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Michael Kenna
Michael Kenna was born in Widnes, Lancashire, England in 1953. His secondary education was spent at Upholland College. He continued his education at the Banbury School of Art, Oxfordshire, where his subject of study was fine arts, with a special interest in photography. In 1980, Michael moved to San Francisco where he resides with his wife, Camille.
In 1973, Kenna decided to concentrate on a three year photography curriculum at the London College of Printing where he received distinctive honors. Kenna loved to walk and photograph in his environment, particularly in the Richmond area of London. For several years he concentrated on the industrial north and west of England. Among many different projects was the photographic studies of the Ratcliffe Power Station in Nottinghamshire, England, The Rouge Steel Plant in Michigan, Le Notre's Gardens in France and most recently a study of sixty photographs entitled Monique's Kindergarten.
Since his first exhibitions in England in the early 1970's, Kenna's work has now become a part of many important collections in the United States and Europe. His photographs are in the permanent collections of: the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Denver Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Carnavalet Museum, Paris, France, The Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, Wiltshire, England, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czechoslovakia, Museum of Modern Art, Strasbourg, France, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, Preus Photography Museum, Horten, Norway.
Michael Kenna prints his own sepia toned, silver gelatin photographs in editions of 45 with 4 artists proofs. All editions are signed and numbered.
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