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Contact: ktenbey@gmail.com
︎  kerrytenbey

Artist, Maker, Storyteller, living and working in North West, UK. 
Studio Member- Abingdon Studios, Blackpool.

RELEVANT EDUCATION-

Foundation Degree Art, Design & Fashion -University Of Central Lancashire 2015-2016

BA(Hons) Fine Art- University Of Central Lancashire 2016-2019
MA Fine Art-University Of Central Lancashire 2019-2021
SELECTED SOLO/ GROUP EXHIBITIONS-

2016- DS16- University Of Central Lancashire.

2017- REPLICON- Lancashire Science Festival- Hanover Project Gallery- Preston UK.

2017- ASMbly- The Superposition- Leeds UK.

2018- PRETTY IN PINK- Hanover Project Gallery- Preston UK.

2018- Messy Democracy- Hanover Project Gallery- Preston UK.
2018- CUNTHOUSE- Hanover Project Gallery- Preston UK.

2018- THIS IS ALL I HAD- Hanover Project Gallery- Preston UK.

 2018- IN THE LOOP- Hanover Project Gallery- Preston UK.

 2018- SOFT//HARD- BY_WEEKLY- Enschede NL.

 2019- UKYA City Takeover- BACKLIT Gallery- Nottingham UK.

2019- G R A F T- Harris Museum & Art Gallery- Preston UK. 

2019- GENDER- girlsgirlsgirls- Prism Contemporary- Blackburn UK. 

2019- CRUMBS IN THE BUTTER- UCLAN Fine Art Degree Show 2019- Hanover Building, Preston, UK .

2019- SOCIAL MATTER- Art B&B, Blackpool, UK.

2020- Queer Contempoaries- Short Supply MCR, AIR Gallery, Manchester, UK.

2021- SOFT HANDS ON MOSSY ROCKS- Collaboration with Ellie Barrett- Abingdon Studios Projectspace, Blackpool, UK. 

2021- Exhibit GAY- The Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK. 
 
 PERFORMANCE/ EVENTS/ TALKS/ WORKSHOPS-

2018- Boats, Coats and Votes- Vote 100- Birley Studios, Preston, UK.

2019- Queering The Harris- Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK.

2019 - ‘We Matter’- Harris Young Creatives, The Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK.

2019- Visibly Queer- Re-Imagined Cities- UK Anarchist Festival 2019- Birley Studios, Preston, UK. 

2020- The Preston Project Panel- Harris Young Producers- Blaze Arts- Preston, UK.

CURATORIAL/ OTHER EXPERIENCE-

Cultural Governor, Preston Cultural Framework Board- Preston, UK, 2021- Present

Projects/ Programme Curator- The Birley Studios, Preston, UK- 2020- present.

Assistant Curator- G R A F T- Harris Museum & Art Gallery- 2019.

Senior Curatorial Assistant- Hanover Project- 2018-Present.

Curatorial Assistant- Hanover Project Gallery - 2017-2018.
(For list of curated shows, Please Visit- www.hanoverproject.wordpress.com)

 Assistant Curator- Between Surface & Event - Clem Crosby- Hanover Project Gallery- March 2018.

Studio Assistant- Artist- Victoria Lucas- Bloc Studios- April 2017.
AWARDS
2019- Shortlisted- Robert Walters Group UK Young Artist of the Year Art Prize, UKYA, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.

2016- UCLAN DS16 Awards, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.


FEATURES/ LINKS / PUBLICATIONS/ PODCASTS

2020- The Conversation of Art Podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/kerry-tenbey-1-2/id1540435026?i=1000505363790&l=en

2020- Review ‘The Potion Room’- https://stephensongeorgia.com/KERRY-TENBEY

2019- IGNANT Magazine-  https://www.ignant.com/2019/04/30/kerry-tenbeys-tactile-and-grotesque-art-aims-to-destroy-assumptions-about-gender/

2019- Collater.al Magazine-  https://www.collater.al/en/sculpture-kerry-tenbey/

2018- UK Young Artists-  http://www.ukyoungartists.co.uk/ukya-artists-1/kerry-tenbey

2016- UCLAN DS16 Awards-  https://www.uclan.ac.uk/news/kerry-tenbey.php