Kennedy Yanko

Born in St. Louis, MO, 1988, and Lives and works in Bushwick, Brooklyn

Artwork

Exhibitions

12.05–12.10.2023
Soul Talk
Stardust Art Pavilion 95 NE 40th Street Miami

Kennedy Yanko

10.15–11.12.2023
She is a Verb
Jardins du Palais Royal

Kennedy Yanko

11.29–12.04.2021
Group Show
Art Basel

Art Basel Miami Beach 2021

09.14–10.30.2021
Three Generations
Salon 94 89th Street

Kennedy Yanko

Biography

Kennedy Yanko by Zeph Colombatto

Kennedy Yanko (b. 1988, St. Louis MO) is a sculptor and installation artist working in found metal and paint skin. Yanko deploys her materials in ways that explore the limitations of optic vision, underlining the opportunities we miss when looking with eyes alone. Her methods reflect a dual abstract expressionist-surrealist approach that centers the seen and unseen factors that affect, contribute to, and moderate human experience.

In 2021, Yanko was Artist-in-Residence at the Rubell Museum, Miami (FL). In addition to numerous solo exhibitions, the artist’s work has recently been included in Brooklyn Abstraction: Four Artists, Four Walls at the Brooklyn Museum (NY); and Set It Off, curated by Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont, at the Parrish Museum, Water Mill (NY).

Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Albertina Museum, Vienna (AT); the Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach (FL); Rubell Museum, Miami (FL); Ståhl Collection, Norrköping (SE); and Stora Wäsby Sculpture Park, Stockholm (SE).

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Press

02.14.2024
These 5 Artists Are Redefining New York’s Art Scene
Annikka Olsen

artnet news

11.25.2023
To Paint Is To Love, To Love Is To Scrap Metal
Nate Rynaski

Flaunt

12.01.2021
The Artsy Vanguard 2021: Kennedy Yanko
Jacqui Germain

Artsy

07.11.2021
Inside the Studio Where Artist Kennedy Yanko Creates Her Surreal Sculptures
Akili King

Vogue

10.20.2020
Kennedy Yanko Isn’t Afraid to Take Up Space
Ryan Waddoups

Surface

10.16.2020
Couch Conversation: Kennedy Yanko And Kimberly Drew
Kimberly Drew

Cultured Magazine

10.06.2020
Kennedy Yanko’s Sculptures Are a Certain Kind of Woman
Ella Huzenis

Interview Magazine