Background
Kenna, Michael was born on November 20, 1953 in Widnes, Cheshire, England.
Michael Kenna
November 20, 1953 Widnes, Cheshire, England
In the 1980s, he moved to San Francisco and worked as Ruth Bernhard's printer. Since about 1986 he has mainly used Hasselblad medium format and Holga cameras and this accounts for the square format of most of his photographs. The main exception was for the photographs in Monique's Kindergarten for which a 4×5 large format camera was employed. His work has been shown in galleries and museum exhibitions in Asia, Australia and Europe. He has photographs in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Patrimoine photographique in Paris, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. His photography of the ruins of concentration camps was featured in the opening credits of the Holocaust film Esther's Diary (2010).
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- Works
book
African Masterworks in the Detroit Institute of Arts
(This magnificent collection of African art showcases 88 o...)
This magnificent collection of African art showcases 88 of the Detroit Institute of Arts finest works, representing the full range of major sub-Saharan sculptural traditions during the past three centuries: masks, containers, carved stools, jewelry, and musical instruments. 120 photos, 99 in color.
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Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens From the Cleveland Art Museum
(Book by Cunningham, Michael R.)
Book by Cunningham, Michael R.
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- Grass roots art, Wisconsin : toward a redefinition : published on the occasion of the exhibitions at John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Nov. 12 to Dec. 30, 1978, Madison Art Center, Jan. 14 to Feb. 28, 1979, Priebe Gallery, UWO, March 18 to April 15, 1979.
- The Afro-american Tradition In Decorative Arts. By John Michael Vlach. Published by The Cleveland Museum of Art. 1978 Edition
Other Work
- One-man shows Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, Wiltshire, England, 1983, Bampton Arts Center, Oxfordshire, 1984, Madison (Wisconsin) Art Center, 1985, Gallery Min, Tokyo, 1987, Fuerte Gallery, Tokyo, 1990, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1991, Cleveland Art Museum, 1992, International Center for Photography, New York, 1993, Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich, 1994, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1995, Nicephore Niepce Museum, France, 1996. Exhibited in group show Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, 1982. Represented in permanent collections Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, San Francisco Museum Modern Art, Fox Talbot Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Michael Kenna Edit Profile
Michael Kenna is an English photographer best known for his black & white, unusual, landscapes with ethereal light achieved by photographing at dawn or at night with exposures of up to 10 hours.
Education
Kenna attended Upholland College in Lancashire, the Banbury School of Art in Oxfordshire, and the London College of Printing.
Career
In the 1980s, he moved to San Francisco and worked as Ruth Bernhard's printer. Since about 1986 he has mainly used Hasselblad medium format and Holga cameras and this accounts for the square format of most of his photographs. The main exception was for the photographs in Monique's Kindergarten for which a 4×5 large format camera was employed.
His work has been shown in galleries and museum exhibitions in Asia, Australia and Europe. He has photographs in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Patrimoine photographique in Paris, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. His photography of the ruins of concentration camps was featured in the opening credits of the Holocaust film Esther's Diary (2010).
Achievements
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Imogen Cunningham Award (San Francisco, California, USA, 1981)Art in Public Buildings Award (California Arts Council Commission, Sacramento, California, USA, 1987)Institute for Aesthetic Development Award (Pasadena, California, USA, 1989)Golden Saffron Award, (Consuegra, Spain, 1996)Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters (Ministry of Culture, France, 2000)Honorary Master of Arts (Brooks Institute, Santa Barbara, California, USA, 2003).
Works
book
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African Masterworks in the Detroit Institute of Arts
(This magnificent collection of African art showcases 88 o...)
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Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens From the Cleveland Art Museum
(Book by Cunningham, Michael R.)
- Grass roots art, Wisconsin : toward a redefinition : published on the occasion of the exhibitions at John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Nov. 12 to Dec. 30, 1978, Madison Art Center, Jan. 14 to Feb. 28, 1979, Priebe Gallery, UWO, March 18 to April 15, 1979.
- The Afro-american Tradition In Decorative Arts. By John Michael Vlach. Published by The Cleveland Museum of Art. 1978 Edition
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African Masterworks in the Detroit Institute of Arts
Other Work
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One-man shows Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, Wiltshire, England, 1983, Bampton Arts Center, Oxfordshire, 1984, Madison (Wisconsin) Art Center, 1985, Gallery Min, Tokyo, 1987, Fuerte Gallery, Tokyo, 1990, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1991, Cleveland Art Museum, 1992, International Center for Photography, New York, 1993, Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich, 1994, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1995, Nicephore Niepce Museum, France, 1996. Exhibited in group show Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, 1982. Represented in permanent collections Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, San Francisco Museum Modern Art, Fox Talbot Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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Nationality
United Kingdom
Awards
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Chevalierde l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres Chevalierde l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres Imogen Cunningham Award (San Francisco, California, USA, 1981) Art in Public Buildings Award (California Arts Council Commission, Sacramento, California, USA, 1987) Institute for Aesthetic Development Award (Pasadena, California, USA, 1989) Golden Saffron Award, (Consuegra, Spain, 1996) Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters (Ministry of Culture, France, 2000) Honorary Master of Arts (Brooks Institute, Santa Barbara, California, USA, 2003)