BIOGRAPHY AND SELECTED HONORS

Kevin McEvoy grew up on Long Island, NY, where as a boy the passion for art was ignited, and he began his earliest studies in drawing and painting by copying Albrecht Durer’s etchings from an encyclopedia, and producing drawing copies of Greek and Roman statuary at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After high school, he later studied in Valparaiso, Chile. In 2008, Kevin enrolled as a student at the prestigious, world renowned Charles Cecil Studios in Florence, the oldest active atelier in Europe. After several years of training in classical drawing, painting, and art history, Kevin returned home to Long Island where he began his professional career in drawing and painting. With his works in collections from South America to California to Europe, Kevin enjoys connecting with collectors and clients of all backgrounds. Having run and directed both private and non profit studios over the period of twelve years, Kevin also developed a love for the development of community. Between drawing and painting, offering various art history lectures, teaching studio classes, and offering international education via his unique, online art educational programming, Kevin enjoys spending time sailing with his wife and three boys in their hometown of Islip, and tending to their seventeen chickens.

Kevin’s paintings draw on the classical methods he acquired in Florence, and are applied in a contemporary context to the world around him. Interested in the sublime that is to be found in the mundane, his paintings speak to us in common terms, the poetry of everyday life.

Education

Charles Cecil Studios, Florence, Italy   2009, 2006 – 2007

Bachelors of Fine Arts, University of Stony Brook, New York   2006

La Scuola di Lorenzo d’ Medici, Florence, Italy  2005

La Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaiso, Chile 2004

Selected Exhibitions and Honors

2020

• BP Portrait Competition, National Gallery, London, “Joshua” juried in as second round qualifier

• The Great American Paint In, Gallery Cero, “The Window” juried into International Painting Exhibition

• Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, “Three Artists to Watch”, July 2020

2019

• Long Island Museum, “Face to Face, Artists Painting Artists”, Stony Brook, NY

• Atelier Hall Gallery, “Atelier Instructor Exhibition”

• Jazz Loft Museum, Permanent Collection, Stony Brook, NY

2018

• Atelier Hall Gallery, “Atelier Instructor Exhibition”

• Fine Art Connoisseur, “34 Paintings that Embody Classical Fundamentals”, May 26, 2018

• Jazz Loft Museum, Permanent Collection, Stony Brook, NY

2017

• Atelier Hall Gallery, “Atelier Instructor Exhibition”

2016

• Atelier Hall Gallery, “Atelier Instructor Exhibition”

• Juror, Huntington Arts Council, “Beyond the Veil”, August 2016

• Greater Bay Shore, “Islip Artist Kevin McEvoy teaches the Way of Old Masters…”, September 15, 2016

• Stony Brook Statesman, “Artist Kevin McEvoy and his Italian Success”, April 7, 2016

 

2015

• Reboli Center Gallery, “Atelier Exhibition”

• Salmagundi Club, Members Show, NYC

2014

• Grenning Gallery: “Holiday Show”, Sag Harbor, NYC

• Salmagundi Club, Members Show, NYC

2013

• Mehu Gallery: The Junior Scholarship Exhibition of the Salmagundi Club, Central Park West, NYC

• Gallery CPW: “Converge- Where Classical and Contemporary Art Collide,” Central Park West, NYC

• NBC News, Live Interview, NY Nightly, “83rd Anniversary of the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition, Kevin McEvoy discusses his work…”

2012

• Fall Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition,  NY

• Spring Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition, NYC  2nd place

• Salmagundi Junior Scholarship Exhibition, NYC

  • The Salmagundian, “Nov 15: Kevin McEvoy at Converge, 2012 NYC”

• Quoi de Neuf, The Curious World of Art, Architecture, and Art History”, blog

• National Public Radio, “Artsy Fartsy”

2011

• Newsday, “Jail through an artist’s eye”, Joye Brown, April 10, 2011
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• Salmagundi Members Show, NYC
• Fall Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, NYC  3rd Place
• Gallery North, Setauket, NY  Winners Circle

2010

• Huntington Arts Council Still Life Show, Huntington, NY  Best in Show
• Fall Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, NYC  Honorable Mention
• Gallery North Outdoor Art Show, Setauket, NY  2nd Place

2009

• Junior Scholarship Show, Salmagundi Club, NYC  Memorial Award
• Newsday, “Where to have an original oil portrait painted”, Margaret Corvini
• Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, NYC  3rd Place
• Members Show, Salmagundi Club, NYC

2008

• Portrait Exhibition at Main Street Petite Gallery, Huntington, NY  Honorable Mention
• Masters Show, Main Street Petite Gallery, Huntington, NY
• Designers Showcase, Mansions and Millionaires, Mill Neck, NY

2007

• City Wide Juried Exhibition, Florence, Italy
• Gallery North, Setauket, NY

2006

• Outdoor Art Show, Gallery North, Setauket, NY

2005

• City Wide Juried Exhibition Florence, Italy
• Spring Invitational, Lorenzo de Medici Gallery, Florence, Italy

2004

• Artistas Nacientes, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaiso, Chile