibition (LA), curated by BBC artist D Ali.

“Alternative Perception”
Collaborative exhibition by Bevan and Gale, Hertfordshire.

“Perception”
Curated by Mariya Takeuchi, Goddamn Media Art gallery, Brighton.

“Trick of the Mind” Article published by Artworld.

Summer Salon” Angus-Hughes Gallery, London.

“Southwark Art Fair”, Hayes Galleria, London Bridge.

“Are you Human” Curated by K.Hays of Loose Group. Camden Art Gallery, London.

“From Here to There – USA/Wales”, Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado.
Elysium Gallery, Swansea.