Kennedy, A. (2007) Lost in Space. Solo exhibition of 12 new paintings at Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin, NZ., 8-26 May 2007. Exhibition Catalogue: ISBN 978-0-908846-39-9. http://www.blueoyster.org.nz/. Blue Oyster Art Project Space founded in 1999 receives major funding from Creative New Zealand to provide a program of experimental & innovative contemporary art practice. Whilst the paintings presented in the show are positioned within the tradition of non-iconic abstraction, the work maintains a semantic element through reference to the virtual ‘holes in space’ of electronic & digital technologies. These technologies create conceptually infinite, limitless spaces which can be experienced as simultaneously empty & full with ‘matter.’ As such these ‘spaces’ are a mirror of the infinite void of the cosmos. Project was foundational for future work presented in ‘Pictures of Nothing’ (RO 8) & Particles in Space (NRO No.1). Both of these exhibitions extend the notion of the conceptual void.

Kennedy, A. (2007) Lost in Space. Exhibition catalogue (self-published), 'Lost in Space', at the Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin, New Zealand. Also included essay by Prof. Leoni Schmidt. ISBN 978-0-908846-39-9, 8-26 May 2007, 12 pages.

Kennedy, A. (2007) Techno to Trash: The Work of Jonathon Otley. Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Art Educators (ANZAAE) National Conference, Wellington School of Design, Wellington, New Zealand. 2-5 July 2007. Keynote speakers included Jonathan Mane-Wheoki (director, Art & Collection Services, Te Papa), Rhana Devenport (director, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery), Eduardo Carrillo (Coventry University) & paper presentations by Simon Kaan, Ian Wedde, Darryn George, Wayne Youle, Simon McIntyre, Monique Redmond, Anna Miles, Michel Tuffery. In this paper I presented Otley's work, a sculptural/ cross-media project consisting largely of an assemblage of 'space junk', as a neo-dada-inspired practice which engages with a sense of futility & despair simultaneously with playfullness & humour in the creation of objects which appear as 'beacons of waste'. Of relevance to my research platform in respect to the relationship of semantic & non-iconic abstract elements of the work.

Kennedy, A. (2007) terra_data. Hocken Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. Catalogue essay for the exhibiton terra_data, by Ana Terry at the Hocken Library, Dunedin, New Zealand, 24 November 2007 - 1 March 2008. 2 pages. The Hocken Library is a significant NZ research library, collects widely in relation to the history and culture of New Zealand, the Pacific and Antarctica, with a special emphasis on the Otago and Southland regions. http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/hocken/exhibitions/exhibarchive.html#2007 . The catalogue essay, terra-data, draws on Deleuze & Guattari's ideas of deterritorialisation & reterritorialisation in relationship to representation and the 'framing' of meaning in images and to the spatial and temporal dislocaton of cultural objects and imposition of an alternative scopic regime. Of relevance to my practice & research for the conceptual frameworks which are developed and which can be used in respect to the semantic reading(s) of visual objects.

Kennedy, A. (2007) Lost in Space. Publication of exhibition catalogue essay in SCOPE: Contemporary Research Topics. art 2, November, 2007. pgs 116-118. ISSN (hardcopy) 1177-5653, ISSN (online) 1177-5661. www.thescopes.org. SCOPE is a blind peer-reviewed academic journal with an international editorial board and is published on the EBSCO database. EBSCO is a leading international research database. The essay 'Lost in Space' takes up the notion of the conceptual void in a discussion of aspects of non-iconic abstraction as an 'aesthetic of the void' and charts selected 'projects of infinity' from early modernity through to the 1960s in the identification of historical antecedents for the project. The work is also discussed in terms of Henri Lefebvre's ideas concerning 'representations of space' and 'representational space'.

Kennedy, A. (2006) Painting Methodologies. Published in SCOPE: Contemporary Research Topics. art: 1 2006. ISSN (hardcopy): 1177-5653; ISSN (online): 1177-5661 November, 2006. pgs 100-109. SCOPE is a blind peer-reviewed academic journal with an international editorial board and is published on the EBSCO database. EBSCO is a leading international research database. The article charts the territory of the 'death of painting' historically and represents my early thinking on the manner in which much contemporary painting, arguably a reinvigoration of the medium, cannot be accounted for within established critical frameworks. The ideas presented here were the theoretical foundation for further writing which was published as 'Anachronic' in LIMINA (University of Western Australia) (NRO No. 4) which subsequently received an award.

Kennedy, A. (2004) Finalist, Wallace Art Award.

Kennedy, A. (2004) Group Show. McPherson Gallery, Auckland. six works exhibited

Kennedy, A. (2006) Painting Methodologies. Lecture and research seminar presented at Victoria University of Wellington, NZ., 24 July 2006. A day-long research seminar including lecture presentation which proposed a theoretical framework for contemporary painting practice. This paper addressed the manner in which much contemporary painting can be identified as fulfilling the conditions of the ‘post conceptual’ and, in doing so, how a position is created for painting as a site for critical practice. It proposed that the work of these artists is representative of a mode of contemporary painting which engages with the theme of the death, or endgame, of painting in particular ways, seeking to create a position outside of both modernist & postmodernist theoretical positions for this work. It proposes that contemporary painting which can be identified as ‘post-conceptual’ lies outside of these frameworks, and can more usefully be defined as 'amodernist.'

