Background
McKENNA, Stephen was born on March 20, 1939 in Ashford, Middx. Son of the late Major James McKenna and Violet (née Kinnear) McKenna.
McKENNA, Stephen was born on March 20, 1939 in Ashford, Middx. Son of the late Major James McKenna and Violet (née Kinnear) McKenna.
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, London, [)e Louisiana Salle College, Hong Kong, Andover Grammar School, Saint Illtyd"s College, Cardiff, Welbeck College, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Slade School of Fine Artist
include: Barr>’ Barker Gallery, London, 1978, 1979, Edward Totah Gallery, London 1985, 1986, 1988, Gallery Seno, Milan, Kunsthalle, Diisseldorf 1986; Raab Gallery, Berlin, International Cooperation Administration, London, Sander Gallery, New York 1985, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, Gallery Springer, Berlin 1984, Museum of Modem Art, Oxford, Gallery Isy Brachot, Brussels, Gallery Swajcer, Antwerp 1983, Orchard Gallery, Derry 1981, 1988, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin 1988-1990, Galeria Manuela Boscolo, Busto Arsizio 1990, Galeria Estampa, Madrid 1990, Galeria Inge Baecker, Cologne 1990, Sala Uno, Rome 1991; works in numerous public collections.In 1973 he moved to Donegal, Ireland. He has also lived in Belgium, Germany, and Italy. He was a guest professor at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (Brunswick, Germany) from 1995 to 1996.
In 1997 he curated the exhibition The Pursuit of Painting at the Irish Museum of Modern Artist
Solo exhibitions of his work include:
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (1983)
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (1983)
Stephen McKenna Paintings 1985–1993, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (1993).
He is a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. He became an associate member of the RHA in 2001 and a full member in 2002 and was the president of this association from 2005 till 2009.