caroline kennedy
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Caroline Kennedy is a multidisciplinary Australian artist
residing in Melbourne. She has exhibited both in Australia and Europe and
has been the recipient of a number of awards, grants and residencies including
a residency in Kerala, India, the Cité Internationale Des Arts in Paris
and most recently in 2020, Kennedy completed an Artist In Residence at AIR
Vallauris in the region of Côte D’Azur France.
Inspired by her extensive travels, Kennedy uses her photography as a source
for her practice. Kennedy is drawn to all things foreign and relishes the
challenges, which come with experiencing new cultures, landscapes, languages,
people and art forms. She researches the places and events that surround
her, the everyday situations - both the ordinary and the extraordinary.
Kennedy also has a strong interest in the effects of reflected and refracted
light and how shadows may be cast according to the nature of their source.
Exploring how light bounces off the wall, Kennedy's installations are often
read entirely through the shadows cast on the wall.
In 2019, Kennedy held 2 solo exhibitions. In February, she held an exhibition
titled “Blue Note” at Tacit Galleries in Collingwood Melbourne, an exhibition
of oil paintings; her observations from the past couple of years painted
monochromatically in the colour blue. And in September, Kennedy held an
exhibition of new paintings titled Wandering at Gecko Gallery in Fish Creek
which embraced the lush South Gippsland landscapes.
In 2020 Kennedy created a series of small oil sketches on hardwood panels,
exploring the local area of Vallauris in France. Using photography and sketches,
she also developed these sketches into a series of monochromatic blue snapshots
on to ceramic tiles. Creating observational storyboards, Kennedy captured
fragments of local colour and some of the many characters of Vallauris in
order to give permanence to a memory: a souvenir.
As part of the Artist In Residence at AIR Vallauris, Kennedy was involved
in a group exhibition in the heart of the old city in the 16th century Chapelle
de la Miséricorde. Unfortunately due to the pandemic the exhibition was
cut short.
Kennedy was a finalist in The 2020 Percivals Portrait Prize which was on
show at the Townsville City Gallery in Queensland.
Kennedy was selected to be in the 2020 S.H. Ervin Salon des Refusés,
the alternative Archibald and Wynne Prize selection in Sydney. She was a
finalist in the 2020 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA) in Grafton
NSW, which toured around NSW and Queensland through 2022.
In late 2022, Kennedy exhibited the Vallauris works at Red Gallery in Fitzroy
North; the show was called Journal.
Kennedy also works as a Production Designer in film and TV under the name
of Carrie Kennedy (www.carbencopy.com.au)
To download a current CV, click here.
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