KEVIN HOSSEINI
began
painting in 2003, when he was nine years old.
He was introduced to painting by Colin Zimbleman, his clinician through
the University of California Santa Barbara Koegel Autism Center.
He quickly advanced from watercolors, to acrylic, to oil painting.
Oil is his preferred medium and he has a talent for mixing colors, and
adding elements such as liquen impasto and liquen original to give depth and
texture to his paintings. He also likes to use natural elements, such as sticks and
dirt in his paintings.
His work is on display in private, governmental and
nonprofit offices in Santa Barbara and Sacramento, California.
His drawings and art has been used in promotion for a number of nonprofit
organizations. In 2006, when he was only eleven years old, Kevin won a scholarship from
the John E. Profant Foundation for the Arts.
In 2010, his painting Whirlpool won First Place in the Carpinteria Valley
Arts Council Abstract show . In 2009, two
of his paintings won honorable mention in juried art shows in his
hometown of Carpinteria. Kevin has been
featured in newspaper articles across the United States and was featured in the
Normal Films documentary ARTS (2009). His work is on the cover of
the ARTS film and also on the cover of the book ‘Raising Brendan - Creating Independence
for Adult Kids with Autism & Special Needs.’ His art is featured in two books on art and autism released
in 2009, including the Mark Batty publication Drawing Autism and The Heroes
for Autism benefit art book. In 2011, he is featured in the book
Artism: The Art of Autism.
In 2009, Kevin won the CVS VSA Arts Award for young artists
in California and was flown to Washington DC as the California representative
for VSA Arts. His painting Train was on display at Union Station in
Washington DC and has been on tour on the Eastern coast in 2009-2010.
In 2009, Kevin joined the Strokes of Genius
traveling art show featuring artist on the autism spectrum. In 2011, two
of Kevin's pieces were picked for a Neurodiversity exhibit at the Museum of Modern
Art of The Ukraine.
Painting
has given Kevin confidence and allowed him to express himself.
He is influenced by a number of artists including Gerhard Richert, David
Hocking, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Pablo Picasso.
Kevin's painting has been influenced by travels to Iran and other cities.
Kevin
is proud to be the 2011 Internatioal winner Visual Artist 18 and under
of the Naturally Autistic Awards & Convention. Temple Grandin is
last year's recipient of an award and this year's official ambassador.
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