Kevin Sipp

Kevin Sipp is a fine artist, independent scholar, and curator with expertise in printmaking, painting, sculpture and multi-media installation. A Florida native, he has lived and worked in Atlanta, Georgia since the early 90’s where he received a BA in Printmaking from the Atlanta College of Art.

Sipp’s fine art works have appeared in solo and group exhibitions throughout the country and internationally. His fine art prints have been featured in exhibitions by noted curators such as renowned South African Master Printmaker Malcolm Christian, Founder of Caversham Press in Balgowan, South Africa. His foundational aesthetic focus examines the spiritual, political, social, and historical influence of African derived culture in the world often making references to African Myth, Afro-Futurism, Cultural Identity, Colonial History, past and contemporary music, politics and comics.

An accomplished writer and poet, his writings have appeared in art and literary publications such as Art Papers magazine, International Review of African American Art, ISLAS magazine,and the poetry anthology Sons of Lovers. He has also been a featured poet during the National Black Arts Festival, sharing the stage with luminaries such as Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, and the poets of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.

Sipp has been a Visiting Scholar at a host of art and educational institutions, including Brandeis University’s International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, Babson College, and most recently, Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum.

Sipp is Director of Visual Production at Sipp Creative, a fine art consulting, design and production studio whose current project is a Graphic Novel “The Amazing Adventures of David Walker Blackstone”. Set in the Victorian age, the graphic novel introduces the world to a heroic narrative of high adventure inspired by classic pulp fiction of the past.