KENNEDY DRAKE

Kennedy Drake (b.1999) is a Bradford-born and based artist, who received a first-class BA Hons in Visual Arts at Bradford School of Art and a distinction in MFA Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University. Her work is focused on inequalities and working-class culture, largely drawing from autobiographical experience. Using paint, print and the process of upcycled everyday textiles, her work presents a cutting critique on modern British society, including the cost-of-living crisis which is engulfing society and pushing the poorest further into financial difficulty. More recently, Drake has started to consider the ideas of hope and progression towards peace, looking to nature as inspiration.