BIOGRAPHY
Kevin Lopez, always quiet and reserved, grew up in a large extended family, in a completely uninteresting suburb, and always saw himself as a bit of an outsider.
In school, he found comfort in drawing and painting and went on to graduate with a BFA in Art from the University of Houston in 2011. He then worked as a graphic designer and photographer for a time. Then, because of Covid-19 and the cultural and social environment during 2020, he decided to pursue fine art.
His feelings of detachment during his formative years, as well as during mass isolation in 2020, informs his current work and has influenced his choice to explore ideas of multiplicity and solipsism as it pertains to identity through portraits and depictions of the mundane.
Kevin has shown work at Lawndale Art Center and Fort Bend Museum. He has work in the Carolyn Farb collection and Catapult Gallery.
Kevin currently works in his studio at BOX13 ArtSpace in Houston, Texas.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am a painter and wood worker based in Houston, Texas. I use the human figure as a vehicle to explore themes of identity and Solipsism as well as the notion that we can never truly know one another. The study of each individual figure allows for the exploration of the knowledge that our experiences are inherently private and unknowable to others.
My work explores the multiplicity and divisions of individuals as well as the ambiguity of understanding identities. Utilizing realistic figures, the work depicts an amalgamation of person(s) placed in barren settings, constructed around unique forms to emphasize the difficulty of forming a definitive perspective of the work and individuals. The work is intended to ask the viewer to question the identity of the individual and, by extension, the way they perceive themselves and others.
EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS
2025
Lending Library, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
EXperimental: Member Exhibition co-curator, BOX 13 ArtSpace, Houston, Texas
2024
A Thinning of the Veneer, Box 13 ArtSpace, Houston, Texas
Shifting, Catapult Gallery, Richmond, Texas
Instructor Exhibition, Art League Houston, Houston, Texas
Empty BOX: Street Legal, Box 13 ArtSpace, Houston, Texas
2023
Explorando la Resiliencia en el Arte Mexicano - Americano, Consulado General de México en Houston, Houston, Texas
Transformations and Transitions, Catapult Gallery, Richmond, Texas
Visions of Identity, Fort Bend Museum, Richmond, Texas
Traces, Box 13 ArtSpace, Houston, Texas
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
Empty BOX: Out of the BOX, Box 13 ArtSpace, Houston, Texas
Interaction, Fort Bend Museum, Richmond, Texas
If You Could Read My Mind, Clamplight Studios, San Antonio, Texas
10x10, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, Texas
2022
Fragile, Catapult Gallery, Richmond, Texas
Bayou City Lofts, Houston, Texas
Pretty Darn Small, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, Texas
Meet Kevin Lopez, Voyage Houston Magazine
Inward/Outward, Box13 Artspace, Houston, Texas
Here and There, Clamplight Studios, San Antonio, Texas
10x10, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, Texas
Box13 Member Exhibition, Box13 Artspace, Houston, Texas
2021
Season of the Self, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, Texas
Houston Art Crawl, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, Texas
Camp Superstition, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, Texas
Nativo, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, Texas
Feliz 16 Frida!, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, Texas
Zanna Magazine, Issue 8
Black + White IV, Envision Arts
The Origin of Our Ideas, OkayCool Magazine, Vol. 4
2020
Our Voices/Nuestras Voces, Talento Bilingue de Houston, Houston, Texas
Feliz 15 Frida!, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, Texas
The Black & White Art Show 5.0, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, Texas
2017
Add Noise, Insomnia Gallery, Houston, Texas
Houston Art Crawl, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, Texas
ReSIDENCIES
2025
Vermont Studio Center, Residency and Artist Grant, Johnson, VT