Email: ekenney001@gmail.com
Cell: (317) 603-0730
Location: Carmel, Indiana
Artist Statement
I find inspiration for my work in the world around me particularly in nature, music, film, dreams, and mysticism. Stories often reveals the abstract layers of meaning of the dilemmas we encounter played out in the natural world. In reflecting on stories and observing nature, I see the whole range of human experience manifesting itself.
Incompleteness is a human condition. Finding meaning in nature, art, and our lives helps to alleviate this inherent human condition.
In my art, I strive to convey a sense of wonder and mystery. I hope the viewer can see themselves and find their own story, meaning, and
symbols in the struggles we all encounter but sometimes have trouble articulating.
Education
1991 B.F.A, Painting Indiana University
1990 Italian Art Summer Program Florence Italy
1989 B.A., English Indiana University
Exhibitions
2014 Penrod Art Fair
2014 Columbus Art Fair
2013 Talbot Street Art Fair
2013 Carmel International Art Fair
2013 Zionsville Brick Street Art Fair
2013 "Risk of Faith" Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, IN
2012 Mass Avenue Wine Shop, Solo Show, Indianapolis, IN
2012 Monon Coffee Shop, Indianapolis, IN
2012 Urban Optiks, Broadripple Gallery Walk, Indianapolis, IN
2011 Mass Avenue Wine Shop, Solo Show, Indianapolis, IN
2011 SoHo Gallery, Carmel, IN
2010 St Lukes UMC, Solo Show, Indianapolis, IN
2010 Hubbards & Craven, Indianapolis, IN
2009 Artspace Gallery, Athenaeum, Indianapolis, IN
2009 Monon Coffee, Indianapolis, IN
2008 Dean Johnson Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2008 Faces of Woman 18th Annual National Juried Exhibition, NM Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
2008 St. Lukes UMC, Indianapolis, IN
2007 Lulu's Coffee, Indianapolis, IN
2007 Monon Coffee Shop, Indianapolis, IN
2007 Key Bank, Indianapolis, IN
2006 St Lukes UMC, Indianapolis, IN
2006 Harrison Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2006 Boulevard Place, Indianapolis, IN
2006 Garfield Park Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2005 Boulevard Place, Indianapolis, IN
2004 A-Z Cafe, Indianapolis, IN
2004 Solo Exhibition College Library, Indianapolis, IN
2003 Meridian Holistic Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
2001 Indiana State Fair, Juried Show, Indianapolis, IN
Awards
2013 Best of 2D, Carmel Arts Festival
2008 Honorary Mention, Faces of Woman 18th Annual Juried Exhibition, Las Vegas, NM
Work Experience
2015- Present Art teacher at Magnolia Springs Senior Living, Westfield, IN
2014-Present Art teacher at North Ridge Senior Living, Noblesville, IN
2013- Present Art teacher at River Walk Senior Living, Noblesville, IN
2012-Present Harbour Light Hospice, Indianapolis, IN
2012-Present Art teacher at Hooverwood, Indianapolis, IN
2012-Present Taught fourteen workshops in Acrylic
2011-Present Art teacher at Brook Dale Senior Living, Indianapolis, IN
2011-Present Art teacher at Robin Run Senior Living, Indianapolis, IN
2011-Present Art teacher at Morningside Senior Living, Indianapolis, IN
2011-Present Art teacher at Sunrise Senior Living, Carmel, IN
2011-Present Art teacher at Stratford Living, Carmel, IN
2011-Present Worked as an art teacher at Marquette Manor, Indianapolis, IN
6/2011-11/2011 Taught art to special needs adults at Hope Church, Indianapolis, IN
2009-Present Taught private art lessons on figure, landscape, and abstract to children and adults
1994-2009 Administrative Assistant, Weihe Engineers, Inc
Elizabeth Kenney at Monon Coffee Company
Saturday, January 23, 2010 by Jennifer Litz
Elizabeth Kenney is a native Indiana artist. Her pastels and paintings strive to "express the inexpressible," according to her artist statement.
"Incompleteness is a human condition," she says. "Finding meaning in nature, art, and our lives helps to alleviate this inherent human condition."
Kenney's pieces float toward surrealism; this particular series seems to have some Native American themes, where dreams and dreaming play a prominent role. Kenney, unintentionally or not, captures this theme with hazy, smokey strokes and softly defined lines.