Kennedy Yanko
b. 1988, St. Louis, MO
Education
2008 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Soul Talk. Salon 94, Miami Art Week. Miami, FL.
2023 She is a Verb. Salon 94 x Devals. Paris, FR.
2023 Humming on Life, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery. New York, NY.
2022 By Means Other Than the Known Senses, Art Basel Unlimited. Basel, Switzerland
2022 Moving Weight, CFHILL. Stockholm, Sweden.
2021 Three Generations. Salon 94. New York, NY.
2021 Postcapitalist Desire. Jack Tilton Gallery. New York, NY.
2020 Salient Queens, VIELMETTER, Los Angeles, CA.
2020 Because it’s in my blood, Galleria Poggiali, Milan, IT.
2019 Before Words, UICA, curated by Juana Williams, Grand Rapids, MI.
2019 HANNAH, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2019 HIGHLY WORKED. Denny Dimin Gallery, New York, NY.
2018 Chasing Time. Leyendecker Galería, Tenerife, Canary Islands.
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
2024 In an Effort to Be Held, Curated by Allison Glenn. Library Street Collective. Detroit, MI.
2024 The Beauty of Diversity, The Albertina Modern. Vienna, Austria.
2023 Keith Sonnier: Live in Your Head, Franklin Parrasch. Los Angeles, CA.
2023 Chromazones, Analog Diaries, Beacon, NY.
2023 (MOSTLY) WOMEN (MOSTLY) ABSTRACT. Eric Firestone Gallery. East Hampton, NY.
2023 About Art 2023: Makasiini Contemporary. Turku, Finland.
2023 Frontline: Kennedy Yanko, Brenda Goodman, Katherina Grosse, Anne Doran, and Vivian Springford. Swivel Gallery. Beacon, NY.
2022-23 No more Drama, Installation. ‘Brooklyn Abstraction: Four Artists, Four Walls’. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Set It Off. Curated by Mickalene Thomas & Racquel Chevremont. The Parrish Museum, Water Mill, NY
2021 Artsy Vanguard 2021. Curated by Erin Gilbert. Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL
2020 We Are More Than A Moment. MCLA BCRC/Gallery 51. Curated by Genevieve Gaignard. North Adams, MA
2020 Life During WarTime.University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum. Curated by Christian Vieveros, FL.
2020 SITE: Art and Architecture in the Digital Space, Library Street Collective.
2020 ABSTRACT! From Minimalism to Now. Jack Tilton Gallery. New York, NY.
2019 IMPLIED BODY, ASSEMBLY ROOM. Curated by Emily Alesandrini, New York, NY.
2019 Harlem Perspectives. The Faction Art Space, New York, NY.
2019 PARALLELS AND PERIPHERIES. Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah. MI.
2018 Cry of Victory and Short Walks to Freedom. Projects + Gallery. Curated by Modou Dieng. St. Louis, MO.
2018 Outside in 2. Michael David Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.
2018 PARALLELS AND PERIPHERIES. Art Center South Florida. Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Miami, FL.
2018 The Barn Show 2018. Johannes Vogt Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.
2018 Alchemy. BRIC Arts Media. Brooklyn, NY.
2018 Senses and Perceptions. MANA Contemporary. Curated by Mashonda Tifrere, Jersey City, NJ.
2018 The Aesthetics of Matter. VOLTA NY. Curated by Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont. NY, NY.
2018 Out of Line. Long Gallery. Harlem, NY.
2017 PROJECTS. PULSE Contemporary Art Fair. Miami, FL.
2017 Hidden in Plain Sight. Jenkins Johnson Project Space. Curated by Derrick Adams. Brooklyn, NY.
2015 AART. Joseph Gross Gallery. New York, NY.
2014 I Kan Do Dat. Rush Art Galleries. New York, NY.
2014 Art Now. Poppington Gallery. New York, NY.
Public Art
2023 Crystalized Tears. Arkansas State Park, Curated by Dylan and Christie Turk. Little Rock, Arkansas.
2023 Tilted Lift. Debuted at MOCAD, Detroit, MI. Commissioned by Richlieu Dennis, curated by Kindred Arts.
2019-2021 Sculpture: 3 Ways. Helis Foundation. Poydras Corridor, New Orleans, LA.
2019-2020 Installation | Film: Our Valence. Art in Buildings by Time Equities. Detroit, MI.
Awards and Residencies
2021 Artist in Residence. Rubell Museum. Miami, FL.
2019 Recipient, Colene Brown Art Prize. BRIC Arts Media.
2018 Artist Residency, Galería Leyendecker. Tenerife, Canary Islands.
2017 Artist Residency, Fountainhead, Miami, FL.
2013 Artist Residency, Idiosyncrasy Gallery. New York, NY.
2010 Artist Residency, Atlantic Center of the Arts led by Rick Lowe. New Smyrna Beach, FL.
2009-2012 Resident Performer, The Living Theatre. New York, NY.
Performances
The Living Theater, New York, NY.
2009-2011 History of the World; Korach; Red Noir; Eureka.
Museum Collections
Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria.
Espacio Tacuari, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Firestorm Foundation, Sweden.
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL.
Rubell Museum, Miami, FL.
Ståhl Collection, Norrköping, Sweden.
Stora Wäsby Sculpture Park, Stockholm, Sweden.
The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL.
Publications
Making Their Mark: Art by Women in the Shah Garg Collection. 2023.
Singer, Debra. “The Dance and the Wrestle.” CF Hill Catalogue. 2022.
Hernandez, Jasmin. We Are Here: Visionaries of Color Transforming the Art World. 2021.
Viveros-Fauné, C. Kennedy Yanko. Because it's in my blood. Galleria Poggiali, 2020.
Beers, Kurt. 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow. Thames & Hudson. 2019. <https://100sculptorsoftomorrow.com/?v=7516fd43adaa>
Bibliography
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