Kevin Lincoln
| Kevin Lincoln | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1941 Battery Point, Tasmania |
| Nationality |
 Australian |
| Known for | Painting, Drawing, Etching, Lithography, Printmaking |
Kevin Lincoln (born 1941) is an Australian artist.
Life and Work
Kevin Lincoln was born in Battery Point, Hobart in 1941 and moved to Melbourne in the 1960s, where he has lived and worked ever since. Receiving little to no formal art training, Lincoln worked various jobs, as a welder and boilermaker for example, in order to make a living before he could devote his time to art. His early work, mainly linocuts, reflects this industrial background and it wasn't until the 1970s that he began to work in paintings. Lincoln is admired for his still lifes, self-portraits and etchings, all of which embody a sense of restraint and austerity. He has been described as "one of the most introverted and underrated artists"[1] in Australia, by art critic John McDonald, and is not as widely known as some of his contemporaries yet he has exhibited consistently and to great acclaim for over the last 35 years.[1] Common themes throughout his career, spanning genres and mediums, have included age, mortality and the solitary figure[2] and his work has developed from expressive social realism to abstraction.[3] At over 70 years of age Lincoln's career has spanned almost half a decade and he continues to be a rigorous draughtsman and printmaker, as well as painter, producing over 400 prints to date.
Exhibitions
Lincoln has exhibited consistently for almost 50 years, starting in 1964 with the Victorian Artists Society drawing and print exhibition, going on to exhibit with The Social Realist Group throughout the 1960s in galleries across Australia. Over his long career Lincoln has held over 50 solo shows and participated in over 100 group exhibitions throughout Australia, most often at Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne and Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney. In 1990, a survey exhibition of his paintings and drawings was mounted by the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, which toured Tasmania and Victoria. Lincoln has also participated in numerous art fairs, such as the Melbourne Art Fair from 2000 to 2012 and the Second, Third and Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair in 1990, 1992, 1994.[3]
Collections
Lincoln's work appears in the permanent collections of major Australian galleries such as the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales and Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, as well as numerous state, regional, university and private collections throughout Australia.[3]