Resume/CV

Coby Kennedy

cobykennedy@gmail.com

+1 (347)-720-7703


.Industrial Design / Illustration


Hank Willis Thomas Studio                

New York, 2024, Project Lead - Environmental Industrial Design


Chicago O'hare Airport                

New York, 2022, Installation Concept/Design/Production


Kennedy Heavy Industries            

New York, 2022, NFT Illustration/Animation


Infinite Objects            

New York, 2021, NFT Concept/Design


City Of Boston / Boston Commons                

New York, 2021, Environmental Industrial Design


Dell Computers           

New York, 2020, Design/Illustration


For Freedoms               

New York, 2020, Graphic Design/Animation


For Freedoms               

New York, 2020, Product Design


Hank Willis Thomas Studio                

New York, 2019, Environmental Industrial Design


Hank Willis Thomas Studio                

New York, 2018, Product Design


Hank Willis Thomas Studio                

New York, 2017, Concept Illustration


Gallery Momo                    

South Africa, 2016, 2D/3D Art and Design


Cognizant                    

New York, 2015, Storyboard Illustration


Mccoubrey Bros Films          

New York, 2015, Storyboard Illustration


Listerine                  

New York 2015, Storyboard Illustration


Radical Media                    

New York 2013 - '15, Storyboard Illustration


Ferrari S.p.A.                      

USA/Italy 2012, car design


Lego                   

Denmark 2010 , product design


Kohler Europe                     

USA/Italy 2009 - '10 , product design

Frozen Studio  .principal                       

Modena, Italy 2006 - '08 , car/product design

(Alfa Romeo, De Tomaso, Bompani)

Design Club International        

Hakone, Japan 2004 - '06 , car/product design

Biomatrix Style Factory    

Tokyo, Japan 2003 , product /graphic design

Honda Advanced Design Studio                  

Tokyo, Japan 2000 - '03, car design


Freelance consulting:                     

USA/Asia/EU, 2000 - 2020, product/graphic design

-Sony Japan

-Ogilvy & Mather N.Y./Paris

-Vice Magazine N.Y.

-Viacom Entertainment N.Y.



.Press


Erika Mailman, The Most Beautiful Airport Art In America ( The 10 Best Airport Art Installations In The USA), 

Time Out Magazine, June 25th 2024

https://www.timeout.com/usa/travel/beautiful-airport-art-usa


Nicole Acheampong, When These Two First Worked Together, 

New York Times Style Magazine, Spring 2024

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/04/18/t-magazine/jane-fonda-lily-tomlin-marc-jacobs.html


Jacoba Urist, Emerging Artists To Watch For-Next Big Thing: Coby Kennedy, 

Galerie Magazine, Winter 2023

https://galeriemagazine.com/next-big-thing-coby-kennedy/


Long Time Collaborators Hank Willis Thomas

and Coby Kennedy Unveil A Monumental Sculpture To Inspire Us To Come Together, 

Black Art & Design, 2023

https://www.blackartanddesign.com/long-time-collaborators-hank-willis-thomas-and-coby-kennedy-unveil-a-monumental-sculpture-to-inspire-us-to-come-together/


Large-Scale Sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas and Coby Kennedy Debuts at Chicago O’Hare,

Surface Magazine, 2023

https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/hank-willis-thomas-coby-kennedy-chicago-ohare/


Brett Berk, When The Car Is The Artist's Muse, 

Car And Driver Magazine, Sept 2023


Minos Papas/Ralf Jeanne Pierre, Flowstate: North Brooklyn Artists, 

PBS , March 2021

https://www.pbs.org/video/coby-kennedy-hcmyza/


‘People don’t realize the realities of prison’: telling Kalief Browder’s devastating story through art, 

The Guardian, 2021

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jul/21/kalief-browder-rikers-island-artist-coby-kennedy


Exhibition sheds light on Kalief Browder's years in solitary confinement, 

PBS News Hour, 2021


Tim Leibbrandt. “Sci Fi Social Commentary: Coby Kennedy on Skin Of The Thug”, 

Artthrob South Africa, May 2017


BK Live. “Arts & Gentrification”, 

Bric Arts Media, January, 2015


Verizon Artist Spotlight. "Coby Kennedy - The Gift Of Perspective". 

Verizon, June, 2014


BK Live. “Public Art”, 

Bric Arts Media, April, 2014


Marina Galperina. "Art Of War". 

Animal New York, April, 2014


Deena Campbell. "Coby Kennedy-Artist Spotlight." 

Vibe Magazine, January, 2014


Natalie Trainor. "Coby Kennedy-In The Service Of A Villain." 

Art Nerd New York, March, 2013


Tim Elfrink. "Art Basel's Weirdest." 

