Biography

Eddie Kennedy was born in North Tipperary in 1960 and now lives in Dublin. First exhibiting at the Independent Artists Exhibition at the Douglas Hyde Gallery in 1982, he graduated from Limerick School of Art and Design with a Distinction in Painting in 1983. He was awarded a full scholarship by the University of Cincinnati, where he received a Masters in Fine Art Painting in 1989. Subsequently, Kennedy spent a number of years in New York painting, exhibiting and working alongside established US artists. He has maintained a significant presence in the United States where he has shown with John Cacciola in Chelsea and at art fairs in LA, Miami and Chicago.  Kennedy’s work has also been exhibited in the United Kingdom and Europe. Early solo shows in Ireland included the Tom Caldwell Gallery in Dublin and the Riverrun Gallery in Limerick. He returned home to Ireland with a solo show at Dublin’s Irish Life Exhibition Centre in 1996. Later Kennedy exhibited with the Paul Kane Gallery in Dublin and had solo shows at Éigse, Carlow (2000 and 2009) and was included in the Éigse, 30th anniversary exhibition (2010) at VISUAL, Carlow.

He has been the grateful recipient of awards from the Ballinglen Arts Foundation and TippFM. In 2017 he was the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation award. He was elected as a member of Aosdána in 2017. Publications on his work include Find (2007, ISBN: 978-0-9556736-0-3) and Thread (2012, ISBN: 978-0-9564950-9-9). 

Kennedy has been represented by Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, since 2004.

Exhibitions, Awards & Bibliography

	Solo Exhibitions
2021	Arena, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2018	Sing, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2016	Source, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2014	Just a Shade, curated by John P Quinlan, Triskel, Christchurch, Cork, Ireland
2014	Three Men in a Pea Green Boat, curated by Therry Rudin & Patricia Hurl, Damer House Gallery, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
2013	Track, Higher Bridges Gallery, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
2012	Thread, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2011	Current, Ballinglen Art Foundation, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2010	Scope, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2009	New Paintings, John Cacciola Gallery, New York, US
2008	Recent Works, Hylands Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2008	Revel, Vangard Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2007	Find, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2005	Play, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2005	New Paintings, Catherine Hammond Gallery, Glengarriff, County Cork, Ireland
2000	Hold, Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2000	Éigse, invited artist, Carlow, Ireland
1998	Mountains, Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1996	Silent Song, Irish Life Exhibition Centre, Dublin, Ireland
1994	Galerie Egon Von Kamek, Potsdam/Berlin, Germany
1991	In remembrance of my future: Tom Caldwell Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1991	In remembrance of my future: River Run Gallery, Limerick, Ireland
1989	In remembrance of my future: Piedmont Gallery, Augusta, Kentucky, US

	Group Exhibitions
2020	25th Anniversary Show, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2020	Ballinglen Museum of Art  Inaugural Exhibition, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2020	Royal Academy Annual Summer Exhibition, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, UK
2020	RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernia Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2019	Winter Exhibition, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2019	RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernia Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2019	Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2019	Royal Academy Annual Summer Exhibition, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, UK
2019	Summer Exhibition, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2019	Peripheries, DLR Lexicon, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, curated by John Daly
2016	Then and Now, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2016	Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, UK
2016	RHA Annual Exhibition  Royal Hibernia Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2015	The Art of a Nation-Irish Art from 1900 to Present Day, The Mall Galleries, London, UK
2015	RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernia Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2014	Vue, Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2014	Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, UK
2014	The Artist’s Eye, curated by Donald Teskey, work from the AIB Collection, The Hunt Museum, Limerick City, Ireland
2014	RHA Annual Show, Royal Hibernia Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2013	RHA Annual Show, invited artist, Royal Hibernia Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2012	Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, UK
2011	Vue, Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2010	Visual, Éigse, 30th anniversary show, invited artists, Contemporary Art Centre, Carlow, Ireland
2010	RHA Annual Show, invited artist, Royal Hibernia Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2010	Art Fair, Chicago, John Cacciola Gallery, New York, US
2009	Art Fair, Los Angeles, John Cacciola Gallery, New York, US
2009	Vue, Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2009	Works on Paper, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2008	Art Santa Fe, International Art Fair, New Mexico, John Cacciola Gallery, New York, US
2008	Boyle Arts Festival, invited artist, Roscommon, Ireland
2008	The Painted Path, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2008	New Paintings, John Cacciola Gallery, New York, US
2007	Art-Miami, Miami Beach Convention Centre, Florida, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2006	RHA Annual Show, invited artist, Royal Hibernia Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2006	Winter Show, Fenton Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2006	Irish Landscape, John Martin of London, Albemarle Street, London, UK
2005	Intense, Centre Internationale d’Art Contemporain, Pont-Aven, Institut Franco Americain, Rennes, France
2004	Contemporary Landscapes, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
1990	Christmas Show, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1989	Oireachtas National Juried Show, Dublin, Ireland
1989	Christmas Show, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1989	Group show, Carnegie Arts Centre, Covington, Kentucky, US
1989	M.F.A. Show, Tangeman Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Ohio
1989	RHA Annual Show, Royal Hibernia Academy, Dublin, Ireland
1988	Five Aliens Living with Uncle Sam: Arts Consortium, Cincinnati, Ohio, US
1988	National Juried Show, Bismarck, North Dakota, US
1988	Artists’ Liaison, National Juried Show, Chicago, Illinois, US
1986	Oireachtas, National Juried Show, Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
1984	Independent Artists, National Juried Show, Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland