ALENA KENNEDY – VISUAL ARTIST
Curriculum vitae
Artist Details
Name: Alena Kennedy
Born: 1955, Hobart, Australia
Tertiary Studies: University of Wollongong, NSW, 2004 – 2007
Formal Qualifications: Bachelor of Creative Arts: Painting (Distinction), 2007
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2024 Ecotones II: Emerging Patterns, Red Point Arts, Port Kembla, NSW. With Friederike Krishnabhakdi Vasilakis
2023 Ecotones: Land and Sea, Red Point Arts, Port Kembla, NSW. With Friederike Krishnabhakdi Vasilakis
2015 Hillside Gallery First Art Exhibition, Hillside Gallery, Dombarton, NSW. With Libby Bloxham
2014 Intimations, Clifton School of Arts, Clifton, NSW. With Vyvian Wilson.
2013 journey and the space within, The Hanging Space Gallery, Woonona, NSW
2012 journey and the space between – 2, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong, NSW
2011 journey and the space between, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong, NSW
2009 Blink, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong, NSW
Random Order, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery (Community gallery), Gymea, NSW. With Greer Taylor
2008 Glimpse, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong, NSW
Translucent, Vision & Space Studio Gallery, Austinmer, NSW
between : illawarra, TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW. With Greer Taylor
2007 Unfolding, Long Gallery, University of Wollongong, NSW
1999 Illuminations, Lever's Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Whimsical Echoes of Nature, IAVA exhibition, Bowral Art Gallery, NSW
2024 The Imagined Realm, IAVA exhibition, Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW. Community gallery.
2023 Passage of Time, IAVA exhibition, Clifton School of Arts, Clifton, NSW. Exhibition coordinator/curator.
2023 Reach, IAVA exhibition, Gallery Lane Cove and Creative Studios, Lane Cove, NSW
2022 Splash, IAVA gap exhibition, Kiama Fire Station Gallery, NSW
2021 TEN, IAVA exhibition, Clifton School of Arts, NSW
2020 On the Edge: Artists in the Illawarra, IAVA exhibtion, TAEM Gallery, University of Wollongong, NSW
2020 View from the Coast, IAVA exhibition, Bowral Art Gallery, NSW
2018 IAVA Now, IAVA exhibition, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW.
2017 Symphony: Celebrating spiritual diversity in art and culture, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong,
NSW. Exhibition coordinator.
2016 insight: an exploration of the spiritual in art, Hillside Gallery, Dombarton, NSW. Exhibition coordinator.
Summer Sojourn, (IAVA at Bulli: first exhibition), Beach Art Gallery, Bulli, NSW.
International Women’s Day Exhibition, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
2015 Close to Home, Clifton School of Arts, Clifton, NSW
2014 Transmission, IAVA showcase exhibition, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
2013 Being in the moment, Nan Tien Institute Art Gallery, Nan Tien Temple, Berkeley, NSW
2012 Unfolding, Nan Tien Institute Art Gallery, Nan Tien Temple, Berkeley, NSW
Transformation, Nan Tien Institute Art Gallery, Nan Tien Temple, Berkeley, NSW
IAVA ‘A New View’, The Hanging Space Art Gallery, Woonona, NSW
SICA Exhibition, 72 Erskine Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2011 Local:Current, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Line of Sight IAVA Exhibition, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong, NSW
2010 IAVA Gallery, ‘Viva la Gong’ Pop-up Exhibition & IAVA Launch, Wollongong
Viva la Gong Environmental Sculpture Installation, Wollongong, NSW
The Greens Art Auction, Mori Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2009 Gallery GIG, SICA Exhibition, Clearview Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Thirroul Seaside & Arts Festival 2009 Art Prize & Exhibition, Thirroul, NSW
Innerscape, Bondi Pavilion, Bondi, Sydney, NSW.
2008 Amnesty Exhibition and Art Prize, TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
Lingua Loca Multicultural Exhibition, Project C A, Wollongong, NSW
Cornucopia, Equinox Gallery, Austinmer, NSW
Creation Series, Made From Australia Gallery, Deakin, ACT
Solas, Equinox Gallery, Austinmer, NSW
Membership: Illawarra Association for the Visual Arts (IAVA); National Association for Visual Artists (NAVA); Red Point Artists; Subud International Cultural Association (SICA)
Other art related and community activities that Alena has been involved in are:
ArtWays: Founded 2022. Alena is co-creator and facilitator of ArtWays with Dr. Friederike Krishnabhakdi-Vasilakis. ArtWays has two streams: ArtWays for Creative Skills (teaching creativity and art skills); and ArtWays for Wholeness (a holistic program that enhances wellbeing and develops creative skills with a focus on relaxation, free line drawing (doodling) and pattern drawing. ArtWays holds retreats and workshops and has produced six books to date. ArtWays sees one of its roles as a Creative Intervention to support mental health. ArtWays has held workshops with Illawarra Shoalhaven Area Health District, for healthcare staff and consumers. They collaborated on a book: “Spiralling Kindness: Seeding Patterns of Wellbeing: ArtWays for Healthcare” 2023.
IAVA: Founded 2009. Illawarra Association for the Visual Arts. Co-founder of a group of contemporary professional artists in the Illawarra region, now with membership of 52. IAVA was created to cultivate and promote contemporary visual art and artists in the Illawarra region. IAVA provides members with group exhibitions, social networking and professional mentoring.
SICA (Subud International Cultural Association) and its cultural activities nationally and internationally (selector for the World Subud Congress 2018 art exhibition in Freiburg, Germany). Subud is a spiritual organisation which accepts members from diverse backgrounds and denominations.
Coordinator 2016 exhibition/workshops event: insight: an exploration of the spiritual in art; 2017 exhibition/performance/workshops event: Symphony: Celebrating spiritual diversity in art and culture; 2018 exhibition/workshops event: Inspired Health exhibition and workshops, a collaboration between creatives and health professionals.