About the artist
KAWS
Brian Donnelly also known as KAWS is an American artist and designer born in 1974 in New Jersey.
His work includes repeated use of a cast of figurative characters and motifs, some dating back to the beginning of his career in the 1990s, initially painted in 2D and later realized in 3D. Some of his characters are his own creations while others are reworked versions of existing icons. He works with various materials including fiberglass, aluminium, wood, bronze.
Moving to New York City in the 1990s, KAWS worked as an animator by day, and graffiti artist by night, painting on billboards, bus shelters, and phone booths.
He has been compared to the likes of Andy Warhol for his cross-market appeal and ability to blur lines between commercial and fine art with his work finding it's way into some of the most prominent collections in the world.