Kennedy Yanko (born October 21, 1988 in St. Louis, Missouri)[1][2] is an American sculptor, painter and installation artist working with paint skins and found metal.[3] Yanko sources material from salvage yards, utilizing discarded objects that she then manipulates or modifies to realize her vision. Her abstract work draws upon surrealism, abstract expressionism and physical austerities. [3] [4]

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Paint Skins

To create “paint skins,” Yanko pours large amounts of paint and lets it dry into a tarp-like material. From there, she sculpts the paint skin, using her whole body to manipulate the heavy sheet of paint. The paint skin thus becomes a structural material not dissimilar from the metal she utilizes in her sculptures. At times, the two materials are indistinguishable.[5]

Residencies

• 2021 Artist in Residence, Rubell Museum in Miami[1]
• 2017 Fountainhead Residency, Miami [6]

Public Art

In 2019, Yanko installed her first public sculpture, titled 3 WAYS, as part of the Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition,[7] funded by the Helis Foundation, in New Orleans.[8]

Public Collections

• Rubell Museum, Miami[9]
• Espacio Tacuari, Buenos Aires, Argentina[9]
• The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, Florida[9]

External links

• Artist's website

References