Patrick Kennelly is a cross-disciplinary practitioner who works in film/video, theater, performance and the visual arts. In his highly stylized and darkly surreal genre-infused works, Kennelly explores issues of social, cultural and personal identity and subjectivity. Kennelly’s 2012 creation, PATTY received 5 L.A. Weekly Theater Award nominations including “Best Musical.” Kennelly was a recipient of the 2008 Princess Grace Award for Theater, and has received fellowships and grants from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the City of Santa Monica, and the Center for Cultural Innovation. Kennelly is Co-Artistic Director at Highways Performance Space, as well as serving on their board of directors. He is the founder and producer of U-N-M-A-R-K E-D, a project dedicated to live and remote Outer-disciplinary spectacle, horror, glamour, and social justice. Kennelly’s most recent projects included the experimental short-form documentary video ten minutes is two hours, shot in South Sudan (distributed by OneCloudEntertainment); a music video for the single “Body & Blood” off of noise-rap group Clipping.’s debut album on the SubPop label; and the feature film Excess Flesh, premiering at SXSW in March 2015.