Girramay Traditional Owner
Painter
Chris Kennedy is a Girramay Traditional Owner from Mount Garnet in North Queensland.
Chris has a really strong connection to place and heritage and draws from traditional stories for his inspiration.
The “Murray Upper and Beyond” exhibition currently showing at the Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre in Cardwell is the first time Chris has exhibited his work. A painting has been selected for “Girringun” at Gallery Smith in Melbourne.
Exhibitions:
2011 Bunyaydinyu Bagu, Suzanne O’Connell Gallery, Brisbane
2010 Girringun, Gallery Smiith, Melbourne
2010 Girringun at Hinchinbrook, Hinchinbrook art Gallery, Ingham
2010 Girringun at Canopy, Canopy art space, Cairns
2009 Murray Upper and Beyond, Girringun Arts Centre, Cardwell