Biography
Kevin Darmanie is a figurative painter whose works explore intersections in digital media and paint implicated by his relationships both personal and societal. Working largely in watercolor on paper, the Trinidad & Tobago born Newark NJ native uses tropes of digital platforms and media sharing to inform his images before rendering them in paint. He has exhibited at Paul Robeson Gallery, (Messier Gallery at Express Newark) at Rutgers University, The Reginald Ingraham Gallery CA, The Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery at New Jersey City University, Ground Floor Gallery in Brooklyn, Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ and Ramapo College, Ramapo NJ and the Utah Arts Center, UT.
Works
Exhibitions
Press
Last chance to view: Rainbow Country at Paradice Palase, Stephanie Zimmerman-Black, Art Zealous, 2020
Editors’ Picks: 7 Events for Your Virtual Art Calendar This Week, From an Online Tony Cokes Premiere to Asia Week New York’s Summer Redux, artnet News, 2020
CARIBBEAT: Visit artist’s ‘Rainbow Country’, Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 2020
Rainbow Country: Kevin Darmanie's Graphic Novel Style Works of Caribbean Culture on Display in Brooklyn, Evan Pricco, Juxtapoz, 2020
Kevin Darmanie Connects Back to Caribbean Roots for "Rainbow Country" Exhibition, Gabrielle Leung, Hypebeast, 2020
An Abandoned Cubicle Complex Filled with Art, Sharon Adarlo, Hyperallergic, 2014
Art For the Weekend: Newark Open Doors Studio Tour Preview, Brendan S. Carrol, Hyperallergic, 2011
Easy, Breazy Art from the Aljira Collection, Brendan S. Carrol, Hyperallergic, 2011