Kristan Kennedy

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Kristan Kennedy
Born (1972-10-28) October 28, 1972 (age 52)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater New York State College of Ceramics
Employer(s) Portland State University,
Pacific Northwest College of Art,
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art

Kristan Kennedy (born 1972) is an American artist, curator, educator and arts administrator. Kennedy is co-artistic director and curator of visual art at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA). [1] She is based in Portland, Oregon, and has exhibited internationally, working with various media including sculpture and painting.

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Early life and education

Kennedy was born on October 28, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York City. [2] She received her BFA degree in 1994 from the New York State College of Art and Design within the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, with a concentration on Printmaking and New Media. She moved to Portland, Oregon in 1995. [3]

Career

Kennedy has taught art history at Portland State University (PSU) and at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA).[ when? ] [4]

Kennedy is the co-artistic director and curator of visual art at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) where she curates programs for the annual Time-Based Arts Festival. [5] She joined PICA's staff in 2003, managing public relations and marketing campaigns for the organization. [3] In summer 2005, Kennedy moved positions to manage the visual program. In November 2017, Kennedy was promoted (alongside others) as an artistic director. [6]

She is the founding director of Portland's Precipice Fund, a grant for local emerging artists. [5] Since 2019, she is a board of trustee at Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Art. [5] Additionally, she sits on the advisory board for the Headlands Center for the Arts [ when? ] and is the former Board President of the Independent Publishing Resource Center. She has served as a juror, panelist, and advisor to several foundations and granting organizations, including Creative Capital, the Regional Arts and Culture Council, and Southern Exposure's "Alternate Exposure Grants." [7]

In April 2018, Kennedy was awarded the Bonnie Bronson Fellowship Award, [8] a prestigious regional award administered by Reed College that annually awards "a no-strings-attached cash prize to an artist of outstanding merit who lives and works in the Pacific Northwest." [8]

Her printed ephemera work is held in several book collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, Dartmouth College, and the New York Public Library. [9]

Exhibitions

A select list of exhibitions by Kennedy:

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Curation work

Publications

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  5. 1 2 3 Gormley, Shannon (31 October 2019). "A Portland Artist and Curator Has Been Appointed to the Board of Directors For a Major National Arts Organization". Willamette Week . Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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  8. 1 2 "Bonnie Bronson Fellowship Award: Kristan Kennedy". Reed College . 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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