Kid Acne

Kid Acne is an artist, illustrator and hip-hop musician. He was born in Lilongwe, Malawi in 1978.

He grew up in Lutterworth, Leicestershire and currently lives and works in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. He spent his formative years painting graffiti, creating fanzines and making limited run records on his own Invisible Spies imprint. His signature style has adorned products for leading brands such as Prada, Kenzo, Elle, Kid Robot, Brompton and Warp Records.


Discography

ALBUMS

Rap Traffic (LP) / Invisible Spies 2001

Council Pop (LP) / Invisible Spies 2003

Romance Ain't Dead (LP) / Lex Records 2007

Have A Word (LP) / Lex Records 2019


EPs / SINGLES

Squirrel Hunters (7") / Invisible Spies 2001

Regarde Kid Acne (7") / Invisible Spies 2002

Radio Music (12", Single) / Invisible Spies 2003

Zub-Zub Rockers (7", Single) / Electro Caramel 2003

Reality Raps EP (12", EP) / Invisible Spies 2004

Eddy Fresh (7", Single) / Lex Records, EMI Records 2007

Eddy Fresh (12") / Lex Records, EMI Records 2007

Sliding Doors (7") / Lex Records, EMI Records 2007

Worst Luck EP (7") / Lex Records 2007

Appears on

MONGRELS – Slingshots (7") / C U Next Tuesday 1997

Toah Dynamic – Hip-Hop Gymkhana (7") / C U Next Tuesday 1997

Invisible Spies (CD, Comp) / C U Next Tuesday Records 1998

Req – Car Paint Scheme (LP) / Style Mentorz / Skint Records 2000

Toah Dynamic – Movement (LP) / Invisible Spies 2000

Lexoleum Two (12", EP) Rap Dracula / Lex Records 2001

Lexample (CD) Radio Music / Lex Records 2002

MONGRELS – Fresh Arrangements (7") / Invisible Spies 2002

Toah Dynamic – Harvest Festival (7") / Invisible Spies 2002

Toah Dynamic – Son Of A Copper (7") / Invisible Spies 2002

Toah Dynamic – Cops Hate Our Love (LP) / Invisible Spies 2002

Abstract Funk Theory (2xLP, Comp) Ghosts With Teeth / Obsessive 2003

Suspect Files Vol 3 (CD, Comp) South Yorks / Suspect Packages 2004

Lexample Red (CD, Promo, Smplr) Eddy Fresh / Lex Records 2007

MONGRELS - Low Budget High Concept (10") / Invisible Spies 2015

MONGRELS - You Dig Raps? (7") / Invisible Spies 2015

Burgundy Blood Meets MONGRELS - (cassette EP) ...In The Pop Wilderness / Invisible Spies 2016

MONGRELS - Attack The Monolith (LP) / Invisible Spies 2016

MONGRELS - Attack The Megalith (EP) / Invisible Spies 2017

MONGRELS - Over Eggin' It (7") / Invisible Spies 2018

Zebra Face
Graffiti of Zebra Face, painted by Acne in Lutterworth.

Zebra Face is a cartoon character created by Kid Acne and Supreme Vagabond Craftsman. He is a bombastic stripey horse with a hip-hop obsession and an insulin dependent sidekick. Zebra Face first appeared in a one-page comic strip in Kid Acne's 'Velcro Grass' fanzine in 1995. Generating mild interest amongst the UK fanzine scene at the time, Zebra Face then became a fanzine of his own before the duo began working on a book, which was self-published in 2001. Zebra Face was made into a short animated series for Channel 4, broadcast in Autumn 2012.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2019

HAVE A WORD / S1 Artspace, Sheffield (UK)

2017

MARK MY WORDS / C.A.V.E Gallery, Los Angeles (US)

2015

DESTINED FOR GREATNESS / C.A.V.E Gallery, Los Angeles (US)

RUMBLE IN THE JUMBLE / B&B Gallery, Sheffield (UK)

2014

THE RETURN / Galo Art Gallery, Turin (IT)

STANDARD PRACTICE / B&B Gallery, Sheffield (UK)

ADAPTATIONS / Graffiti Life Gallery, London (UK)

2012

DAMN STRAIGHT/ Inoperable Gallery, Vienna (AT)

STAND & DELIVER / C.A.V.E Gallery, Los Angeles (US)

2011

CLOAK & DAGGER / Other Gallery, Beijing (CN)

KILL YOUR DARLINGS / Millennium Gallery, Sheffield (UK)

RHYTHM IS A DANCER / Stolen Space, London (UK)

2010

WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS / Concrete Hermit, London (UK)

DUST IN THE GIANT’S EYE / Electrik Sheep Gallery, Newcastle (UK)

OIS’ EASY / Helmet Gallery, Munich (DE)

2009

SMOKE & MIRRORS / Stella Dore Gallery, London (UK)

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