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Home arrow Biographies arrow Kenny, Steven
Kenny, Steven

BORN 1962 Peekskill, NY
 
EDUCATION 1980-84 Rhode Island School of Design, BFA
 
INDEPENDENT STUDY 1983-84 Rhode Island School of Design, European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
 
REPRESENTED BY : Trinity Gallery
 
ONE-PERSON SHOWS
 
2006 Flying Lessons, Middle Street Gallery, Washington, VA   Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM  Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2004 Anthropics, Middle Street Gallery, Washington, VA

2003 Noble Savages, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Dust to Dust: Paintings 1999 - 2003, Sleeth Gallery, West VirginiaWesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV

2002 Lights and Darks, Middle Street Gallery, Washington, VA
New Work, van de Griff/Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2001 Recent Paintings, Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC
Paintings, Middle Street Gallery, Washington, VA
Paintings, Gallery K, Washington, D.C

1999 Arcadia No. 32, Middle Street Gallery, Washington, VA

1998 Commissions of Fantasy, Glassworks Gallery, Sperryville, VA
Portraits and Effigies, Middle Street Gallery, Washington, VA

1997 Works in Oil, Glassworks Gallery, Sperryville, VA
 
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
 
2006 Inaugural Exhibition, Galerie Brusen, Saeby and Copenhagen, Denmark
Galerie Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

2005 A Measure of Beauty (two-person show), Packing Shed Gallery, Washington, VA
12th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Flora and Fauna, Courthouse Galleries, Portsmouth, VA
Gallery Artists Portfolio, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Resurrection Show, Packing Shed Gallery, Washington, VA
H. C. Andersen+, Voergaard Slot, Denmark

2004 Birds&B(ees), Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
11th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Director Selects (Two Person Show), Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Winter Guests, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Figurative Painting, Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC

2003 10th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
7th Annual Georgetown International Art Exhibition, Fraser Gallery,                                  Washington, DC
Artists Speak, Middle Street Gallery, Washington, VA

2002 Small is Beautiful, Gallery K, Washington, DC
9th Annual Realism Invitational, van de Griff/Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Summer Show, Gallery K, Washington, DC

2001 Small is Beautiful, Gallery K, Washington, DC
8th Annual Realism Invitational, van de Griff/Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Summer Show, Gallery K, Washington, DC

2000 Small is Beautiful, Gallery K, Washington, DC
Dreamscapes/Landscapes, Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ
Faces On Places, St. Louis ArtistsÕ Guild, St. Louis, MO
Summer Show, Gallery K, Washington, DC
4th Annual Georgetown International Art Exhibition, Fraser Gallery,                                  Washington, DC

1999 As Big As It Gets, Middle Street Gallery, Washington, VA

1998 Sense of Place, Middle Street Gallery, Washington, VA

1997-98 RISD on the Road Travelling Exhibition, Providence, Boston, San Francisco,                 Philadelphia

1989 Thirteenth Annual Small Works Show, Washington Square East Galleries, New            York University, New York City

1988 Twelfth Annual Small Works Show, Washington Square East Galleries, New                York University, New York City

1987 The Small Works Show, BACA Downtown Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
 
AWARDS & HONORS
 
2004 Visual Arts Grant, Franz and Virginia Bader Fund, Washington, DC
Panelist, Virginia Commission for the Arts Painting Fellowships

2003 Visual Arts Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Honorable Mention, 7th Annual Georgetown International Art Exhibition,                                  Fraser Gallery

2002 Grand Prize, Visual Arts Grant Competition, Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation,                      NYC2001 Individual Artist Fellowship, Virginia Commission for the Arts

2000 Best In Show, 4th Annual Georgetown International Art Exhibition, Fraser Gallery  

Nancy Freund Prize, St. Louis ArtistsÕ GuilD 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 

2006 "Realism Invitational," American Art Quarterly, Winter

2006, pp. 51, 52 (illus). "Steven Kenny exhibits new work," Rappahannock News, March 23, p. B1  (illus.) Lorien, Joy. "Steven Kenny's 'Flying Lessons' is a must see," Rappahannock  News, April 6, p.B1 (illus.)2005 Kenny, Steven. Soul Flight. Monograph.Ruffner, René. "'Measure of Beauty' showcases at The Packing Shed."             Rappahannock News, November 24, p. B1,B2 (illus).Boulevard, Vol. 20, No. 2 & 3. Cover.Boulevard, Vol. 21, No. 1. Cover.Inguine.net E-zine, June, interview with color reproductions. (Read it here in Italian. Click here for English text, no images.)Spectrum 12, The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, pp. 170, 202, (illus).   Underwood Books.Deep Magic E-zine, artist profile, p. 19 (illus).Charles, Larry. "The State of the Realist Nation." American Art Collector  Magazine, October, pp. 144, 146 (illus).H. C. Andersen+, exhibition catalog, pp. 36, 37 (illus).

2004 Santa Fe Reporter, April 21, cover and p. 12 (illus).Boulevard, Vol. 20, No. 1. Cover and pp. 121-124 (illus).Collins, Tom. "Artists Keep Realism Interesting." Albuquerque Journal, March Spectrum 11, The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (illus). Underwood Books.Rousseau, Claudia. "Painting the ominous: Masks, nudes, faeries, and more."  The Bethesda Gazette, February 25.New American Paintings, Volume #51 (illus), Open Studios Press.

2003 Armitage, Diane. "Steven Kenny: Noble Savages." THE Magazine (illus), June.Widner, Jonanna. "Savage Surrealism." Santa Fe Reporter, May, p. 23 (illus).Spectrum 10, The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, p. 148 (illus).  Underwood Books.Randall, Teri Thomson. "Creature Discomforts." Santa Fe New Mexican -      Pasatiempo, May 9, pp. 28, 29 (illus).

2002 Spectrum 9, The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, pp. 146, 147 (illus). Underwood Books.Sherwood, Barbara. " ÔLights and DarksÕ x works of Steven Kenny displayed."  Rappahannock News, September 26.

2001 Spectrum 8, The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, pp. 146, 147 (illus). Underwood Books.

1999 Art Calendar Magazine, April. Cover (illus).Bird, Diana. "Steve Kenny's Work On Display." Rappahannock News,  November 17, p. B3.

1998 Martin, Mary Beth. "Through Steve Kenny's Eyes." Rappahannock News,  January 28, pp. A1 and B1. 

 



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