BILL KENNEDY
b. 1951, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA
Bill Kennedy, Jacksonville, TX, 2008
Bill Kennedy is an American photographer and printmaker. His photographs are glimpses of a traditional American landscape. Most notable are his series of football stadiums.
He received a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 1974 and went on to earn his Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Texas at Austin. He continues to reside and work as a professor at St. Edward’s University. His work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows across America. The artwork of Kennedy has been sought by many museums and private collectors, including the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois; National Portrait Gallery, Scotland, United Kingdom; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Texas State Library, Archives Division, Austin, Texas.
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EDUCATION
1981 Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction, Media Education, summa cum laude, the University of Texas at Austin.
1974 Bachelor of Journalism, the University of Texas at Austin.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 - Illuminations, Deconstructed Photographs. Snow College Art Gallery, Ephraim, Utah.
2014 - Bill Kennedy: Illuminations. Museum of Art at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas.
2013 - Water in Time, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Gallery, San Antonio, Texas.
Views of the Capitol: 125 Years in the Making, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, Texas.
2011 - Water in Time, Flatbed Gallery, Austin, Texas.
High School Football: A Community Portrait, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, Texas.
Woodlands, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas.
2010 - Gallinas, Burris Hall Gallery, Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico. 1995 - People. Abilene Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, Texas.
1988 - Narrative Portraits, Odessa College, Odessa, Texas.
Bill Kennedy: Narrative Portraits, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Bill Kennedy: Narrative Portraits, R.S. Levy Gallery, Austin, Texas.
1987 - Big Bend Portfolio, The Gallery, Maine Photographic Workshop.
1986 - Bill Kennedy: An Exhibition of Black & White and Color Photography. University of Texas Health Science
Center Gallery, San Antonio, Texas.
1985 - Texas Photographs. The Mind's Eye Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho.
1985 - Bill Kennedy, Work in Black and White. Watson and Casey Company Corporate Gallery, Austin, Texas.
1983 - Bill Kennedy, Photographs. Moody Atrium Gallery, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas.
11981 - Excy Johnston: Post-Modern Architect. Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 - Duex, PDNB Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
Mapping, Art Gallery, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas.
2015 - Photo Methode Gallery, Austin, Texas.
2013 - TwentiethAnniversary,StephenL.ClarkGallery,Austin,Texas.
2010 - HotDogs, Football and Ouagadougou, Photographs Do Not BendGallery, Dallas, Texas.
Faculty Exhibition, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas.
2009 - Texas Photography, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas.
2007 - Faculty Exhibition, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas.
2006 - Faculty Exhibition, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas.
Texas Photographic Society, PhotoTexas. Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas.
2005 - Texas Photographic Society, PhotoTexas. Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas.
On The Water’s Edge, Austin Museum of Art, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas.
2003 - Faculty Exhibition, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas.
2001 - Faculty Exhibition, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas.
1999 - Kennedy, Miller, Vitone and Walding, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas.
1998 - Exhibition of Selected Works, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria.
25 Years: The Best of Texas Monthly, Sid Richardson Hall, UT at Austin.
1997 - Significant Others, Lyons Matrix Gallery, Austin, Texas.
1995 - Instructors Exhibition. Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM.
1993 - Texas Focus: Recent Photographic Acquisitions from the Mundy and Willour Collections.
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.
ASMP Group Exhibition. Austin and San Antonio, Texas.
1992 - Santa Fe Workshops Faculty Exhibition, Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
1991 - New Acquisitions. Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Ten Thousand Eyes. The Gallery at Texas Commerce Bank, Austin, Texas.
1989 - Portrayals, The Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso, Texas.
It's About Time. Texas Fine Arts Association, Dallas, Texas.
1988 - Fifth Anniversary Show, R.S. Levy Gallery, Austin, Texas.
New American Talent, Texas Fine Arts Association. Richard Armstrong, juror. Touring Citation.
Winners 87, Moise de la Photo, NEA-MAAA, Women's Institute for Continuing Education, Paris, France.
1987 - Texas Realism, Texas Fine Arts Association. St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas.
Merit Cash Award. Betty Moody, curator.
1986 - New Talent, Texas Fine Arts Association. Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas.
Honorable Mention. Walter Hopps, curator.
1985 - Mothers and Daughters, Fathers and Sons. First City Centre Gallery, Austin, Texas. Mark Smith, curator.
1984 - Members Exhibition. Texas Photographic Society, PhotoWork Gallery, Austin, Texas.
Photographs of Trans-Pecos Texas. Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas.
1983 - New Works: Four Photographers. Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas. Annette DeMio Carlozzi, curator.
1982 - Gallery Artists. Group show, Mancini Gallery, Houston.
Members Exhibition. Austin Photographic Co-operative, Moody Atrium Gallery,
St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas.
