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Dr Jenny Keane

Jenny Keane

Senior Lecturer Fine Art

e: jkeane@cardiffmet.ac.uk
w: www.jenny-keane.com


Specialist Subject Areas

Practice: Video Installation, Drawing, Installation, Curation, Performance-to-Camera.
Theory: Feminism, Sexuality, Language, Psychoanalysis, Disgust, Horror.

Qualifications

Jenny Keane studied for her BA at Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick, Ireland, and then completed her MFA and PhD at the University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Biography

Jenny Keane is an Irish visual artist based in Cardiff, South Wales. Keane’s practice is focused on the word ‘horrific’. Examining spatio-temporal installations and performative practices, Keane’s practice and research deals with the negative representation of the ‘monstrous’ female body, through the examination of narratives including horror films, myths, legends, and ghost stories.

Using pauses (drawings) or loops (videos) that challenge the constructions of linear narrative, Keane investigates the dichotomy between fear and desire, its relationship to language and connection to the female body. The work attempts to redefine the concept of the monstrous-feminine, avoiding the trap of the binary, so that the passive and destructive representation of the female body in horror can become an active and positive representation of female sexuality.

Publications, Exhibitions and Awards

Keane has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, and has presented her practice and research at various galleries and conferences in the UK, Ireland, China, Taiwan, the Czech Republic and USA.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

  • ‘Abluo & The Lick Drawings’ Solo Exhibition, Siamsa Tire, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland, 2012.
  • ‘Abluo’ - Solo Exhibition, Platform Arts, Belfast, NI, 2012.
  • 'The Lick Drawings' Solo Exhibition, Ceramic Works Gallery, Limerick, Ireland, 2009.

Selected Group Exhibtions

  • KEEP IT DIRTY, vol., a, "Filth",  Punctum Books, Los Angeles, USA, 2016.

  • MIND IN THE FLESH - Female Bodies in Contemporary Performance, Dance Limerick, Ireland, 2014.

  • RUA - Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast, 2013.

  • ‘What Became of the People We Used To Be?’ Tulca – Curated by Greg McCartney, Galway, Ireland, 2012.

  • ‘Instances of Agreement’ – Curated by Peter Richards, Kao Yuan Art Centre, Taiwan, 2012. 

  • ‘Other Drawings’ - Curated by Breda Lynch, Ormston House, Limerick, Ireland, 2012. 

  • ‘Intimate Revolution’ - Curated by Fion Gunn, Siemens Art Space, Beijing, China, 2012. 

  • ‘SCOPE’ Art Fair, New York, Represented by Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, NI, 2012. 

  • ‘Trans-Art’ Festival of Visual Art, Cavan, Ireland, 2012.

  • ‘London Art Fair’, Represented by Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, NI, 2012.

  • ‘Mirror Machine’ Video Exhibition, Bluewall Gallery, Cavan, Ireland, 2011.

  • ‘Synthesis’, Platform Arts, Queen Street, Belfast, NI, 2011.

  • ‘(dis)Playing the Other’ - Curated by Eoin Dara, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, NI, 2011. 

  • ‘Contemporary Art and the Moving Image’, Queens Film Theatre (QFT), Belfast, NI, 2011. 

  • ‘Dark Waters’, Station Project, Belfast, NI, 2011. 

  • ‘Catalyst Members Show’, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, NI, 2011.

  • ‘The M-Machine' Exhibition, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, NI, 2010. 

  • ‘UKYA’ (UK Young Artists) Exhibition, University of Derby, England, 2010. 

  • 'MisFit' Group Exhibition, Mill St Gallery, Dublin 8, Ireland, 2010. 

  • ‘NEU/NOW’ Festival, European League of Institutes of the Arts, ELIA, 2010. 

  • ‘Live@8’ - Live Art and Video Screening, No. 8, Galway, Ireland, 2010.

  • 'Play and Skinned Knees’, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, NI, 2010.

  • ‘Catalyst Annual Student Show’, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, NI, 2009.

  • ‘Warm Moving Bodies/Exquisite Corpse’, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, NI, 2009. 

  • ‘PLATFORM No. 1’, Platform Arts, Queen Street, Belfast, NI, 2009.

  • ‘Black Box Video’, The Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast, NI, 2008.

  • ‘Caution’ Interim Exhibition, Catalyst Arts, College Court, Belfast, NI, 2008.

  • ‘You Can Come, Yes You Can’, Queen Street Gallery, Belfast, NI, 2007.


Publications

Essays in Edited Peer-Reviewed Books

  • Keane, Jenny, ‘The Big Lick’, in Gluzman, Yelena; Yankelevich, Matvei (eds.), Emergency Index, Ugly Duckling Presse, New York, 2012.
  • Keane, Jenny, ‘Fragmented Fetishes: The Horrific in Contemporary Video Art’ in Davis, Laura K., Santos, Cristina (eds.), The Monster Imagined: Humanity’s Re-Creation of Monsters and Monstrosity, Oxford Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, 2010.

Essays in Edited Peer-Reviewed eBooks

  • Keane, Jenny, ‘Lesbian Representation in Contemporary Video’, in Private Lives. Public Lives: New Research Across the Disciplines, University of Brighton, Brighton, 2010.
  • Keane, Jenny, ‘The Problem of Representability: Lesbian Depiction in the Horror Film and Contemporary Art’, in Evil Women and the Feminine 2, Oxford Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, 2010.
  • Keane, Jenny, ‘Monstrosity’ in Media Modes: At the Intersection of Art and Technology, The School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York, 2009.
  • Keane, Jenny, ‘Fragmented Fetishes: Monstrosity in Female Video Art’, in Monsters and the Monstrous: Myths of Enduring Evil, Oxford Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, 2009.

