DEVIN KENNY

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Devin Kenny is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, musician, and independent curator.
Using a variety of vocabularies, often pulling from previous youth subcultural references and contemporary currents, the work seeks to put seemingly disparate audiences into conversation, usually surrounding issues of how one envisions their self and connects with others.

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Hailing from the south side of Chicago, he relocated to New York to begin his studies at Cooper Union. He has since continued his practice through the Bruce High Quality Foundation University, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, SOMA, and collaborations with DADDY, pooool, Studio Workout, Comotroovay-sa, Wild Isle, and various art and music venues in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and elsewhere including: Recess, Het Roode Bioscoop, Artspace-Auckland, Freak City, and Santos Party House. He received his MFA in 2013 from the New Genres department at UCLA and is a recent alumnus of the Whitney Independent Study Program. Kenny was included in last year Made in L.A at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.