KENNY SCHACHTER

Kenny Schachter „Kenny Can’t Paint, Into the Corner, be Ashamed of Yousef“, 2024 Fiberglas, Polyester, cotton, rubber, nylon, paintbrush, trainers Exhibition view Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne 2024 Photo: Simon Vogel

Kenny Schachter „Kenny Can’t Paint, Into the Corner, be Ashamed of Yousef“, 2024 (Detail) Exhibition view Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne 2024 Photo: Simon Vogel

Kenny Schachter „Keep Hope Alive“ Exhibition view Francico Carolinum Linz, 2023 Photo: Michal Maritsch

Installation view Booth Galerie Nagel Draxler Art Cologne, Cologne 2022 Photo: Simon Vogel

Kenny Schachter „Mulch“, 1998 Video, 4:26 min and artifact Dimensions variable Filmstill

Kenny Schahcter „NFTism“, 2022 Exhibition view „DYOR“, Kunsthalle Zürich, 2022 Photo: Julien Gremaud

Art Basel, Basel 2022 Installation view Photo: Simon Vogel

Kenny Schachter „Mother Teresa“, 2021 Print mounted on aluminum, NFT 127 x 120 cm

Kenny Schachter „NFTism letter soup“, 2021 Print mounted on aluminum, NFT 71 x 127 cm

Kenny Schachter Exhibition view „METADADA” Nagel Draxler Crypto Kiosk, Berlin 2022 Photo: Simon Vogel

Kenny Schachter „METADADA“ Nagel Draxler Crypto Kiosk, Berlin 2022

Kenny Schachter „metadada-exclamation“, 2021 Print mounted on aluminum, NFT 127 x 92 cm

Kenny Schachter „metadada-sq“, 2021 Print mounted on aluminum, NFT 127 x 127 cm

Kenny Schachter „metadada-dada“, 2021 Print mounted on aluminum, NFT 51.70 x 80 cm

Kenny Schachter „metadada-monalisa“, 2021 Print mounted on aluminum, NFT 127 x 77 cm

Kenny Schachter „metadada-hausmann“, 2021 Print mounted on aluminum, NFT 127 x 87.70 cm

Kenny Schachter „NFT-GAZ-DUCHAMP“, 2021 Print mounted on aluminum, NFT 94 x 127 cm

Kenny Schachter „MetaDada letter soup“, 2021 Print mounted on aluminum, NFT 71 x 127 cm

Kenny Schachter „Dress for comfort“, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 180.34 x 119.38 cm

Kenny Schachter „Mutts for life“, 2021 NFT (Video) Image: Video still

Kenny Schachter „VOICE GEM #1042 – KENNY SCHACHTER (REEPS 100 (Harry Yeff), TRUNG BAO“, 2021 Unique NFT, fine art print 20 x 20 inch

Kenny Schachter „Larry Ray Eyes“, 2021 Print mounted on aluminum, NFT 127 x 94.20 cm

Kenny Schachter „branding“, 1999 / 2021 NFT + vintage photograph from 1999

Kenny Schachter „NFTism#4“ (from collection: Meta Watches), with Martin Welker, 2021 Unique NFT Edition 4 of 10 unique Meta Watches

Kenny Schachter „Melanie“, 2021 Print mounted on aluminum, NFT 68 x 127 cm

Kenny Schachter „hirstpopeye“, 2021 Print mounted on aluminum, NFT Image: Video still

Installation view Booth Galerie Nagel Draxler Art Basel Miami Beach, 2021 Photo: Rita Pinkusevich

Kenny Schachter Martin Welker „NFTism #5“, 2021 from the Schachter-Welker Metawatch collection Installation view „NFTism Metaverse“ Art Basel Miami Beach, 2021 Courtesy: Kenny Schachter, Journee – The Metaverse Company™, Zaha Hadid Architects and Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin/Cologne/Munich

Kenny Schachter „Crypto Mutts“, 2021 Installation view „NFTism Metaverse“ Art Basel Miami Beach, 2021 Courtesy: Kenny Schachter, Journee – The Metaverse Company™, Zaha Hadid Architects and Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin/Cologne/Munich

