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Passages in paint

Group Exhibition
14 – 29 June 2025, Nyisztor Studio, 1/17 Essex St, Fremantle
Artists: Emma Lindegaard, Jurek Wybraniec, Kate Dolan, Kay Wood, Lauren Kennedy, Matt Wright, Michele Sharpe, Moira de la Hunty, Wade Taylor
Essay by Kay wood
PASSAGES IN PAINT
It is tempting to read paintings as (object) signs of something else – an absent subject (of any kind; human, discourse etc.) or we could think that, with regard to the medium of paint, observable passages in paintings, as beautifully illustrated by this excerpt from Julie Meheretu’s ‘Notes on Painting’:
Battle of the small mark in this LONG VIEW of time/layered, SUSPENDED
into a LONG VIEW back into the painting.
All suspended in transparency/in the medium/in paint (desire)/ compression
of Time/space/future/past/action/inaction
Dualities and contradictions forced into one suspended time/moment.
Splicing them together = MUTANT.
The painting is performance (in making and seeing/looking) 3
In the end, with the plurality of ways through which paintings come to be at a spot in their passage where they are presented to the viewers the ‘…painting is implicitly to be beheld, but it is also implicitly predisposed to fall open in the face of being beheld, to lead us beyond thought, only to place us back into our own context with a shifted perspective.’ 4
1 Isabelle Graw and Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, eds., Painting Beyond Itself: The Medium in the Post-medium Condition (Sternberg Press, 2016) p 8.
2 Andrew Benjamin, Disclosing Spaces: on painting (Clinamen Press) p 1.
3 Julie Meheretu in Isabelle Graw and Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, eds., Painting Beyond Itself: The Medium in the Post-medium Condition (Sternberg Press, 2016) p 275.
4 Helen Johnson, Painting is a Critical Form, (3-ply in association with Minerva, 2015) p 10

Light Colour Landscape

Group Show
24 Apr—18 May 2025, Michael Reid Southern Highlands
Artists: Leah Bullen, Angela Hayes, Lizze Horne, David Griffith, David King, Lauren Kennedy, Anh Nguyen, Margaret McIntosh, Sally Joubert, Jennifer Prudence, Drew Truslove

Shop Exhibition

Glover Art Prize

Finalist and Packing Prize Winner
7th-16th March, 2025, historic Falls Park pavilion in Evandale, Tasmania

Terra Chroma

Hard Copy book by Jessica Howard
19th November 2025
Artists: Lauren Kennedy, Anita Phillips, Samantha Dennison, Carly Lecerf, Rachel Falls-Willams and Jessica Howard.
A group of creative women set out on a journey to the rugged Pilbara region of Western Australia. See how their journeys collided - and the paintings, pottery, and prose they created.
https://www.bushjournal.com.au/print/p/terra-chroma

Tread softly

Group Exhibition & Book Launch
9th-21st November 2024, PS Art Space, Fremantle
Artists: Jessica Howard, Samantha Dennison, Lauren Kennedy, Rachel Falls Williams, Carly Le Cerf, Shanti Gelmi, Anita Phillips
www.treadsoftlyexhibition.au

Fabric Quarterly

Artwork feature, fabric Quarter Magazine
Horrocks Beach House x Sevilla Johnston Architects

The Design FILES

Artwork Feature
July 2024, The Design Files
‘A Low-Fuss Retro Beach Shack In Horrocks, Western Australia’
Architecture by Sevilla Johnston, Written by Emily Holgate, Photography by Tom Iffla, Build by Connolly Creative
https://thedesignfiles.net/2024/07/architecture-horrocks-beach-house-sevilla-johnston

Perth Royal Art Prize for Landscape

Finalist
13th July- 21st July 2024, Wilkinson Gallery
artist Statement
"Chants of Rain!" depicts the stark and haunting gaze upon the Midwest Australian landscape, profoundly affected by an enduring lack of rain. This plein-air painting is a visceral response to the environmental changes we face and the resilient spirit of the land.
Highlights of yellow speak of the parched surroundings. "Chants of Rain" is more than a portrayal of a geographic area; it is an exploration of endurance, adaptation, and the reflective connection between land and humanity. Through this work, I delve into the contentious beauty of dry scenery and hope to inspire dialogue about our role in nurturing the world we inhabit.

