THOMAS KENNEY

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EDUCATION

University of South Florida - Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, College of Art. Graduated with honors, 1994.

Awarded Best of Show, Las Damas de Arte, 1993 and Friends of Faculty Award, 1994 in the USF Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit(s) held at the Contemporary Museum of Art.

AFFILIATIONS

titanic anatomy - since 1993. Concepted and organized several exhibits including the Best of the Bay award-winning Skins.

 

 

ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

The Engine Project 1998. Multi-media one man show: Painting, drawing, fashion, music video, models, objects and castings. Preview at Art & Java Gallery, Full show debut at Silver Meteor Gallery

underCURRENT overVIEW 2 - July 1998. A broad-based look at Tampa Bay artists exhibiting significant work by emerging artists and new directions by established artists. Among the artists featured were Maria Castagliola, James Michaels and Allison Massari. Held at the Tampa Museum of Art.

The Lost Weekend - November 1997. Group exhibit including artists including as Joe Griffith, Theo Wujcik and Thomas Murray. The exhibitionspanned over the Tampa Bay area with consecutive openings at three different galleries: ImageBrewery (Valrico), Silver Meteor Gallery (YborCity) and Gallery @145 (St. Petersburg).

Gasparilla Art Festival - Second Place "Gasparilla Award", 1998. "Award of Merit", 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994.

Swank O Rama - May 1997. Group exhibit with lounge concept. Created soup cans with lush spokespersons such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin. Included area artists Tomas Marias, Krystyn Kenney, Todd Bates and Tom Peacock. Sounds by Deep Lounge Experience. Held at 18Thirteen (Ybor City).

Skins - January 1997. Organized and created works for the titanic anatomy project. Artists' fashions based on their ownsubcultures. Artists included titanic anatomy members and select area designers. Held at the former project room (Downtown Tampa).

Brown, Grey and Black - August 1996. One man conceptual show including works on canvas, objects, video, audio, models and food. Held at 18Thirteen (Ybor City).

Other shows 1996-1991 include Timothy 17:93 (Silver Meteor Gallery, Ybor City); The Night is Also Sun (titanic anatomy, Tampa); Thread and Asterisk Show (Florida Contemporary Museum of Art, Tampa); 55th Annual Contemporary Painters (Society of Four Arts, West Palm Beach); P.I.C.A.O.C. (Gallery 445, Philadelphia).

Other awards include Best Artist, Best of the Bay 1997; Best Fashion Show for Skins , Best of the Bay 1997; Best Art Opening for Brown, Grey and Black, Best of the Bay 1997; Best Alternative Art Space for titanic anatomy, Best of the Bay 1995, 1994.

 

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Tom Kenney is 26 and resides in West Tampa with his wife is Krystyn and his two-year old son Gage. He recently relocated his studio to a loft on 7th Avenue in Ybor City. He works for Davis Advertising as an Art Director, where he designs and executes client advertising.