Kristan Kennedy (born 1972) is an American artist, curator, educator and arts administrator. Kennedy is co-artistic director and curator of visual art at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA).[1] She is based in Portland, Oregon, and has exhibited internationally, working with various media including sculpture and painting.
Kristan Kennedy | |
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| Born | October 28, 1972 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New York State College of Ceramics |
| Employer(s) | Portland State University, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art |
Early life and education
editKennedy was born on October 28, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York City.[2] She received her BFA degree in 1994 from the New York State College of Art and Design within the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, with a concentration on Printmaking and New Media. She moved to Portland, Oregon in 1995.[3]
Career
editKennedy has taught art history at Portland State University (PSU) and at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA).[when?][4]
Kennedy is the co-artistic director and curator of visual art at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) where she curates programs for the annual Time-Based Arts Festival.[5] She joined PICA's staff in 2003, managing public relations and marketing campaigns for the organization.[3] In summer 2005, Kennedy moved positions to manage the visual program. In November 2017, Kennedy was promoted (alongside others) as an artistic director.[6]
She is the founding director of Portland's Precipice Fund, a grant for local emerging artists.[5] Since 2019, she is a board of trustee at Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Art.[5] Additionally, she sits on the advisory board for the Headlands Center for the Arts[when?] and is the former Board President of the Independent Publishing Resource Center. She has served as a juror, panelist, and advisor to several foundations and granting organizations, including Creative Capital, the Regional Arts and Culture Council, and Southern Exposure's "Alternate Exposure Grants."[7]
In April 2018, Kennedy was awarded the Bonnie Bronson Fellowship Award,[8] a prestigious regional award administered by Reed College that annually awards "a no-strings-attached cash prize to an artist of outstanding merit who lives and works in the Pacific Northwest."[8]
Her printed ephemera work is held in several book collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, Dartmouth College, and the New York Public Library.[9]
Exhibitions
editA select list of exhibitions by Kennedy:
Solo exhibitions
edit- 2017 – Other Colors, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, Oregon[10]
- 2014 – Kristan Kennedy meets a clock, Soloway, Brooklyn, New York[11][12]
- 2013 – Sleeper, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, Oregon[13]
- 2005 – Elizabeth Leach, Portland, Oregon
Group exhibitions
edit- 2021 – Unquiet Objects, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center (now Oregon Contemporary), Oregon[14]
- 2017 – Tomorrow Tomorrow, curated by Wallace Whitney and Stephanie Snyder, Canada, Manhattan, New York[15]
- 2013 – OO, curated by Rob Halverson, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan[16]
- 2013 – Paint Off/Paint On, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, New York[17]
- 2013 – Kristan Kennedy and Gunta Stolzl, Zzzzzzz, Brooklyn, New York[18]
- 2011 – Interior Margins, curated by Stephanie Snyder, Lumber Room, Portland, Oregon[19][20]
Curation work
edit- 2021 – Dreams of Unknown Islands, created by Sasha Wortzel and curated by Kristan Kennedy, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, Florida[21]
- 2011 – Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death, Feldman Gallery + Project Space, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon[22]
Publications
edit- Kennedy, Kristan (2009). F.W.P.C.Y. Jank Editions, Publication Studio. Archived from the original on 2014-03-03.
References
edit- ^ Stangel, Matt (6 September 2012). "Interview: PICA Visual Art Curator Kristan Kennedy (On All Things End Things)". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on 24 October 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Kristan Kennedy". Portland Art Museum. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ a b Bernstein, Amy (5 September 2011). "Interview with Kristan Kennedy". PortlandArt.net. Archived from the original on 22 November 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ Elwood, Ethyl (29 August 2018). "Cooley Gallery Acquires Paintings by Kristan Kennedy". Reed Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Gormley, Shannon (31 October 2019). "A Portland Artist and Curator Has Been Appointed to the Board of Directors For a Major National Arts Organization". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ McCann, Fiona (28 November 2017). "PICA Announces New Leadership Team". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "PICA Staff". Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. Archived from the original on 24 October 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Bonnie Bronson Fellowship Award: Kristan Kennedy". Reed College. 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Exhibitions: The Quadratic Logogram of Almost Everything". Half/Dozen Gallery. 2010. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Exhibition: Other Colors". Fourteen30 Contemporary. 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ Snyder, Stephanie (2014). "Kristan Kennedy - Soloway, Soloway". Artforum. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Dillon, Noah (26 June 2014). "Kristan Kennedy at Soloway". artcritical. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Exhibition: Sleeper". Fourteen30 Contemporary. 2013. Archived from the original on 24 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ Miller, Briana (12 January 2021). "Art shows a bit more intense and cerebral this winter in Portland". The Oregonian. The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Kristan Kennedy at CANADA, New York". Oregon Visual Arts Ecology Project. 2017. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ "OO at Misako & Rosen, Tokyo". Contemporary Art Library. 2012. Archived from the original on 24 October 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "SFAQ Pick: 'Paint On, Paint Off' group exhibition at Halsey McKay, New York". SFAQ / NYAQ / LXAQ. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Dickover, Julie (2016). "Breaking the System: An Interview with Kristan Kennedy". At Length. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Motley, John (30 November 2011). "'Interior Margins,' featuring regional women artists working in abstraction". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Scott, Aaron (26 January 2012). "Interior Margins at the Lumber Room". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Askew, Susan (16 January 2021). "New Exhibit at Oolite Arts Contemplates Losses of the Last Year, Urges the Possibility of a Better Future". ReMiamiBeach.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Feldman Gallery + Project Space Hosts Exhibition Curated by PICA's Kristan Kennedy". Pacific Northwest College of Art. 7 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2014.