Kerry Downey

Kerry Downey (b. Ft. Lauderdale, 1979) is a genderqueer artist based in Kingston, NY. Downey’s interdisciplinary practice explores embodied forms of resistance and transformation. They use experimental strategies to draw connections between interior worlds and sociopolitical landscapes. They have exhibited at Soloway Gallery and Underdonk in Brooklyn, NY; Bureau of General Services-Queer Division and Kate Warble in New York, NY; Queens Museum in Flushing, NY; The Knockdown Center in Maspeth, NY; The Hessel Museum at Bard CCS in Annandale, NY; Cooper Cole in Toronto, CA; and Taylor Macklin in Zurich, CH. Their publication We collect together in a net was published by Wendy’s Subway in 2019. 

Artist-in-residencies include Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Triangle Arts Association, the Drawing Center’s Open Sessions and the Vermont Studio Center. Downey is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Grant and participated in the Queer|Art|Mentorship program in 2013 (paired with Angela Dufresne). Their work has been in Artforum, The Brooklyn Rail and The Washington Post. Downey spent over a decade teaching Community and Access programs at The Museum of Modern Art. They have also recently taught at Williams College and Hunter College.