JULIAN McKENNY


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Exposure - Recent Publications and Exhibitions



Examples of my work shown in online/digital and printed publications and exhibitions.



ARTS ETCETERA MAGAZINE
ISSUE 2, MAY 2022





A new magazine for the arts

A selection of photographic work from projects within About A Place accompanied by an interview with editor Jordan Brinkworth who I met in the Glynn Vivian Gallery in Swansea where I spent a pleasant couple of hours answering his questions and talking about my work. https://artetcetera-magazine.com



ARTS ETCETERA MAGAZINE
ISSUE 2, MAY 2022





A new magazine for the arts

A selection of photographic work from projects within About A Place accompanied by an interview with editor Jordan Brinkworth who I met in the Glynn Vivian Gallery in Swansea where I spent a pleasant couple of hours answering his questions and talking about my work. https://artetcetera-magazine.com



ARTS ETCETERA MAGAZINE
ISSUE 2, MAY 2022





A new magazine for the arts

A selection of photographic work from projects within About A Place accompanied by an interview with editor Jordan Brinkworth who I met in the Glynn Vivian Gallery in Swansea where I spent a pleasant couple of hours answering his questions and talking about my work. https://artetcetera-magazine.com



ARTS ETCETERA MAGAZINE
ISSUE 2, MAY 2022





A new magazine for the arts

A selection of photographic work from projects within About A Place accompanied by an interview with editor Jordan Brinkworth who I met in the Glynn Vivian Gallery in Swansea where I spent a pleasant couple of hours answering his questions and talking about my work. https://artetcetera-magazine.com



drawing - what is it?
oriel q gallery, narberth, pembrokeshire





Images from the series Use of Land

Three drawings included in the group show Drawing - What Is It?

11th February to 12th March 2022.

https://www.orielqnarberth.com/drawingwhat-is-it-



drawing - what is it?
oriel q gallery, narberth, pembrokeshire





Images from the series Use of Land

Three drawings included in the group show Drawing - What Is It?

11th February to 12th March 2022.

https://www.orielqnarberth.com/drawingwhat-is-it-



drawing - what is it?
oriel q gallery, narberth, pembrokeshire





Images from the series Use of Land

Three drawings included in the group show Drawing - What Is It?

11th February to 12th March 2022.

https://www.orielqnarberth.com/drawingwhat-is-it-



oriel lockdown - aberystwyth arts centre june 21st to sept 25th 2021





Two of my images from 'The Event' were included in this group show - the smaller images in the photograph.

This exhibition celebrates the value that the arts have played over the period of the pandemic. With most of us confined to our houses and the local vicinity, we noticed on social media that a huge amount of people including amateur and professional artists were turning to art and creativity to see them through. We wanted to capture a snapshot of this unprecedented time where we have collectively had to face an overwhelming, extraordinary and uncertain situation, and so decided to make an open call out to submit works that were created during lockdown and responded to the pandemic.



oriel lockdown - aberystwyth arts centre june 21st to sept 25th 2021





Two of my images from 'The Event' were included in this group show - the smaller images in the photograph.

https://www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk/exhibitions/oriel-lockdown-wythnosweek-11

"This exhibition celebrates the value that the arts have played over the period of the pandemic. With most of us confined to our houses and the local vicinity, we noticed on social media that a huge amount of people including amateur and professional artists were turning to art and creativity to see them through. We wanted to capture a snapshot of this unprecedented time where we have collectively had to face an overwhelming, extraordinary and uncertain situation, and so decided to make an open call out to submit works that were created during lockdown and responded to the pandemic."



ORIEL LOCKDOWN - ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE JUNE 21ST TO SEPT 25TH 2021





Two of my images from 'The Event' were included in this group show - the smaller images in the photograph.

https://www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk/exhibitions/oriel-lockdown-wythnosweek-11

"This exhibition celebrates the value that the arts have played over the period of the pandemic. With most of us confined to our houses and the local vicinity, we noticed on social media that a huge amount of people including amateur and professional artists were turning to art and creativity to see them through. We wanted to capture a snapshot of this unprecedented time where we have collectively had to face an overwhelming, extraordinary and uncertain situation, and so decided to make an open call out to submit works that were created during lockdown and responded to the pandemic."



