Keith Sargent

b. 1963, Wroughton, Wiltshire, UK
Lives and works on the Isle of Sheppey, UK

Keith Sargent is an artist, filmmaker, graphic designer and educator. In addition to producing art exhibitions, and international trade shows, he is a director of the multidisciplinary design company b#1 (buildingnumberone). His work has been featured in several international exhibitions, including Every Thought There Ever Was, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (2020); Care(less), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (2020); Bath Alumni, Bath Spa University, Bath (2020); 40th anniversary, Matt’s Gallery, London (2019); Vanishing Twin (Tetragametic Chimerism), Fotogalleriet, Oslo (2019); 2052 Selves [a biography], Knole House, UK (2018); and Liberated Words, Arnolfini, Bristol (2014). Sargent’s films have been commissioned for commercial projects with clients such as Sony Ericsson, Mitsubishi, Cadbury, Canonical (Ubuntu), LG, Vodafone, MTV, Artangel and the D&AD. His films have been shown internationally, including Zebra Poetry Film Festival, Kino Babylon, Berlin (2012, 2014, 2020); Void Network, Embros, Athens (2011, 2012, 2020); Mattflix, online Matts Gallery, London (2020); Sweden Film Awards, Folkets Bio Royal Lulea, Sweden (2020); Vienna Science Film Festival, Schikaneder Theatre, Vienna (2020); Liberated Words, Arnolfini, Bristol (2014); Bath Mix, Corsham Court, Bath (2013); and Visible Verse, Vancouver (2012). He has collaborated with artist Lindsay Seers on art installations and films, producing animations, film sequences and design work for Nowhere Less Now3 [flying saucer], Sharjah Art Foundation (2020); Care(less), Lincoln Castle, England (2020); Every Thought There Ever Was, Focal Point Gallery, London (2018); Mental Metal (Casebooks Project), Ambika P3, London (2017); and Mental Matter 2, Andaz Hotel, Art Night, London (2017). As a publisher, Sargent has designed and/or commissioned 30 publications for an international audience, working with a range of artists, photographers, illustrators and writers. Sargent graduated from the Royal College of Art, London (1988). He is currently a lecturer in the Visual Communication department at UCA Canterbury, UK (2015-present). Born in 1963 in Wroughton, Wiltshire, UK, Sargent lives and works on the Isle of Sheppey, Sheerness-on-Sea, UK.

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