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KAWS

KAWS (Born 1974) is active/lives in New York, New Jersey / Japan.  KAWS is known for Graffitii tag artist, toy figure paintings, large-scale iconic cartoon image sculpture.

Brian Donnelly (born 1974), professionally known as KAWS, is a New York-based artist and designer of limited edition toys and clothing. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

KAWS was born Brian Donnelly in Jersey City, New Jersey.  He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration in 1996.  After graduation, KAWS briefly worked for Disney as a freelance animator painting backgrounds. He also contributed to the animated series 101 Dalmatians, Daria and Doug.

He began his career as a graffiti artist growing up in Jersey City, New Jersey. Later moving to New York City in the 1990s, KAWS started subverting imagery on billboards, bus shelters and phone booth advertisements. These reworked advertisements were at first left alone, lasting for up to several months, but as KAWS' popularity skyrocketed, the ads became increasingly sought after. In addition to New York, KAWS has done work in Paris, Lon   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 11376 characters.]  Artist bio

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