Kenny Schachter „Crypto Artist Union: Bacon“, 2021 Installation view „NFTism Metaverse“ Art Basel Miami Beach, 2021 Courtesy: Kenny Schachter, Journee – The Metaverse Company™, Zaha Hadid Architects and Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin/Cologne/Munich

Kenny Schachter Reeps1000 (Harry Yeff), Trung Bao „VOICE GEM#1042 – KENNY SCHACHTER“, 2021 Installation view „NFTism Metaverse“ Art Basel Miami Beach, 2021 Courtesy: Kenny Schachter, Journee – The Metaverse Company™, Zaha Hadid Architects and Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin/Cologne/Munich

Kenny Schachter „blow it up“, 2021 Installation view „NFTism Metaverse“ Art Basel Miami Beach, 2021 Courtesy: Kenny Schachter, Journee – The Metaverse Company™, Zaha Hadid Architects and Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin/Cologne/Munich

Installation view „NFTism Metaverse“ Art Basel Miami Beach, 2021 Courtesy: Kenny Schachter, Journee – The Metaverse Company™, Zaha Hadid Architects and Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin/Cologne/Munich

Installation view Art Cologne 2021 Booth Galerie Nagel Draxler HALL 11.2 | B 011 Photo: Simon Vogel

Kenny Schachter „Money, Money, Money“, 2021 Video, 2:23 min Video still

Kenny Schachter „Blow it up!“, 2021 Video, 0:46 min Video still

Art Basel, Basel 2021 Installation view „Crypto Kiosk“ Photo: Simon Vogel

Installation view „Crypto Kiosk“ Booth Galerie Nagel Draxler Art Basel, Basel 2021 Photo: Simon Vogel

Kenny Schachter „Digital Suit of Armor“, 2021 Video, 0:16 min Video still

Exhibition view „BREADCRUMBS: Art in the Age of NFTism” curated by Kenny Schachter Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne 2021 Photo: Simon Vogel

Anna Ridler: „Mosaic Virus“, 2019 & „Store of Value“, 2021 Olive Allen: „Post-death ot The Null Address“, 2021 Kenny Schachter: „Hoader“, 2021 Theo Triantafyllidis: „Pastoral (Video Game)“, 2019 & „Pastoral II“, 2019 Exhibition view „BREADCRUMBS: Art in the Age of NFTism” curated by Kenny Schachter Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne 2021 Photo: Simon Vogel

Kenny Schachter „Eating the Bubble“, 2021 Video, 1:55 min Video still

Kenny Schachter „Killing brain cells, minting NFTs“, 2021 Video 0:09 min Video still

Kenny Schachter „The Hoarder“, 2021 Video, 3:33 min Video still

Kenny Schachter „Open your wallet“, 2021 Video, 0:40 min Video still

Kenny Schachter „Crypto Beuys“, 2021 Video, 0:11 min Video still

Exhibition view „BREADCRUMBS: Art in the age of NTFism“ Curated by Kenny Schachter Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne 2021 Photo: Simon Vogel

Kenny Schachter: „Thieves Operating“, 2021 Osinachi: „H is also for Home“, 2020 Exhibition view „BREADCRUMBS: Art in the age of NTFism“ Curated by Kenny Schachter Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne 2021 Photo: Simon Vogel

Kenny Schachter „The Bed fellows: Art & Money“, 2021 Video, 1:00 min Video still

Kenny Schachter „Grifting“, 2021 Digital Print

Biography

*1961
lebt und arbeitet/ lives and works in New York

www.kennyschachter.art

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AUSBILDUNG / EDUCATION

1984
B.A. philosophy and political science at the George Washington University

1987
Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York

LEHRE (AUSWAHL) / TEACHING POSITIONS (SELECTION)

University of Zurich (appointed to advisory board January 2021)
Professorships, School of Visual Arts (NY), New York University, New
School for Social Research
Lecturing, Royal College of Art

STIPENDIEN UND PREISE / GRANTS AND AWARDS

1997
Rockefeller supported grant in Mexico

EINZELAUSSTELLUNGEN / SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Auswahl/selection)

2024
"Phone Face", Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne
"I Object", Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA, USA

