Kelly Hutchison
Kelly Hutchison is a Southern Californian artist.
Life
Hutchison, who is better known under the pseudonym Dark Vomit, was born in Texas in 1974.[1] He was adopted by a military family and spent his early years living in the Netherlands and different parts of the United States. After graduating high school, he joined the Navy and traveled the world while working painting ships and cutting hair as a barber. In the mid 1990’s, Hutchison left the Navy and moved to San Diego, California, after falling in love with the warmer climate while enlisted in the Navy.[2] He embraced the Southern California punk rock lifestyle and began working odd jobs, including a graveyard shift at a gas station. To make ends meet, he began rummaging through garbage and junk in the neighborhood to sell at the local swap meet. Hutchison began painting on these found objects and quickly realized the increased value he was able to obtain from the objects as a result.[3] His work has since materialized in a painting style that ranges from pop art to surrealism with heavy macabre, political,[4] social, humorous, and iconic undertones. He has also worked creating album covers, comic books, t-shirt designs, book covers, posters, 3D animations, commercial graphics, skateboard decks, video games,[5] public art, and curating art events both in his own art gallery which was called Fish out of Water[6] as well as other venues in Southern California. He has also collaborated with other artists to create paintings, custom mechanical art sculptures, and other works. He currently works independently as a full-time artist in San Diego, California.
Exhibitions and collections
The artist began showing his fine art in galleries in 2000 and has since participated in many solo and group exhibits throughout the world, mostly in the continental United States including California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Kentucky, North Carolina, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa,[7] Ohio, Florida, and many more. Some of the Galleries that have shown his work include the Copro Gallery in Los Angeles, CA,[8] Toyroom Gallery in Sacramento, CA, Strychnin Gallery in Berlin, Germany, GCAC Gallery of California State University Fullerton[9] in Santa Ana, CA, Distinction Art Gallery in Escondido, CA, Voodoo Pink Gallery in Mendocino, CA, UCSD University of California San Diego, Perihelion Arts Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, Pivot Art Gallery in Covington, KY, and many others. Some of the artists he has shown with include Rachel Bess, Winston Smith, COOP, Bob Dob, Ron English, Camille Rose Garcia, Chris Mars, Elizabeth McGrath, Tara McPherson, Todd Schorr, Mark Ryden, Robert Williams, and many more. Hutchison has most recently worked on a series of vintage-inspired pinup portrait paintings which he features on his new art website KellyHutchison.com.[10]
Personal Collection
In addition to creating art, Hutchison is an avid collector himself, something which often creates much controversy. Around 2007, he expanded his art collection and began collecting true crime related collectibles often referred to as "murderabilia" starting with a painting by John Wayne Gacy, and later a piece by Charles Manson.[11] He became interested in this genre years prior, after visiting the Museum of Death when it was still located in San Diego, after spending hours there looking at the artwork and reading the letters.[12] Hutchison then joined a group of half a dozen or so websites and began trading online on his website DarkVomit.com's True Crime Museum and Prison Art Gallery. He regards himself more as a collector than a dealer.[13]
Hutchison often gets caught up in the politics surrounding this type of genre, as many politicians aim to create new "Son of Sam" type laws. In 2013, Hutchison put up for sale a letter by Nidal Hasan, in which the entire proceeds would go to charity. The sale inspired Texas Senator John Cornyn to continue working on his bill "Stop the sale of murderabilia to protect the dignity of crime victims act" which died in committee in 2007, only to be reworked and shot down in 2010.[14] The letter was reported to have sold anywhere from $2,000 USD[15] to $500,000 USD[16] by various news sources.
Media coverage
Artwork as well as quotes by Hutchison are featured in actress April Winchell’s book Regretsy which was released April 6, 2010.[17] He was named the featured artist of San Diego by Scion[18] and took first place in the San Diego Gaslamp Artist Showcase.[19] The artist has been interviewed and featured in many art magazines and various other publications via print, online, video, and radio. Some of the most recent have been Fox News,[16] Huffington Post,[10] ABC News,[20] Los Angeles Times,[13] The Seattle Times,[21] Riviera Magazine, Nug Magazine,[22] Juxtapoz Magazine,[3] Revolver Magazine, Inked Magazine,[12] Metro News,[23] The Inquirer,[24] Patch: Joliet,[25] New Lenox,[26] and Frankfort,[27] The Military Times,[15] Texas Monthly,[14] and the San Diego Union-Tribune.[11]
References
- ↑ Jon Beinart, Surreal Art Collective, Kelly Hutchison Bio, “Kelly Hutchison - Bio“
- ↑ Zenger‘s News Magazine, “WalMart Burns at the Weirdo Art Gallery“
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Juztapoz Magazine, “Knee Deep in Dark Vomit - An Exclusive Interview“
- ↑ Thrillist Media Group, 2/22/2011, "Dark Vomit"
- ↑ San Diego City Beat, “Sour Grapes or Valid Complaints“
- ↑ San Diego Union-Tribune, 9/27/2007, "Exhibitions"
- ↑ Dread Central, Debi Moore, 1/14/2011, "Hail to the King – A Stephen King Tribute Art Show Heading to Des Moines, Iowa"
- ↑ Copro Gallery, “Past Exhibitions“
- ↑ GCAC,“Exhibitions"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Huffington Post, Caitlin Rother, 7/29/2013, "Murderabilia: Creepy Souvenirs of Death for Sale"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 The San Diego Union-Tribune, Matthew T. Hall, 8/17/2012, “Murderers' memorabilia for sale in North Park“
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Inked Magazine, The Motorcyle Issue, Page 20, Kara Pound, 4/2012, “The Art Critic“
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 The Los Angeles Times, Caitlin Rother, 7/18/2013, “The unsavory 'murderabilia' market“
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Texas Monthly, Dan Solomon, 9/24/2013, “John Cornyn’s Quest To End “Murderabilia“
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Military Times, Joe Gould, 10/1/2013, “Sale of Hasan letter prompts proposed ban on 'murderabilia'“ Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Fox News, Channel 7 Austin, Texas, 9/20/2013, “Sen. Cornyn seeks to ban 'murderabilia'“
- ↑ April Winchell “Regretsy: Where DIY Meets WTF”, 2010, pgs. 99, 135, 142. ISBN 978-0-345-52318-1
- ↑ Scion “Scion x-Change“
- ↑ 2nd Annual Gaslamp Art Showcase “San Diego Gaslamp Art Showcase“
- ↑ ABC News, Channel 10, San Diego, CA, Itica Milanes, 6/5/2013, "Written apology by convicted killer John Gardner drawing outrage"
- ↑ The Seattle Times, Christine Clarridge, 8/7/2012, "Victims 'infuriated' when tracings of killer's hands turn up online"
- ↑ Nug Magazine, Cover Design, Issue No. 27, 4/2011, "Nug Mag Cover Design - Issue No 27 - December 2011"
- ↑ Metro News, 10/2/2014, "'Dungeon' suspect's art, letters for sale online"
- ↑ The Inquirer, Dana DiFilippo, 10/3/2014, "Artwork of accused killer for sale" Archived 2015-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Joliet Patch, Joseph Hosey, 3/23/2014, "Buy His Holiday Greeting on 'Dark Vomit'"
- ↑ New Lenox Patch, Joseph Hosey, 12/5/2013, "Meet the Man Selling an Alleged Hickory St. Nightmare Killer's Jailhouse Letters"
- ↑ Frankfort Patch, Joseph Hosey, 12/4/2013, "Alleged Hickory Street Nightmare Killer's Letters For Sale on Website"
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