debbi kenote

Interview with Debbi Kenote, Yale Radio, April 17, 2024

Interview with Debbi Kenote, by ArtAsForm, March 22, 2024

Cross Cut exhibition featured in Two Coats of Paint’s “NYC Selected Gallery Guide: March 2024.”

DURAN | MASHAAL is pleased to announce the unveiling of "Lacuna," marking Debbi Kenote's inaugural solo presentation and her second exhibition with the gallery. "Lacuna" introduces an exquisite collection of new shaped works by the esteemed artist, offering a captivating exploration into Kenote's creative journey.

Drawing inspiration from cherished childhood memories and a profound fascination with American Craft Traditions, Kenote unveils a series of shaped canvases that challenge conventional artistic boundaries. Through her meticulous process of crafting her own stretchers-a task akin to assembling a complex puzzle-Kenote redefines the traditional rectangular painting canvas. Delving into extensive research on quilts, weaving, and architecture, Kenote meticulously designs and constructs canvas shapes that serve as the foundation for her expressive artworks.

Cristin Tierney Gallery is pleased to present Cross Cut, an exhibition of new work by Debbi Kenote and Mark Sengbusch. Cross Cut, which features both artists' individual explorations of the language of sculpture through painting, opens Friday, March 8th with a reception from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and continues through April 20th. This marks Kenote’s first and Sengbusch’s second exhibition with the gallery. Both artists will be present at the reception.

“Cross Cut is a nice metaphor for both of our interests in woodworking and our interaction with the 3D plane while painting. We intersect shapes horizontally, quite often through the act of tiling or joining, something quite unusual for painters. Cross Cut is also used in the sense of taking a journey or cutting through history. While working as contemporary painters in New York City, we both find similar landmarks in history to claim as influences (architecture, craft, as well as over a decade shared in NYC).” - Debbi Kenote & Mark Sengbusch

Marvin Gardens is pleased to present Reverse Reverb, a two-person exhibition of shaped works on canvas featuring Debbi Kenote and Zuriel Waters. The Brooklyn based painters have honed in on two very distinct ways to literally stretch the boundaries of paintings. Both display a command of carefully chosen color, building compositions that play with space laterally: Kenote’s stretched canvas structures reference the center of the work with angular movements radiating outward and pointing inward, depending on the reading of the viewer. While Waters’ tactile, flat objects display bulbous and curving forms protruding laterally from a central cross or square. Both seem to embody a history of textile and dye, although Waters’ surfaces are all custom paint mixtures lending to that effect, and the method of pinning to the wall also suggests how a carpet is displayed. Kenote applies archival pigments to achieve atmospheric dyed backgrounds onto which biomorphic shapes are then painted. These forms enhance and at times contradict the rigid custom supports over which the painting is stretched. Seen in the same space the conversation between the two artists is palpable, almost like sound waves radiating from the centers of their compositions, complementing each other in their differences. A conversation that ultimately feels as if it fits together like pieces of a puzzle.

Surface Level featured in Two Coats of Paint, Sept 9, 2023

Debbi Kenote Studio Visit and Artist Feature with Liquitex Paint, published August, 2023

Debbi Kenote Interview with Maake Magazine, published June 26, 2023

Painting on the Edge with Debbi Kenote interview with Rise Art, published June 8, 2023

Puzzling Together Paintings and Stars with Debbi Kenote, interview with Suboart Magazine published June 5, 2023

Debbi Kenote on Being Creative and Staying True to Yourself as an Artist Podcast featured on Arts to Hearts Podcast. Published June 9, 2023

Mira will be featured in Calibration Chamber, opening Thursday, May 4th at Good Naked. The Exhibition is hosted by the Java Project, located at 252 Java Street #100, Brooklyn, NY. An opening reception will take place on May 4th from 6:00-8:00 PM. Other artists in the exhibition are Gracelee Lawrence, Christopher Fahey and Panayiotis Terzis.

Many Moons on display in Duran|Mashaal’s both at Foire Plural in Montreal. The fair dates are April 20-22, 2023

Booooooom Artist Spotlight: Debbi Kenote, published February 16, 2023.

Debbi Kenote Interview Podcast featured on Aht Cast. Published February 15, 2023

A Peek Behind the Curtain, a group exhibition at BOB’S, opens Saturday, February 4th.

Hyperallergic Review of "Duck Duck Goose," a group exhibition at Field of Play gallery in Brooklyn

“Shape Shifting" has been selected as one of the 10 top exhibitions featured in today's GalleriesNow Weekender.

From the press release: ”Hollis Taggart is pleased to present Shape Shifting, a group exhibition featuring new and recent paintings by five contemporary artists: Tommy Fitzpatrick, Debbi Kenote, Osamu Kobayashi, Kelly Worman, and Hayley Youngs.On view from November 10 to December 31, the exhibition features selections of their paintings, which make use of different mediums but are united in their emphasis on form and color. An opening reception will take place on November 10 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in our Southport location (330 Pequot Avenue). All artists will be in attendance.”

“HER” a group exhibition at Fir Gallery, opens Saturday October 29 in Beijing, China. Two of my paintings, Pericarp and Mazarine Dream will be on display, along with works by other international female identifying artists. The show will be my first time exhibiting in Asia and will be on view through November 30. Press Release can be viewed here.

From SOIL Press Release: “SOIL is pleased to present Belly of the Beast, a three-person exhibition featuring new and recent paintings by Debbi Kenote, Jackson Hunt and Mike Chattem. On view from November 3 - 27, the exhibition features selections of their paintings, which individually expand upon the traditional medium of painting and are united by a shared exploration into abstraction. An opening reception will take place from November 3 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at SOIL in Pioneer square, located at 112 3rd Ave S.” All 3 artists will be in attendance at the opening.

On October 18, 2022, my work was featured in Epicenter NYC as the artist of the week. Link to full feature here.

“An Outlet for my Recluse,” a group exhibition curated by Joelle Provost, opens Friday, November 4th at Good Mother Gallery in Oakland, California. Two of my recent paintings, Wink I and Wink II will be featured in the exhibition. An opening reception will be held on Friday November 4th from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. and the show runs from November 4 - 13.

In August, 2022 I was an artist in residence at the Saltonstall Foundation in Ithaca, NY. During my time in residence, I was interviewed by What’s Hot magazine, along with the other art and writing fellows. (Featured above, Pages 22-27)

“Reflexion,” my co-show with Manon Daviet, opens August 18 at Duran|Mashaal in Montreal, Quebec. The exhibition is my first in Canada, and will be on view from August 18 to September 20. Images and catalog can be viewed above. Press Release is viewable here.

This June, 2022, I was selected as a finalist for the Innovate Grant. My full interview published by Innovate Grant can be found here.