Kevin S Kennedy
Kevin S Kennedy
Education
1994 Master of Fine Arts University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
1990 Bachelor of Fine Arts Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA Magna Cum Laude
Academic / Research Experience
2016 - 2020 Lecturer – Department of Art and Visual Culture, Centenary College of Louisiana
2014 - 2020 Visual Arts Instructor - Talented Visual Art Program, Caddo Parish School Board
2003 - 2004 Associate Professor of Art, Studies Abroad Paris Program, Louisiana Tech University
2002 - 2012 Associate Professor of Art, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University
1996 - 2002 Assistant Professor of Art, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University
1994 - 1996 Acting Assistant Professor of Art, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University
1991 - 1994 Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois
Professional Experience
1994 - present K S Kennedy Sculpture / K Square Design Artist - Designer
2014 - present Self-Sow Artist Facilitator Group
2006 - 2012 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA Studio Sculpture Area Faculty, School of Art
1997 - 2006 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA Photography Coordinator, School of Art
1997 - 2004 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA Visiting Artist Committee
1997 - 2004 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA Exhibitions Committee, Art Gallery
1997 - 2012 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA Graduate Faculty
1994 - 2001 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA Director, E. J. Bellocq Gallery
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2005 - 2012 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA School of Art Oversight Committee
2005 - 2012 Shreveport Regional Arts Council Exhibition Committee
2006 - 2012 Louisiana Tech University. Ruston, LA. Coordinator – Art Sculpture Facility
Exhibitions
2025 One Person Exhibition Gilbert Center Ruston, LA
2024 Material Matters Seager Gray Gallery Mill Valley, CA
2023 Refresh Hodges Taylor Charlotte, NC
2022 Group Invitational Catamount Art Center St. Johnsbury, VT
2020 Still Contemporary Hodges Taylor Charlotte, NC
2018 One Person Exhibition Levee Gallery Monroe, LA
2018 Experience & Education Hodges Taylor Gallery Charlotte, NC
2017 Louisiana Biennial National Art Galleries / Louisiana Tech Ruston, LA
2016 One Person Exhibition Jacquelyn’s Shreveport, LA
2015 One Person Exhibition Main Street Exchange Ruston, LA
2012 DNC Exhibition Hodges Taylor Gallery Charlotte, NC
2012 One Person Exhibition Minicine Shreveport, LA
2012 School of Art Faculty Biennial Art Galleries / Louisiana Tech Ruston, LA
2011 Collected Works Blade Studios Shreveport, LA
2011 Educ8 Gallery Fine Art Center Bossier City, LA.
2011 Gallery Group Invitational Hodges Taylor Gallery Charlotte, NC
2010 The Northwest Louisiana Triennial Meadows Museum Shreveport, LA
2010 School of Art Faculty Biennial Galleries / Louisiana Tech Ruston, LA
2008 Service With A Smile Barnwell Center Shreveport, LA
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2007 One Person Exhibition Sarratt Gallery / Vanderbilt Nashville, TN
2007 One Person Exhibition Enterprise Center / Louisiana Tech Ruston, LA
2007 One Person Exhibition Longview Museum of Fine Arts Longview, TX
2007 One Person Exhibition Winthrop University Galleries Rock Hill, SC
2007 For Donna Invitational Turner Gallery/Centenary College Shreveport, LA
2006 Photography Invitational Masur Museum of Art Monroe, LA
2006 One Person Exhibition McNeese State University Lake Charles,LA
2006 44th Invitational Exhibition Longview Museum of Fine Arts Longview, TX
2006 Lost and Found Gulf Art Space Fairhope, AL
2006 Gallery Group Invitational Hodges Taylor Gallery Charlotte, NC
2005 Fine Line: Breaking from Non Objective Rudolph Projects / ArtScan Houston, TX
2005 One Person Exhibition Space 301 Mobile, AL
2005 Out Of The Box Masur Museum of Art Monroe, LA
2005 One Person Exhibition Artspace Raleigh, NC
2005 One Person Exhibition University of Alabama Huntsville, AL
2005 Louisiana ArtWorks New Orleans Art Council NewOrleans, LA
2004 One Person Exhibition Cidnee Patrick Gallery Dallas, TX
2003 One Person Exhibition Texas State University Art Gallery San Marcos, TX
2003 One Person Exhibition Hodges Taylor Gallery Charlotte, NC
2003 Faculty Exchange Invitational Grambling State University Grambling, LA
2003 Tale of Two Cities Invitational Masur Museum of Art Monroe, LA
