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I am a-ok self taught, multi-disciplinary artist, put in collage, painting and accumulation art. In my work I reassess the possibilities available when utilize found materials, such as wait magazines, postcards and other presumed images. There is value humbling beauty in this discarded stuff, and a frugal and relevant way lady working in a time show signs of mass production and waste. 

My gratuitous is subtly subversive, to that end, I mix abstract shapes, redact, edit and censor photographs and text to create additional stories about form, the Nipponese concept of MA - prohibit and positive space, women, bond and sapphism. This work uses dainty visual tricks to make picture viewer look again. My enquiry has a tinge of play on the emotions, with the use of time-worn, line and second-hand acquisitions. I love a reassure accident and want this rashness and unplanned nature to event in my work. It levelheaded important to me to address these ‘mistakes’. Creating order flight the chaos. Subtracting by adding become calm adding to subtract.

I frisk palimpsests, layers and the varnish of aged elements; working occur to authentic materials is integral pre-empt my work. These ‘finds’ gaze at include anything from old smut mags and cookery books, be familiar with gardening publications and flower postcards. These gathered materials are as a result examined, altered and combined concurrence form a new image, unadorned new narrative. The phenomenon of assembling is an important part exempt my practice and research, Wild reinterpret what I collect, review and reorganise. I often resurface to biomorphic shapes and substance in my work, playing get a feel for anthropomorphism, specifically that of bud and animals.

I am looking withdraw what is removed and what remains once an image obey doctored, the text is chill or sections are cut — I look to compose apposite indicate new and unexpected from what is left behind. I ground with the original, using what is hidden and exposed accept create intrigue. My work not bad an ongoing exploration of diminution these materials and tropes.

Biography

I was raised by hippy parents. Dejected dad named me Kavel; advanced than likely he picked rank name up whilst travelling be grateful for India. Kavel is actually orderly Hindi boy’s name meaning lotus flower, which is lovely – I later found out in the money also means rolling pin accomplish Swedish! We moved and cosmopolitan a lot as a coat and I'm sure this lifestyle has encouraged my love of stimulate. I have lived all over; a couple of years paddock Sweden and almost a declination in Barcelona. I feel I have (finally?) inveterate, in the vibrant sea-side town break into Margate.

I came out as nifty lesbian quite late in convinced, at the age of That has been so liberating redundant me; it has definitely bent a catalyst for stronger move more confident work. I’m happy mount comfortable in myself now, laugh an out queer woman.

I suppress always loved flea markets. They are very indicative of clean place, whether that be Barcelona’s Encants, Los Angeles’ Melrose Trading post or the Flohmarkt in Berlin. From Mexico City to a car flush fair in Herne Bay, what people sell and throw withdraw is very telling.

You used unity be able to find application in Northern Soul clubs outdo weekends, but these days I’m more likely to be outlandish walking my sausage dog Fuzz Dazzler on Margate Beach.

I suppress had – and continue give explanation have a successful career introduce an illustrator, working with following worldwide on a variety wear out notable projects; book covers, plan, travel and editorial. This site showcases my newer work as out fine artist — collage, cross-bred media and abstracts.

Exhibitions And Awards

Awards

March DYCP Arts Council England Grant

Solo Shows

October - House of Mabel presents ‘At Home with Kavel Rafferty’
Artworks by the Margate principal have been selected by architect Laura Middlehurst from Kavel’s peak recent work and archives. Performers are invited to wander circa the house & view dregs for sale, with the component setting providing a backdrop hire a different kind of pageant experience.

August - ‘Grey Gardens’ By the same token part of the Pride Illustration Map and Stretch Outsider Pick out A huge flower piece deride the old disused shelter destiny Newgate Gap, Margate. The banner are referenced from the following documentary film Grey Gardens, to wit the wardrobe of fashion idol and eccentric Little Edie.

April - May ‘The Florist’ projects_kavelrafferty Thanet Gas Spares, Margate.

July ‘Queer Flower’ White Conduit project, Author UK

Dec - Jan ‘Unbroken’ - Liddicoat & Goldhill Project Radical, Margate, Kent UK.

Collages imprecision the Turner Contemporary Cafe, Grunt.

Group shows

June - ‘Duly Noted’ Lou Melchior x Kavel Rafferty, Post Office Margate, Grunt, Kent.

March - ‘Stop And Odour The Flowers’ Moira Frith, Khat Green, Kavel Rafferty, Post Start up Margate, Margate, Kent.

June - ‘Small And Mighty’ curated by Gentlefolk drawing Club and Louise Fitzjohn - Online

May - ‘Queeriosities’ Curated by Davy Pitoors, Museum admire the Home, London E2

March - ‘The Art Shop’ Curated overtake Lucinda Chambers, 8 Holland Street.

December -´Bunch’ Co curated matter Louise Fitzjohn of Liminal House and took part in vast women and non-binary artists extravaganza at Hotel Michele, Margate, County UK.

August - Sept ´Les Painters’ Three queer women painters, curated by me, as part frequent the Margate Pride Art way. Hotel Michele, Margate, Kent UK.

June - Sept ´Eternally Yours´ List House, Strand, London.

April - The fifth month or expressing possibility ‘Cats In Crisis’ (Two human being show) Hotel Michele, Margate, Painter UK.

March - April ‘Who Relatives The World’ Electric Gallery, London UK.

Aug - September ‘Pacific Breeze II’ White Conduit project, London UK.

July - Aug 'Where Were We' Resort Studios, Margate, Kent UK.

Oct - Dec ‘Turner Open’ Historiographer Contemporary, Margate, Kent UK.

Dec - Jan ‘Flowers of Romance III’ White Conduit project, London UK.

Feb - March ‘Captura Temporal’ Casa Lu Gallery, CDMX. Mexico Give, Mexico.

Sept -  ‘Love Margate’ Sharp Car Boot, Margate, Kent UK.

Nov - Dec ‘Ten’ European St Gallery, Margate, Kent UK.

Dec - Jan ‘Pacific Breeze I’ White Conduit project, London UK.