Chris Gwaltney

An Immersive Journey Through the Emotional Landscape of Abstract Art.

Kennedy Contemporary presents Small Joys: Art for the Season November 25th to December 20th, featuring a curated selection of intimate, small-scale artworks.

Kennedy Contemporary is proud to announce a solo exhibition by Laguna Beach artist, Chris Gwaltney. This will be Gwaltney’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and will remain on display from February 7th through March 10th, 2024.

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Kennedy Contemporary is pleased to present 24 x 24, a group exhibition of ten gallery artists. For this conceptual exhibition, each artist was given the same 24" inch square wood panel to craft their own unique vision. The result is a dynamic range of contemporary art - from meditative geometrics to dreamlike glimpses of reality.

Artist Chris Gwaltney, who began his career painting figures, has recently returned to abstraction for his solo exhibition ELEMENTAL. Although a longtime admirer of Bay Area Figurative art—Gwaltney treasures a...