Brian Kenny was born 1982 in Heidelburg, Germany, on an American military base. While growing up he traveled extensively throughout the US with his Army family. As a teenager, Brian was a competitive gymnast. After high school, he went to Oberlin Conservatory on a vocal scholarship, but eventually left school to concentrate on his own music and artwork. Kenny works across drawing, painting, sculpture, text, sound, video and blogging. In 2004, Brian moved to New York where he began collaborating with Slava Mogutin under team name SUPERM. They are responsible for site-specific, multimedia gallery and museum shows in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, London, Moscow, Oslo, Bergen and León, Spain.
SOLO SHOWS
2008
White is Dirty When Ugly (as SUPERM) Envoy Gallery, NYC
Brian Kenny: Targets & Etchings, 5 + 5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
SPUTNIK 3 (as SUPERM + Gio Black Peter) Gallerie S.E, Bergen, Norway.
2007
But Her Majesty's Roastbeef Curtains Wouldn't Open For Him (as SUPERM), Blow de la Barra Gallery, London, UK.
SUPERM Toilet #2, White Cubicle Toilet Gallery, George and Dragon Public House, London, UK.
2006
Superm Salon, Fritz Haeg Studio, Los Angeles, CA.
2005
Wiggers in Berlin (as SUPERM), Galerie Deschler, Berlin.
Belyi Negr/Wigger (as SUPERM), Regina Gallery, Moscow.
GROUP SHOWS, INSTALLATIONS AND FILM FESTIVALS
2009
Screwball Asses, The Company Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by Hedi El Khoti and David Jones.
Visions of Excess, (as SUPERM), Spill Festival of Performance, London; curated by Ron Athey and Lee Adams.
Investigating Desire, The 23rd London Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (as SUPERM).
History of Violence (as SUPERM), The Haifa Museum of Art, Israel; curated by Hadas Maor (catalog).
A Trip Down (False) Memory Lane, The Lexington Club, San Francisco; curated by Jessica Silverman.
Postcards From the Edge: The 11th Annual Visual Aids Benefit Exhibition, Metro Pictures, NYC.
2008
It Ain't Fair, O.H.W.O.W. (Our House West of Wynwood), Art Basel Miami satellite group show (curated by Tim Barber, Kathy Grayson, Andreas Melas, Dan Nadel, Pablo de lad Barra, Nicola Vassell and Terence Koh)
Ossuary, The Black Mariah, Cork Ireland, curated by Alex Rose
My Gay Eye 5, werkstattgallerie, Berlin, curated by Rinaldo Hopf
Power and Currency, Factory Fresh Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Natalie Kates.
___In A Box, Canco Factory, Jersey City, New Jersey; curated by Billy Miller.
On the Obscene (as SUPERM), Queer Lisboa 12: The 12th Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival; curated by Manuela Kay (catalog).
I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl, Asia Song Society, NYC; curated by Anat Ebgi, Terence Koh, Jenny Schlenzka (catalog).
Homoccult & Other Esoterotica (as SUPERM), Collective Unconscious, NYC; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; Outfest 2008: The 26th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
The Artist as Publisher, The Center for Book Arts, NYC; curated by Scott Hug and Billy Miller (catalog).
AA Bronson Loves Video Art (as SUPERM), as a part of Plot, Engage, Disperse: Pride Toronto's contemporary art exhibit curated by Daryl Vocat, Norman Jewison Park, Toronto.
Forbidden Acts (as SUPERM), NewFest 2008: The 20th Anniversary NY LGBT Film
Festival NYC; curated by Cameron Yates (catalog).
Da Sodoma a Hollywood, The 23rd Torino International GLBT Film Festival, Italy.
The Other Side, The 58 Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey; curated by Billy Miller.
Sex Is So Abstract, V-Tape, Toronto, Canada; curated by John Paul Ricco.
2007
Homoocult & Other Esoterotica, a program of short queer art films curated by Daniel McKernan & Richie Rennt, MIX Festival, NYC (catalog).
Revolution and Sexual Revolution Film Festival, a program curated by Akihiro Suzuki, Uplink Factory, Shibuya, Tokyo.
Showing Shame: Shameless Showing, a queer performance video program curatedbyRobertSummers, Telic Arts Exchange, Los Angeles, CA.
BodyPoliticX, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, the Netherlands;
curated by Florian Waldvogel (catalog).
The Cowboy & The Pegasus, a visual and interactive arts event curated by Rejnowska & Polera, Queer Fest Midwest, Pulaski Park Fieldhouse, Chicago, IL.
Re-Visions of Excess, Fierce Festival, Birmingham, UK; curated by Ron Athey and Lee Adams.
Sex Work: The Museum As Brothel; Art House As Porn House, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany; curated by AA Bronson (catalog).
Love Addiction: Practices in Video Art from '61 to the Present, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, Italy; curated by Andrea Bruciati (catalog).
The Male Gaze, The powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Nicholas Weist.
The Brotherhood, Neon Parc, Melbourne, and Australian Centre for Photography (ACP), Sydney, Australia; curated by Shannon Michael Cane.
2006
Festival de Films Gays & Lesbiens de Paris, Paris, France.
1.PornfilmfestivalBerlin, Short Film Competition (2nd Prize), Berlin, Germany (catalog).
No Sleep 'til Brooklyn: A powerHouse Hip Hop Retrospective, The powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Sara Rosen.
Globos Sonda/Trial Balloons, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain
Mein Schwules Aug 3, Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany.
2005
With Us Against Reality, or Against Us! Willy Wonka Inc., Oslo, Norway.
Log Cabin, Artists Space, NYC.
SUPERM FILMOGRAPHY
COP SHOT (2007)
SUPERM Highway ("On a Highway I Drive Very Fast") (2006)
Curses, Hexes & Boots (2006)
Pay My Billz Jockstrap Dawgz (2006)
Teen Werewolf Workout! (2006)
Wake Up Paperboy! (2006)
Ninja Independence Day (1999)
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