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Kennedy Yanko
b. 1988, St. Louis, MO
Education
2008 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Intimacy of Throes, Art Basel Meridians, Miami Beach, FL
Without Gravity, Pace Prints, New York, NY
Epithets, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Retro Future, Salon 94, New York, NY
2023 Soul Talk, Salon 94, Miami, FL
She is a Verb, Salon 94 x Devals, Paris, France
Humming on Life, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery. New York, NY
2022 By Means Other Than the Known Senses, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland
Moving Weight: Kennedy Yanko in discussion with Hilma Af Klint, Cf Hill, Stockholm, Sweden
2021 White, Passing, Rubell Museum, Miami, FL (on view)
Three Generations, Salon 94, New York, NY
Postcapitalist Desire, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Salient Queens, Vielmetter, Los Angeles, CA
Because it’s in my blood, Galleria Poggiali, Milan, Italy
2019 Before Words, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI
HANNAH, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
HIGHLY WORKED, Denny Dimin Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Chasing Time, Leyendecker Galería, Tenerife, Spain
2013 Alchemy in Silent Spaces, Idiosyncrasy Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Permutations, The Paragon Theater, St. Louis, MO
2010 Paroxysm, Art Monster, St. Louis, MO
2009 Wu-Wei, Abstrakt Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Group Exhibitions
2025 Drop, Cloth, Curated by Glenn Adamson and Severin Delfs, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
The Abstract Future, Curated by Alia Dahl, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
FEMMES, Curated by Pharell Williams, Perrotin, Paris, FR.
GIANTS: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
2024 Grazing Bodies, CF Hill, Stockholm, Sweden
In an Effort to Be Held, Curated by Allison Glenn, The Shepherd. Detroit, MI
Stories that need to be told, Firestorm Collection, Stockholm, Sweden
The Beauty of Diversity, The Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria
GIANTS: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Keith Sonnier: Live in Your Head, Franklin Parrasch, Los Angeles, CA
Chromazones, Analog Diaries, Beacon, NY
(MOSTLY) WOMEN (MOSTLY) ABSTRACT, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
About Art, Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, Finland
Frontline, Swivel Gallery, Beacon, NY
Search and Rescue, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY
2022 Bangkok Art Biennale, Bangkok, Thailand
Brooklyn Abstraction: Four Artists, Four Walls, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (on view)
Set It Off, Curated by Mickalene Thomas & Racquel Chevremont, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY
2021 Artsy Vanguard 2021, Curated by Erin Gilbert, Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL
2020 We Are More Than A Moment, Curated by Genevieve Gaignard, MCLA BCRC/Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
Life During Wartime, Curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
SITE: Art and Architecture in the Digital Space, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI
ABSTRACT! From Minimalism to Now, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
2019 IMPLIED BODY, Curated by Emily Alesandrini, ASSEMBLY ROOM, New York, NY
Harlem Perspectives, The Faction Art Space, New York, NY
PARALLELS AND PERIPHERIES, Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
2018 Cry of Victory and Short Walks to Freedom, Curated by Modou Dieng, Projects + Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Outside in 2, Michael David Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
PARALLELS AND PERIPHERIES, Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Art Center South Florida, Miami, FL
The Barn Show 2018, Johannes Vogt Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Alchemy, BRIC Arts Media, Brooklyn, NY
Senses and Perceptions, Curated by Mashonda Tifrere, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
The Aesthetics of Matter, Curated by Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont, VOLTA, New York, NY
Out of Line, Long Gallery, Harlem, NY
2017 PROJECTS, Pulse Contemporary, Miami, FL
Hidden in Plain Sight, Curated by Derrick Adams, Jenkins Johnson, Brooklyn, NY
2015 AART, Joseph Gross Gallery, New York, NY
2014 I Kan Do Dat, Rush Art Galleries, New York, NY
Art Now, Poppington Gallery, New York, NY
Public Art
2023 Crystalized Tears, Curated by Dylan and Christie Turk, Arkansas State Park, Little Rock, AR
Tilted Lift, Curated by Kindred Arts, MOCAD, Detroit, MI
2021 3 Ways, Helis Foundation, Poydras Corridor, New Orleans, LA
2020 Our Valence, Art in Buildings by Time Equities, Detroit, MI
Awards and Residencies
2025 Recipient, Forum Award, Fountainhead Arts, Miami, FL
2021 Artist-in-Residence Program, Rubell Museum, Miami, FL
Grantee, The Eben Demarest Fund, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Recipient, Colene Brown Art Prize, BRIC Arts Media, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Artist Residency, Galería Leyendecker, Tenerife, Canary Islands
2017 Artist Residency, Fountainhead Arts, Miami, FL
2013 Artist Residency, Idiosyncrasy Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Artist Residency led by Rick Lowe, Atlantic Center of the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2009 Resident Performer, The Living Theatre, New York, NY
Public Collections
Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL
Dean Collection, Brooklyn, NY
Espacio Tacuari, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Firestorm Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, FL
Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
Rubell Museum, Miami, FL
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC
Ståhl Collection, Norrköping, Sweden
Stora Väsby Sculpture Park, Upplands Väsby, Sweden
Select Publications
2024 Phaidon Editors, with an introduction by Lisa Le Feuvre, Great Women Sculptors, Phaidon Press, London, United Kingdom
Phaidon Editors, Great Women Artists, Phaidon Press, London, United Kingdom
2023 Shah Garg Foundation, Edited by Mark Godfrey and Katy Siegel, Making Their Mark: Art by Women in the Shah Garg Collection, Gregory R. Miller & Company, New York, NY
2021 Hernandez, Jasmine, We Are Here: Visionaries of Color Transforming the Art World, Abrams Books, New York, NY
2019 Beers, Kurt, & Richard Cork, 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow, Thames & Hudson, London, United Kingdom
Press