ABOUT KENNY
Employment
1986-99 Illustrator with Artist Partners Ltd., London
Education
1983-86 School of Art, University of Brighton
1982-83 University of Ulster, Belfast
COMMISSIONS
P.O.A
EXHIBITIONS
Selected public collections
- The Collection of HRH Princess Anne
- Department of Environment, Belfast
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast
- Laganside Courts, Belfast
- University of Brighton
- University of Kent
- Green Templeton College, Oxford
- Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- The Aldrich Collection, Brighton
- The Brian P Burns Collection, Boston, USA
- The Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, USA
- The Collection of David Fountain, Halifax, Canada
Private Collections
Great Britain, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, St. Petersburg, Moscow, USA, Australia, Canada, Europe
Selected group exhibitions
2019
- The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall galleries, London
- Fine Art Commissions Ltd., London
2018
- The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall galleries, London
2017
- The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall galleries, London
- Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2016
- The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall galleries, London
- The New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London
2015
- The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall galleries, London
2014
- Gorry Gallery, Dublin
- Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
- The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall galleries, London
- Fine Art Commissions Ltd., London
2013
- Gorry Gallery, Dublin
- Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2012
- Jorgensen Fine Art Academy, Belfast
- Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2011
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Brussels
- Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2009
- Gorry Gallery, Dublin
2006
- Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2005
- Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2003
- Mall Galleries, London
- Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2001
- Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2000
- The Aldrich Collection, Brighton
Solo Exhibitions
- 2011 ‘Facing North, Victoria Gallery, Belfast
- 2006 Recent Paintings, Gorry Gallery, Dublin
- 2001 Observations in Colour and Light, Elaine Somers Gallery, Belfast
NOTABLE SITTERS
Selected portrait commissions
- John Hume Nobel Laureate
- Sir James Galway
- Baron Sir John Mogg
- Thom Steinbeck, Santa, Barbara, USA
- Sir David Melville
- Sir Michael Checkland
- Sir David Watson
- Baroness May Blood MBE
- Lord Bannside
- Ciarán Hinds
- Judge Robert Alcorn
- Professor Julian Crampton CBE
- Professor Geoffrey Hall CBE
- Eamon Holmes OBE
- Anna Lo MLA
- Michael ‘Mickey’ Heart
Selected equine commissions
- Mozart, Coolmore Stud
- Galileo, Coolmore Stud
- ‘Don’t Push It’, John Magnier
Selected replica commissions
- Thomas Hornsby FRS
- James Radclyffe, Studio of James Closterman
- James 1 st
- Alenushka, Viktor Vasnetsov
- Bogatyrs, Viktor Vasnetsov
- Village Dance, Ilya Repin
- The Swan Princess, Mikhail Vrubel