1981 - States of Texas. Center for Visual Communication, Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1979 - The Texas Prison Rodeo. Exhibition co-authored with Michael Murphy.
Venues included: The Texas State Hall, Dallas; Laguna Gloria Art Museum at First Federal, Austin; Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler; Galveston Art Center, Galveston; and other sites over a two-year touring period administered by the Texas Association of Museums.
1978 - Works On Paper. Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, Texas.
AWARDS, GRANTS & COMMISSIONS
2016 - Presidential Excellent Award, St. Edward’s University. (also, 2015-12, 2010-2004).
2016 - Faculty Development Grant, St. Edward’s University. (also, 2009, 2007, 2005-2004, 2000-1999, 1994, 1989, 1986-1985, 1981)
1995 - Star of Texas Award, Association of Texas High School Photography Instructors (ATPI).
1993 - Mead Top 60 Award of Excellence. - Silver, Austin Addy Awards.
1992 - Bronze Award, Austin Graphic Arts Society.
1987 - Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts (M/AAA-NEA)
Fellowship Grant in Photography.
1985 - Texas Commissions on the Arts/N.E.A. matching funds grant.
Neighborhoods: Looking at Austin in 1985, a photo documentary and oral history survey sponsored by
St. Edward's University as a centennial gift to the City of Austin.
1981 - Excy Johnston, Architecture. Commission, Fine Arts Department, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
1980 - Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
1979 - Two National Endowment for the Humanities grants administrated through the Texas Committee for the
Humanities: The Texas Prison Rodeo, co-authored with Michael Murphy.
COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois.
National Portrait Gallery, Scotland, United Kingdom.
The Photography Collection, Humanities Research Center, UT at Austin.
The Ansel Adams Estate Trust, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona.
The Architecture Library, University of Texas, Austin
Texas State Library, Archives Division, Austin, Texas
Dell Computer Corporation, Austin, Texas.
CCNG, Inc., Corpus Christi and Austin, Texas.
Watson and Casey Corporation, Austin, Texas.
United Energy Resources, Inc., Houston, Texas.
Lindley, Siefert and Yates, Inc., Austin, Texas.
American Airlines, Euless, Texas.
Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas.
Seton Cove, Austin, Texas.
The Austonian, Austin, Texas.
Corporate Collection, Austin Regional Clinic, Austin, Texas.
The Alice and Bill Wright Collection, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
Amon Carter Library, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas.
Verve Collection Library, Verve Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Permanent Collection, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
Permanent Collection, Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, Texas
REVIEWS & CATALOGS
1. New Works, by Austin Photographers. Exhibition catalog, June 1983, Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, Curator, Laguna Gloria Art Museum.
2. "New Works at Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin”, Joan Bassin. ARTSPACE. Fall 1983.
3. Texas Realism 1987. Exhibition catalog, Texas Fine Arts Association.
4. "Fresh Images, Originality Guides Juror In Choosing Art For 'Texas Realism 1987," Mel McCombie. Austin American-Statesman.
5. "Better Than A Thousand Words, Photographer Bill Kennedy Allows Pictures To Tell The Entire Story, Austin American-Statesman. Review by Francine Carraro.
6. New American Talent 1988. Exhibition catalog, Texas Fine Arts Association.
7. "Levy's group show lends glimpse into gallery's focus." Review by Francine Carraro, Austin American-Statesman, Sept. 22, 1988.
8. Winners '87. Catalog for the Mid-American Arts Alliance. Essay by Tom Southall.
9. "Significant Others, Lyons Matrix Gallery," Madeline Irvine. Austin American-Statesman, February 1997.
10. 25 Years: The Best of Texas Monthly, Texas Monthly Press, 1998.
11. "Picture This", Sarah Mammen, The Daily Texan, Feb. 18, 1999.
12. “Reality Flows in Photography Show”, Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American-Statesman, Sept. 3, 2011.
13. “Water in Time/The Night Way”, Wayne Alan Brenner, The Austin Chronicle, August 5, 2011.
14. “Reality Flows in Photography Show”, Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin360.com, August 5, 2011.
15. “Borderlands”, Texas Poetry Review, Number 39, 2013.
16. “Photo Medium Stretched,” Richard Carter, Times Record News, Wichita Falls,Texas. June 22, 2014.
AUTHORSHIP
1. Author, “The Jobo/Digital Darkroom Workflow,” and “Taming High Contrast in Black & White Photography.” Jobo Quarterly Journal, 3rd Quarter 1999.
2. Contributing author to business practices for professional photographers, Editorial Photographers, www.editorialphotographers.com, 2002.
3. Contributing author, Focus on Profit, Allworth Press, 2002.
4. Contributing author, Starting Your Career as a Freelance Photographer, Allworth Press, 2003.
5. Author, Los Hermanos de Juan Diego, Happy Trails Editions, 2006.
6. Author, The Photographer’s Guide to the Digital Darkroom, Allworth Press, 2006.
7. Author, “Print on Demand: Developing New Curriculum for Photographic Education”, The International Journal of the Book, volume 7, number 1. 2009.
