ANDREA MCKENNA
ANDREA MCKENNA
@andreamckenna19
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
1999 – 2008 Freelance Decorative Painter / Faux Finisher
EDUCATION
2014 Rising Tide Business Academy, Spring Semester
1988 - 1992 School of Visual Arts, New York City, BFA in Illustration
RESIDENCIES
Spring 2022 IN7 - Creating an Experimental video in 7 days, Gardenship Art, Kearny, NJ
Spring 2021 ESKFF - Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation at Mana Contemporary, NJ
EVENTS
Art Fair 14C - 2021 - Glass Gallery at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
Flea Market Flip - 2019 - Winner of Episode 21, Season 13
SHORT FILMS
2022 "Elysian Fields" (Video)
2021 “Adrift” (Video) Nominated for best cinematography / Brightside Film Festival 2022
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
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 "The Banished Immortals", Broadfoot & Broadfoot Fine Art Gallery, Boonton, NJ
2017 "Learning to Be Lost", LITM, Jersey City, NJ
2015 "Blood Work", LITM, Jersey City, NJ
2012 “Numina”, Grassroots Arts Space, 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", Curated by Bayard, 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
2022 "Equinox". Produced by Pro Arts, Curated by Dorie Dahlberg, ART150 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2022 "Resilient 2", Produced by Pro Arts, Curated by Ivy Brown, ART150 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2022 Curator's Choice, Produced by Pro Arts, Curated by Audra Lambert, Casa Colombo, Jersey City, NJ
2022 "Of Women, By Women: Strength in Vulnerability", Curated by Kathy Imlay, Spiro Harrison, Montclair, NJ
2022 Exquisite Corpse", Curated by Tina Maneca, Firmament Gallery at Nimbus Art Center, Jersey City, NJ
2021 "Women Celebrate Women", Curated by Yvonne Lamar Rodgers, El Barrio's Art Space PS 109, NY, NY
2021 "Aliens, Bigfoot & The Edge of the World", Hamilton St. Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ
2021 "The Empowering", Curated by Danielle Scott, Pro Arts Gallery, 150 Bay St. Jersey City, NJ
2016 "Under The Influence", Curated by Robinson Holloway, Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2015 "Woman Up", Curated by Rachel Wilkins, Conception Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2015 "Brink",Curated by Rachel Wilkins, Conception Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2014 Kaya Arts, New York City, NY
2013 “Andrea Who”, LITM, Jersey City, NJ
2013 - 2019 Cathedral Arts Festival, Gallery at Van Vorst Church, Jersey City, NJ
2012 “Heavenly Bodies”, Skyclad Gallery, Boonton, NJ
1998 “20 Artists”, Curated by Lena DiGangi. Lena DiGangi Gallery, Totowa, NJ
1994 “Divine Visions”, Curated by Robyn Bellospirito, Sea Cliff Gallery, Long Island, NY
1992 “Illustrators”, SVA Galleries, School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY
SET DESIGN
2017 - Present, Lead Designer for Snow Ball Gala, Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
2018 Lead Set Designer for "Not Medea", Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
2018 Lead Set Designer for "Cabaret", St Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ
2017 Lead Set Designer for "The Drowsy Chaperone”, St. Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ
2016 Lead Set Designer for "The Addams Family", Historic Loews Theater, Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
2015 Lead Set Designer for "James & the Giant Peach", Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
2015 Lead Set Designer for "What Lurks", St Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ
2015 Lead Set Designer for "House of Atreus", Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
1997 Assistant for Props, Shakespeare Festival, Drew University, Madison, NJ
1997 Set Painter for "The Wonder”, Lincoln Center Theater at Fordham University, New York City, NY
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2020 EverythingJerseyCity.com Interview: "Commit to Memory”, Eonta Space, Jersey City, NJ
2020 Jersey Journal interview: "Commit to Memory" exhibit, Eonta Space, Jersey City, NJ
2020 JC Times online review: ”Commit to Memory" exhibit, Eonta Space, Jersey City, NJ
2020 Conception Events: Coffee with Artists, Facebook Live
2019 News 12, "Pride: From Raids to Parades" Curator spot
2019 "Jersey Journal" Interview: "Pride: Raids to Parades" exhibit, Jersey City, NJ
2017 "Megazine", Artist Feature, Online Publication
2016 Beautiful Bizzare Magazine, Online
1998 Lecture & Presentation at Dr. Stella Russell’s Studio, Oyster Bay, NY
1998 “Art in the World” Series, WHPC 90.3 FM, Long Island, NY
1996 “Present Tense: Writing and art by Young Women”, CALYX Books, 20th Anniversary
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2017 to 2020 - Broadfoot and Broadfoot - 819 Main St., Boonton, NJ
TEACHING ARTIST
2020 Summer Program at Art House Productions, Intro to Art, Ages 12 to 15, Jersey City, NJ
2020 Adult Education in Art at St. Joseph’s for the Blind, Jersey City, NJ