ORIEL LOCKDOWN - ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE JUNE 21ST TO SEPT 25TH 2021





Two of my images from 'The Event' were included in this group show - the smaller images in the photograph.

https://www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk/exhibitions/oriel-lockdown-wythnosweek-11

"This exhibition celebrates the value that the arts have played over the period of the pandemic. With most of us confined to our houses and the local vicinity, we noticed on social media that a huge amount of people including amateur and professional artists were turning to art and creativity to see them through. We wanted to capture a snapshot of this unprecedented time where we have collectively had to face an overwhelming, extraordinary and uncertain situation, and so decided to make an open call out to submit works that were created during lockdown and responded to the pandemic."



ORIEL LOCKDOWN - ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE JUNE 21ST TO SEPT 25TH 2021





Two of my images from 'The Event' were included in this group show - the smaller images in the photograph.

https://www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk/exhibitions/oriel-lockdown-wythnosweek-11

"This exhibition celebrates the value that the arts have played over the period of the pandemic. With most of us confined to our houses and the local vicinity, we noticed on social media that a huge amount of people including amateur and professional artists were turning to art and creativity to see them through. We wanted to capture a snapshot of this unprecedented time where we have collectively had to face an overwhelming, extraordinary and uncertain situation, and so decided to make an open call out to submit works that were created during lockdown and responded to the pandemic."



photomonitor interview with alicia miller - [about] a place, november 2019





Images from the series [About] A Place

https://photomonitor.co.uk/interview/about-a-place/

Interview for well-regarded online publication Photomonitor - "Every now and then, images arrive in the inbox or on social media which make one slow down, with their welcome window onto reality, a pause for thought. Below, Alicia Miller recently spoke with Julian McKenny about one such project, McKenny’s documentary series [About] A Place, to find out what resonates with him to make these images."



nawr magazine - issue #1 spring 2020





Images from 'Self:Build:Self' were included in this online magazine

https://nawrmag.wordpress.com

https://issuu.com/nawrmag/docs/nawr_issue_001_spring_2020

nawr is a quarterly magazine publishing poetry, philosophy and photography right now, from Welsh and Wales-based creatives. nawr aims to publish work that reflects contemporary Wales and Welshness – art that captures the present moment through philosophy, poetry & prose and art & photography



NAWR MAGAZINE - ISSUE #1 SPRING 2020





Images from 'Self:Build:Self' were included in this online magazine

https://nawrmag.wordpress.com https://issuu.com/nawrmag/docs/nawr_issue_001_spring_2020

nawr is a quarterly magazine publishing poetry, philosophy and photography right now, from Welsh and Wales-based creatives. nawr aims to publish work that reflects contemporary Wales and Welshness – art that captures the present moment through philosophy, poetry & prose and art & photography



nawr magazine - issue #2 summer 2020





Images from the series Connections, part of About A Place

https://www.slopprojects.com/rural-slop.html

https://issuu.com/nawrmag/docs/nawr_issue_2_summer_2020​

Images from my series Connections which uses abandoned wiring following the electric fix on our strawbuild house were used for the front and back covers of this issue of Nawr magazine



nawr magazine - issue #4 winter 2021





Images from the series Biblically Stilled Lives

https://www.slopprojects.com/rural-slop.html

https://issuu.com/nawrmag/docs/nawr_004_my_people​

Four images meditating on lockdown



nawr magazine - issue #4 winter 2021





Images from the series Biblically Stilled Lives

https://www.slopprojects.com/rural-slop.html

https://issuu.com/nawrmag/docs/nawr_004_my_people​

Four images meditating on lockdown



rural slop - subverting notions of contemporary rural art - june 2020





Images from the series [About] A Place

https://www.slopprojects.com/rural-slop.html

https://issuu.com/slop.projects/docs/rural_slop1

This publication challenges and subverts traditional notions of contemporary rural art, featuring 18 fantastic contemporary artists that offer a fresher and more exciting view of the countryside, opposed to the chocolate box depictions of landscape often exhibited. We want this project to act as a catalyst for discussion, bringing artists together from often isolated environments and promoting discussion around opportunity and access in rural regions



RURAL SLOP - SUBVERTING NOTIONS OF CONTEMPORARY RURAL ART - JUNE 2020





Images from the series [About] A Place

https://www.slopprojects.com/rural-slop.html https://issuu.com/slop.projects/docs/rural_slop1

This publication challenges and subverts traditional notions of contemporary rural art, featuring 18 fantastic contemporary artists that offer a fresher and more exciting view of the countryside, opposed to the chocolate box depictions of landscape often exhibited. We want this project to act as a catalyst for discussion, bringing artists together from often isolated environments and promoting discussion around opportunity and access in rural regions