8. Author, “Print on Demand”, “Introduction to Adobe Camera Raw”, “Defining Archival Standards in Photography”, and “Setting Up a Home Digital Darkroom”, published on-line at www.theagnosticprint.org.
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
2016 - “Bill Kennedy, Photographer.” ArtTalks, Snow College, Ephraim, Utah.
2014 - “Illuminations.” O’Donnell Visiting Artist, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas.
2013 - “Undergraduate Creative Research”, panelists and presenter at the national
Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE) conference, Savanna, Georgia.
- “Inspiration and Innovation in the Digital Age.” Lecture, Museum of
Communication, Fife, Scotland.
- “Views of the Capital: 125 Years In The Making.” Lecture, Bob Bullock Texas
State History Museum.
- “Inspiration and Innovation in the Digital Age.” Lecture, PODS, Dripping
Springs, Texas.
- “Borderlands”, Texas Poetry View, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, Texas.
2011 - High School Football: A Community Portrait, the High Noon speaker series, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, Texas.
2009 - “Print on Demand: Developing New Curriculum for Photographic Education ”, paper delivered at the Seventh International Conference on the Book, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
2007 - Lecturer, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado. 2005 - Lecturer, Royal Photographic Society, Scotland.
- Presenter, Society for Photographic Education, Portland, Oregon.
- Lecturer, ASMP Houston.
2004 - Lecturer, Texas Association of High School Photographer Instructors, Austin, Texas.
2004 - Lecturer, National Press Photographers Association, San Antonio, Texas. 1999 - Workshop leader, Texas Photographic Society.
1990 - Lecturer, Santa Fe, New Mexico (also, 1990-2001).
1989 - Panelist, "Portrayals." Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso, Tx.
1988 - Visiting Artist and Lecturer, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Lecturer, "Photographs Beget Photographs," Laguna Gloria Art Museum.
1987 - Panelist, "Texas Fine Art Association's 1987 Annual Artist's Forum."
1986 - Lecturer, "Learning to See," University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas.
- Panelist, "Teacher/Photographer," Society for Photographic Education, Regional Conference, Austin, Texas.
1985 - Workshop leader, "Zen and the Art of Teaching Basic Photography," Laguna Gloria Art School, Austin, Texas.
1983 - Lecturer, "Beyond Content," East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas.
- Presenter, "Alfred Stieglitz's Equivalency: A Model for the Development of a Curriculum in Photography Education", juried paper delivered at the Sixth International Conference on Visual Literacy, New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Panelist, "Curatorial Responsibility," Texas Photographic Society program.
1982 - Lecturer, "Photographs: Bill Kennedy," East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas.
1980 - Lecturer and workshop leader, "Alfred Stieglitz and the Equivalency," Laguna Gloria Art School, Austin, Texas.
1979 - Lecturer, "The Texas Prison Rodeo," Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine.
- Panelist, "The Texas Prison Rodeo," public symposium, Dallas State Hall, State Fair Grounds.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Professor of Photocommunications, St. Edward’s University.
Area Coordinator, Photocommunications, St. Edward’s University.
Associate Professor of Photocommunications and Area Coordinator, St. Edward’s University.
Area Coordinator, Cultural Foundations 1319: Appreciating the Arts, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas.
Associate Professor of Photocommunications, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas.
Academic Program Director, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine.
Resident faculty member and Director of Work Study Program, Maine Photographic Workshops.
Assistant Professor of Photocommunications, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas.
Owner of the Lone Star Photographic Workshops, Inc., Austin, Texas.
Instructor, Photocommunications, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas.
Area Coordinator of Photography, St. Edward's.
1979 Summer Resident faculty, the Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine.
1978 - 1985 Instructor of Photography, Laguna Gloria Art School, Austin, Texas.
1977-79 Teaching Assistant, Photojournalism sequence, School of Communication, the University of Texas at Austin. 1975-77 Teacher, James Pace High School, Brownsville, Texas.
1974-75 Photographer and staff reporter for The Brownsville Herald. Brownsville, Texas.
OTHER
Currently Workshop Instructor (Maine Media Workshops, Santa Fe
Workshops, Dodge City Art Center, California Summer Arts
Program, Anderson Ranch, Texas Photographic Society,
ASMP Austin and Houston, Texas, and more).
2002-2007 Co-owner of Kennedy Lindberg Wedding Photojournalism.
1989-2002 Board of Advisors, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1990-2002 Commercial photographer.
1982-1984 Board member, Texas Photographic Society.
1981 Consultant to the national Executive Committee and the President of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
1977-1980 Founding board member of The Austin Photographic Cooperative
(now the Texas Photographic Society).
