Quick Facts
Biography
Doreen Kennedy (born 1968 in Dublin) is an Irish artist, photographer and graphic designer.
Education
Kennedy studied at the College of Marketing and Design Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin.
Career
Kennedy established the Irish Photography Agency NoPhotography in 2005. The agency supplies editorial photography to Irish and international publications and news agencies.
Her work has been published in The Guardian, Elle (magazine) Japan, Libération, Huffington Post, Bloomberg News, Toronto Globe nd Mail, Marie Claire, The Daily Mail, Nostrofiglio, Story, Teleraf, Pulska and featured on Arte Deutschlad TV.
Exhibitions
Kennedy's solo exhibitions include: Findings at The Courthouse Arts Centre, Wicklow 2009; Re-Location at The Kenny Gallery, Galway 2007; Sea Area Forecast at the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin 2004 and Performance at The Olympia Theatre, Dublin 1998. Group exhibitions include Sculpture in Context at National Botanic Gardens Dublin 2009; Celestial Salt, The Good Hatchery, Daingean 2009; CEAD IN CHINA, 411 Galleries, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing 2007; Holga Group Show at Monster Truck Gallery and Studios, Dublin 2007; Urban Landscapes: New York as part of Projected Weekends 2007, The Digital Hub, Dublin and The River Walk Show, Project 06, Galway 2006
Kennedy's site specific art installations have included 1,000 Flowers at the Electric Picnic festival and Flower Field part 1 and 2 at the Flat Lake Festival organised by Kevin Allen (actor) and Patrick McCabe. In 2012, her exhibition Mono no aware was presented at the National Botanic Gardens (Ireland) as part of PhotoIreland Festival Open Programme. The Photography Project - A series of portraits about dystonia was exhibited at the Dystonia Ireland Conference, June 2012, at the Mansion House, Dublin.
Awards
Kennedy has received awards from The Arts Council of Ireland. She was awarded a dlr County Council Arts Act Grant in 2010 and shortlisted for the inaugural Alliance Française Photography Award in 2011.
Design Projects
Kennedy's commissioned design work includes catalogues/publications/documentation for the following projects:
- Shorelines, Sound art catalogue and DVD for touring exhibition at Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art Gallery, The Rooms
- Newfoundland, Canada, The Mermaid, Bray and Siamsa, Kerry.
- One More Universe, Damo Suzuki limited edition CD and catalogue
- LISTEN hEAR Danny McCarthy (artist), 48-page Publication with 13-Track Audio CD 2008
- Two Places - Sound art exhibition at Ormeau Baths Gallery Belfast and University of Limerick 2008 [catalogue]
- Solus & guests - short and avant-garde films screened at Anthology Film Archive New York 2007/2008 [DVD]
- sound we are now - sound art audio CD 2007 [CD, website + documentation]
- Arttrail- Cork 2007 [catalogue and other documentation]
- Directions - Book by Irish artist Anthony Kelly 2007 [book and cd]
- Projector 1-4 - art installations by the Projector Collective including work installed at This is not a shop and the Artist Led Archive at the Galway Arts Centre 2007 [photography + documentation]
- EarDrum - Project Arts Centre Electroacoustic Music Series 2007 [catalogue]