Curriculum Vitae
LORI ANN KENNEY Lives and works on Vancouver Island
INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST British Columbia, Canada
EDUCATION
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.
Academic Studies
1985 Diploma of Fine Art, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.
Interdisciplinary Studies and Sculpture
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2026 “Embedded” Two person Exhibit, Pearl Ellis Art Gallery, Comox B.C.
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Main Street Gallery Tofino B.C.
2011 Lumen Espace Gallery Vancouver, B.C.
2010 Muir Gallery, Courtenay B.C.
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 “Lens and Layers” Pearl Ellis Gallery, Comox, B.C.
2025 Sooke Fine Arts Show, Seaparc Recreation Centre, Sooke, B.C.
2024 Pearl Ellis Gallery, Comox, B.C.
2022 Campbell River Art Gallery, Members Show, Campbell River, B.C.
2021 Sooke Fine Arts Show, Seaparc Recreation Centre, Sooke, B.C.
2016 ECCUAD Graduation Exhibition, Vancouver, B.C.
ECCUAD Graduation Exhibition, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, B.C.
2015 “Mixed” Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay B.C.
2014 “By a Thread” Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, B.C.
2013 “Under 8” Painting Show, Sopa Gallery, Kelowna B.C.
SCHOLARSHIPS
2015 IATSE 891, Vancouver B.C.
1987 Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2018 “Artistic Pursuit” with Rachel McGinnes, Maiwa Textile Symposium
Vancouver, B.C.
2018 “Skins and Skeletons” with Mo Kelman, Maiwa Textile Symposium
Vancouver, B.C.
2015 “Field Study to Crete” Ancient Minoan, Archaeology and History
2011 “Subtraction-Earsure-Conjecture” with Michael Brennan Smith, Maiwa Textile Symposium, Vancouver, B.C.
“Expressive Stitch” with Dorothy Caldwell, Maiwa Textile Symposium
Vancouver, B.C.
2009 Abstract Painting with Virginia Cobb, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2009- Board Member, Comox Valley Arts Council, Courtenay B.C.
2010
2009 Art is Your Business, Hollyhock Retreat Center, Cortez Island, B.C.
RESIDENCIES
2001 3 week Immersive Wilderness Art Residency, Atlin Center for the Arts
Northern British Columbia, Canada
1987 “All that Glitters” 2 week Immersive mixed media art residency with
Alison Saar, Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff Alberta
CREATIVE WORKSHOP TEACHING
2024- Visible Mending, Slow Stich Boro cloth Bag, Waistcoat for women
2025 The Spool Sewing Studio, Courtenay, B.C.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
My textile art practice is informed by 30 years in the IATSE 891 costume department, working in film and television. My experience spans costume design, tailoring, pattern drafting and draping, assemblage, jewellery making, machine and hand stitching, textile aging and breakdown, providing a strong foundation in textiles, material construction and structure.