Sandra Kennedy

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Overview

On a visit to Reothart nan Ealain, a new Gaelic visual arts hub here in the Outer Hebrides, while in conversation with Mairi Gillies its proprietor I was distracted by an artwork displayed to my right, not sure why, maybe my ramblings about our bad summer weather was boring myself as much as Mairi. The work was Aiteal ('Transient view'), when Mairi explained more and revealed the artist was Sandra Kennedy I knew I had found another artwork for the collection. Curiously I think the artwork was more descriptive of our bad summer weather than my ramblings could ever be.

Sandra Kennedy's work is a contemplation of memory and landscape. Imagination is in dialogue with the natural environment around her village - Marvig. The scree slopes are the backdrop for all kinds of narratives. The colours and seasons tell their own stories. All is in motion - tides; clouds; grasses in the wind; the surface of sea and lochs; sightings of birds and wild animals. On a different time scale is erosion, decay and growth. 

Her art comes from observation, she looks for alternative or new perspectives about things she sees and hears. There is always something to discover even if you walk the same route every day. 

She is also fascinated to learn from the way others describe their experiences of nature, it might be friends who come to visit, or the work of writers or filmmakers who focus on the natural world.

She is curious about the relationships between people and place. What we leave behind, the sites from the past that are visible; left by our relatives and neighbours, the memories kept within the place. 

She has been supported in her work by many people and organisations particularly An Lanntair and Creative Scotland VACMA scheme.

https://www.sandrakennedyart.org/

https://www.instagram.com/sandrakennedyart

 

Cruinneachadh Hulabhaig

Artwork aquired for the Hulabhaig Collection of Island Contemporaray Art

 

A' Coiseachd (Walking)

2021
96 x 96cm
114 x 111 x 4cm framed

Aiteal ('Transient view')

2020
29 x 29cm
40 x 40 x 2cm framed

 

Available Artworks

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Sabaid (Fighting)

2024
46 x 36cm
£850.00
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Leum (Leap)

2024
47 x 36cm
£850.00
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Camhanach (Dawn)

2024
36 x 46cm
£850.00
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Suain (Sleep)

2024
47 x 36cm
£850.00
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Cortal (Lichen)

2022
15 x 11cm
32 x 27 x 2cm framed
£200.00
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Dèarrsach nan creag (Shining Rock)

2022
15 x 11cm
32 x 27 x 2cm framed
£200.00
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Àiteachan Creagach (Rocky Places)

2022
20 x 20cm
27 x 27 x 4cm framed
£250.00
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Alltan (Little Stream)

2021
20 x 20cm
27 x 27 x 4cm framed
£250.00
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Artist Biography

Selected Exhibitions

2025  Group Show 40-40 An Lanntair 

2024  Group show Ulaidgean/ Treasures Group show Scottish Society of    

2022 Solo Show -Casruisg/ Barefooted  An Lanntair 

2021 Two person show - Eadar Muir is Tìr CNS Ness Isle of Lewis

2020 Online exhibition- Pause Scottish Society of Artists 

2016 Le Mùirn group exhibition The Briggait Glasgow 

2013 Solo show, Museum of Modern Art, Tabernacle Machynlleth, Wales 

2012 Corridor show, AGA Amsterdam 

2010 Group show TIR, Oriel Plan Glyn y Weddw Wales

2008, 2009, 2012 Group Show Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

2007 Two Person show with Calum Angus Mackay Suathadh Dileab/ Touching Heritage An Lanntair

1992 Two person show with Mary Morrison New work An Lanntair

1992 Solo Show of works on paper, Ifusagi Haz, Pecs, Hungary 

1996 Solo show Dunedin Gallery, Edinburgh

 

Commissions, Projects

2021-2022 Làn Tide Project for Climate Beacon  audio works based on collaboration collaborating climate scientist Dr James Pope Met office

2022 Cosàn Gabhla  Outdoor event with poets and visual artists- Installation piece 

2019-2022 Artists Support, for An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis

2020 Mapping Project - Recovering lost place names, An Lanntair 

2016 Le Mùirn- Paintings about the songs of Murdo MacFarlane - Glasgow life

2014 Collaborative project with elderly community Memory Books An Lanntair 

2006 Sculpture on the theme of home, Mac TV arts documentary

2000-2003 An Turas artist/ architect commission, for Tiree Art Enterprises 

1998 Site specific installation, commission Eolas TV arts documentary 

 

Artists Residencies 

2011 AGA Amsterdam, printmaking workshop 

2010 Arts Navigare, group sailing residency aboard SV Helena, Cherbourg to Kiel

2009 TIR residency at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw, Wales 

2009 Dwelling Places, Art workshops with community groups, Kampala Uganda

2005/2006 GASD National Gaelic Arts Project, Isle of Lewis

1996 Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Aberdeen International Young Artists Festival 

 

Production Design/ film making 

2021 Production designer short film Cum Sul Orm, for Corran Media

2021 Production Designer short film Piano, for Mac TV 

2013/14 Workshops making 4 short films with young people Cinèma Cent Ans de Jeunesse Filmhouse Edinburgh 

 

Further Education 

1990 Grays School of Art, Aberdeen BA(hons) Sculpture 

2000 Central St Martins School of Art and Design MA Scenography/ Performance