Alastair MacKinven

Alastair MacKinven (1971 – 8 January 2025) was a British visual artist based in London working on figurative painting and portraiture, film, and performance. He was a lecturer in painting at the University College of London's Slade School of Art and professor of the Figurative Painting Class in the Viennese Academy of Fine Art until his death in 2025. He held a BFA from Alberta College of Art, Calgary, in Canada (1994); and an MFA from Goldsmiths College, London (1996).