Kevin Platt – Multidisciplinary Artist

Kevin’s practice draws on a life lived in motion — across coastlines, kitchens, and an ever-growing list of countries — translating the textures of the world into image and canvas.

His work is shaped as much by craft as by curiosity. The same hands-on instinct that drives him toward from-scratch cooking and small-batch homebrewing carries into his studio: an insistence on process, patience, and knowing exactly what goes into the work.

Platt has been an active photographer for nearly 30 years, originally working in film before transitioning largely to DSLR in the late 2000s. His photographic studies have taken him to the Santa Fe Studios, the Menil Museum — where his work was also exhibited — and the University of Oregon. All photographs are held in high-resolution, print-ready format and available in a range of sizes on a very limited run.

After decades of photography, creative direction, and ceramics work, Platt began painting in the early 2020s. Working primarily in acrylic, with select pieces incorporating oil and texture medium, his canvases are largely abstract — ranging from the spare and minimal to the boldly expressionist. All paintings are unframed and hang-ready.

International travel remains a persistent influence, pulling his eye toward the unfamiliar and the in-between. He is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area with his muse (and wife), Molly, and their chaos potato, Perla.