Sean Kenny

About the Artist

Sean Michael Kenny is a light artist utilizing various optics to create multi-dimensional work which is described as The Modality. The Modality refers to a particular mode in which something is expressed or experienced. In this case, the Modality is evoked in reference to the complexity of his light installations.   Recently, for Baltimore’s Light City 2018 event, Neighborhood Lights  project “Feel”, Sean wil utilized a myriad of lights, lenses and reflective material to manipulate the physical properties of light and the emptiness of space to create works of art.  Locations will include The Bromo Seltzer Tower, and Cazbar. These will include light installations and projections, and the birth and growth of ‘lensing.’   As part of Brilliant, collaborations between artists and neighborhood businesses during Light City, live model couture called “The Collective” will blend light art, dance, sound and fine dining into an immersive experience at the restaurant, Cazbar, located on Charles Street in Mount Vernon.   Sean’s work is like a romantic symphony in which light is its melody.  This expression creates a new universe as light dances throughout the space, seemingly out of nowhere, extracting what is unseen and making it visible. The refraction, reflection and recreation of light redefines the empty space, transforming what is empty into a new dimension.   CV Selected Exhibitions           Light City, Neighborhood Lights 2018 Bromo Seltzer Tower – Feel – Light City 2018 Brilliant Baltimore – The Collective, 2018 ManneqArt, Laurel 2017 Artdromeda, Baltimore 2017 Artomatic, Baltimore MD 2016 GoCanvas, Reston VA 2016 Refraction, Reston VA 2016 Hotel Brexton, Baltimore MD2016 Bromo Seltzer Tower, Baltimore MD2016 Glam Baltimore, MD 2016 10 Light Street, Baltimore MD 2016 Lord Baltimore, Baltimore MD 2015 MAP, Baltimore MD 2015 Towson Arts Collective, Baltimore MD 2015 Ocean City Art Center, Ocean City MD 2015 Gallery 50, Rehoboth Beach DE 2014 Refraction, Reston VA 2014 Discovery Museum, Wichester VA 2014 1LB Gallery, Winchester VA 2014 Nuit Blanc, Washington DC 2013 Batista Fine Art, Washiongton DC 2013 Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore MD 2012 Batista Fine Art, Washington DC 2012 Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore MD 2011 InLight, Richmond, VA 2010 X Initiative, New York, NY BYOA 2010 Fellowship Bible Church, Winchester, VA 2009 Fellowship Bible Church, Winchester, VA 2008 Gallery Siano - Philadelphia, Pa - 2004 MonRho Gallery, Brownsville, Texas - 2003 Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington, DC -2002 The Art House, Leesburg, VA -2002 MonRho Gallery, Brownsville, Texas -2002 Ira Pinto Gallery. Washington, DC - 2001 The Art House, Leesburg, VA - 2001 Tea at Tyrconnell, Baltimore , MD - 2001 Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington, DC - 2000 The Art House, Leesburg, VA - 2000 Tea at Tyrconnell, Baltimore, MD - 2000 Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC - 2000 Foundry Gallery, Washington , DC -1999 Whitman Walker Clinic, Washington, DC -1999 Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC - 1999 Shenandoah University, Leesburg, VA - 1999 Rose Gallery, Leesburg, VA -1998 George Washington University, Virginia Campus - 1998              Selected Solo Exhibitions   Bromo Seltzer Tower – Feel – Light City – Baltimore, MD 2018 1LB Gallery, Winchester, VA April 2014 MonRho Gallery, Brownsville, Texas - April 2003 Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington, DC - March 2002 Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington, DC - September 2001 Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC - April 2000              Grants Baltimore Office and Promotion of the Arts – Light City 2018 Baltimore Down Town Partnership – 2018 Bromo Arts District – 2018   Selected works are in Museum, Private and Corporate collections nationally and internationally. Education Corcoran College of Art and Design 2007

Artist's Statement

Modality - a particular mode in which something exists or is experienced or expressed If one were to describe my work in one word it is Modality. In such that my work exists, is expressed and must be experienced to understand the multi dimensions and its completeness. Modality is like a romantic symphony in which light is its melody. The rhythm is the oscillation between emptiness and fulfillment, my anger and peace, darkness and light, the conscious and subconscious. The emptiness in my work is revealed once the light is observed, this is the pulse. The interaction of the light benches, lens, motors, focal lengths and distance within the empty space creates the harmony. Of course quantum physics and quantum mechanics, Jungian psychology, Topology and Theology are a few of the other sounds in the universe. What I offer you the observer is an experience like no other. I am the conductor in which I orchestrate these visions.