Kay Kenny
July 18 – September 1, 2019
Reception July 18, 2019 7 PM
Gallery talk July 18, 2019 6:15 PM
Article Harvard Magazine, July August 2019
What Will You Remember’s Review
Statement
For over a dozen years I have gone to a place in Southern New Hampshire, in August and photographed the night. Beginning around 10pm the stars appeared: thousands of them- a sight so enchanting I stand there in silent awe. These are long exposures, 45 minutes to an hour and strange things happen: mists come and cover the lens, stars streak and moons rise and fall. No ambient light intrudes other than my flashlight or the occasional house lights. More recently I’ve gone to the Southwest where the night sky is too brilliant to imagine. Amoung the great rocks and giant saguaros, another kind of magic takes hold and once more, my handheld flash lights shape the image.
Bio
Received a BFA from Syracuse University, MA from Rutgers University, and MFA from Syracuse University (all in Visual Arts).
Painter, photographer. Writes art criticism and articles on the visual arts for arts magazines. Photography teacher for over twenty-five years at New York University.
2016
NJSCA Artist Fellowship for Works on Paper.
2015
Arthur Griffin Legacy Award, Griffin Museum,
2009
Honorable Mention in FineArts Photography Lucie Awards.
Four-time recipient of NJSCA fellowship award. Numerous one-person shows, most recently in Hunterdon Museum of Art Clinton, NJ, Medellin, Columbia, Taipei,Taiwan, Lubbock, Texas and New York City. Curated several exhibits, including ”Memory & Loss”, a five-person photo-based exhibit at the Mary Anthony Gallery in New York City. Her work is in several notable corporate, museum and private collections. Recent publications about her work include Photography’s Antiquarian Avant-Garde, by Lyle Rexer, Abrams Publishing, Light & Lens,Photography in the Digital Age, & Photographic Possibilitiesby Robert Hirsch, Focal Press as well as several other photography books. Photo Insider Magazinefeatured an interview with her about her work in their June issue 2001.
Her co-curated exhibit (with Orville Robertson) “Manifestations: Photographs of Men”, opened at the Southeast Museum of photography in 2004.
Collections include Pfizer Corporation, New York, NY, The Buhl Collection, New York, NY, Southern Alleghenies Museum, Loretto, PA, Colombo Centro Americano, Medellin,Colombia, Prudential Insurance Company, Newark,NJ, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ, Taiwan Photo-Fest, Taipei, Taiwan, Nantong Museum, China, Brooklyn Museum Artist Books Collection, Newark Public Library Artist Books Collection, Philadelphia Free Public Library, PNC Corp., New Brunswick, NJ, and Provident Bank, NJ
