Michael Kennedy

Artist & certifiable weirdo Michael Kennedy (aka Malangeo) creates wonderfully weird portraits of cute critters, macabre beasties & zombie turnips.

"I was brought up on the irreverent humour of cartoons and comics like The Farside and Calvin & Hobbes; later the discovery of art magazine “Juxtapoz” introduced me to the low brow & pop-surrealism art movement."

His work is a unique blend of traditional oil painting technique and contemporary pop surreal style and oozes of whimsical charm, dark humour and pop culture references.

Other creative interests of note include illustrating, teaching, live-painting, sculpture, plush toy making.

This year Michael is currently working towards his third solo exhibition, along with a major exhibition with a fellow pop-surrealist at the end of the year to be held at The Depot.  His paintings and prints can be found at The Depot's Front Room art & object www.depotartspace.co.nz.

Find out more about Michael here: www.malangeo.com