BIOGRAPHY
Born and educated in Ireland and the UK, James Kennedy has been resident in the US since 2003. He paints from studios in New York and East Hampton.
EDUCATION
Royal Scottish Academy BA Fine Art
Rhodec Academy of Design BA Interior + Architectural Design
EXHIBITS
2022 Reverence and Riffs, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2020 Notations, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2017 t h o u g h t f o r m s, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 syn.tc.tic: Callan Contemporary
2016 Shape - Shifting, John Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2015 sub.struc.tures: Callan Contemporary
2013 Art Miami: Mindy Solomon Gallery
2013 Systems: Callan Contemporary
2012 Constructions and Compositions : Mindy Solomon Gallery
2012 Art Southampton : Mindy Solomon Gallery
2012 Featured Artist : Amy Zook @1st Dibs
2012 In the Mix : Galerie Werner
2012 AAF London : Art Bridge Gallery
2012 Scope New York : Mindy Solomon Gallery
2012 Art Wynwood : Mindy Solomon Gallery
2012 Art Palm Beach : Mindy Solomon Gallery
2011 Scope Miami : Mindy Solomon Gallery
2011 San Diego Contemporary Art Fair : Mindy Solomon Gallery
2011 Art Hamptons : Mindy Solomon Gallery
2010 Art Hamptons : Surface Library
2009 AAF New York : Surface Library
2009 Art Basel : Sara Nightingale Gallery
2009 Surface Library Gallery : Nathan Joseph / James Kennedy
2008 AADA Armory : Galerie Werner
2009 Peter Marcelle Contemporary : Juried Show
2009 Springs Invitational Curated by Eric Ernst
2008 Arlev Art Paris AAF London
2008 Surface Library Gallery Art Now NY
2008 Galerie Werner Pittsburgh : Sewickley
2007 Springs Invitational Curated by Arlene Bujese
2007 Irish Contemporary Art AAF London (Earthscapes)
2006 Norrie Buxton Fineart Inner Landscapes
2005 Surface Library Gallery Revisiting Abstraction
2004 Arlev Art Paris AAF New York
2003 Irish Contemporary Art AAF New York
2002 Royal Dublin Society Emerging Irish Artists
2001 Paul Kane Gallery New Horizons
AWARDS
2014 Golden Foundation for the arts Residency
2014 James Bridie Gold Medal, awarded by RSA
2014 Brooklyn Artist Gym, Best in Show Abstract Landscape
CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
British Museum
Ballinglen Art Museum
Corcoran Group
Saatchi +Saatchi
Nordstrom
Norwegian Cruise Lines
St Regis Hotel
Grand Hyatt Chicago
Mahinder Tak
Barbara Barry
Edward Albee
Sisti Collection
Vivaldi Partners
Dermacare
Citi Habitats