Katherine Kennedy
ARTIST, WRITER & CULTURAL PRACTITIONER
Press & News
Featured in the Art Showcase of the June Issue of Vanity Fair UK, as part of an advertorial campaign running from April - June 2023
Moderator for the Roundtable Artist Talk featuring Alison Chapman-Andrews in discussion with Ras Akyem-i Ramsay and Dr. Allison Thompson the exhibition
ONE BIG PAINTING at the Queen's Park Gallery, Barbados
Curator for ONE BIG PAINTING: Alison Chapman-Andrews - 80 Years of Seeing at the Queen's Park Gallery, Barbados, 2023
Featured in the Art Showcase of the May Issue of Vanity Fair UK, as part of an advertorial campaign running from April - June 2023
Moderator for the Roundtable Artist Talk featuring Alison Chapman-Andrews in discussion with Ras Akyem-i Ramsay and Dr. Allison Thompson the exhibition
ONE BIG PAINTING at the Queen's Park Gallery, Barbados
Curator for ONE BIG PAINTING: Alison Chapman-Andrews - 80 Years of Seeing at the Queen's Park Gallery, Barbados, 2023
Featured in the Art Showcase of the April Issue of Vanity Fair UK, as part of an advertorial campaign running from April - June 2023
Curatorial remarks at the opening reception for ONE BIG PAINTING: Alison Chapman-Andrews - 80 Years of Seeing at the Queen's Park Gallery, Barbados, 2023
Exhibiting artist in Philia at The Holy Art Gallery Athens, Greece, 2023
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Exhibiting artist in Philia at The Holy Art Gallery Athens, Greece, 2023
Artist talk-through of work featured in A Seat at the Table at the Queen's Park Gallery, 2023
Artist talk-through of work featured in
A Seat at the Table at the Queen's Park Gallery, 2023
Panelist for the roundtable 'Curating Practices in the Caribbean' presented by The St Andrews Centre for Contemporary Art and Shared Island Stories Between Scotland and the Caribbean: Past, Present, Future, 2023
Exhibiting artist in the second iteration of 'Here Comes the Sun', re-curated by Claudia Mattos at the SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art, Montreal, 2023
Noor Alé, curator of the original iteration of 'Here Comes the Sun' doing an exhibition walkthrough at The Art Gallery of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, 2022
Video piece 'Plexus' to be screened as part of the trinidad+tobago film festival 2022
New Media selections
Video piece 'Enmeshment' to be screened as part of the trinidad+tobago film festival 2022 New Media selections
Appearance on talk show 'Mornin' Barbados' in a segment about the Caribbean Linked VI Artist Residency at Ateliers '89, Aruba
Black Box Artist Talk as part of the Caribbean Linked VI Artist Residency at Ateliers '89, Aruba
Discussing video artwork 'Enmeshment' as part of an exhibition at Wa Na Wari, Seattle
Exhibiting artist at Wa Na Wari,
Seattle, 2022
'Callaloo' - Presented by Cousoumeh Collective at Wa Na Wari,
Seattle, 2022
Exhibiting artist in #FutureFRWD at the Queen's Park Gallery,
Barbados, 2022
'Callaloo' Zine - Presented by Cousoumeh Collective at Wa Na Wari,
Seattle, 2022
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Exhibiting artist in #FutureFRWD at the Queen's Park Gallery,
Barbados, 2022
Moderator for artist talk between Pascale Faublas and Kia Redman, Causeries en Virtuel #5 for the Archipelago exhibition presented by Le Centre d'Art, Haiti, 2022
Moderator for artist talk between Pascale Faublas and Kia Redman, Causeries en Virtuel #5 for the Archipelago exhibition presented by Le Centre d'Art, Haiti, 2022
Exhibiting artist in WOMEN ONLY, virtual exhibition presented by Brouhaha Art Gallery, 2022
Exhibiting artist in 'Here Comes the Sun' at The Art Gallery of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, 2022
Participating artist in the 'Artists Talking to Artists' series of panel discussions, moderated by Dr. Therese Hadchity and presented by The Faculty of Culture, Creative and Performing Arts, UWI Cave Hill Campus, 2022
Exhibiting artist in 'Feral Neighbourhoods', online exhibition presented by FAYD (formerly FLORESTA Magazine), 2022
Interviewed by Natalie McGuire-Batson for the article 'Curatorial Multivocality through Caribbean Collaborations: A conversation with Holly Bynoe, Annalee Davis and Katherine Kennedy' in the 2nd edition of the Faire Monde(s) online Caribbean Arts Journal, 2022
