Keith Breeden

Keith Breeden RP (born 25 March 1956) is a graphic designer and portraitist. He is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

Early life Keith attended St. Wilfred's Primary in Northwich from 1962 to 1967 where he was in the same A-level art class as Peter Saville and Malcolm Garrett of a class of just six pupils. Around this time he lived in Wimpey housing estate. At times he played truant to go to the Manchester Free Trade Hall and help carry in equipment for concerts by Free, Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, among other bands. This rebellious attitude extended to breaking school uniform rules through wearing shoulder length hair and flares. Ultimately he left St Ambrose prematurely without taking any public examinations. After a challenging foundation year at technical college in Northwich, in 1974 he applied to study fine art at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, but found the course to be 'dull and pointless' and left during the first year. ABC, Angelic Upstarts, and The Photos. In 1979, Garrett and Breeden moved into a studio in Tottenham Court Road. In 1984, Garrett and his partner, Kasper de Graaf, suggested that Breeden become a formal partner in Assorted Images, their company. This disturbed Breeden, who had always been wary of anything to do with business, so he moved out.

He continued designing sleeves and set up DKB (Design KB) in 1984, where he was joined by Peter Curzon and Martin Jenkins. Continuing as a graphic designer for sleeves, he worked with ABC, Scritti Politti, Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, and Fine Young Cannibals. and Professor Roger Williams, Vice Chancellor of the University of Reading.

Portraiture awards 1996 Visitors Choice (BP Awards, National Portrait Gallery, London). 1998 Elected to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. 2000 First Prize (Kodak FotoKalender awards, Kalenderschau, Stuttgart)

Personal life Breeden is married with three children.