Kevin Sullivan (artist)
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Kevin Sullivan | |
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| Born | 1964 |
| Died | 2025 (aged 60–61) |
| Education | UCLA |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | Painting, Performance Art |
Kevin Sullivan (1964-2025), was an American visual artist and musician who lived and worked in Los Angeles, California.
Sullivan's early education was in California's public school system, including Homestead High School (Cupertino, California) where he was the cartoonist for the Homestead Epitaph. Later, he attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where his interest in the fine arts intensified and was encouraged by UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture professors Paul McCarthy and Don Suggs. McCarthy's support helped earn him UCLA's Clifton Webb Award for his achievement in performance art. Sullivan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA in 1988.
Background
Performance art, painting and writing continue to be his primary pursuits. Since 1984, he has enacted approximately 30 documented performances and eight solo exhibitions, and has been included in several dozen group exhibitions throughout the United States and in Europe.[1] Art critic David Pagel has noted Sullivan's focus on "the potential significance of mundane events and apparently unremarkable occurrences".[2] His subjects are often the neglected and abused cultural achievements of the past, as illustrated in his projects: Towards an Ape Theatre (2016), old taco bells (2014), This is Bruxism (2000), The Revolutionist (1998), Residuum (1991), and The Diaries of Paul Varnac (1988). In 1990, he curated the exhibition Frontier Tales with Jan Tumlir for Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) which included the work of Clive Barker, Russell Crotty, Sandy Hubshman, Daniel Johnston, Gina Lamb, Joan Mahony, Craig Stecyk and Kamar Uwais.[3] He has published three artist books, and his critical writing on art, music and film has appeared in the magazines Dirt, Raygun, Visions, Xtra and the transfixion blogspot, often under the name Sidral Mundet (a brand of Mexican soda pop).[4]