2023
"Keep Hope Alive", Francisco Carolinum, Linz, Austria

2022
"METADADA", Nagel Draxler Crypto Kiosk, Berlin, Germany

2021
"All About Eva (and me)", Charim Galerie, mit/with Eva Beresin, Vienna, Austria

2019
"Artist, Kantor Gallery", Los Angeles, CA, USA

2018
"Retrospective, Rental Gallery", East Hampton, NY, USA

GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNGEN / GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Auswahl/selection)

2022
"DYOR (Do Your Own Research)", Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

2021
"Art Basel Miami Beach", Booth Galerie Nagel Draxler
"Art Cologne", Booth Galerie Nagel Draxler
"Art Basel", Booth Galerie Nagel Draxler
"Breadcrumbs: Art in the age of NFTism" curated by Kenny Schachter, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne
“Waiting”, Filo Sofi Arts, Cranford, NY, USA
“NFTism: No Fear in Trying” curated by Kenny Schachter, Institut, The Stables, London, UK
"Friends & Family", Magenta Plains, Lower East Side, NY, USA

2020
“Born Again Virgin. A Midsummer Night’s Dream” curated by Kenny Schachter, Air Mattress Gallery (Online)
"Drawn Together", Unit, London (online)

2019
“Summer Rental” curated by Kenny Schachter, Rental Gallery, East Hampton, NY, USA

2018
“Family Guy“ curated by Kenny Schachter, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
"The Adderall and the Ecstasy", Nicodim Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

2017
"Oliver Twist, Chapter Two", Rental Gallery, East Hampton, NY, USA

Kuratierte Ausstellungen / Curated Exhibitions (Auswahl/selection)

2021
“NFTism: No Fear in Trying”, Institut, The Stables, London, UK
“Breadcrumbs: Art in the age of NFTism”, Galerie Nagel Draxer, Cologne, Germany

2019
“Summer Rental”, Rental Gallery, East Hampton, NY, USA

2018
“Family Guy“, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK

2013
“Nothing But Time: Paul Thek Revisited 1964 – 1987”, Pace Gallery, London, UK

Bibliography

TEXTE UND PUBLIKATIONEN / TEXTS AND PUBLICATIONS

2024
"Keep Hope Alive", OÖ Landeskultur – Francisco Carolinum, Linz

2022
"Art Without Substance", Roveprojects

Writings by Kenny Schachter

Schachter has a regular column on Artnet.com in addition to writing widely for various international publications including most recently New York Magazine and The Times Magazine (UK).

Writings on Kenny Schachter

2024
"Christine Tien Wang and Kenny Schachter Get Real About Art World Economics", Interview Magazine, 30.08.2024
"An Interview with Kenny Schachter on Collecting, Curating and Creating", Art&Object, 29.08.2024
"Phone Faces, NFT-ism, and Meme Culture Alphabet Blocks — Interview with Kenny Schachter", MakersPlace, 20.08.2024

2022
"Kenny Schachter: Art Above All", 임준혁, Digitally Yours, 13.01.2022

2021
"Introducing: The Artnet NFT 30 Report", Artnet NFT, 14.12.2021
"Art Basel", NBC Nightly News, 03.12.2021
"Zaha Hadid Architects' NFTism exhibition at Art Basel Miami proposes a new standart in digital architecture and the metaverse", Josh Niland, Archinect News, 03.12.2021
"A Fascinating, Sex, Intellectually Comopelling, Unregulated Global Market / The Hidden Side of the Art Market", Freakonomics Radio, Episode 484, 01.12.2021
"Art Basel Miami Beach opens in a younger, richer, techier city", Melanie Gerlis, Financial Times
"Miami Beach moves to attract sun-seeking tech community – and Art Basel hopes to cash in", Anna Brady, The Art Newspaper
"Nagel Draxler gallery to launch Berlin space dedicated to NFTs and blockchain-related art", Anny Shaw, The Art Newspaper
"From Miami to the metaverse! Art Basel hits Florida - in pictures", The Guardian

"Plötzlich sind alle wieder da", Michael Kohler, Kölner Stadtanzeiger
"Art Cologne auf Biegen und Brechen", Daniel Völzke, Monopol
"Art Cologne eröffnet wieder", Tagesschau

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