RURAL SLOP - SUBVERTING NOTIONS OF CONTEMPORARY RURAL ART - JUNE 2020





Images from the series [About] A Place

https://www.slopprojects.com/rural-slop.html https://issuu.com/slop.projects/docs/rural_slop1

This publication challenges and subverts traditional notions of contemporary rural art, featuring 18 fantastic contemporary artists that offer a fresher and more exciting view of the countryside, opposed to the chocolate box depictions of landscape often exhibited. We want this project to act as a catalyst for discussion, bringing artists together from often isolated environments and promoting discussion around opportunity and access in rural regions



lampeter review magazine issue #13 - means of escape





Eight Images from the series Means of Escape

Magazine mostly featuring creative writing from Lampeter University but with several pages from artists in each issue.



lampeter review magazine issue #13 - means of escape





Eight Images from the series Means of Escape

Magazine mostly featuring creative writing from Lampeter University but with several pages from artists in each issue.



lampeter review magazine issue #13 - means of escape





Eight Images from the series Means of Escape

Magazine mostly featuring creative writing from Lampeter University but with several pages from artists in each issue.



lampeter review magazine issue #13 - means of escape





Eight Images from the series Means of Escape

Magazine mostly featuring creative writing from Lampeter University but with several pages from artists in each issue.



lampeter review magazine issue #13 - means of escape





Eight Images from the series Means of Escape

Magazine mostly featuring creative writing from Lampeter University but with several pages from artists in each issue.



CARBON-BORDERS-VOICES
FEBRUARY 2022





Images from my series The Event

Carbon - Borders - Voices is an interdisciplinary exhibition involving research and practice focusing on places of transition on coasts and borders within the context of climate crisis. This has emerged into a space for interaction, exchange, debate and collaboration between the arts and sciences at this critical moment in time.

https://www.carbon-borders-voices.com/julian-mckenny



CARBON-BORDERS-VOICES
FEBRUARY 2022





Images from my series The Event

Carbon - Borders - Voices is an interdisciplinary exhibition involving research and practice focusing on places of transition on coasts and borders within the context of climate crisis. This has emerged into a space for interaction, exchange, debate and collaboration between the arts and sciences at this critical moment in time.

https://www.carbon-borders-voices.com/julian-mckenny



CARBON-BORDERS-VOICES
FEBRUARY 2022





Images from my series The Event

Carbon - Borders - Voices is an interdisciplinary exhibition involving research and practice focusing on places of transition on coasts and borders within the context of climate crisis. This has emerged into a space for interaction, exchange, debate and collaboration between the arts and sciences at this critical moment in time.

https://www.carbon-borders-voices.com/julian-mckenny



CARBON-BORDERS-VOICES
February 2022





Images from my series The Event

Carbon - Borders - Voices is an interdisciplinary exhibition involving research and practice focusing on places of transition on coasts and borders within the context of climate crisis. This has emerged into a space for interaction, exchange, debate and collaboration between the arts and sciences at this critical moment in time.

https://www.carbon-borders-voices.com/julian-mckenny



WAYS OF LIVING - OPEN EYE GALLERY, LIVERPOOL





A selection of images from the projects within About A Place

Then There Was Us selected a range of work from artists working around themes of climate, land use, habitats and so on for projection within the Open Eye photography gallery in Liverpool during January 2022.

https://www.thentherewasus.co.uk/projects/ways-of-living/julian-mckenny



WAYS OF LIVING - OPEN EYE GALLERY, LIVERPOOL





A selection of images from the projects within About A Place

Then There Was Us selected a range of work from artists working around themes of climate, land use, habitats and so on for projection within the Open Eye photography gallery in Liverpool during January 2022.

https://www.thentherewasus.co.uk/projects/ways-of-living/julian-mckenny



WAYS OF LIVING - OPEN EYE GALLERY, LIVERPOOL





A selection of images from the projects within About A Place

Then There Was Us selected a range of work from artists working around themes of climate, land use, habitats and so on for projection within the Open Eye photography gallery in Liverpool during January 2022.

https://www.thentherewasus.co.uk/projects/ways-of-living/julian-mckenny



WAYS OF LIVING - OPEN EYE GALLERY, LIVERPOOL





A selection of images from the projects within About A Place

Then There Was Us selected a range of work from artists working around themes of climate, land use, habitats and so on for projection within the Open Eye photography gallery in Liverpool during January 2022.

