Education
2009
MFA, Photography, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2006
BFA, Photography and Film, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Exhibitions
2023
Visceral BodiesGallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2022
Pointing at OurselvesWoody Gaddis Gallery, The University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK
The Embankment On My Mind, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
Black & White to Magnificent Color! Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ
Landscape, Cold Air Fine Art, Online
2021
gray space, Treat Gallery, Online
potographika, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Packard Group National Exhibition 2021, Vermillion, South Dakota
MFA Thesis, Ivy League Gallery, online
/ˈradək(ə)l/ - roots, body & fruit, Congregation B’nai Jacob, Jersey City, NJ
2020
Abstrakt, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Identity, Atelier Rosal, Rahway, NJ
Taking Pictures, Galleria Deptford, Deptford, NJ
2019
Kerry Kolenut and Mirko Notarangelo, Casa Colombo, Jersey City, NJ
Water Shapes, Curatorial Studio, Spark Lab, Grand Rapids, MI
Defining Home, Woody Gaddis Gallery, The University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK
Interrogations: Artists at Work, Newark Arts, Newark, NJ
Revisiting Jerseyscapes, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
Salons 2019, Watchung Art Center, Watchung, NJ
Somewhere We Have Landed, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Nine Lives, Deep Space Gallery, Artsy, Online, Jersey City, NJ
Kerry Kolenut and Mauro Zamora, Warren County Community College, Washington, NJ
2018
Soft News, Smush Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Who am I? Who are we?, Grace Church, Jersey City, NJ
My Calling, Fine Art Gallery, Saint Peter’s University, Jersey City, NJ
Diverse Visions, Maloney Gallery, The College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
Photo/Series, Rotunda Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
The Exhibition Lab, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
Zero to 60, Smush Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2017
Reunion: Return, Reconnect, Respond, The Gallery at the Greenly Center, Bloomsburg, PA
Travel and Discovery, Light Leaked, Online
JCAST, Triangle Building, Jersey City, NJ
The Art Project, The Oakman, Jersey City, NJ
Curator’s Choice, Casa Columbo, Jersey City, NJ
NET 2.4 Moments that stay, Oranbeg Press, Online
Photography Unsettled, Artworks Loveland, Loveland, CO
Animilia, Local Project, LIC, NY
2016
Curator’s Choice Exhibition, Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Submergence, Windows on Columbus, Jersey City, NJ
2015
Domesticated Space Travelers, Temporary Storage, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
Curator’s Choice, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
Nexus, Arts Guild of New Jersey, Rahway, NJ
Cool and Collected ’15, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Viewpoints 2015, aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Works on View, Lincoln Country Club, Lincoln, NE
Far and Wide, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, N
My View, Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ
Water, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Linear Exposure, City Life, Jersey City, NJ
Artificers, Kerry Kolenut & Ripley Whiteside, Darger HQ, Parrish Studios, Lincoln, NE
Victory for Tyler, Icebox Project Space, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Exhibition, The Gallery at Greenly Center, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
Fluidity, LITM Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Eidetic: A Group Photography Exhibition, Darger HQ, Parrish Studios, Lincoln, NE
Line Describing a Cone: Tri-State Juried Exhibition, Katonah Art Museum, Katonah, NY
Chroma, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2014
Home, Zufall Health, Dover, NJ
Duets, Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJHome, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Home, Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association, Santa Ana, CA
Inaugural Exhibition, Darger HQ, Parrish Studios, Lincoln, NE
Darger HQ Booth, Love Art Fair, Toronto, CA
Content in Absence, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, NJ
2013
3rd Annual Open Studio Tour, NP Art Studios, Passaic, NJ
Celebrations, RSI Bank, Rahway, NJ
Recollections and Rigmarole, Hardee Center for the Arts, North Florida Community College, Madison, FL
2012
Road, Castell Photography Gallery, Asheville, NC
Submissions and Transmissions, Newark Arts Council, Newark, NJ
2nd Annual Open Studio Tour, NP Art Studios, Passaic, NJ
Back to School, Gallery U, Red Bank, NJ
Distance: Contemporary Photography, TEJAS Gallery, Dayton, OH
Developed Work, Center Gallery at the Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS
Young Talent Show, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
2011
Snap: Our People: Narrative/Portrait, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
In•Sight: New Jersey Artists, Gallery Bergen, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ
Beginnings: Stories and Starting Points, Black Cloud Gallery, Chicago, IL
Open Studio Tour, NP Art Studios, Passaic, NJ
Colleen: a structural history, Great River Gallery, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN
Explorations: New Works by New Artists, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
Swimming Pools works by Kerry Kolenut, Gallery Gray, Online
Snow, XL Projects, Syracuse, NY
2010
7th Annual Transformer Silent Auction, The Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington DC
Pro Arts Members Show, Grace Church Van Vorst, Jersey City, NJ
Wanderlust, Chris White Gallery, Wilmington, DE
24th International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2009
Experiencing America, Gormley Gallery, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Family Ties: The First Wave, Fox Art Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Progression, Eris Temple Artspace, Philadelphia, PA
MUXING, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Mike and Colleen: a structural history, MFA Thesis, Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art Philadelphia, PA
The Cost of Living: Reflections of an Economic Crisis, Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
NAGAS: North American Graduate Art Survey, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2008
Farewell to Tyler Postcard Exhibition,Elkins Hall, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Technocracy: image production/distribution/consumption, SPE Mid-Atlantic Student Photography Exhibition, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA
MFA Photography Exhibition, Elkins Hall, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
2007
Photography Area Exhibition, Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
2006
VCU Juried Senior Photography Exhibition, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
Juried Student Fine Arts Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2004
Light Friction, Plant Zero, Richmond, VA
Publications and Bibliography
Imitations of Life, LoosenArt, December 2017
NET 2.4 Moments that stay, Oranbeg Press, May 2017
Les Femmes Folles: The Women 2015. February 2016
Kerry Kolenut. 24/7/art, November 2015
Lockjaws* Issue 1. Lockjaws*, October 2015
10 Point Artist Profile: Kerry Kolenut. onefive4gallery, 8/30/15
Interview, Celestial Space Radio, Hoboken, NJ, May 10, 2015
Volume 4. BOAAT Press, February 2015
Kerry Kolenut, Artist. Les Femmes Folles, 2/3/15
Kerry Kolenut. Peek, 1/20/15
Fair Lawn, New Jersey: Through the Eyes of Photographer Kerry Kolenut. The Rare Bird. 12/18/14
Road, Castell Photography, 2012
The Many Faces of Passaic County 2011. Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council, May 2011
Capital Gains. DC Modern Luxury, November 2010
Photography of the American experience. The Beacon, November 2009
Kerry Kolenut. Lenscratch, 10/27/2009
SPE Portfolio: Kerry Kolenut. Ian Aeksander Adams. October 2009
Repetition. Pie Paper, August 2009
What’s Your Function in Life. Waterfall Magazine, August 2009
Student Portfolios: GoPro Finalists. American Photo: On Campus, March 2009
Kerry Kolenut, Fly Girl Blog. 2/26/2009
Student Exhibition, SPE Mid-Atlantic, 2008
VCU Lookbook. VCU Arts, 2007-2011
Quirky' exhibit showcases works of art majors. The Commonwealth Times, 4/27/06