Kenn Bass
419 Greene Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
718.360.2340
kennbass@optimum.net
One and Two Person Exhibitions
2004 Fugue. Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Animal/Vegetable West. Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2001 Principles of Remote Sensing. Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Susan Detwiler and Kenn Bass. Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Animal/Vegetable. Project, Wichita, KS
1997 White Columns, New York, NY
Bee Movie. Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
1992 Science. Casanovia College, Casanovia, NY
1991 Kenn Bass and Michael Odom. Birmingham Lofts, Pittsburgh, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Infinitu et Contini: Repeated Histories, Reinvented Resistance. Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Denise Carvalho.
2005 18 Illuminations. Curated by Corinna Ghaznavi and Carla Garnet. Tom Thompson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, ON. Traveling exhibition.
2003 Beyond the Flanuer. ISE Foundation, New York, NY
2001 The Fact Show. Pittsburgh Center for Contemporary Art
The Entropic Garden. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
1999 Babel. Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY
Outer Boroughs. White Columns, New York, NY
(P)review. Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY
as if the world ended on the fifth floor. Blohard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Tiny Works. Project, Wichita, KS
It Does Not Follow. Manhattan Marymount College, New York, NY
1996 Brookworld. New York, NY
1995 Hick. ES Vandam Gallery, New York, NY (co-curator).
Creation/Recreation. Islip Art Museum. East Islip, NY
1994 Peep Show. Birmingham Lofts, Pittsburgh, PA
Chamber 2. Chamber St. and West Broadway, New York, NY
1990 Mendhelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1985 Art on Paper. Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Bibliography
Bender, J. "Kenn Bass and Michael Odom," In Pittsburgh, May 29, 1991.
Clark, Vicky A. The Fact Show. Catalog essay.
Cotter, Holland. “Sampling Brooklyn, Keeper Of Eclectic Flame”.
The New York Times, January 23, 2004.
Ghaznavi, Corinna. “Kenn Bass and Susan Detwiler at Mercer Union”.
Parachute Contemporary Art Magazine, July 1999.
Ghaznavi, Corinna “Reflecting Darkness and Light: 18 Citations”.
18 Illuminations catalog essay.
Hamburger, Susan. Waterfront Week, February 11, 1999. Review of Babel.
Harrison, Helen. “Artists Who Make Work Out Of Play”.
The New York Times, January 7, 1996.
Kino, Carol. Time Out NY, February 11-18, 1999. Review of Babel.
Koplos, Janet. Art in America, December 1996. Review of Brookworld.
Nahas, Dominique. "Babel". Review Magazine, February 1999.
Odom, Michael. “Kenn Bass and Susan Detwiler”. Catalog essay, Mercer Union.
Romero, Margie. "cARTographers, Odom and Bass: finding their own way."
In Pittsburgh, May 15, 1991.
Schwendener, Martha. New Art Examiner. November 1996. Review of Brookworld.
Thomas, Mary. “Fact Show challenges gallery-goers to put their minds in gear”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 6 2001.
Education
MFA. The Pennsylvania State University, 1989.
BFA. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1986.
Teaching Experience
1991 Instructor, The Carnegie Museum School. Designed and taught a course in contemporary art and theory around the 1991 Carnegie International.
Instructor, The Pennsylvania State University at McKeesport. Taught an introductory course in Art History.
1988-1989 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University. Taught
courses in Design and Sculpture.
Public Lectures and Talks
2003 ISE Foundation, New York, NY
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
1999 Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art
Sheridan College, University of Toronto at Mississauga
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