Kenny Cole [email protected] 41 West Main Street www.kennycole.com Monroe, Maine 04951 207 322-5243 cell

INTERACTIVE SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2018 “Indigestion” – BUOY / Kittery, Maine 2016 “The Promise of Tomorrow” – Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2015 “Flood” – BUOY / Kittery, Maine 2014 “Parabellum” – Zillman Gallery, UMMA / Bangor, Maine 2013 “Distress” – BUOY / Kittery, Maine 2012 “As High As Heaven” – Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2006 “Prison Papers” – Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2020 “Jackass”– Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2019 “Mr T: Banned in Camden!” Speedwell Projects / Portland, Maine 2019 “Darfur on Our Doorstep: A New Narrative” Zoot Coffee / Camden, Maine 2018 “Mr T” Zoot Coffee / Camden, Maine (This show was taken down due to its content) 2017 “Kenny Cole: Smart Phone Collage Paintings II” Zoot Coffee / Camden, Maine 2017 “Kenny Cole: Smart Phone Collage Paintings” Central Gallery / Bangor, Maine 2016 “Like There’s No Tomorrow” Win Wilder Hall / Rockland, Maine 2016 “Gasoline Prices” – Monkitree Gallery / Gardiner, Maine 2015 “Seeing Red” – The Garage / Portland, Maine 2015 “Call Me” (window installation) – The Engine / Biddeford, Maine 2015 “Comfort Zone” Riverside Café / Ellsworth, Maine 2012 “Déjà vu” – Aucocisco Gallery / Portland, Maine 2012 “Monehgan Sojourn” – Sohns Gallery / Kahbang Festival of Music, Art and Film /Bangor, Maine 2011 “Darfur on Our Doorstep” – Meg Perry Center / Portland, Maine 2011 “Gold, God, Guns & Girls” – Monkitree Gallery / Gardiner, Maine 2010 “The Hellfire Story” – SPACE / Portland, Maine 2009 “Improbabilities”– Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2008 “These Colors Don’t Run” – Barbara Kramer Exhibition Space-Belfast Free Library / Belfast, Maine 2007 “While Rome Burns” – Riverside Cafe / Ellsworth, Maine 2005 “Operation 21 Prayer Salute” – Stadler Gallery / Kingfield, Maine 2005 “Black and Blue” – Gibbs Library / Washington, Maine 2004 “Staying the Course” – Searsmont Library / Searsmont, Maine 2004 “Bring It On” – Barbara Kramer Exhibition Space-Belfast Free Library / Belfast, Maine 2003 “Crying Uncle” – Railroad Square Cinema / Waterville, Maine 2003 “Oily Business” – Bett’s Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2002 “20/20 Hindsight” – Stadler Gallery / Kingfield, Maine 2002 “Of Mice and Man” – Improv Nights/Larraine Brown Studio / Belfast, Maine 1996 “New Work” – Jane Sanford’s Studio / Belfast, Maine 1995 “New Work” – Bell the Cat / Belfast, Maine 1995 “The Road to Hell is Paved With Good Intentions” – Bell the Cat / Belfast, Maine 1984 “New Years Eve” – 8 B.C. / NYC

CURATORIAL PROJECTS:

2021 “Jesus Christ!” – Able Baker Contemporary / Portland, Maine 2019 “Gallery Closed” – Clifford Gallery, Waterfall Arts / Belfast, Maine 2016 "Overlord" – SRO Gallery / Brooklyn, NY 2016 “Narratives #8” – Three Tides / Belfast, Maine 2016 “Narratives #7” – Three Tides / Belfast, Maine 2016 “Narratives #6” – Three Tides / Belfast, Maine 2016 “Narratives #5” – Three Tides / Belfast, Maine 2016 “Narratives #4” – Three Tides / Belfast, Maine 2016 “Narratives #3” – Three Tides / Belfast, Maine 2015 “Narratives #2” – Rock and Art Shop / Bangor, Maine 2015 “Narratives #1” – West Bay Professional Building / Belfast, Maine 2007 “New Blood: Exquisite Corpses Near and Far” – Clifford Gallery, Waterfall Arts / Belfast, Maine 2003 “Culture” – Searsmont Library / Searsmont, Maine

INAUGURAL EXHIBITIONS:

2020 “Executive” – The Nichols Block Gallery / Bangor, Maine 2012 “Even Now the Reaper Draws His Wages” – Leonard R. Craig Gallery, Unity College / Unity, Maine 2011 “The Guest Room” – Paula Lalala MVSEVM / Cornwallville, New York 2010 “Awash in Gouache: Submarine Paintings on Paper” – Water Closet Gallery/Portland, Maine

