Biography

Ken Craft (b. 1967, New Mexico) is an artist based in Dallas, TX. His work reflects an interest in representational scene painting alongside cartoon storytelling. Craft is creating original comic book characters for his paintings. The work is meant to exist as both a traditional easel painting and as a form of comics. He’s influenced by Gustave Courbet, Art Spiegelman, Gerhard Richter, George Herriman, and - lately - Philip Guston.

 

His recent work reflects an interest in representational scene painting alongside cartoon storytelling. He is creating original comics characters for his paintings. The work is meant to exist as both a traditional easel painting and as a form of comics. Craft considers himself a painter who works mostly in watercolor and oil. His work is generally representational in appearance, but he considers himself to be a conceptualist. He explores a variety of themes, such as people's past, natural history, evolution, and the day-to-day struggles we all contend with. He claims he often feels as though he's telling a story in his work, and, in fact, there is often a written narrative in each work to be found.

 

He has been in numerous group exhibits and solo shows across the country. In June 2015, he exhibited a selection of paintings in a juried exhibit at Artspace 111 in Ft Worth, TX, and was awarded the Top Choice prize by juror Vernon Fisher. In the fall of 2019, he received a 3-week residency at MASS MoCA. He was also recently featured in New American Painting’s #138, covering the Western United States.

 

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