ANDREA MCKENNA
2018 - Present Gallery Director for Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
2014 – 2017 Co-Owner/Operator of The Raven Gallery & Boutique, Jersey City, NJ
2008 - Present Sole Proprietor of Videre Decorative Arts
2003 – 2008 Freelance Decorative Painter / Faux Finisher
1999 – 2003 Decorative Painter / Faux Finisher at Spec Fin Designs, Mahwah, NJ
EDUCATION
2014 Rising Tide Business Academy, Spring Semester
1988 - 1992 School of Visual Arts, New York City, BFA in Illustration
RESIDENCIES
Spring 2021 ESKFF - Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation at Mana Contemporary, NJ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 "The Banished Immortals", Broadfoot & Broadfoot, Boonton, NJ
2017 "Learning to Be Lost", LITM, Jersey City, NJ
2015 "Blood Work", LITM, Jersey City, NJ
2013 “Urban Abstraction”, Gia Gelato & Café, Jersey City, NJ
2012 “Numina”, Grassroots, Jersey City, NJ
1999 “Primal Guardians”, Limelight, New York City, NY
1997 “Unleashed”, Presbyterian Church of Franklin Lakes, Franklin Lakes, NJ
1997 “Primal Guardians”, Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ
1995 “Mask Confusion”, Lena DiGangi Gallery, West Paterson, NJ
1994 “Exit Soul”, Sea Cliff Gallery, Long Island, NY
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 "Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction", Eonta Space, Jersey City, NJ
2014 "Obscure Passages", 313 Gallery. Jersey City, NJ
2013 “Minimalist Abstracts”, Wade Maxx Gallery, Upper Montclair, NJ
2012 “Admitted”, Mary Benson Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2011 “Pattern & Patina”, Skyclad Gallery, Boonton, NJ
JURIED EXHIBITONS
1995 “Works on Paper”, National, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1994 “The Exhibitioner”, National, Sea Cliff Gallery, Long Island, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 "The Empowering: A Social Justice Exhibition", Pro Arts at 150 Bay, Jersey City, NJ
2016 "Under The Influence", Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2015 "Woman Up", Conception Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2015 "Brink", Conception Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2015 Cathedral Arts Festival, Jersey City, NJ
2014 Kaya Arts, New York City, NY
2014 “Brink”, Conception Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2013 “Andrea Who”, LITM, Jersey City, NJ
2013 Cathedral Arts Festival, Gallery at Van Vorst Church, Jersey City, NJ
2012 “Heavenly Bodies”, Skyclad Gallery, Boonton, NJ
2008 “Glimpse into the Creative”, La Galerie dub el Event, New Vernon, NJ
1998 “20 Artists”, Lena DiGangi Gallery, Totowa, NJ
1994 “Divine Visions”, Sea Cliff Gallery, Long Island, NY
1992 “Illustrators”, SVA Galleries, School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY
EVENTS
Flea Market Flip - 2019 - Winner of Episode 21, Season 13
Fall 2012 / Spring 2013 / Fall 2013: "Once Upon a Market” (co created) A two - day pop up
event featuring local artists.
ART INSTALLATIONS
2018 “The Sewing Room”, Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, Atlantic Highlands, NJ
2015 Art Walk - "Doll Dreams", Art Factory, Paterson NJ
2014 “American Sections” – Mural in lobby of 187 Washington Ave., Nutley, NJ
2014 Art Walk - “Bird Dreams”, Art Factory, Paterson, NJ
SET DESIGN
2017 - Present, Lead Designer for Snow Ball Gala, Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
2018 Set Designer for "Not Medea", Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
2018 Set Designer for "Cabaret", St Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ
2017 Set Designer for "The Drowsy Chaperone", St. Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ
2016 Set Designer for "The Addams Family", at The Historic Loews Theater, Art House
Productions, Jersey City, NJ
2015 Set Designer for "James & the Giant Peach", Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
2015 Set Designer for "What Lurks", St Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ
2015 Set Designer for "House of Atreus", Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
2012 - 2016 Assistant Designer for Snow Ball Gala, Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
1997 Shakespeare Festival, Drew University, Madison, NJ
1997 The Wonder”, Lincoln Center Theater at Fordham University, New York City, NY
CURATORIAL
Spring 2018 - present Art House Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Spring 2013 – 2017 Gia Gelato Café – Quarterly Art Exhibitions
Spring 2012 Digable Art Festival – Monroe Center, Hoboken, NJ
PUBLICATIONS
2021 JC Times online review of "The Empowering" at 150 St, Jersey City, NJ
2020 EverythingJerseyCity.com Blog interview for "Commit to Memory" at Eonta Space, Jersey
City, NJ
2020 Jersey Journal interview for "Commit to Memory" exhibit at Eonta Space, Jersey City, NJ
2020 JC Times online review of "Commit to Memory" exhibit at Eonta Space, Jersey City, NJ
2019 News 12 coverage for the December JC Fridays exhibit at Art House Gallery, Jersey City,
NJ
2019 News 12 coverage for the curation of "Pride: Raids to Parade" exhibit at Art House
Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2019 "Jersey Journal" Interview for "Pride: Raids to Parades" Exhibit, Jersey City, NJ
2017 "Megazine", Artist Feature, Online Publication
2017 River View Observer, Hudson County, NJ
2016 Beautiful Bizzare Magazine, Online
2014 / 2016 River View Observer, Hudson County, NJ
2014 / 2012 / 2013 The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, NJ
1998 “Enterprise Pilot”, Oyster Bay, Long Island
1996 “Present Tense: Writing and art by Young Women”, CALYX Books, 20th Anniversary
1995 The Star Ledger, New Jersey
1994 The Exhibitioner”, New York City Gallery Publication, Fall and Summer editions
GALLERY TALKS & LECTURES
1998 Lecture & Presentation at Dr. Stella Russell’s Studio, Oyster Bay, NY
1997 Franklin Lakes Presbyterian Church Gallery, NJ, Q&A “Unleashed” Exhibit
1997 Night Gallery Café, New York City, Live painting presentation August & September
RADIO / TV / ONLINE INTERVIEWS
2020 Conception Events: Coffee with Artists, Facebook Live
2019 News 12, "Pride: From Raids to Parades" Curator spot
1998 “Art in the World” Series, WHPC 90.3 FM, Long Island, NY
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2017 to 2019 - Broadfoot and Broadfoot - 819 Main St., Boonton, NJ