Keith Coventry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Keith Coventry

British artist

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1958

Place of Birth: Burnley, England, United Kingdom

Profession: painter

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Keith Coventry is a British artist and curator.
In September 2010 his Spectrum Jesus painting won the £25,000 John Moores Painting Prize.Keith Coventry was born in Burnley in 1958 and lives and works in London.
He attended Brighton Polytechnic 1978–1981 and Chelsea School of Art London 1981–1982.
He was featured in the seminal exhibition Sensation at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 1997 and in 2006, he received a mid-career retrospective at Glasgow's Tramway (Art Centre).
He was also a co-founder and curator of City Racing, an influential not-for-profit gallery in Kennington, South London from 1988–1998. His work has been exhibited widely in the UK and Europe and is included in collections worldwide, including the British Council; Tate Modern; Arts Council of England; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis;, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
In 2010 Coventry was awarded the John Moores Painting Prize.