Miami New Times, December 2011


Carlos Suarez. "Fountain Tonight." 

Miami New Times, December 2011


Jen Wallace. "Art Basel, The Bare Square Style." 

The Bare Square, December 2011


Cotter, Holland. “Off the Record.” 

The New York Times, May 16, 2003.



.Selected Exhibitions & Residencies


Two person show, Cultured, 

C24 Gallery, NY, 2023


NFT Korea Show, Seoul Korea, 2023


"Reach" Public sculpture, 

Chicago O'hare Airport, 2023


Future.Forward.Freedom. Group Show, 

Ed Varie Gallery, New York, 2023


Watermill Residency, The Hamptons New York, 2022


Kalief Browder- The Box, 

Monumental Tour, New Orleans, 2022


Kalief Browder- The Box, 

Monumental Tour, Los Angeles, 2022


Kalief Browder- The Box, 

Monumental Tour, Philadelphia, 2021


Solo Show, Jimmy Crow And The Imaginary Thug, 

Superchief Gallery, New York, 2021


Street Life, 

C24 Gallery, New York, 2021


Kalief Browder- The Box, 

Pioneer Works, New York, 2021


Solo Show, Jimmy Crow And The Imaginary Thug, 

Superchief Gallery, New York, 2021


Solo Show, Empire Of Mythology, 

Adelphi University, New York, 2019


Harlem Perspectives, 

Faction Gallery, New York, 2019


Anderson Ranch Residency, Colorado, 2018


Selling The Shadow, 

C Gallery, Milan, Italy, 2017


Solo Show, Skin Of The Thug, 

Gallery Momo, Cape Town, South Africa, 2017


Gallery Momo Artist Residency, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2016 - 2017


Selling The Shadow, 

Gallery Momo, Cape Town, South Africa, 2016


Vestiges, 

Red Bull Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 2016


Red Bull Residency, Detroit, Michigan, 2016


For Freedoms

Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, 2016


Kennedy & Udondian, 

Robert Blumenthal Gallery, New York, 2016


Solo Show, American Virtue

Superchief Gallery, Los Angeles, 2015


Flux

Art In Flux Harlem, New York, 2015


Solo Show, Early Works

Exit Room Gallery, New York, 2014


Message In A Bottle, QF Gallery - 

Scope Art Fair: Special Projects, Miami, 2013


Empiria, (Curatorial) 

Superchief Gallery, New York, 2013


Every Which Way But Loose

artMRKT Hamptons/QF Gallery, Easthampton, 2013


Black Power

Superchief Gallery, New York, 2013


Solo Show, In The service Of A Villain - Prelude

Joseph Gross Gallery, New York, 2013


Survey Of Urban Contemporary Art, 

Joseph Gross Gallery, New York, 2012


Vermont Studio Center Residency Fellowship, Johnson, Vermont, 2012


Mighty Tanaka, Special Project Installation, Miami, 2011


Skowhegan Artist Residency, Skowhegan, Maine, 2011


The Black Portrait

Rush Arts, New York, 2011


Black Market

TT Underground, New York, 2011

Quantum Spectrum

MCLA G51 Gallery, North Adams, Mass, 2010


In the Service of a Villain, 

ReBar Gallery, 2010


BK-MIA

Ad Hoc Gallery, ArtBasel Miami, 2009


Words, Beats & Life Inc. painting, Washington DC, 2009, 2010


Afropunk live painting, 

Afropunk Festival, New York, 2009 and 2010


303rd Collective

Dumbo Loft Gallery, 2009


Shiva, Love Your Server and Cool Breeze

IBM Online, 2009

traveled to Cannes France, 2010; Japan Association of Audiovisual Producers, 2010; International Quorum of Motion Picture Producers, Switzerland, 2009; US International Film & Video Festival, 2010


Coby Kennedy (solo exhibition), 

Ogilvy & Mather, New York, 2008


Calligraffiti

ProArts Gallery, Oakland CA, 2008

traveled to Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Mid City Arts, Los Angeles 


Off the Record, 

Skylight Gallery, New York, 2003



.Teaching Experience


2015 - 2016, Teaching Assistant, Columbia University, Sculpture, Sanford Biggers


2014 - 2015, Teaching Assistant, Columbia University, Film/Video, Ronnie Bass


2010 - 2014, Murals DC Mentorship, Washington DC, public art mentorship with highschool and college level students



.Awards


2012, Civil Society Institute Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center


2010, Gold Camera Award, US International Film & Video Festival


2009, One World Award, International Quorum of Motion Picture Producers, Zurich Switzerland




.Education


Columbia University - Masters Of Fine Art, New York, 2016


Pratt Institute - Bachelors Industrial Design, New York, 1999