LOUELLA KENNEDY

Louella Kennedy Art

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ABOUT

I practice the technique known as Verre églomisé an art form originating in the Middle Ages. It involves painting in reverse on glass/acetate and I use this technique in a deliberate contemporary way. I also work across all mediums including digital. I have a studio at This Is Not a Toy Store where I also make art toys.

Part of the work I do is my attempt to delve deeper and understand neurodiversity and gender. Cartoons, like people, are prescribed a gender at conception… whether in the artist’s mind before pencil hits paper or when the image emerges. Why can’t cartoons be gender fluid … would people still relate to them?

What about the connection between neurodiversity and gender … a large amount of people on the spectrum struggle with gender identity… is this because gender is another social construct that the neuro diverse find hard to understand… because like much of the socially constructed world it doesn’t make sense?

I have also done various explorations into representations of women from early modern to contemporary times. Inspiration for these comes from questioning misogyny in the Western Philosophical tradition and the canon of classical literature. These include my self-portraits; erotic pop art, feminist posters, the series titled Painting a Philosophy of Misogyny and the The Vanishing Vulva series which explores how the ancient Greeks wrote women out of worship.

Finally, I have also been creating still life paintings of kitsch toys, statues and “pretty” things. These explore theories around feminist kitsch aesthetics, the division between craft and fine art, and resulting traditional delegation to craft of artwork created by women.

I have studied a Bachelor of Arts encompassing philosophy and literature and an Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts.

EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS
Competitions

Best Body of Work Award – MERAKI Group Exhibition 2020 https://aspaceonline.com.au/louella-kennedy-meraki
Runner Up Fact or Fiction Art Prize 2020
Winner Fairfield Art Prize 2019
Kip and Co Art Series Bean Bag Competition – WINNER 2015

Exhibitions

2023          My Little Phoney Show – This Is Not A Toy Store

2023          Year of the Rabbit Show- This Is Not A Toy Store

2022           Rainbow Show – Incube8r Fitzroy

2022           Wear It Purple Show and Unmasked Show – Sensorium Preston

2022.          Small Works Show – Brunswick Street Gallery

2022           This is Not a Toy Store Exhibitions

    December       Krampus Workshop Show

   November      Chomp’d Down Under – Moko Select

    September     Notzilla Show -This Is Not A Toy Store

    July                  Bin Chickens – Mothership Art Studio

    June                 All New Toys – Sensorium Studio 

     May                Norenko Show – This Is Not A Toy Store

    March              Battle Cat – Lobos Collectables

    February          Pin Party Show – This Is Not A Toy Store

Manifest Exhibition KUNSTMATRIX 2021

Meraki Exhibition A Space Gallery 2020
Botanic Exhibition A Space Gallery 2020
Fact or Fiction Exhibition A Space Gallery 2020
Midway Show A Space Gallery 2020

Colour Space Gallery various Melbourne Venues 2018-19

Axiom of Devour for Melbourne Fringe Festival 2017
FIXATE for RAW Natural Born Artists 2017
Brunswick Street Gallery Small Works Exhibition 2017

Illustre Exhibition Prahran Melbourne Polytechnic 2016
Linden Postcard Exhibition 2016
Open Mind Exhibition 2016
Brunswick Street Gallery 2016
Penny Beam Gallery 2016
Open Thornbury 2016

Linden Art Gallery Postcard Exhibition 2015
Couch Fest at NCAT 2015
The Melbourne Clinic as part of National Mental Health Week 2015
Deakin Edge Federation Square for NCAT 2015
Brunswick Summer Arts Festival 2015

    Widgets

    “The Gathering “ my A3 original painting. Reverse painted on acetate with gouache. On display now @thisisnotatoystore as part of the special Starblazing exhibition! Jem is truly outrageous… prints available soon from link in bio and @thisisnotatoystore Jem from Jem and the Holograms … prints available soon in bio link and @thisisnotatoystore Shana from Jem and the Holograms… prints available soon from bio link and @thisisnotatoystore Kimber from Jem and the Holograms … prints available soon from link in bio and @thisisnotatoystore Aja from Jem and the Holograms … prints available soon from link and @thisisnotatoystore

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