Kennedy, A. (2008) Black Hole. The Pretty Show, curated by Hamish Palmer (shows with Physics Room, Christchurch, and Enjoy, Wellington) at The High Street Project (HSP), Christchurch, New Zealand. 2-23 December 2008. HSP is an Art Project Space which receives funding from Creative New Zealand, and has been operational for a number of years. Other artists in show: Kathy Barry (recipient of McCahon Residency), Julien Dyne, Marie Lelievre, Maurice Lye, Annie Mackenzie, Mirabel Oliver, Justine Walker.

Kennedy, A. (2009) Painting as Performance: Dérive and Détournement in the work of Daniel Buren. Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Art Educators Conference, Dunedin, NZ.(ANZAAE), 20-23 April, 2009. Conference paper presentation. Contextualising Daniel Buren’s work as painting which critically reflects on its own history & traditions in alignment with the political dimensions of the Internationale Situationniste, charting Buren's collaboration in an exhibition which consisted of the absence of the artists’ work. Intended as a statement of institutional critique, & of painting’s role within this, this ‘action’ can be understood in terms of the ‘zero degree’ in painting or the so-called ‘death of painting.’ In Buren’s case this extended to the taking of art out of the gallery & into the space of the city in acts of dérive & détournement. Paper published in SCOPE Contemporary Research Topics: art & design 4. ISSN 1177-5653, ISSN (online:1177-5661), December 2009 (released 2010). Pages 14-18.

Kennedy, A. (2008) Anachronic. LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies. University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. Volume 14, June 2008. Pages 12-18 (7 pages). LIMINA is a refereed academic journal of historical and cultural studies based in the Discipline of history at The University of Western Australia. LIMINA aims to provide an environment in which diverse work can be published. The journal promotes resistance to traditional disciplinary boundaries, and at the same time demands a rigorous approach to issues of research, context and theoretical debates. In 2005 Limina received the Matilda Award for Cultural Excellence in the field of new media publication. http://limina.arts.uwa.edu.au. http://www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/previous/vol11to15/vol14

Kennedy, A. (2008) Projects of Infinity. International Committee of the History of Art (CIHA), 13 - 18th January 2008. http://www.cihamelbourne2008.com.au/. It is well understood that the rise of conceptual art in the late 1960s and early 1970s has been associated in critical discourse with a two-fold decline in painting. Painting not only lost favour as a method at this time, but also its position as a pre-eminent field of practice was challenged. This presentation considers the manner in which the practice of painting has responded to challenges to its ongoing validity as a site for critical practice through an engagement with the theme of the death, or endgame, of painting & is relevant for my practice as it identifies the theme of meta-painting.

Kennedy, A. (2007) Black Hole (2). 16th Wallace Art Award, 2007. National Art Award with work in Exhibition of Winners & Finalists, 3 Sept - 1 Oct 2007, Aotea Centre Gallery, Aotea Centre, Auckland. The Wallace Art Award, administered by the James Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, are the longest surviving & richest annual art awards of their kind in Australasia (total prize pool $165,000). Paramount winner awarded 6 month residency in New York at International Studio & Curatorial Program; the Wallace Arts Trust Development Award winner receives a residency at Vermont Studio Centre, Kaipara; the Foundation Wallace Award winner receives a residency at Altes Spital in Solothurn, Switzerland. Winner of Fulbright Wallace Arts Trust Award receives a three-month residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Beyond this, the Trust financially supports many other arts organizations. http://www.wallaceartstrust.org.nz/the-wallace-arts-trust-and-its-collection/

Kennedy, A. (2010) Particles in Space. Argument Vertoningstruimte Art Project Space, Tilburg, The Netherlands. Exhibition dates: 7-14th Feb 2010. Solo show of a large-scale wall work. Dimensions: approx. 5.20m (end), 6.63m (front), length 11.17m (l), 11.22m (r), height 2.96m. ARGUMENT is an established (1993) Art Project Space which exhibits Dutch & international artists & receives Dutch government support via regional cultural funding. Selected artists are given financial support to realize a project experimental in nature in terms of the artist's practice. Six artist proposals a year are accepted for a period of work/residency in the gallery for realization of a project concluding with exhibition. ARGUMENT participates at SUPERMARKET: Stockholm Independent Art Fair - an international art fair. ARGUMENT: http://www.argument-tilburg.nl/ SUPERMARKET:http://supermarketartfair.com/ EXHIBITION: http://www.alxkennedy.co.nz/index.php?/particles-in-space-after-len-lye-2010/