Caridad Kennedy

I am a native Hudson County, NJ Latinx painter who creates dreamy, biomorphic abstract landscapes. They are imaginative places where the natural world becomes a metaphor for sentiment and experience. In my abstract landscapes, I consider not just the physical environment, but also the interplay it may have with the psyche in an effort to express my own humanity and reflect upon contemporary concerns. My images are often sourced from intuition. Largely relying on memory and occasionally using my own sketches, I enjoy working with organic shapes to explore/deconstruct forms. Searching for balance between form and color is an endless quest. The organic/representational forms are intended to draw the viewer in to engage in visual play and completion of narrative through visual gestalt. Movement is often captured and frequently noted by others in my work which serves as a visual reflection of time, energy and experience. Color and material choices are selected to express emotionality accordingly and range from acrylics, oils, watercolor and other mixed media on paper or canvas. My work is inspired by my relationship to the natural world, spirituality, psychology and my Latinx identity.

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BA in Fine Arts (Concentration in Painting) Rutgers University 1994
MA in Art Therapy New York University 1997

Solo Exhibition Record
2022 Casa Colombo, “Parejas/Pairs”, Jersey City, NJ (Invitational)
2022 Victory Hall, “Select Works on Paper by Caridad Kennedy: The Art Project at The Oakman,” Jersey City, NJ (Invitational)
2021 Victory Hall, “Formas Biomorficas: The Art Project at Hamilton House,” Jersey City, NJ (Invitational)
2018 The Majestic Theater and Condominiums, “The Unleashing of Nature Remembered,” Jersey City, NJ (Invitational)
2017 Victory Hall, “Abstract Landscapes: The Art Project at The Oakman,” Jersey City, NJ (Invitational)
2012 Sawadee Thai Cuisine and Art Gallery Space, "Paintings of Expression", Jersey City, NJ (Invitational)
2000 Elements of Paradise "Intimate Vistas", North Bergen, NJ

Select Group Exhibition Record
2022 Art Fair 14c, Spliced Connector Booth #C15, Jersey City, NJ (Invitational)
Yes Gallery, “Perhaps This, Then, Is The Most Fragile Landscape,” Hoboken, NJ (Invitational)
The Gallery Space, “We + They=Us! The Fourth Annual Celebration of Hispanic and Latin Artists,” Rahway, NJ (Invitational)
Art150 Gallery, “Equinox: An Exhibit About Balance,” Jersey City, NJ
Yes Gallery, “And in That Place Where Flower and Flame Meet We Grow,” Hoboken, NJ (Invitational)
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, “In...