Trevor Winkfield
Trevor Winkfield is a British-born artist and writer.
Early life
Born in Leeds, England in 1944, Winkfield moved to New York City in 1969.
Career
Described as a “connoisseur of the original, spare, and strange,” Winkfield has collaborated with John Ashbery, Harry Mathews, Kenward Elmslie, Barbara Guest, Ron Padgett, and John Yau.
From 1960 to 1964, Winkfield studied at the Leeds College of Art in Leeds, England, from which he received an Intermediate Certificate in Art. From 1964 to 1967, he studied at the Royal College of Art in London, earning an M.A. in fine art.
WInkfield founded several small poetry journals in the late 1960s, including one called Juilliard, which brought him into association with poets of the New York School, including James Schuyler.
As a painter, Winkfield is represented by Tibor de Nagy Gallery.
In 2014, a book length interview with Winkfield by Miles Champion was published under the title “How I Became a Painter,” and a selection of Winkfield’s writings on art was published under the title “Georges Braque & Others: The Selected Art Writings of Trevor Winkfield.”
In 2015, a solo exhibition, entitled “Trevor Winkfield’s Pageant,” was mounted at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, showcasing Winkfield’s collaborations with notable poets.
Sources
- “All Our Perverse Pleasures,” Trevor Winkfield with Jarrett Earnest, The Brooklyn Rail, May 6, 2014.
- “31 March (1971): James Schuyler to Trevor Winkfield,” The American Reader.
- Schwabsky, Barry. “Shelf Life: Trevor Winkfield is a connoisseur of the original, spare and strange.” The Nation, AUGUST 12, 2014.
- Devaney, Thomas. “Relentless Complexities: Trevor Winkfield’s Art Writing.” Hyperallergic, Nov. 23, 2014.
- “A Painter Among Poets: Trevor Winkfield.” The Poetry Society.
- Tibor de Nagy Gallery Artists: Trevor Winkfield.
- Trevor Winkfield interviewed by Maggie Paley. Bomb: Artists in Conversation. May 19, 2009.