David Kenney
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Bio
David Kenney makes art and writes fiction.
The two practices intertwine, with each providing a narrative for the other.
David lives and works in North East England.
He was born in 1982.
Exibitions
Upcoming
- FERENS OPEN EXHIBITION - Ferens Art Gallery, Hull - June 2024
- EMERGING ARTISTS EXHIBITION - Skipton Town Hall, Skipton - June 2024
- ANOTHER BADGER IN THE WALL - Badger in the wall gallery, North Yorkshire - June 2024
- NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS - Woodend Gallery, Scarborough - January 2025
Past
- LOOK IF YOU WANT - The Peckam Pelican, London - May 2024
- MUNICIPAL - 50 MZ, Liverpool - May 2024
- LOST LOVE - Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield - February 2024
- THE GRAND OLD OPEN – Redcar Palace, Redcar – November 2023
- PUNCHCARD – Middlesbrough Art Week, The Auxiliary, Middlesbrough – September 2023
Art Fairs
Upcoming
- STOCKTON ART FAIR - Stockton Art Festival, Stockton-on-Tees - July 2024
Awards & Fellowships
- NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS - Artist Development Programme, Scarborough Museums - 2024
Statement
David Kenney paints, makes sculpture and writes.
David uses hard-edge painting, primarily with acrylics, to explore shadow and light in architectural forms. His paintings consist of many layers, adding and removing paint using a variety of methods and tools to achieve realistic textures.
His sculptural work explores similar themes to his paintings, with recurring motifs of basic architectural forms included throughout. David uses cast and mould to create precise, geometric forms in Jesmonite, using acid to remove surface layers to produce a concrete-like texture; often using coal, rusted iron and moss to create variation.
In all of his visual work, David pays particular attention to texture, shadow and light to give the pieces a feeling of past use and interaction; surfaces worn by the passing of time and human intervention occupy seemingly timeless landscapes; liminal spaces devoid of human presence.
A constant theme of worldbuilding runs through David’s work, with every piece having a place in a drafted story set in a fictional universe. Each painting or sculpture has a written counterpart; a chapter or scene that contributes to a grander narrative.
David lives and works in North East England.