Lynn Kennedy- visual artist
Lynn Kennedy is an oil painter who has been developing a practice in portraiture since 2017.
She has a particular interest in the colours and textures of skin and this was reflected in her first solo exhibition, Skin Deep, in the Signal Arts Centre, in 2020. She explores and deepens her portraiture knowledge through her consistent work in life drawing, and almost daily cafe sketching.
Lynn has a degree in Classical Animation from IADT, and has explored the human form in her wide-ranging work as an animator, a 3D modeler, a graphic designer, an illustrator and more recently as a portrait photographer. She now paints full-time, as well as offering painting and drawing workshops, and working as a tutor at the Schoolhouse for Art in Enniskerry.
Her work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Ireland, the Crawford Gallery, the
Piano Nobile Gallery, London, the Royal Hibernian Academy, and the Royal Ulster Academy.
Education
1990-1993
IADT Classical Animation
2019
RHA Mentored Painting course
Awards
2020
Winner, Signal Arts Open Competition
2021
Appeared as a contestant on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year, painting Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
Exhibitions
Solo
2020
Solo exhibition ‘Skin Deep’, Signal Arts Centre, Bray.
Group
2022
Dublin painting and sketching Club’s annual exhibition in Windmill Lane
2022
Selected for Royal Hibernian Academy Annual exhibition
2022
Selected for the opening exhibition in DIVA
2022
Shortlisted for best in show Signal annual exhibition
2021
Dublin painting and sketching Club’s annual exhibition in Windmill Lane
2021
Selected for Royal Hibernian Academy Annual exhibition
2021
Selected for the Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition
2021
Shortlisted for best in show Signal annual exhibition
2020
Selected for Royal Hibernian Academy Annual exhibition
2020
Selected for the Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition
2019
Shortlisted for Zurich Portrait Prize and exhibited at National Gallery of Ireland and the Crawford Gallery in Cork
2019
Shortlisted for the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize, and exhibited at the Piano Nobile Gallery, London.