KENNEDY YANKO
ES Nacida en 1988, en St. Louis. Vive y trabaja en Nueva York.
Kennedy Yanko utiliza un medio único que combina metal encontrado y pieles de pintura para crear esculturas abstractas y evocadoras. Para crear estas pieles de pintura, Yanko vierte pintura industrial sobre un suelo cubierto y luego la despega. Después, fija la piel a los armazones de metal que ha soldado, quemado y doblado. Una obra como Agate (2019) tiene una cualidad antropomórfica, que Yanko dice utiliza para abordar “cómo la percepción humana y las expectativas sociales a menudo están en conflicto entre sí.”
EN Born 1988, St. Louis, Live and work at New York.
Kennedy Yanko uses a unique medium featuring found metal and paint skins to create evocative, abstract sculptures. To create these paint skins, Yanko pours industrial paint onto a covered ground, then peels it off. She then attaches the skin to the metal armatures she has welded, torched, and bent. A piece such as Agate (2019) has an anthropomorphic quality, which Yanko says she uses to address “how human perception and societal expectations are often in conflict with each other.”
SOLO SHOW
2025
“Epithets”, James Cohan Gallery, Nueva York (5 de abril – 10 de mayo)
“Retro Future”, Salon 94, Nueva York (5 de abril – 17 de mayo)
“Without Gravity”, Pace Prints, Nueva York (5 de septiembre – 4 de octubre)
2023
“Humming on Life”, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Nueva York
“She is a Verb”, Salon 94, París
2022
“Moving Weight”, CFHILL
“Postcapitalist Desire”, Tilton Gallery, New York
2020
“Salient Queens”, VIELMETTER, Los Angeles, CA
“Because it’s in my blood”, Galleria Poggiali
“ANON”, Dallas Art Fair, Denny Dimin Gallery
2019
“Before Words”, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI
“Hannah”, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago
“Highly Worked”, Denny Dimin Gallery, NY
“Parallels and Peripheries”, Art Center South Florida
“Cry for Victory”, Project + Gallery, Michael David Gallery
2018
“Chasing Time”, Galería Leyendecker, Tenerife
“Out Of Line”, Long Gallery Harlem, New York
2016
“Indelible Fluidity”, Miami Art Week
2013
“Alchemy in Silent Spaces”, Idiosyncrasy Gallery, New York
2012
“Permutation”, The Paragon Theater, St. Louis
“Untitled”, White Rabit, New York
2010
“Paroxysm”, Art Monster, St. Louis
2009
“Wu-Wei”, Abstrakt Gallery, St. Louis
2008
“Untitled”, The Nash Hotel, Miami Beach
“Untitled (Modules)”, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco
GROUP SHOWS
2025
“Matter of Fact: Material as a Political Act”, Kavi Gupta
2024
“In an effort to be held”, Library Street Collective
2023
“(Mostly) Women (Mostly) Abstract”, Eric Firestone Gallery
“ABOUT ART 2023”, MAKASIINI CONTEMPORARY, Frontline, Swivel Gallery
2021
“ONCE IN A LIFETIME”, M. David & Co.
2020
“We are more than a momento”, MCLA BCRC / Gallery 51. North Adams, MA.
“PARALLELS AND PERIPHERIES”, Galleria Anna Marra
“Life During War Time.” University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Fl.
“SITE: Art and Architecture in the Digital Space” Library Street Collective. “State Savings Bank”, Detroit, MI
“Abstract!”, Tilton Gallery, New York
“Variantes Asimétricas”, Fundación Mapfre Guanarteme, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
2019
“Before Words”, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids
“Parallels and Peripheries”, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit
Untitled Fog, Jenkis Johnson, San Francisco
Solo, Dennydimin Harlem Perspectives, Coates & Scarry Armory, Kavi Gupta, NY
2018
“UNTITLED” Art Basel, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Miami
“Cry of Victory and Short Walks to Freedom”, Project + Gallery, St.
Louis
“Parallels And Peripheries”, Art Center South Florida, Miami
“EXPO Chicago”, Kavi Gupta, Chicago
“EXPO Chicago”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Chicago
“Alchemy”, Bric Arts Medias, NY
“The Barn Show 2018”, Johannes Vogt’s Space, East Hampton
“Summertime”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco
“Almost Green”, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, NY
“Senses and Perceptions”, Mana Contemporary, Jersey
“The Aesthetics of Matter”, Volta Pier 90, NY / PULSE Miami, Miami Beach
ART FAIRS
2022
“Art Basel in Miami Beach”, Jeffrey Deitch
“ARCOmadrid 2022”, Galería Leyendecker
“Zona MACO 2022”, Galería Leyendecker
2021
“Art Basel in Miami Beach”, Salon 94
“ARCOmadrid”, Galería Leyendecker
2020
“Dallas Art Fair”, Denny Dimin Gallery, Dallas, Texas
“ARCO Madrid”, Galería Leyendecker, Madrid, Spain
“Armory”, Kavi Gupta Gallery, New York, NY
“Frieze” Kavi Gupta Gallery, New York, NY
2019
“Art Basel”, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Miami, FL
“Expo Chicago”, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Enter Art Fair”, Galleri Jacob Bjorn. Copenhagen, Denmark
“Armory”, Kavi Gupta Gallery, New York, NY
“Frieze LA”, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“UNTITLED FOG”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Fransico, CA
2018
“Art Basel”, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Miami, FL
“UNTITLED”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
“ARCO Madrid”, Galería Leyendecker, Madrid, Spain
“ARCO Lisboa”, Galería Leyendecker, Lisbon, Portugal
“VOLTA”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, NEW York, NY
2017
“PULSE”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
“Projects Miami Beach 2017”, Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Miami
“Hidden in Plain Sight”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York
2016
“Full Circle”, Mason Gallery, New York / FamArt, New York
2015
“Superfine Art Fair”, Art Basel, Miami
“AART”, Joseph Gross Gallery, New York
2014
“I Kan Do Dat”, Rush Art Galleries, New York
“Art Now”, Poppington Gallery, New York
“A Curios Cast of Characters”, New York
2013
“The Future is Now”, New York
2012
“SELECT Art Fair”, Art Basel, Miami
AWARDS AND RESIDENCES
2020
Finalist: Creative Time Open Call. Creative Time
2019
Recipient, Colene Brown Art Prize. BIRC Arts Media
2018
Artist Residency, Galería Leyendecker, Tenerife, Canary Island
Nominee, Painters & Sculptors Grant Program. Joan Mitchell Foundation
Nominee, Emerging Artist Grant. Rema Hort Mann Foundation
2017
Artist Residency, Fountainhead, Miami, FL
2013
Artist Residency, Idiosyncrasy Gallery. New York, NY
2010
Artist Residency, Atlantic Center of the Arts. New Smyrna Beach, FL
2009-2012
Resident Performer, The Living Theatre. New York, NY
PUBLIC ART
2020 – 2021
Sculpture: “3 Ways”. Funded by the Helis Foundation. Poydras
Corridor, New Orlean, LA
2019 – 2020
Installation. Film: “Our Valance”. Art in Buildings by Time Equities, Detroit, MI.