Previous Exhibition: Standard Practice by Kid Acne

Standard Practice / February 6th - March 1st 

B&B Gallery are delighted to announce our first exhibition of 2014. Standard Practice is a solo show by Kid Acne, celebrating 15 years of printmaking. This is the first Kid Acne exhibition to be held in the Steel City since his Kill Your Darlings retrospective hosted by Museums Sheffield / Millennium Gallery in 2011. Expect rare and exclusive prints dating back to 1999 as well as new and re-imagined works in silkscreen, risograph, mono print and cyanotype.

Kid Acne is a modern day renaissance man – artist, illustrator, printmaker and sometimes, MC. His formative years were spent painting graffiti, making fanzines and releasing DIY punk / hip-hop records from an East Midlands backwater, where he developed his own inimitable and deceptively simple style.

In the late 90’s his work was first published in the now seminal Scrawl tome, which documented the conversion of counter culture illustration, skateboard graphics and left-field graffiti, preempting what are now widely recognised as ‘Street Art’ aesthetics.

While studying Fine Art in Sheffield, his work gained the attention of WARP Records executives who commissioned him to illustrate the LP sleeve for Plaid’s Rest Proof Clockwork in 1999. At the turn of the millennium, his work began to appear as the backdrop for major UK club nights and in style magazines throughout Europe, as well as customising everything from knitwear in Yorkshire to pizza boxes in Paris.

In recent years his illustrations have now adorned products for leading brands such as Kenzo, Prada and Elle, whilst his art can be seen throughout the globe, in wheat-pastes, murals and gallery shows from Beijing to Azerbaijan.

He is currently working on a series of short animations for Channel 4, for which he also provides the voice of the lead character, Zebra Face and is accompanied by a cast of British talent including Roots Manuva and Jarvis Cocker.
…and he still has acne.

Gallery Hours
Saturdays 12 - 6pm or by appointment during the week.
95B Mary St. Sheffield. S1 4RT