Kennedy Yanko | |
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| Born | 1988 (age 35–36) Saint Louis, Missouri, US |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, sculptor, installation artist |
Kennedy Yanko (born October 21, 1988, in St. Louis, Missouri)[1][2] is an American sculptor, painter and installation artist known for working with "paint skins" and found metal.[3] Yanko sources discarded objects and other material from salvage yards and manipulates or modifies their form, shape, or structure into her vision. Her abstract work draws upon surrealism, abstract expressionism and physical austerities and her background in performance art.[3][4][5]
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