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
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
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