Originally from rural Louisiana, Marcus Kenney has lived in Savannah Georgia for the last 15 years.
He earned a MFA from the Savannah College Of Art And Design in 1998.
Kenney works in many mediums including collage, sculpture, paint, photography and installation.
His work has been exhibited in New York, London, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta, Hong Kong, Paris, New Orleans and St Louis.
He has been included in numerous group shows, art fairs, and solo exhibitions including a major ten year survey featuring nearly 50 works.
A collection of his work has been published by SCAD titled "Marcus Kenney" and distributed by D.A.P. and is available for purchase.
His work rests in many private and public collections throughout the world.
Kenney has been featured in numerous publications including Art in America, Artpapers, NY Times, South Magazine, Oxford American, New American Painter, Boston Globe, Atlanta Journal Constitution and New York Arts Magazine.
Solo Exhibitions
2010 “Romance 2020” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
“Almanac” Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA.
2009 “Yes No Maybe So,” Gallery See and Pei Ling Chin Gallery (SCAD), Atlanta and Savannah, GA.
2008 “Midnight in America,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
“Midnight in America,” Pulse with Marcia Wood Gallery, New York, NY.
2007 “Topics in American History, Volume I,” Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA.
“I’m Tempted to Begin With the Ending,” Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY.
“Young American,” Connelly Jenkins, New Orleans, LA.
2006 “Young American,” Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA.
2005 “Happily Ever After… ,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
2004 “Introductions,” Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA.
“Recent Work,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
2010 “Painters Reel,” Macon Museum , Jepson Center for the Arts, Morris Museum
Macon, Savannah, Augusta, GA.
“Planet Home,” Red Gallery (SCAD), Savannah, GA.
“Within State Lines II,” MOCA GA, Atlanta GA.
2009 “Mind the Cracks,” Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.
“Words Become Pictures,” Molloy College, New York, NY.
2008 “This is Us - Chris Scarborough and Marcus Kenney,” TAG, Nashville, TN.
“Crowded,” David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN.
“Gen X: Post Boomers of the New South,” Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL.
“3-ology,” Prince Tower Art Center, Bartlesville, OK.
2007 “London 07,” Marcia Wood Gallery, London, U.K.
“Profit and Loss,” Sun Valley Center For the Arts, Sun Valley, ID.
“Constructed Images,” Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
2006 “The New Collage,” Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY.
“On the Horizon,” Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY.
“Affair,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Portland, OR.
2005 “South x East,” Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.
“Children’s Story,” MY ARTS Prospects, New York, NY.
“PULSE Art Fair,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Miami, FL.
“AAF Contemporary Art Fair,” Marcia Wood Gallery, New York, NY.
“Redefined,” Red Gallery, Savannah, GA.
“Marcia Wood Gallery,” Chicago Art Expo, Chicago, IL.
“Recollections,” Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA.
“ArtPapers Auction,” Atlanta, GA.
2004 “G7,” Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA.
“Between Light and Dark,” Hartford ArtSpace, Hartford, CT.
“AAF Contemporary Art Fair,” Marcia Wood Gallery, New York, NY.
2011 Cullum, J. “Reviews: National.” ARTnews. April.
Olmsted, M. “State of the Arts.” South Magazine. Feb/March
New American Paintings. Southern Edition.
2010 Hansell,S. “Animals Rule” Burnaway.com
Cullem, J. “Marcus Kenney pulls out the stops.” Artscriticatl.com
“Marcus Kenney.” Geronimoprojects.com
2008 Genocchio, B. “Catching Imagination in Language and Imagery.” New York Times. Feb. 24.
Feaster, F. “Marcus Kenney.” ArtPapers. July/Aug.
Hicks, C. “Midnight in America: Kid Nation.” Creative Loafing Atlanta. May 14.
Lisle, A. “Kenney’s Kids: Ambiguous Trios.” Commercial Appeal. June 1.
Hersh, A. “Rising Star.” Savannah Magazine Sept/Oct
2007 May, W. “Collage Matters.” New York Arts Magazine. vol.12, no. 1 of 2.
Lew, R. “Travel: Savannah.“ Southern Accents. Nov/Dec.
New American Painting. Southern Edition.
Hersh, A. “American Icons.” Savannah Morning News. July 1.
MacCash, D. “American Undone.” New Orleans Times-Picayune. Mar. 9
Young, E. “Mixed Up World of Marcus Kenney.” South Magazine. Feb.
2006 Byrd, C. “Marcus Kenney at Marcia Wood.” Art in America. Sept.
2005 Fox, C. “Savannah Artist’s Stylized Stories.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Dec. 30.
Mullarkey, M. “Myth and its Discontents.” The New York Sun. July 7.
Moreno G. “Reviews: Boca Raton.” Art Papers. July/Aug.
A.D. “Picking up the Pieces.” Boston Spirit. Apr./May.
Reyes,P. “Southern Artist.” Oxford American. Fall.
Feaster, F. “Waste Not Want Not.” Creative Loafing Atlanta. Aug. 5-11.
Garren, A. “Reviews: Atlanta, Ga.” Art Papers. May/June.
Morris, A. “Art Alfresco.” Diversions. Nov. 11.
Fox, C. “Object Lessons.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Apr. 23.
Carter, L.H. “The Georgia Seven: The New It List.” Hushbox. Jan. 1.
New American Paintings. Southern Edition
Public Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art of GA, Atlanta, GA Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA College Of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Memorial Hospital, Savannah, GA Savannah College Of Art and Design
Bank One, Monroe, LA Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA
SABA Photos, New York, NY Molloy College, New York, NY
Telfair Museum Of Art, Savannah, GA King and Spalding, Atlanta, GA
2011 100 Southern Artist
2010 Painters Reel Catalogue
2009 Mind the Cracks Catalogue
2007 Marcus Kenney Topics In American History
Words Become Pictures
Profit and Loss
2006 The New Collage
2002 Georgia Triennial Catalogue
2001 Reflections of Jane Fonda
1999 Graphis Photo Annual
1998 Society for Contemporary Photography “Current Works”