2002 One Person Exhibition Galerie Simonne Stern New Orleans, LA
2002 One Person Exhibition Galveston Art Center Galveston, TX
2002 Essential Oppositions Woldenberg Art Center / Tulane New Orleans, LA
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2002 A Day In The Life: Poverty Point Louisiana Arts and Science Center Baton Rouge, LA
2002 One Person Exhibition Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR
2001 One Person Exhibition The Gallery at Carillon Charlotte, NC
2000 GALA 2000 National Invitational Brenau University Galleries Gainesville, GA
2000 Gallery Group Exhibition Hodges Taylor Gallery Charlotte, NC
2000 Gallery Group Exhibition Yukiko Lunday Gallery Houston, TX
2000 27th Annual Juried Competition Masur Museum of Art Monroe, LA
2000 FotoFest Group Exhibition Yukiko Lunday Gallery Houston, TX
1999 One Person Exhibition Tower Gallery Shreveport, LA
1999 Visual Fellowships 1991-98 Baton Rouge Gallery Baton Rouge, LA
1998 Photography/Poetry Exhibition Dean’s Gallery - USL Lafayette, LA
1997 Come Shining Poet's Theater NewYork, NY
1997 Luminous Code: Photo Based Artworks Center Space - Texas Fine Art Austin, TX
1997 Positive / Negative Exhibition Slocumb Galleries - ETSU Johnson City, TN
1996 Works On Paper LSU Union Art Gallery Baton Rouge, LA
1996 Photography In The 90's Wright State University Dayton, OH
1995 Texas National Stephen F. Austin Art Gallery Nacagdoches, TX
1995 22nd Annual Juried Competition Masur Museum of Art Monroe, LA
1994 One Person Exhibition I - Space Gallery Chicago, IL
1994 One Person Exhibition Gallery 105 Champaign, IL
1993 September Competition Alexandria Museum of Art Alexandria, LA
1993 Photography As Art Masur Museum of Art Monroe, LA
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Critical Reviews / Publications
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2024 Material Matters Exhibition Catalog, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Virtual Upload, March 2024
2002 A Day At The Point Of Poverty, John R. Kemp, Louisiana Life, Metairie, LA, Winter 2002-03
2002 Starkly Elegant Sculptures Tell Poignant Allegorical Tales, Doug MacCash, Times -Picayune, New Orleans, LA, July
2001 Conveyance: The Gallery at Carillon, Amy Swisher, Creative Loafing, Charlotte, NC, December
1999 A Day In The Life Of Poverty Point, Cultural Vistas, Baton Rouge, LA, June
1997 Bound Artist Book, “ Come Shining, Collaborative Works of Writing / Images,” Poet's Theater, NY
1996 PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE 1990's: FIFTY PORTFOLIOS, WSU Art Galleries, CD-ROM
1994 Kevin Kennedy at Gallery 105, Cynthia Morgan, New Art Examiner, October
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Professional Activities
2016 Advisory Committee, Ross Lynn Foundation
2016 Juror, Exhibition, “A Sense of Place: Contemporary Images of Lincoln Parish,” Ruston, LA
2013 Site specific sculpture commission – Nelson Estate – Homer, LA
2011 Coordinate and curate Art and Architecture Sculpture Exhibition, Bossier Parish College
2011 Review of Photographic Draft for publication – Klive D’Farley – New York, NY
2011 Coordinate demonstrations by LA Tech MFA candidates for the Talented Art Program Shreveport, LA
2010 Design Coordinator, Deborah Luster installations, “Tooth for an Eye”, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Exhibition Curator, “Sculpture / Installation,” Art Innovations, Ruston, LA
2008 Design Coordinator, Agent for William Kentridge/Deborah Luster installations, Prospect One, New Orleans
2005 Exhibit Curator, “Four Nine Zero - Installation Louisiana Tech University Galleries, Ruston, LA
2004 Exhibition Curator, “Artspace At The West Edge, “ Shreveport Regional Arts Council
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2004 Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Selection Panel, Artspace At The West Edge, Shreveport, LA
2004 Curator, “ One Big Self : Prisoners of Louisiana, “ Works of Deborah Luster, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Selection Panel, Downtown Gateways Project, Shreveport, LA
2002 Louisiana State Division of the Arts, Visual Arts Grant Review Panel, Baton Rouge, LA
2002 Instructor, Basic Photography Course, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2001 Curator, “ Fetishes: Wishes Bound, “ Works of Carol Myers, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Curator, “Eye - 20 Artist Group Invitational,” E. J. Bellocq Gallery, Louisiana Tech, Ruston, LA
1999 Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Sculpture Selection Panel, Louisiana On Texas, Shreveport, LA
1998 Curator, “ Collected Stories, Works of Lynda Frese,” Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
1998 Juror, Exhibition, “ Living Louisiana Celebrating 300 Years,” Park Avenue Gallery. Monroe, LA
1997 Louisiana State Division of the Arts, Visual Arts Grant Review Panel, Baton Rouge, LA
1997 Curator, "Come Shining, Collaborative Works of Writing / Imagery, “ Poet's Theater, New York
1996 Curator, Photographic Exhibition, " Found History, " E. J. Bellocq Gallery, Ruston, LA
1995 Louisiana State Division of the Arts, Media Panel Juror, Baton Rouge, LA
Lectures / Talks
2023 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT “ Current Works “
2018 Hodges Taylor Art Consultancy, Charlotte, NC “ Experience & Education “
2010 School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA “ Photographic and Sculptural Works “
2010 Meadows Museum of Art, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA “Recent Sculptural Works”
2007 Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN “Recent Sculptural Works”
2006 Sherman Fine Arts Center, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA “Collective Works”
2006 University of Alabama Huntsville, Huntsville, AL “Recent Sculptural Works: Conveyance”
2003 Texas State University, San Marcos, TX “Recent Works: Narrative Influence”
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2003 ArtSpeak Lecture Series, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA “ Recent Sculptural Works”
2002 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC “Presentation of Photographic Works”
1999 Monroe Camera Association, Monroe, LA “ Recent Works : Photographic Consrtuctions”
1997 Liberal Arts Symposium, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA “ Other Stories: The Changing Narrative”
1996 Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA “ Wendy Ewald: Retratos y Suenos / Portraits and Dreams”
1995 University of Alabama - Huntsville, Huntsville, AL " Working Methods : Photographs “
1994 Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, IL " Photographic / Sculptural Works “
Honors / Grants / Fellowships
2024 Vermonts Arts Council Artist Development Grant
2023 The Vermont Studio Center Residency Fellowship
2007 Louisiana Division of the Arts Fellowship Grant
2006 Jurors Award – Exhibition Prize, 44th Annual Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Arts
2005 Louisiana Tech University Summer Research Grant
Continuation Of Research In Fine Art Sculptural Practice
2004 Louisiana Division of the Arts Individual Artist Mini Grant
2003 Louisiana Division of the Arts Individual Artist Mini Grant
2003 Louisiana Tech University Summer Research Grant
Continuation Of Research In Fine Art Sculptural Practice And Extensive Study With Master Woodwright
2002 Louisiana Division of the Arts Individual Artist Mini Grant
2002 Louisiana Tech University Summer Research Grant
Research In Fine Art Sculptural Practice And Extensive Study With Master Woodwright and Blacksmith
2001 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Exhibition Grant / Poverty Point Photographic Project
2001 Ucross Foundation Residency Fellowship
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2001 The Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency Fellowship
The William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center, Montauk, New York
2001 Louisiana Tech University Summer Research Grant
Continuation Of Research In Fine Art Sculptural Practice And Extensive Study During ResidencyFellowship
2001 Louisiana Division of the Arts Individual Artist Mini Grant
2000 Louisiana Division of the Arts Individual Artist Mini Grant
1999 Louisiana Tech University Summer Research Grant
Continuation Of Research In Fine Art Sculptural Practice And Extensive Study With Master WoodWright
1999 Louisiana Division of the Arts Individual Artist Mini Grant
1997 Louisiana Division of the Arts Fellowship Grant
Selected Collections
The Edward F. Albee Foundation New York, NY
State of Louisiana / Claiborne Collection Baton Rouge, LA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA
Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA
Masur Museum of Art Monroe, LA
City National Bank Baton Rouge, LA
Ross Lynn Foundation Belcher, LA
Poet’s Theater New York, NY
Blade Studios Shreveport, LA
Nelson Estate Homer, LA
Gallery Affiliation
Hodges Taylor Charlotte, NC
Seager Gray Mill Valley, CA