painting b-side

Group Exhibition
14-October-23 - 5-November-23, Nyisztor Gallery
Artists: Antonia Radich, Kay Wood, Lauren Kennedy, Matthew Wight, Moira De La Hunty, Olivia Colja, Rose Moxham, Serena McLauchlan.
Historically the A-side and B-side are the two sides of analogue musical recordings with the A-side usually promoted as the ONE. The B-side (or flip-side) deemed a secondary recording, typically receives less attention. However, some B-sides have been as successful as, or more so, than their A-sides.
In extending this concept to creativity in general, instead of being seen as lesser-than, or a scrap, the B-side can be viewed as the 'sine qua non' stream of energy which continually reticulates throughout everything an artist does. B-side creativity is essentially an arena of freedom, before the forces of commodification and structure (both extrinsic and intrinsic) begin to inroad processes of productivity.
The only curatorial premise for this show was that each artist was asked to think about their B-side - to think about being unfettered and make me an offer of work - which I would accept in the spirit with which it was made. As a curate this itself is a challenge to remain open and willing to embrace the gifts as presented.he difference.
-Kay Wood (Curator)

‘DIRT’

Group Show
14-October - 4-November-2023, Stala Contemporary
Artists: Patrizia Biondi (NSW), Barbara Bolt (WA), Stephen Brameld & Jay Staples (WA), Jenny Gilbertson (WA), Lindsay Harris (WA), Kathryn Haug (WA), Eric Hynynen (WA), Nicholas Imms (DNK), Johnny K (NSW), Lauren Kennedy (WA), Jarrad Martyn (VIC), James Lai (NSW), David Usher (QLD)
This exhibition DIRT serves as a metaphorical canvas for land/terrain/place/ground which aims to delve into the profound connection between artists and the earth; the surface that inspires and unites them.
Whether the invited artists draw inspiration from the raw wonder of the natural world, the rich cultural heritage bound within the soil, the ecological complexities of a changing world or the human condition as a response, their contribution to DIRT will be an integral part of a collective conversation about the landscapes we inhabit and the stories they tell.

The local artist finding beauty in the wild and unruly

Article written by Stephanie Gardiner, in multiple Australian newspapers leading up to the Art Station Exhibition.

Art Station

Group Show
7th October 2023, Michael Reid Murrurundi
ART STATION⁠ FINALISTS: LAUREN KENNEDY, LORI PENSINI, EMILY CULLINAN, SARAH McDONALD and ANNA HENDERSON
five artists whose practice is similarly informed by experiences living or working in remote parts of Australia.⁠⁠
Join us for the Art Station opening event on Saturday, 7 October. There will be a Q&A session with Art Station artists, plus Graziher editor Victoria Carey and Michael Reid.

Pindan toes

Exhibition with Gabrielle Scott
20th -29th November 2020, Sometimes Gallery, South Fremantle
A dialogue between painting (Lauren Kennedy) and objects (Gabrielle Scott)
Exploring the energy of the Kimberley.

bush journal

Double page feature on ‘The Heart of the Bush’ prize winners.
March 2023, Volume 3

Heart of the bush art Prize

Overall Winner
20th January, Goondiwindi Art Space, Marshall Street, Goondiwindi QLD
All Lit Up, Acrylic, Oil, and Cold Wax on Wood, 125cm x 90cm
The work was painted in Ruby Gap during an artist workshop on the eastern edge of the East MacDonnell Ranges. Lauren’s artwork is evocative of camping next to the energy of the riverbed, evenings spent around the fire, looking out to the ghost gums from the swag.
Lauren connects the surrounding environment to her work through the use of sticks and rags sourced from the location of her work.
For a moment we get a glimpse into Lauren’s heart of the bush, rich with energy, as the landscape comes alive.
-Emma Kate Wilson

fabric Quarterly

Publication October 2022
Slow dance – An exhibition by Lauren Kennedy

SLOW DANCE

Solo Exhibition by lauren Kennedy
November 2022, Doghouse Gallery, South Fremantle

melville art awards

Finalist
28th October- 20th November 2022, Wireless Hill Museum
Artwork: Lean Into It, Acrylic, Oil and Cold Wax on Wood, 86cm x 86cm

National Emerging Art prize

Finalist
5th November-2oth November 2021, Michael Ried Gallery, Sydney

Midwest Art Prize

Finalist
27th November-20th December 2021, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery

STM Magazine

Artist Feature
October 2021
In Awe of Nature, Story by Jade Jurewicz

the west australian

Artist Feature

March 2020

Aspiring 2020 sees artists display works to raise money for Raine Medical Research Foundation.

Live painting and exhibition in Raine Square, Perth

Artists: Alisha falconer, Andrew Farmer, Lauren Kennedy, Beth Scholey