King Overman, real name Kevin Hoyle-Gorman, is a contemporary artist working in painting and sculpture. 

Primarily focusing on life-size portraits, he takes inspiration from classical portraiture and the colour and boldness of street art.  His subjects are mostly drawn from his childhood memories of Basketball and a lifelong fascination with electronic music. 

Active since 2021, his art journey begain after serious illness ended a 20 year career as a music producer and DJ.  Painting started out as a mode of recovery, but quickly became an all consuming passion and new life for the artist.  

His large scale paintings have been exhibited at Brooklyn Museum in New York and are included in various international collections.  His most prominent collector is acclaimed film-maker Spike Lee, who acquired five life-size works in 2022.

King Overman lives and works in Manchester, England.

*The name King Overman is a recent alias, chosen to distinguish his art from previous musical projects- search Adesse Versions or Kevin Gorman for this.