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2020 “True Colors” – Bett's Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2019 “Roots” – Bett's Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2018 “Men in Suits/Men in Trouble” – Harlow Gallery / Hallowell, Maine 2018 “Halcyon” – Bett's Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2017 Now & Then: PPL’s Art Collection Reconfigured 2017 “Go High” – Bett’s Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2017 “ArtPM – BUOY / Kittery, Maine 2017 “Taking Flight” - Sohns Gallery / Bangor, Maine 2017 “Lines of Thought” - UMVA at CTN / Portland, Maine 2017 “The American Experi(ence)ment, An Artful Response” Fermentory / Portland, Maine 2016 "All Small" - Sohns Gallery / Bangor, Maine 2016 “Monsters” - UMVA at CTN / Portland, Maine 2016 “Created in the Lab: Interpreting Science through Comics” – Clifford Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2016 “ArtPM” – BUOY / Kittery, Maine 2016 “Neurotica” - UMVA at CTN / Portland, Maine 2016 "The Seven Deadly Sins" – Atlantic Works / Boston, Massachusetts 2015 "Free For All" - SPACE / Portland, Maine 2015 “Small Works” – Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2015 "All Small" - Sohns Gallery / Bangor, Maine 2015 “Bon Appetit: Food Production, Preparation, Politics” – Bett’s Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2015 “Something Funny's Going On Here” – Hutchinson Center / Belfast, Maine 2015 “Yellow” - Hidden Ladder Collective & UMVA at CTN / Portland, Maine 2015 “Season Opener” – Bett’s Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2015 “60 Americans” - Elga Wimmer / NYC 2015 “Fermentation” – Clifford Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2015 “ArtPM” – BUOY / Kittery, Maine 2015 “Rumpus Redux” – The Engine / Biddeford, Maine 2014 “The Self War” – H2O Projects / NY, NY 2014 “All Small” – Sohns Gallery / Bangor, Maine 2014 “31 Flavors”– Bett’s Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2014 “Monhegan: The Unfailing Muse” – Archipelago Gallery / Rockland, Maine 2014 “Critic’s Choice: Dan Kany” - Harlow Gallery / Hallowell, Maine 2014 “Vitamin V: How Food Fought the Second World War” – Brick Store Museum / Kennebunk, Maine 2014 “ArtPM” – BUOY / Kittery, Maine 2014 “Rumpus Redux” – The Engine / Biddeford, Maine 2014 “Monhegan Artists Residency 25th Anniversary Exhibition” – Thos Mosier Gallery / Freeport, Maine 2014 “Sky” – Aarhaus Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2014 “Looking Back Six Years – Part Two, Selected New Acquisitions” – UMMA / Bangor, Maine 2013 “Extravaganza” – Aarhaus Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2013 “Small Works” – Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2013 “Holiday Show”– Bett’s Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2013 “Secret City of the Absent Sane” – Hidden Ladder Collective at Meg Perry Center / Portland, Maine 2013 “45 Years of No” – Hidden Ladder Collective at Meg Perry Center / Portland, Maine 2013 “Arcade” – Hidden Ladder Collective at Meg Perry Center / Portland, Maine 2013 “Labor: The Art of Work” – Richard Boyd Gallery / Peaks Island, Maine 2013 “Inside/Outside”– Bett’s Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2013 “Unsanctioned” – Coespace / Bangor, Maine 2013 “Orono Bog Walk Benefit Show” – Sohns Gallery / Bangor, Maine 2013 “Forest For the Trees” – Aarhus Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2013 “ArtPM” – BUOY / Kittery, Maine 2013 “Off The Wall: Satire in Contemporary American Art” – Richard Boyd Gallery / Peaks Island, Maine 2013 “Hawk & Handsaw: 20 Who Know the Difference”– CMCA/Rockport, Maine 2013 “Farming/Environment” – Maine Farmland Trust Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2013 “Heart” – Aarhus Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2013 “I-95 Triennial” – UMMA / Bangor, Maine 2013 “This Flat Earth/Este Tierra Plana” – Rose Contemporary / Portland, Maine & Embajadores Con Provisiones / Madrid, Spain 2012 “Small Works” – Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2012 “Works on Paper” – SPACE / Portland, Maine 2012 “Rip and Tear” – Meg Perry Center / Portland, Maine 2012 “Pressing on” – June Fitzpatrick Gallery / Portland, Maine 2012 “Extravaganza” – Aarhaus Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2012 “CMCA Biennial 2012” – Center for Maine Contemporary Art / Rockport, Maine 2012 “International Mix”– Institut Francais-Arthur Rimbaud/ Djibouti City, Djibouti 2012 “UMVA Painting Invitational”– Aucocisco Gallery / Portland, Maine 2012 “The Botany of Desire” – Aarhus Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2012 “44N 69W: Radius Belfast”– Aarhus Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2012 “Views From the Edge” – The Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art / Kingston, New York 2011 “9-11 Memorial Postcard Project” - Pierogi 2000 Gallery / Brooklyn, New York 2011 “Anything Goes”– Bett’s Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2011 “10 Year Anniversary Show” – Stadler Gallery / Kingfield, Maine 2011 “Worlds Seen and Foreseen”– Downtown area Windows / Skowhegan Maine 2011 “Worlds Seen and Foreseen”– Storefront Window / Space Gallery / Portland, Maine 2011 “44N 69W: Radius Belfast”– Aarhus Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2011 “The Sketchbook Project” – Brooklyn Art Library / Brooklyn, NY, Austin, TX, Portland, ME 2011 “The Operative Word” – Bridge Gallery / Chicago, IL 2010 “Creative Maine: The Works of Local Artists” – Monkitree Gallery / Gardiner, Maine 2010 “Small Works” – Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2010 “Our Lives After 9-11” - INN Studios / New York, NY 2010 “Explorations” – Stadler Gallery / Kingfield, Maine 2010 “Art From ‘MUSEUMS’ Zine” – Islington Mill / Manchester, U.K. 2010 “CMCA Biennial 2010” – Center for Maine Contemporary Art / Rockport, Maine 2010 “44N 69W: Radius Belfast”– Aarhus Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2010 “Branching Out: Taking Wing” – Clifford Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2010 “Food For Thought II” – Maine Farmland Trust Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2009 “Small Works” - Bett’s Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2009 “Small Works 2009”– Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2009 “Envelope/Envelop” – The Drawing Room / Portland, Maine 2009 “Empty the Fridge” – The Drawing Room / Portland, Maine 2009 “Small Works” – Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2009 “Night of 1000 Drawings” – Artists Space / NYC (16th annual) 2009 “Arts for Hunger” – Unity Centre for the Performing Arts / Unity, Maine 2009 “Pierogi A Go Go” – Pierogi 2000 Gallery / Brooklyn, New York 2009 “Food For Thought”– Blum Gallery / Bar Harbor, Maine 2009 “Mother” – Bett’s Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2009 “Red”– Aarhus Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2009 “Wrong Side of the Tracks”– 1067 Broadway / Renssalaer, New York 2009 “44N 69W: Radius Belfast”– Aarhus Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2008 “Branching Out: Code Red” – Clifford Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2008 “Art Extravaganza” – Aarhaus Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2008 “Small Works” – Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2008 “Night of 1000 Drawings” – Artists Space / NYC (15th annual) 2008 “First Traces” – Center for Maine Contemporary Art / Rockport, Maine 2008 “Arts for Hunger” – Unity Centre for the Performing Arts / Unity, Maine 2008 “Soul Quilt” – Blue Marble Gallery / Waterville, Maine 2008 “Wonder Fair” – Lawrence, Kansas 2008 “Treading Lightly, One Foot at a Time” – Clifford Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2008 “Chaos” – Aarhaus Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2007 “Small Works” – Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2007 “Branching Out”: Rivers and Streams”– Waterfall Arts / Belfast, Maine 2007 “Arts for Hunger” – Unity Centre for the Performing Arts / Unity, Maine 2007 “Night of 1000 Drawings” – Artists Space / NYC (14th annual) 2007 “Message in a Bottle” – 3rd Annual Belfast Poetry Festival/Belfast, Maine 2007 “Time Out: Art Created During Residencies” – C.M.C.A./ Rockport, Maine 2006 “Small Works” – Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2006 “Branching Out: Trees” – Waterfall Arts / Belfast, Maine 2006 “Night of 1000 Drawings” – Artists Space / NYC (13th annual) 2006 “Arts Center at Kingdom Falls Faculty/Board Show” – Corridor Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2006 “Art Club” – Jane Sanford’s Studio / Belfast. Maine 2005 “Night of 1000 Drawings” – Artists Space / NYC (12th annual) 2005 “Small Portions of the Eternal World” – Camden Library / Camden, Maine 2005 “WarFlowers: From Swords to Plowshares” – Area Gallery, U.S.M. / Portland, Maine 2005 “The Wood Show” – Center for Maine Contemporary Art / Rockport, Maine 2005 “Arts Center at Kingdom Falls Faculty/Board Show” Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine 2004 “Night of 1000 Drawings” – Artists Space / NYC (11th annual) 2004 “Pierogi A Go Go” – Pierogi 2000 Gallery / Brooklyn, New York 2004 “Eliminating Racism: Building the Planet We Want” – Galeyrie / Falmouth, Maine 2003 “Composition 101” – Center for Maine Contemporary Art / Rockport, Maine 2003 “Ex-Space Projects: Book Market” – Knitting Factory / NYC 2003 “Studio Connections: Artists Supporting Maine PBS” – Art Gallery at UNE / Portland, Maine 2003 “Music Revelations” – Bangor Symphony Orchestra / Bangor, Maine 2003 “Union of Maine Visual Artists” – Camden Library / Camden, Maine 2002 “Night of 1000 Drawings” – Artists Space / NYC (10th annual) 2002 “Downeast Looks at Downeast: Route One” – Ellsworth Library / Ellsworth, Maine 2002 “Faculty Show” – Arts Center at Kingdom Falls / Montville, Maine 2002 “Love” – Elements Gallery / Rockland, Maine 2002 “Plugged in Fest” – Center for Maine Contemporary Art / Rockport, Maine 2002 “Union of Maine Visual Artists-Annual Juried Show” – Blum Gallery / Bar Harbor, Maine 2002 “Reactions” – Exit Art / NYC 2001 “Night of 1000 Drawings” – Artists Space / NYC (9th annual) 2001 “Artists Respond to September 11” – Lincoln Street Center / Rockland, Maine 2001 “Show me Your Fish” – Blum Gallery / Bar Harbor, Maine 2001 “Odd Fish, Cod Fish” – Eastport Gallery / Eastport, Maine 2001 “Boat” – Elements Gallery / Rockland, Maine 2001 “Small is Beautiful” – Elements Gallery / Rockland, Maine 2000 “Home” – Elements Gallery / Rockland, Maine 1999 “New England Artist’s Trust, 5th Congress” – Creative Workshop / New Haven, CT 1998 “New to Town” – Davidson & Daughters / Portland, Maine 1998 “Sex and Gender” – Blum Gallery / Bar Harbor, Maine 1995 “Annual Juried Show” – Center for Maine Contemporary Art / Rockport, Maine 1994 “New Island Views” – Newhouse Center at Snug Harbor / Staten Island, NY 1993 “Wall to Wall” – Art Initiatives at Tribeca 148 Gallery / NYC 1991 “Uncertain, Unknown, Uncharted” – The Art Lab at Snug Harbor / Staten Island, NY 1990 “Studio in a School Artists” – Artist’s Space / NYC 1990 “Figuring Eros” – Newhouse Center at Snug Harbor / Staten Island, NY 1988 “Uhuru: African and American Art Against Apartheid” – City Without Walls / Newark, NJ 1985 “Forbidden Dreams” – City Without Walls / Newark, NJ 1985 “New Art in the Surrealist Spirit” – City Without Walls / Newark, NJ 1984 “Works on Paper” – Rutgers University / Camden, NJ 1984 “Works on Paper” – City Without Walls / Newark, NJ 1984 “L’Esprit Encyclopedique” – NY Public Library, Tompkins Square Branch / NYC 1984 Kenny Cole/Robert Egert” – 8 B.C. / NYC 1984 “In Heat” - Cat Club / NYC 1984 “Alarm” – Kamikaze / NYC 1983 “That Show” – 301 E. Houston / NYC 1983 “Seriously Silly” – City Without Walls / Newark, NJ 1983 “The Red Show” – Public Image / NYC 1983 “Quick Draws” – Moon Made Space / NYC 1982 “University of Delaware 20th Biennial” University of Delaware / Newark, Delaware

ART EVENTS/FAIRS

2016 Governor’s Island Art Fair – Colonel’s Row / Governor’s Island, NYC 2016 Clio Art Fair – HYDRA Art Project / NYC 2016 stART up LA– Highland Gardens Hotel / Hollywood, CA (Inaugural) 2015 Scope International Contemporary Art Show – Untitled Projects / Miami, FL 2015 Scope International Contemporary Art Show – Untitled Projects / NYC 2014 Governor’s Island Art Fair – Colonel’s Row / Governor’s Island, NYC 2012 Kahbang Festival of Music, Art and Film – Bangor, Maine 2009 “Comments, Questions?” - Juice 2.0 Conference / Camden, Maine 2009 “Lubec Arts Alive” – U.M.V.A. Artist in Residence / Lubec, Maine

ARTIST TALKS

2020 PechaKucha / Center for Maine Contemporary Art / Rockland, Maine 2014 “Parabellum” University of Maine Museum of Art / Bangor, Maine 2013 “Hawk and Handsaw” Center for Maine Contemporary Art/Rockport, Maine 2013 “Artists on Art” – The Collective / Farnsworth Art Museum/Rockland, Maine 2012 “Who Do You Love? 2012 Biennial “ Center for Maine Contemporary Art/Rockport, Maine 2012 “Hawk and Handsaw 5th anniversary “ Center for Maine Contemporary Art/Rockport, Maine () 2012 “As High as Heaven” Perimeter Gallery/Belfast, Maine 2011 PechaKucha /Bangor, Maine 2010 “The Hellfire Story” Space Gallery/Portland, Maine 2009 “Improbabilities” Perimeter Gallery/Belfast, Maine 2009 Waterfall Arts/Belfast, Maine 2007 Center for Maine Contemporary Art/Rockport, Maine 2006 “Prison Papers” Perimeter Gallery/Belfast, Maine

AWARDS, GRANTS

2019 Maine Arts Commission Project Grant 2017 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant 2012 Maine Arts Commission - Creative Capital Professional Development Program 2012 Mohegan Artists Residency 2011 Maine Arts Commission “Good Idea” Grant 2009 ASDF $1 Grant 2005 Maine Arts Commission “Good Idea” Grant 2003 Maine Community Foundation, Photographing Artwork Project recipient 2002 Maine Community Foundation, Photographing Artwork Project recipient 2002 Vermont Studio Center, full fellowship 1990 Artists Space Independent Exhibitions Projects Grant 1983 Artists Space Independent Exhibitions Projects Grant 1979 Ford Foundation Studio Award 1978 Ford Foundation Studio Award 1976 Charles E. Burchfield Scholarship

COLLECTIONS

2014 University of Maine Museum of Art

NOTABLE

2019 Does and Donaughts (A Dozen Donuts, the dos and do nots) White Columns Online- curated by Christina Leung 2019 New American Paintings, Vol. #140 Northeast 2016 7x7.la 2016 Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. #34 / Boston, Massachusetts 2014 Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. #25 / Boston, Massachusetts 2013 - 2017 Boston Drawing Project - Carroll and Sons Gallery / Boston, Massachusetts 2013 Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. #21 / Boston, Massachusetts 2012 - present White Columns Artist registry / New York, NY 2011 Mental Shoes Magazine 2011 Hawk and Handsaw Magazine / Unity, Maine 2010 Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. #12 / Boston, Massachusetts 2010 Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. #9/ Boston, Massachusetts 2009 Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. #7/ Boston, Massachusetts 2008 Fine Art Adoption Network: 2 artwork adoptions / New York, NY 2006 - 2010 Union of Maine Visual Artists – Flat File administrator 2004 Pierogi Press #15 Mark Lombardi memorial issue / New York, NY 2004 - present Pierogi 2000 – Flat File / New York, NY 2002 - 2014 Drawing Center Artists Registry / New York, NY 2002 - present Maine Arts Commission Artists Directory 2001- 2012 Irving Sandler Artist File / Artists Space, New York, NY 2000 - 2004 Union of Maine Visual Artists – Webmaster 1999 - 2009 Waterfall Arts - Board of Directors / Belfast, Maine 2001 NYC Percent for Art - Short Listed 1988 - 1993 Serpentine Art and Nature Commons – Program Director /Staten Island, NY

EDUCATION

1981 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY - BFA

TEACHING/MENTORING

2012 “Branching Out” Waterfall Arts – Belfast, Maine 2010 “Branching Out” Waterfall Arts – Belfast, Maine 2008 “Branching Out” Waterfall Arts – Belfast, Maine 2007 “Branching Out” Waterfall Arts – Belfast, Maine 2006 “Branching Out” Waterfall Arts – Belfast, Maine 2005 Inspiring Young Artists – Belfast, Maine 2004 Horizon Arts – Camden, Maine 2001/02 Waterfall Arts - Montville, Maine 1990 Studio in a School, NYC 1989 - 90 Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment, NYC