Kevin Sabo

Bio/CV: Kevin Sabo is a painter (b. 1992) in Virginia Beach, VA (USA) and currently based in Richmond, VA (USA). He trained and studied art throughout his youth and graduated with a BFA in Studio Art from James Madison University in 2015. His paintings are typically multi-media - acrylic, ink, spray, collage work that is largely based around the figure, often playing with character and fashion. Themes of queer identity, satire, existential revelations can be spotted throughout his expressive work. Sabo describes his paintings as large sketches, as they are never pre-determined ahead of the end result.

Artist Statement: My paintings are my drag. Colors and patterns are my joy, and jagged lines are my pain. Each time I enter the studio, I play dress up inside the compositions I invent. These busty babes know all my past secrets, and their pursed lips hold my untold future.

Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2021 “Skrrt Skrrt Fantasy” Quirk Gallery, Richmond VA

Selected Group Exhibitions:   2022 “Up In Smoke” TW Fine Art Gallery, West Palm Beach FL, “Bimbofication Sensation” Povos Gallery, Chicago, IL“Debutante” Eden Airlines Gallery 2021 Untitled Art Fair, Miami Beach FL

Residencies: 2021 Bedstuy Artist Residency

Press: Architectural Digest, Repsychi Interview, Queer Guru, It’s Nice That, Richmond Home

Collections: Millennium Queens

Social: @kevin__sabo