Nicholas Bono Kennedy is a Los Angeles-based painter whose work explores the emotional and psychological resonance of his environment. Drawing from a decade-long career in animation, where he specialized in background painting, Kennedy brings a cinematic sensitivity to atmosphere, space, and narrative in his contemporary practice. Core to Kennedy’s paintings is the investigation into how human beings shape, manipulate, and aestheticize the spaces they inhabit. His interest lies not just in the physicality of his interiors, but rather in the symbolic weight those spaces carry. Interior plant life, a recurring motif in his work, serves as a quiet but powerful reminder of our relationship with nature amid the constructs of domesticity. Also central to Kennedy’s visual language is the role of light, not simply as a source of illumination, but rather as an agent for emotional transformation. From the warm golden glow of a late afternoon to the charged stillness of shadow, light in Kennedy’s work shapes how space is perceived and felt. It transforms into a psychological force, capable of suggesting both comfort as well as unease.

Exhibitions:

The Dinner Party