STEVE KENNA

STEVE KENNA - WHINFIELD GALLERY OWNER

Academician of the South West Academy of Fine Art
Associate Member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art (The Drawing Society)

Following a career in architectural design and graphic art, Steve Kenna is an established as a professional artist and tutor who, over the last two decades, has pursued his exploration and practice of painting in oils, acrylics, and watercolour.

Steve also embraces print-making techniques of copper etching, innovative polymer gravure etching, dynamic monotype printing and gold Leaf/ gilding in his work. These mediums all bring to the surface his principal strength in draftsmanship and display unique and varied mark making.

Steve is the owner and resident artist at Whinfield gallery.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2025
Conferred Associate Membership of the Society of Graphic Fine Art - (The Drawing Society)

2024
Royal Drawing School’s prestigious 'Best in Colour’ Award at the 103rd Open Exhibition of the Society of Graphic Fine Arts in the Mall Galleries, London

2024
Elected Academician of the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts

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RECENT EXHIBITIONS

  • SEP 2025 - Society of Fine and Applied Arts (SWAc) exhibition “Dartmoor New Horizons”, Manaton, Dartmoor

  • JUL 2025 - Royal Watercolor Society Gallery, London - part of the South West Academy 25th Anniversary Exhibition “Light In The West”

  • MAY 2025 - Salcombe Art Club Summer Exhibition, Loft Gallery, Salcombe.

  • MAR 2025 - The Drawing Society’s 104th Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

  • OCT 2024 – Painting commissioned by the Royal National Lifeboat Institute Salcombe, part of the RNLI Bi-centenary celebrations

  • SEP 2024 – Royal West of England Academy (RWA) 171st Open Exhibition, Queens Road, Bristol.

  • JUL 2024 – Painting exhibited & transformed to a billboard - London Underground Pimlico Station as part of the ‘Art Below’ project

  • JUL 2024 – Adlib Gallery Summer Exhibition, Wimbledon Village, London 

  • MAY 2024 – Salcombe Art Club Summer Exhibition. Loft Gallery, Salcombe

  • MAR 2024 - Society of Graphic and Fine Art’s 103rd Open exhibition, Mall Galleries, London - Collected ‘Best in Colour’ award from the Royal Drawing Society for painting ‘Open deck Trawler’

  • NOV 2023 – South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts (SWAc) annual Open Exhibition