Michael Kennedy graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts where he was the recipient of the Ursula Hoff Institute Inc. Drawing and Painting Award and has completed an artist residency at DÔ-SÔ AIR, Fujiyoshida, Japan. Michael has exhibited at a number of artist-run and commercial galleries including CAVES, Bus Projects, West Space, SEVENTH, Blindside, Rubicon, 2SP, Firstdraft, Sumer (New Zealand) and DÔ-SÔ (Japan).