BIO

Kevin Swallow lives and works in Chicago. Originally from Crestwood, Illinois, he has been creating art since 1995. He works in various media: painting, photography, mixed media and digital. From paintings and photographs of cityscapes, to mixed media and screen prints — his work captures the sense of place and textures of the urban landscape. He travels frequently and draws inspiration from the places he has visited in the U.S., Europe, and Canada. Kevin graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts in Media Communications and has studied painting, drawing, and screen printing at Lillstreet Art Center. In recent years, he has exhibited at Palette & Chisel Gallery, Eat Paint Studio, Firecat Projects, and Highland Park Art Center.

Kevin's work is in various private collections in Illinois; New York; Washington, D.C.; Minnesota; Seattle, WA; Portsmouth, VA; Phoenix, AZ; Knoxville, Tennessee; Barcelona, Spain; Berlin, Germany; Toronto, Canada; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. His cityscape images are also in various hotels and luxury apartment buildings: Chicago Hilton and Suites, Mile North Hotel, Hyatt Place, Sheraton Hotel and Suites, The Jones, and Xavier. His art has been featured in publications such as: Chicago Sun-Times, Hyperallergic, New City, DNAInfo, NeotericART, and Praeterita. From 2006-2022, his art studio was located in the Cornelia Arts Building in Chicago's Roscoe Village neighborhood. In March of 2022, he moved into a new studio space in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood.

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