Kenneth E Parris III

Kenneth E. Parris III is a Brooklyn based Visual Artist born in Philadelphia, PA, raised in Austin, TX. He has exhibited across the United States and in numerous art fairs. His paintings and installations have been critically acclaimed, notably by: WalkerArt.org, NPR, Trend Hunter Art & Design, Fine Art Connoisseur, and Time Out New York. His original series of drawings and text titled "Drawing Dance" was featured for twenty-three weeks in The New York Times ArtsBeat and culminated in exhibitions in New York City, Houston, Philadelphia, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and Vail Dance Festival for the Merce Cunningham Centennial Celebration. Kenneth is a studio artist in Chashama’s Space To Create Program and is fiscally sponsored by The Solo Foundation. He has won awards from the American Advertising Federation and had work twice selected for the Bombay Sapphire & Russell Simmons Artisan Series. He is the visual designer for a multi-disciplinary performance titled SET A|PART and performed in the remount of Rashaun Mitchell’s NOX at Danspace Project. Kenneth has been a panelist for The One Club and guest lectured on collaboration at Bard College. He is a Creative Director in Advertising, an Instructor at Miami Ad School in New York City, and Art Editor of H.O.W. Journal. He received a BFA in Illustration and an AAS in Graphic Design from Rochester Institute of Technology, NY. Kenneth has artwork in numerous collections including Barclay & Rebecca Knapp, Lester Marks, and Dr. Richard J. Massey.