Brian Kenny (artist)

Brian Kenny (born 1982) is an American multidisciplinary artist

Brian Kenny
Born1982
Heidelberg, Germany
NationalityAmerican
Known formultidisciplinary
Movementphotography, multimedia
Websitebriankenny.work

Biography

Kenny was born on American military base in Heidelberg, Germany in 1982 and traveled extensively with his military parents until his late teenage years. He graduated from Oberlin College. Kenny is a long-time collaborator of Russian-born artist Slava Mogutin, with whom he has run the SUPERM project since 2004.[1] Kenny has exhibited in galleries, museums and alternative venues around the globe.[2] He has created commissioned works for Yacine Aouadi, Walter Van Beirendonck, Petrou\Man, Max Kibardin, Bruno Magli, Matthias Vriens-McGrath and Please Do Not Enter.[3] One of the major themes in Kenny's work is exploration of his own sexuality, checking the boundaries between genders.[4] In 2014, Kenny collaborated with the Visual AIDS foundation to raise awareness of the disease.[5]

Exhibitions

Kenny's first solo exhibition was held in 2008 in New York City.[6] He had a solo exhibition at Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art as part of SUPERM in 2013.[7] In 2011 he exhibited at La Petite Mort Gallery in Ottawa with Slava Mogutin.[8] He participated in group exhibitions including Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art,[9] Station Museum of Contemporary Art in Texas,[10] Haifa Museum of Art in Israel [11] and Schwules Museum in Berlin.

Personal life

Kenny is openly gay. His partner is Slava Mogutin.[12]

References
  1. "TMC interviews: Slava Mogutin and Brian Kenny of art team SUPERM". The Most Cake Magazine.
  2. "Wall To Wall - Brian Kenny: Never-Ending Entropy Parade". Crave Magazine.
  3. "Brian Kenny Art". Please do not Enter.
  4. "Artist Brian Kenny Gets eFEMMEreal in Man-gerie; About Changing Perspectives Towards Gender and Sexuality". Huffington Post.
  5. "Brian Kenny Tote". Visual AIDS foundation.
  6. "Artist Spotlight: Brian Kenny". Advocate Magazine.
  7. "In The Name Of Love". Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art.
  8. "Slava Mogutin & Brian Kenny". La Petite Mort.
  9. "#Interface: queer artists forming communities". www.leslielohman.org.
  10. "Because we are". stationmuseum.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  11. "History of Violence". www.hma.org.il.
  12. "Power Couples". Vice Magazine.
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