James Kennedy describes his art as “thought forms”—unpremeditated projects that map a stream-of-consciousness mode of thinking. These abstract paintings feature intricate, tightly knitted surfaces that rely on a buoyant tension of line, shape, texture, and tonality. Reminiscent of shifting tectonic plates, Kennedy’s overlapping forms and pathways channel energy into lyrical systems of tension and balance, form and space, tone and hue.

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EDUCATION
BA Fine Art, Royal Scottish Academy
BA Interior + Architectural Design, Rhodec Academy of Design
Higher National Diploma Dance + Choreograph, London School of Contemporary Dance

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024 Crystalline Velocity, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2023 Reverences and Riffs, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA

2021 Isolated Incidents, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2020 Notations, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA

2019 Intaglio in Colour, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland
2017 t h o u g h t f o r m s, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
syn.tac.tic, CALLAN Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2016 Shape - Shifting, John Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2015 C O N T I N U U M, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Made In Paint, Golden Foundation for the Arts
sub struc tures, CALLAN Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2014 Morphosis, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
2013 Systems, CALLAN Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
A Fine Line, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich CT
International Painting II, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, NYC
Spatial Variations, 1stdibs 200 Lex, NYC
Material Matters, Southampton Cultural Center, NY
Retro Fresh, Galerie Werner, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Balance, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, NYC
Constructions + Compositions, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami FL
Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA
2011 Anne Loucks Gallery Chicago, IL
2010 Brooklyn Artist Gym, NY
In the Mix, Galerie Werner Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Juan Bejar/ James Kennedy, Sarah Nightingale Gallery, NY
Nathan Joseph / James Kennedy, Surface Library Gallery, NY
2008 Juried Summer Show, Peter Marcelle Contemporary, NY
Revisiting Abstraction, Surface Library Gallery, NY
Spring Invitational, Eric Ernst, NY
2007 Galerie Werner Pittsburgh, PA

AWARDS
2014 - Golden Foundation for the arts Residency
James Bridie Gold Medal - awarded by RSA
Brooklyn Artist Gym - Best in show Abstract Landscape

PRIVATE + CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Waldorf Astoria, NY
British Museum
Corcoran Group
Saatchi +Saatchi
Nordstrom
St Regis Hotel
Grand Hyatt Chicago
Mahinder Tak
Barbara Barry
Edward Albee
Sisti Collection
Vivaldi Partners
Dermacare
Citi Habitats
Frederick Schmleltzer