https://www.thentherewasus.co.uk/projects/ways-of-living/julian-mckenny



WAYS OF LIVING - OPEN EYE GALLERY, LIVERPOOL





A selection of images from the projects within About A Place

Then There Was Us selected a range of work from artists working around themes of climate, land use, habitats and so on for projection within the Open Eye photography gallery in Liverpool during January 2022.



piano stories booklet - fabrizio paterlini





Image from the series Means of Escape​

https://issuu.com/pankowcreatives/docs/fabrizio_paterlini_-_piano_microstories_publicatio

The brief called for images or poetry whose emotional content matched short piano pieces by Fabrizio Paterlini to accompany a cd of the Piano Microstories - the Eighth Note



PIANO STORIES BOOKLET - FABRIZIO PATERLINI





Image from the series Means of Escape​

https://issuu.com/pankowcreatives/docs/fabrizio_paterlini_-_piano_microstories_publicatio

The brief called for images or poetry whose emotional content matched short piano pieces by Fabrizio Paterlini to accompany a cd of the Piano Microstories - the Eighth Note



clay paint workshop at oriel myrddin, carmarthen with Debbie Rees





Photography and assisting during workshop

Debbie Rees taught a group of artists how to make clay paint and a shared image was created of insects to celebrate the role of pollinators. Paint powders supplied by Celtic Sustainables and the images featured as an advertorial for them in Ceredigion Art Trail magazine.

https://ceredigionarttrail.org.uk/magazine/apr19/



clay paint workshop at oriel myrddin, carmarthen with Debbie Rees





Photography and assisting during workshop

Debbie Rees taught a group of artists how to make clay paint and a shared image was created of insects to celebrate the role of pollinators. Paint powders supplied by Celtic Sustainables and the images featured as an advertorial for them in Ceredigion Art Trail magazine.

https://ceredigionarttrail.org.uk/magazine/apr19/



clay paint workshop at oriel myrddin, carmarthen with Debbie Rees





Photography and assisting during workshop

Debbie Rees taught a group of artists how to make clay paint and a shared image was created of insects to celebrate the role of pollinators. Paint powders supplied by Celtic Sustainables and the images featured as an advertorial for them in Ceredigion Art Trail magazine.

https://ceredigionarttrail.org.uk/magazine/apr19/



Elsie online magazine - no parking





Images from across various No Parking series​

https://www.elsiemagazine.co.uk



Elsie online magazine - no parking





Images from across various No Parking series​

https://www.elsiemagazine.co.uk



Elsie online magazine - no parking





Images from across various No Parking series​

https://www.elsiemagazine.co.uk



Elsie online magazine - no parking





Images from across various No Parking series​

https://www.elsiemagazine.co.uk



Elsie online magazine - no parking





Images from across various No Parking series​

https://www.elsiemagazine.co.uk



Elsie online magazine - no parking





Images from across various No Parking series​

https://www.elsiemagazine.co.uk



open fragment - the pragmata collective





Open Fragment March 2021

Curated exhibition as an experiment in open ended curatorship by The Pragmata Collective. Artworks by over 200 artists were included - an image from my series Patterns of Empire was selected.

https://pragmatacollective.co.uk/OpenFragmentProject.html



OPEN FRAGMENT - THE PRAGMATA COLLECTIVE





Open Fragment March 2021

Curated exhibition as an experiment in open ended curatorship by The Pragmata Collective. Artworks by over 200 artists were included - an image from my series Patterns of Empire was selected. https://pragmatacollective.co.uk/OpenFragmentProject.html



OPEN FRAGMENT - THE PRAGMATA COLLECTIVE





Open Fragment March 2021

Curated exhibition as an experiment in open ended curatorship by The Pragmata Collective. Artworks by over 200 artists were included - an image from my series Patterns of Empire was selected. https://pragmatacollective.co.uk/OpenFragmentProject.html



GWEN SANDERSON - WEAVING COURSE FINAL SHOW





Support images for exhibition

With a selection of works based on mummy wrappings, Gwen wrapped a tree stump on our land in fabric and I photographed it as nature took its course as a collaboration, which Gwen was then able to use to show the work in her final show.



gwen sanderson - weaving course final show





Support images for exhibition​

With a selection of works based on mummy wrappings, Gwen wrapped a tree stump on our land in fabric and I photographed it as nature took its course as a collaboration, which Gwen was then able to use to show the work in her final show.



JULIAN McKENNY



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