Exhibiting artist and workshop mentor in the 'Colours of Hope' show, presented by Chosen Hands / St. Jude's School for Girls Art & Wellness Programme at the Rotunda Gallery, Trinidad & Tobago, 2022
Featured in the January 7th edition of the Weekend Buzz segment of the Nation Newspaper, Barbados, 2022
Member of the Cousomeh Collective, whose first collaborative event took place in partnership with Intelligent Mischief at the close of Miami Art Week, 2021
Exhibiting artist in 'De-Colonisation' presented by Artists Alliance Barbados, taking place the The Embassy of Argentina., Barbados, 2021
Co-curator and web designer for the Transoceanic Visual Exchange (TVE 4) Online Exhibition, a partnership between Fresh Milk (Barbados) and TEOR/éTica (Costa Rica), 2021
Guest curator for the virtual exhibition 'QUINTessence: (5)5 Stages of Change Through Barbados' National Collections' commissioned by the National Cultural Foundation, Barbados, 2021
Guest curator for the virtual exhibition 'QUINTessence: (5)5 Stages of Change Through Barbados' National Collections' commissioned by the National Cultural Foundation, Barbados, 2021
Participating artist in the Clement Payne Golden Square Freedom Park Bench Project, one of the public art initiatives commissioned to celebrate the park's launch, 2021
Exhibiting artist in 'The Longest Night' curtated by Risikat "Kat" Okedeyi, taking place the Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland, USA, 2021
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Exhibiting artist in #social2021 at the CICA Museum in Gimpo, South Korea
Artist representing Barbados in the 'Aligned by the Sun' project, headed by Ghost of a Dream. This iteration is part of the Fast Forward Films series, commissioned and produced by Little Sun Energy
Exhibiting artist in 'Innerscapes' presented by Artists Alliance Barbados, taking place the The Frame & Art Co., Barbados, 2021
Participant in artist talk for 'Transformation: Objects and Images in Relation' presented by Tide Rising Art Projects, taking place at the The Clemente Center, NYC, 2021
Exhibiting artist in 'Transformation: Objects and Images in Relation' presented by Tide Rising Art Projects, taking place at the The Clemente Center, NYC, 2021
Co-discussant in the virtual CCCADI 'Curators in Conversation' series alongside curatorial fellow Jade Foster
Participant in the 2021 CCCADI Afro-Caribbean Curatorial Fellowship, and co-discussant in the virtual 'Curators in Conversation' series
Participating in the Atlantic World Art Fair through Artsy, invited by Sour Grass curatorial agency, 2021
Hosted the artist talk for the exhibition 'Reimagined: Unspoken Bodies & Spaces' featuring work by Barbadian artists Alanis Forde, Anna Gibson and Akilah Watts, 2021
Exhibiting artist in the contemporary art project 'InSitu' presented by Punch Creative Arena, taking place at the Flower Forest Botanical Garden, 2020
Exhibiting artist in PAST PRESENT FUTURE at The Brighton Storeroom, 2020
Featured artist in M People's digital issue on Five Contemporary Barbadian Artists, 2019
Writer for Sugarcane Magazine Volume 1, Issue 3:
'Sweet Dreams or a Beautiful Nightmare - Fantasy and Fact in the Work of Versia Harris' , 2019
Guest curator for the exhibition Social Geometry: Expanded Drawing Practices by Barbadian Artists at the Queen's Park Gallery, 2019
Guest curator for the exhibition Social Geometry: Expanded Drawing Practices by Barbadian Artists at the Queen's Park Gallery, 2019
Selected artist for PunchIN 3 Residency, Barbados, 2019
Exhibiting artist in the Artistic Interventions Exhibition at the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, 2018
Selected artist for the Digital Exhibition at the National Gallery of Jamaica, 2016
Featured in essay by Therese Hadchity for the Difficult Conversations Exhibition Catalogue, 2017
Curatorial statement by Mother Tongue for the exhibition Rum Retort at the Tobacco Warehouse, Greenock, Scotland, 2016
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Featured article by Katrina Marshall in the October 30th edition of the Barbados Today
e-Newspaper, 2015
Featured in article by Natalie McGuire, 'Changing the game: seven rising talents in Barbados’ contemporary art', Caribbean Beat Magazine, 2012