Born in a housing scheme in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, Kristopher Malone is printmaker, painter and sculptor. He studied Art and Design at HND level at Glasgow Kelvin College before attaining a First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art at Duncan and Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
Influenced by his upbringing, stories and situations faced in his life, Malone aims to present works that play off core memories in people that were themselves raised in a Scottish housing scheme. Whether that be nostalgic childhood games or the seemly nonchalant criminality that surrounds life in a scheme. Malone strongly believes that you are a product of your surroundings, that the insights and lessons learnt during your early life through to your adolescence follow you forever. Malone’s works intend to incapsulate this, typically utilizing a multitude of combined printmaking techniques and oil painting with a clear and strong visual narrative. His current series of works entitled A Scheme Story aims to play on aspects of scheme life and evoke nostalgia in people raised in similar circumstances and backgrounds.
