Brian Kokoska
Brian Kokoska (born November 8, 1988, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a New York-based artist known for his paintings, sculptures and installations.
Brian Kokoska
- Name
- Brian Kokoska
- Born
- 8 November 1988
- Birthplace
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Known for
- Contemporary artist, Painter, Installation artist, New media artist, Multimedia artist, Sculptor
- Training
- Emily Carr University of Art and Design
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- contemporary art
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Brian Kokoska (born November 8, 1988, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a New York-based artist known for his paintings, sculptures and installations.
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Key facts
• Name — Brian Kokoska • Born — 8 November 1988 • Birthplace — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Known for — Contemporary artist, Painter, Installation artist, New media artist, Multimedia artist, Sculptor • Training — Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Education
Education
Kokoska received his BFA from Vancouver's Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2010.
Work
Work
Brian is recognized for his paintings of faces, flowers, masks, text and other scenery. He also makes monochromatic sculptural installations that incorporate heads, pedestals and acquired objects. New York art writer Christopher Eamon described Kokoska's work as the exception to "the abject in American art [having] had its apotheosis in the early 1990s in the work of Mike Kelley and Cindy Sherman."
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Selected solo and group exhibitions include American Medium (New York), Preteen Gallery (Mexico City), Arcadia Missa (London), and The Still House Group (Brooklyn).
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