A recurrent theme in Des Kilfeather's art is the philosophical exploration of ethics, greed, power, ambition, jealousy, apathy and time. Counterbalanced with poetic narratives of love, optimism and humour.

Along with research, starkly and dramatically contrasting personal experiences inform Des' work. These are the main source of inspiration for the expression of doubt and optimism in his paintings.

Working with oil, ink, watercolour, etched copper plate, camera, digital manipulation and metaphor at multiple levels Des believes that the medium is superseded by concept.

Des studied photography at the University of Brighton, aesthetics, painting and drawing at the Edward James Trust's West Dean College and Fine Art at the University of Portsmouth. His studio is in Chichester as part of Unity Art Studios and Unity Arts Trust and his work is held in collections in the UK and USA.

News: Dublin City, (UNESCO City of Literature), Dublin Library Service, Tourism Dublin and the Dublin Writers Museum have invited Des Kilfeather to show his James Joyce's Dubliners body of work at the Dublin Writers Museum Gallery 19 March - 19 May 2012.

News: Google launches Des Kilfeather's eBooks at affordable prices: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&sa=G&tbo=1&tbm=bks&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22DP+Kilfeather%22&ei=8eCfTtHOO4TS8QP1gcXyBQ&ved=0CCIQ9Ag

News:  The University at Buffalo, New York, has acquired copy number 1. of Kilfeather's artist's book; James Joyce's Dubliners, a Visual Response.

News:  Kilfeather's painting, Click, oil on canvas, 5' x 4', receives the Picture Framer's Endowment Award in the UK National Open Art Competition. Click is one of 118 works selected for this prestigious exhibition, from an entry of over 1,700 artists, shortlisted to 400. The panel of judges was chaired by Gavin Turk.

News:  Kilfeather launches the first Cyber Relational Art project on flickr. This exploratory project by Kilfeather is intended to engage with an audience with widely varying opinions and backgrounds, from professional artists to those who may have had no previous experience of fine art or no opportunity to express themselves through the medium. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28880384@N06/5105591932/

Forthcoming exhibitions:

The Dublin Writers Museum, Dublin, Ireland. March - May 2012, dates to be confirmed. James Joyce's Dubliners, a Visual Response & Contemporary Contextualisation. 

Portsmouth Central Library, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth. James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, a Visual Response. October 2012.

Selected exhibitions:

The Philanthropic Atheist, a body of work comprising 5 screen prints and 5 paintings. At Panoptic group exhibition, sponsored by Portsmouth City Council, The University of Portsmouth and Aspex Gallery. Round Tower, Old Portsmouth. 9th September - 24th September 2011.

James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, a Visual Response. Solo Exhibition. Wordsouth Literary Centre and Fine Art Gallery, Havant UK. 19th September - 2nd October 2011. 

Masters Fine Art 2011, group exhibition. GASP Gallery at Artspace Portsmouth. July 2011.

National Open Art Competition exhibition, 30th October - 13th November 2010. Minerva Theatre Chichester.

UK National MA & Post Graduate Contemporary Art Exhibition 2011. 21st Feb - 2nd Apr, 2011. Atkinson Gallery, Street. This is Kilfeather's second invitation to Atkinson Gallery where paintings from his Dubliners body of work have been selected.

Wordsouth Gallery, Havant, Hampshire, solo exhibition: James Joyce Dubliners, a Visual Response and Contemporary Contextualisation. 10th September - 10th October 2010.

Esemplastic: Upper House Itchenor, St Wilfrids Hospice & Cancer Research Charity Event Group Exhibition 24 - 26 September 2010. Curator Karen Gardner. http://upperhouseart.com

GASP, Artspace Portsmouth, July 2010. Group exhibition.

Oxmarket Gallery Chichester: Printmakers Cut4 Group Exhibition 7 - 19 June 2010

Oxmarket Gallery Chichester: Unity Studio event Group Exhibition 26 - 31 July 2010

 http://www.a-n.co.uk/interface/whatson/single/591315/1

Police & Thieves 2010. Group show at the Old Police Station, South London.

http://re-title.typepad.com/opportunities/2009/09/police-and-theives-2010-occupy-my-time-at-the-old-police-station-south-london.html

MA & Other Postgraduate Contemporary Art Show 2010. Group show at the Atkinson Gallery Street Somerset.

https://www.millfieldschool.com/assets/Art_Exhibitions/MA_Show_Press_Release.pdf

Donnie 2010. Group show at the Brooklyn Gallery, New York, of the Museum of Computer Art.

http://www.moca.virtual.museum/mary/archive/marypage46.htm

Publications:

Des Kilfeather eBooks on Google: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&sa=G&tbo=1&tbm=bks&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22DP+Kilfeather%22&ei=8eCfTtHOO4TS8QP1gcXyBQ&ved=0CCIQ9Ag

James Joyce's Dubliners, a Visual Response. ISBN 9780955300417 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/James-Joyces-Dubliners-Visual-Response/dp/B004LDM4OM/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_3

The Ethic Aesthetic. ISBN 9780955300424 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Ethic-Aesthetic/dp/B004NIFO5G/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_4

Trafalgar 200 Through the Lens. ISBN 9780955300400 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trafalgar-200-Through-the-Lens/dp/B004I6E47C/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

See Kilfeather at Saatchi Online.

See Kilfeather at Flickr.