(b. 1979)


Mikael Kennedy is a photographer living and working in New York City. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed Polaroid travel blog: Passport to Trespass and his Polaroid work is represented by the Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art Gallery of New York City. Kennedy's Polaroids were recently the subject of a solo show at the historic Chelsea Hotel in New York City and were shown at the International Polaroid Symposium in Cardiff, Wales where he was invited as a guest lecturer. Kennedy's photographs have appeared in Nylon, Dazed & Confused, Blown (UK), Cosmoplotian, WWD,GQ.com. His photographs are part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, TX as well as in private collections nationwide.

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Solo Exhibitions

2010
‘Saltwater River Guard’ 37A Gallery – Portland, ME
‘Shoot the Moon’ Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art - New York, NY

2009
‘The Wine Dark Sea’ Melanie Flood Projects Brooklyn, NY

2008
‘The Odysseus’ Studio 101 - Chicago, IL

2005
‘Still, Not Dead’ First Light - Gallery Randolph, VT

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010
'By the Night' Stockholm
‘40th Anniversary Alumni Show’ Hampshire College – Amherst, MA
‘The Beast in Me: Art Influenced by the Struggle of Man’ Nave Gallery – Sommervile, MA
'Do I Have to Paint You a Picture?' International Polaroid Exposition - Cardiff, Wales

2009
‘Emerging Artist Auction ‘ Daniel Cooney Fine Arts Gallery - New York, NY

2008
Melanie Flood Projects - Brooklyn, NY

2007
New Century Artists Gallery - New York, NY
Sugar Gallery - Portland, OR

2006
‘9:37 Film Festival’ Bristol, VT
‘Story Annual’ 3rd Ward Gallery- Brooklyn, NY
“30 Luminaries to Watch” Photography Resource Center, Boston, MA
‘Down or Out’ Ad Hoc Art Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
Valentines Gallery - Portland, OR
Gallery 402 - New York, NY

2005
Polaroid Collective

2001
‘9:37 Film Festival’ Bristol, VT

Bibliography

2009
Collectors Guide to Emerging Art Photography, Humble Arts Foundation
WWD, February

2008
Dazed and Confused Magazine

2007
Vision Magazine (Beijing)
Now Now Magazine (Australia)

2006
Story Annual, Humble Media Productions

Books
Passport to Trespass Vol. 5 – December 2009 - Self Published
Passport to Trespass Vol. 4 - October 2008 - Self Published
Passport to Trespass Vol. 3 - February 2008 - Self Published
Passport to Trespass Vol. 2 - April 2007 - Self Published
Passport to Trespass Vol. 1 - December 2006 - Self Published
306 [Polaroids by Mandy Lamb & Mikael Kennedy] 2006 - Self Published
Still, Not Dead Collection - May 2005 - interrupt art productions & 9:37 productions
Plrds Collective Collection, Series #2, - 2005

Press

GQ March 2010
PDN March 2010
Get Kempt March 2010
Secret Forts March 2010
189 March 2010
This Hearts on Fire December 2009
Jealous Curator December 2009
Hey Hot Shot March 2009
Exposure Compensation February 2009:
American Suburbx November 2008
Christian Science Monitor April 2008
Hiding in Plain Sight February 2008

 

Interviews

Dazed Digital March 2010
30 Days NY Artists Series March 2010
Corduroy Magazine December 2009
Too much chocolate October 2009
The Rumpus April 2009: