Kenny Cole

Kenny Cole’s art is intuitive, often political and reflects a clear fluency of contemporary issues, fitting neatly into the continuum of modern art. Kenny has periodically exhibited his art in Portland, Maine and Mid-Coast Maine as self-organized solo presentations of challenging visionary art. You'll find that each body of work and each individual piece of art imparts a particular relevancy in terms of its intent, meaning and content. The contemporary art featured throughout this site speak boldly by way of its style, and deeply in terms of its resolve, to reach out and inform its audience. Kenny’s art will similarly captivate you with its humor, wit and depth.

1981 B.F.A. Pratt Institute

2012 Monhegan Artists residency
2011 Maine Arts Commission “Good Idea” Grant
2002 Vermont Studio Center, full fellowship
1976 Charles E. Burchfield Scholarship

2006 - 2012 “Branching Out” Waterfall Arts – Belfast, Maine

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 “Parabellum” – Zillman Gallery,UMMA / Bangor, Maine
2012 “Even Now the Reaper Draws His Wages” – Leonard R. Craig Gallery/Unity College/Unity, Maine 2012 “As High As Heaven” – Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, 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 Gallery / Portland, Maine
2010 “Awash in Gouache: Submarine Paintings on Paper” – Water Closet Gallery/Portland, Maine
2009 “Improbabilities”– Perimeter Gallery / Belfast, Maine

Raymond Pettibon, Nancy Spero, Dana Schutz, Larissa Bates, Jules de Balincourt

gouache, silk-screen, sumi ink, politics, folk art