ALISTAIR
KENNEDY, Painter / Mixed Media Artist. b. 1973, Burton On Trent,
England. Has resided previously in Edinburgh, Sheffield and Nottingham,
before settling in Burton On Trent to be close to friends and family.
Work spans a multi-disciplined approach, including film, installation,
photography and painting. Much of it is based on aspects of landscape
and the self – unobtainable, decaying and urban. He thrives
on exploring different techniques and processes, pushing the medium
and combining media, creating experimental surfaces.
Alistair
is interested in language and environment, each piece is a response
to a situation or place. Narrative and its subversion play a key
role in the development of the work. Each piece is both dialogue
and argument.
Education
1995
- 1998 Sheffield Hallam University: BA (Hons) Fine Art.
BA
(Hons) Fine Art - Combined Media
This was very much an ideas based course with a broad practical
format, including technical workshops and personal exhibition development
in combined media. The decision to choose this course was its ideas
and theory bias and because it wasn’t specific to a single
discipline like just painting, or just sculpture. It allowed for
a great deal of freedom and for the development of ideas to be realised
in any media. During this time Alistair was also involved in individual
and group exhibitions, the co-organisation of arts festivals and
site specific ‘happenings’. These included the Sheffield
‘Electric Frontiers’ Open Arts Festival, An Experimental
Film Forum and the ‘Salt’ film society.
1994-95
Spent a gap year in Edinburgh living, working with, and learning
from professional Artists. Through this Alistair became involved
with community based voluntary organisations and Arts projects.
This lead to working on various projects within the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival and the Drambuie International Film festival.
1992
-1994 National Diploma Photography, Film & Video.
National
Diploma Photography, Film & Video
Studied photography, film and video, which involved producing a
range of artwork using lens based media, learning film and video
production techniques and writing for film or television.
1989
- 1992 National Diploma Graphic Communication for Print & Publication.
National
Diploma Graphic Communication for Print & Publication
Studied graphic design and communication, which involved producing
a range of design work from varied briefs, utilising traditional
hand lettering skills, offset lithographic printing practices and
desktop publishing.
Post
Graduation
Between 1999 and 2004 worked, at The Boots Company Head Office (now
Alliance Boots), in Nottingham, as a Business Data Analyst and programmer.
This involved IT Application Support and Development, responsible
for both the analysis and development of information technology
for property and finance business units. During this time continued
with fine arts study and practice, producing new works for exhibition
and working on commissions.
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FEVA
Project Collective: Zak Youngman, Alistair Kennedy,
Michelle Strozykowski, Blue Yates. At the opening of their
successful and infamous 'Spare Room' Exhibition, Summer 2003. |
FEVA Project Collective
Feva
Project is an arts collective and was set up in 2002/03 in conjunction
with Artists Zak Youngman, Blue Yates and Michelle Strozykowski.
Projects are ongoing to subvert and infiltrate a stagnating local
arts scene. It is intended as a support network for the progression
of individual and group based arts projects.
Abbot
Beyne School Artist in Residence
2004 - Present. - The role of artrist in residence at Abbot Beyne
School came through working on local community based arts projects
alongside East Staffs Arts, Brewhouse Arts Centre and FEVA Arts
Collective. It provides access to a working studio within the schools
arts college building and the opportunity to work with students
on the progression of their artistic studies.
Brief Filmography
Cut your hair(1995) – Colour/8mm 3mins.
Tattoo (1995) – Colour/8mm 3mins.
Speak (1996) - Colour/16mm 11mins.
Speak (widescreen DUB) (1997) - Colour/Video 10mins
Coming too… (1997) – Colour/Video 35 mins
Strip (1997) – Colour/Video 5mins
Chapter One (1997) Installation/Video
Bunny (1997) Video Loop Projection
Parochial (1998) Colour/16mm 10mins
Finding Time (1998 - 2000) Colour/ 8mm,16mm, DVCAM 10mins
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