Meet
Chippie
Chippie Kennedy’s work is driven by her fascination with the presentation of the human form. She began in fashion design, exploring the movement of the body in cloth, but her desire to understand the human form led her to sculpture. Her transition from cloth to clay parallels the search for the inner self, for understanding of human form and spirit.
Chippie studied at the Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy, Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada and the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Art, New York. Her work has been shown in private collections in the US, Canada, Mexico, Italy, France and the UK. She divides her time between the US and Canada and has recently established a permanent studio in the historic Lunenburg Foundry in Nova Scotia.
Chippie divides her time between private studios and public gallery spaces. Her Lunenburg, Nova Scotia gallery attracts an international audience, drawn by its coastal setting, and will soon expand into a larger waterfront space in the heart of town. Her work is exhibited internationally in prominent galleries and private collections and has been recognized with multiple awards.
GALLERIES
Sirona Fine Art
Hallandale Beach, FL
Laurie Swim
Lunenburg NS (Spring 2018)
Doucet-Watts & Davis Interiors
Halifax, NS (Spring 2018)
AWARDS
2017 Award of Merit – Gaea
The 52nd Founders Juried Awards Exhibition
13th International ARC Salon
Finalist
2017 Honorable Mention Award
Circle Foundation Artist of the Year 2017
2017 Best Portrait Award
Canadian Portrait Society Competition “The Miracle of the Portrait”
Jurors Choice Award
51st Annual Founders Exhibition, Naples Art Association
Washington Award of Merit
Sculpture for a New Century, SUNY Newburgh, NY
2014/2015 Finalist Award of Merit
American Portrait Society - International ARC Salon
EXHIBITIONS
2023
Small Pieces, Laurie Swim Gallery, Group Exhibition, Lunenburg NS
2023
Posturing, The Ice House, Group Exhibition, Tatamagouche NS
2022
Posturing, Nova Scotia Archives, Group Exhibition, Halifax NS
2022
Being Ourselves’, Society of Canadian Artists, Atlantic, Members Exhibition, 14 Bells Fine Art Gallery, Halifax NS
2022
Featured Artist, Grand Re-Opening Laurie Swim Gallery
2022
Being Ourselves’, Society of Canadian Artists, Atlantic, Members Exhibition, 14 Bells Fine Art Gallery, Halifax NS
2022
Featured Artist, Grand ReOpening Laurie Swim Gallery
2021
Florence Academy of Art 30th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition – FAA Today
2021
Society of Canadian Artists, 53rd Open Juried Exhibition
2021
The Pandemic: A Sculptor’s View, Group Exhibition
2021
Contemporary Art Curator Magazine “INFINITE DREAMS”
2021
Society of Canadian Artists, 53rd Open Juried Exhibition
2020
International Sculpture Society Professional Members Showcase
2020
Solo Show, Laurie Swim Gallery (solo show), Lunenburg, NS
2020
Finalist, 15th International ARC Salon, CIRQUE DEUX
2020
Semi Finalist, 15th International ARC Salon, CIRQUE UN, CIRQUE DEUX, MAUD and AVIV
2019
Spectrum – Red Dot, Miami Art Week, Miami FL
2019
First Place award, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Spectrum Miami Contest, LAZY RIVER
2019
Master Artist of Today, Pier 21 Halifax
2018
6th Place Award for Non-Commissioned work, Portrait Society of America, NIOBE
2018
National Sculpture Society 85th Annual Awards Exhibition, juried group show
2018
Salmagundi 40th Annual Open Exhibition, Painting, Sculpture, Graphics & Photography, juried group show
2017
The 52nd Founders Juried Awards Exhibition, Group exhibition
2016
51st Founders Exhibition Naples Art Association FL, Group exhibition
2016
Jurors Choice Award, 51st Founders Exhibition, Naples FL
2016
Juried Art Fair, Vero Beach, FL
2016
Juried Art Fair, Naples FL
2016
Haynes Gallery, group shows, Nashville TN
2015
Haynes Gallery, Art for Women by Women, Nashville TN
2014
Bontecou Gallery, Millbrook NY, Group exhibition
2014
American Portrait Society, Juried Exhibition
2014
Chiaroscuro: Impressions and Imprints, Richard Massey Foundation NY
2012
Sculpture for a New Century, SUNY Newburgh, NY
2012
Florence Academy of Art Alumni, juried exhibition, Italy
2009
National Academy Museum and School of Fine Art, juried exhibition