Patricia Mc Kenna is an irish artist working in in multi-media and installation.Her work includes the installations "The Grey House" and "Soil" which were part of the series Marking the Land. Her work is generally process and timebased, it often takes place in site specific non art spaces and endeavours to involve the public in the creation of the work.

She has exhibited widely in Ireland, USA, England and Europe. She has been awarded a number of Arts Council Awards and Travel Grants and has been a Rockefeller scholar in Bellagio, Italy. Her work has been documented in several publications, including Sculpture magazine (USA). She has also been a nominee for the IMMA/Glen Dimplex award.

Essay re Patricia Mc Kennas work by Melinda Barlowe in
Sculpture Magazine April 2001 - Vol.20 No.3.

 

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

CLAREMORRIS OPEN 1991-2-3

EVA LIMERICK 1992-3

CROSS BORDERS LEEDS ENGLAND 1993
IONTAS SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION SLIGO
AND RHA DUBLIN 1995-97

R.H.A. BANQUET EXHIBITION , CRITICS CHOICE CHOSEN BY MEDB RUANE 1997

"SHATTERING THE CROCKERY "
BOULDER COLORADO USA1998

GROTESQUENESS OF DESIRE
CHICAGO ILLINOIS USA1999

MINUTE-MULTIPLES ARTIST SPACE NEW YORK USA

2000 LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL CATHERDRAL CRYPT MRUA GROUP 2002.