James Kennedy was born in County Down, Northern Ireland, and has been resident in the US since 2001. For the better part of twenty years, his primary focus as a practitioner has been the exploration of spaces,...

James Kennedy was born in County Down, Northern Ireland, and has been resident in the US since 2001. For the better part of twenty years, his primary focus as a practitioner has been the exploration of spaces, structures, and connections. His dedication to that journey has resulted in paintings of a singular intensity with an instantly recognizable voice in painting. Unapologetically self-taught in the application of media, he has developed processes whereby he creates forms and compositions in hyper-drawings, simply guided by intuitive strategies. Unencumbered by the demands of three dimensions, he has likened his works to landscapes, “sites” where ideas and negotiations manifest themselves in layers of shallow reliefs.