Deborah Kennedy

An artist and writer, Deborah Kennedy’s work has been presented in the United States and Europe. Her exhibitions include numerous solo and group shows featuring objects, conceptually-based installations, and public art focusing on ecological and social themes. Her recent book, Nature Speaks: Art and Poetry for the Earth, combines illustrations and poetry focusing on the ecological themes of our time. The book’s honors include the 2017 Eric Hoffer Poetry Book Award and Silver Nautilus Poetry Book Award. She is noted for creating four large-scale installations on the Berlin Wall six months before it was torn down. This work has been featured in books and newspapers in Germany and the United States. Her work has been widely reviewed and she has received numerous grants and awards from art councils and museums.

EDUCATION

12/1987 Master of Fine Arts, Plastic Arts, San Jose State University, San Jose, California

6/1983 B.A. Practice of Art, With Honors, Member Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Berkeley, California

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS/INSTALLATIONS/PUBLIC ART

11/17 Emerging: The Green Enlightenment, San Jose City College Gallery, San Jose, California

2/21- Nature Speaks: Listening Together, San Jose City College Gallery, San Jose, 3/23/2017 California

9/2013 River of Plastic, China Brotsky Art Gallery, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco, California

10/2008 Solar Sight, Sunnyside Park and Playground, San Francisco Public Art Program, San Francisco, California

9/2006 The March of Eco Folly, Earthly Concerns, The Thacher Gallery at USF, San Francisco, California

9/2001 The Dance of the Bees, JFK University Arts Gallery, Berkeley, California

9/1999 Nature Speaks: Project Nexus, EarthWise, The Death of Birth, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

6/1995 Violent Storm, Center for Latino Arts, San Jose, California

4/1989 Schrift an der Mauer, Site-specific installation, Berlin Wall, East Germany Supported by Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie