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 2021 ESKFF - Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation at Mana Contemporary, NJ
EVENTS
Flea Market Flip - 2019 - Winner of Episode 21, Season 13
ART INSTALLATIONS & VIDEOS
2021 “Adrift” (Video)
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, Boonton, NJ
2017 "Learning to Be Lost", LITM, Jersey City, NJ
2015 "Blood Work", LITM, 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 "Women Celebrate Women", 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", Pro Arts Gallery, 150 Bay St. Jersey City, NJ
2020 "Exhale", Art House Gallery, 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
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”, 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
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", 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
1997 Shakespeare Festival, Drew University, Madison, NJ
1997 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 Present - 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