Artist Statement

My current work, I believe, is a confluence of my lifelong involvement with works on paper, the development of imagery and a more methodical approach to underlying ideas.

The imagery is generated from various sources such as life studies, newspaper photos or fables and fairy tales. After satisfactory preliminary drawings are completed the image is transferred to a sheet of paper, generally of my own making. The sheets may be simply colored, embellished with imbedding or double couched during the papermaking process with partial imagery.
The final rendering of the image is in ink, gouache, watercolor or a combination of mediums.
Influences range from Renaissance Master Drawings to comic book line art illustrations.

The subject matter of dogs and other creatures and the stories they tell are an important aspect of my work. My goal is to express humor and sentiment as well as add an element of kitsch. I believe that the deeper level of my work is revealed in the obsessive nature of the lines and marks made. Those notations are an outlet for my inner thoughts, anxieties and other emotional and spiritual states of mind.

Bio

Education

      School of Visual Arts, NY, NY
Arts Students League, NY, NY
High School of Art and Design, NY, NY
New School for Social Research, NY, NY

Solo Exhibitions

      2008  Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Griffin’s Cat & Other Stories, Hudson, NY
2005  Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Ken Polinskie: Then and Now, Hudson, NY

1. Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY

1996  Rensellaer County Council for the Arts, The Art Center, Troy, NY
1995  Dieu Donne Papermill Gallery, New York, NY
1995  Centro Colombo Americano, Colombia, S.A
1990  Carol Getz Gallery, Miami, FL
1988  Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY
1985  Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY
1983  Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY
1983  Osuna Gallery, Washington, DC
1979  Southeast Museum, Brewster, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions
      2008    En Route ,Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Hudson,NY
      2007   On The Mark, Spencertown Academy, Spencertown,NY
      2007   Art DC, Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center; Washinton, DC

1. Township Series, CCCA, Hudson, NY

2006   Parnassus Poetry in Review, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York,NY
2006   Artswalk, Pocketbook Factory, Hudson, New York, Holly Hughes, Curator
2005   A Universe of Art, Credit Suisse, NY, New York; Nicole Fiacco Gallery
      2005   Hand Papermaking Magazine “Art of Pulp Painting” edition portfolio, 1 of 17 artists

1. Collaboration as a Medium, 25 Years of Pyramid Atlantic, Edison Place Gallery

Washington, D.C., traveling exhibition

1. Rags to Riches: 25th Year Anniversary Exhibit, The Hecksher Museum, Huntington, New 

          York. Dieu Donne Papermill, traveling exhibition
2001   Works on Paper, The Tree Dog Series, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
1999   New York Paper, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY

1. Crossing Over, Changing Places USIA International Final Show Corcoran Gallery of Art,     

           Washington, DC
1995  Works on Paper, Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY
1994  Raw and Cooked, New York Public Library, NY, NY
Evolution of the Print, Addison/Ripley, Washington, D.C
Selected Books Project at Dieu Donne,
Berkshire Art Museum, Pittsfield, Mass
1993  Vessels, Greene County Council on Arts, Windham, NY
Paper-The Essential Material, Harper Collins Gallery, NY, NY
Collaborations From Pyramid Atlantic
Armory Art Gallery, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
1992   A Changeable Feast, Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking, Rutgers, NJ
Crossing Over/Changing Places
USIA, International Touring Exhibition, various countries
1991   Exhibition Project, Lintas Worldwide, NY, NY
Decade of Paper, Sylvia Cordish Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Dieu Donne at 15 Years, Center for the Books Art, NY, NY
1989   Prints, Hirschl & Adler Modern, NY, NY
Pyramid Atlantic and Brandywine Workshop Print Show
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
1988   In Bloom, BMW Gallery, NY, NY
Paper Parallels/Mirror Images, Frostburg State College, MD
1987   Handmade Paper, organized by the Arts Council of the Museum of
Modern Art, Pfizer Inc, NY, NY
Works on Paper, Sylvia Cordish Gallery, Baltimore, M
1985   Food and Flowers, The Silo, New Milford, CT
Under 8, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, NY, NY
Paper as Paint, Shirley Goodman Resource Center, F.I.T, NY, NY
1984   Contemporary Directions: Handmade Paper,
East Hills Gallery, Long Island, NY

1.  Four Artists, Cape Split Place, Addison, ME

Teaching

      2006  Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Faculty Member, Summer Institute. 
Workshop, “Good Paper, Good Drawing”, June.
1995  USIA Arts America Speaker and Workshop Director, Prints and Papermaking, Art  
University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Adjunct Art Faculty, Papermaking Instructor Columbia Greene Community College,
Hudson, NY
Artist in Residence, Hawthorne Valley School, NYFA, Harlemville, NY

1. Artist in Residence, Sequential Art and Narrative Instructor Franklin Furnace Art & 

               Language Program, NY, NY

1. Outreach Artist and co-founder Responsive Hands/Papermaking in New York City 

               Schools for Dieu Donne Papermill, NY, NY

Selected Reviews and Articles

• “Ken Polinskie: Then and Now”, Review, Mindell Dubansky, Hand Papermaking Magazine, Summer 2006
• “Portfolio: Ken Polinskie”, Chronogram Magazine, December 2005.
• “About the Artist”, interview in print and cover, Pulse, November 2005
• Collaboration as a Medium, Anniversary Catalogue, pp 2, 64, 87, 88, cover, 2005
• Albany Times Union, Review 1995.
• Margaret Matthews Berenson, “Resource for Handmade Paper”, American Artist, November 1991.
• John Yau, Art Forum Magazine, Review, January 1989.
• Octavia Zaya, “Kenneth Polinskie: Ansiedades de la Memoria,” Balcon-3, 1989.
• “Artist Statement,” Cover, June 1988.
• Michael F.Robinson, “Modern Bookbinding,” Art and Auction, May 1987.
• Lyle Roisbothem, photograph, Washington Review, June/July 1987
• Ronny Cohen, “Paper Routes,” ARTnews Magazine, October 1983.
• Review, Newsday, August 1994.
• Gerritt Henry, Review, ARTnews Magazine, October 1983.
• Vivian Raynor, “Timeless Forms Among Other Treasures,” New York Times, August 26, 1979.

Selected Public Collections

Print Room Collection, New York Public Library, NY, NY
Champion Paper International, Kansas City, MO
Commerce Bancshares, Kansas City, MO
CIGNA Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Reader’s Digest Association Inc., Pleasantville, NY
John D. Brush & Company Inc., Rochester, NY
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Lintas Worldwide, NY, N

Contact

kendon@capital.net
518-851-2092

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