Art Reviews

  • ‘Jenny Keane - Abluo and The Lick Drawings’ by Sarah Lincoln, Visual Artists’ News Sheet, Published by Visual Artists Ireland, Jan-Feb Issue 1, 2013.
  • ‘Interview with Visual Artist Jenny Keane’ by Sarah Commane, Published by TheUrgeToCreate.com, November 2012.
  • ‘Household, Ormeau Road area, Belfast’ by Slavka Sverakova, Published by Circa – Contemporary Art in Ireland Online, August 2012.
  • ‘Fair Review: SCOPE Art Fair, New York City’ by Aban Sonia, Published by livefastmag.com, March 2012.
  • Review of ‘The Centre for Studies in Otherness Postgraduate Symposium’, Published by Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Online, March 2012.
  • ‘Instances of Agreement, at Kao Yuan Art Centre, Tiawan’ by Peter Richards, Published by Golden Thread Gallery Online, Nov 2012.
  • ‘Jenny Keane Explores Imagery in Horror: A distillation of horror's iconic bathroom scenes at Belfast Platform for the Arts’ by Tammy Moore, Published by Culture Northern Ireland Online, Feb 2012.
  • ‘Gesamtkunstwerk‘ by Michael Clarke, Published by macnovel.org.uk, Jan 2012.
  • ‘(dis)playing the Other @ Catalyst Arts: An artistic exploration of the light and dark of queer identity’ by Harriet Pittard, Published by Culture Northern Ireland Online, July 2011.
  • ‘Jenny Keane: Tongue Tied’ by Ben Crothers, Published by atticusandalgernon.weebly.com, 2011.
  • ‘Exposition troublante de Jenny Keane: Dessiner avec la langue’ by Jean-Samuel Nadeau, Published by Suite 101 Online – Arts Visuels & Arts Plastiques, April 2011.

Art Magazines 

  • ‘Desire and Dust’ ABRIDGED 0-23 Magazine, Published by Abridged, 2011. ‘Absence’ ABRIDGED 0-18 Magazine, Published by Abridged, 2010.

Exhibtion Catalogues

  • ‘Abluo & The Lick Drawings’, Edited by Karl Wallace, Published by Siamsa Tire, 2012. ‘dis(playing) the Other’ Catalogue, Edited by Eoin Dara, Published by Catalyst Arts, 2011. ‘Platform 2’ Catalogue, Edited by Fiona Goggin, Published by Platform Arts, 2010.
  • ‘PANI: Performance Art Northern Ireland’, Edited by Brian Connolly, Published by Bbeyond, 2010.
  • ‘MFA Catalogue’, Edited by David Campbell, Published by University of Ulster, 2008.


Conferences

  • 'Private Lives. Public Lives: New Research Across the Disciplines' Paper: 'Lesbian Representation in Contemporary Video', University of Brighton, Brighton, England, 2010.
  • 'Research Graduate School Conference' Paper: 'Horror in Women's Video Art', University of Ulster, Belfast, NI, 2010. 'Second Global Conference of Evil Women and the Feminine', Paper: 'The Problem of Representability: Lesbian Depiction in the Horror Film & Contemporary Art'. Michna Palace, Prague, Czech Republic, 2010.
  • 'Media Modes: At the Intersection of Art and Technology' Paper: 'Body, Identity and Virtual Space'
  • The School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York, USA, 2009. 
  • 'Monsters and the Monstrous: Myths of Enduring Evil'
  • Paper: 'Fragmented Fetishes: Monstrosity & Desire in Women's Contemporary Art'. Mansfield Hall, Oxford, England, 2009.


Curation

  • 'Domestos' - Martin Boyle; Mary Cowan; Colin Darke; Catherine Devlin; Mairead Dunne; Jenny Keane; Breda Lynch; Hugh O'Donnell; Anne Quail. Household Contemporary Art Festival, Ormeau Road, Belfast, NI, 2012.
  • 'Dark Waters': An Exhibition of 12 International Video Artists - Sue de Beer [USA]; Cecily Brennan [Ireland]; Gabriela Fridriksdottir [Iceland]; Anna Jermolaewa [Russia]; Jenny Keane [Ireland]; Sigalit Landau [Israel]; Irene Loughlin [Canada]; Breda Lynch [Ireland]; Chloe Piene [USA]; Mika Rottenberg [Argentina]; Louise Shine [Ireland]; Catherine Street [Scotland]. The Station, 21 Queen St, Belfast, NI, 2011.
  • Student ev+a Exhibition – 25 student artists (Main ev+a curation by Katerina Gregos). Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick, Ireland, 2006.

Awards

  • RUA (Royal Ulster Academy), Artist Selection, 2013.
  • Support for the Individual Artist Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 2012.
  • Best Exhibition Award, Research Graduate School, University of Ulster, Belfast, 2011. 
  • Siamsa Tire Emerging Art Award Shortlist, Siamsa Tire Gallery, Tralee, Kerry, Ireland, 2011. 
  • NEU/NOW Festival Award, European League of Institutes of the Arts, 2010.
  • UK Young Artist Award, University of Derby, England, 2010.
  • Support for the Individual Artist Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 2010.
  • LCC Artist Award, Limerick City Council, Limerick, Ireland, 2009.