Brian Kenny (artist) explained

Brian Kenny
Birth Date:1982
Birth Place:Heidelberg, Germany
Nationality:American
Field:multidisciplinary
Movement:photography, multimedia

Brian Kenny (born 1982) is an American multidisciplinary artist.

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TMC interviews: Slava Mogutin and Brian Kenny of art team SUPERM. The Most Cake Magazine. 5 November 2014 .
  2. Web site: Wall To Wall - Brian Kenny: Never-Ending Entropy Parade. Crave Magazine. 2016-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20180222233653/http://www.craveonline.com/art/920133-wall-to-wall-artist-brian-kenny. 2018-02-22. dead.
  3. Web site: Brian Kenny Art. Please do not Enter. 2016-07-20. 2018-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20181214022605/http://www.pleasedonotenter.com/art-brian-kenny.html. dead.
  4. Web site: Artist Brian Kenny Gets eFEMMEreal in Man-gerie; About Changing Perspectives Towards Gender and Sexuality. Huffington Post. 15 February 2016 .
  5. Web site: Brian Kenny Tote. Visual AIDS foundation. 2016-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20161031085110/https://www.visualaids.org/projects/detail/brian-kenny. 2016-10-31. dead.
  6. Web site: Artist Spotlight: Brian Kenny. Advocate Magazine. 2 April 2011 .
  7. Web site: In The Name Of Love. Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art. 2016-07-20. 2016-11-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20161118014621/http://indymoca.org/exhibitions/2013/07/in-the-name-love/. dead.
  8. Web site: Slava Mogutin & Brian Kenny. La Petite Mort.
  9. Web site:
    1. Interface: queer artists forming communities
    . www.leslielohman.org. 2016-07-20. 2016-10-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20161031023905/https://www.leslielohman.org/exhibitions/2015/interface/interface.html. dead.
  10. Web site: Because we are. stationmuseum.com. 2016-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624083605/http://www.stationmuseum.com/index.php/exhibitions/146-because-we-are. 2016-06-24. dead.
  11. Web site: History of Violence. www.hma.org.il.
  12. Web site: Power Couples. Vice Magazine.

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