Exhibitions
Works
  • K8 Hardy, Disposition 11, 2016-2019
    Disposition 11, 2016-2019
  • K8 Hardy, Disposition 12, 2016-2019
    Disposition 12, 2016-2019
  • K8 Hardy, 38B, 2016
    38B, 2016
  • K8 Hardy, Look 29, 2016
    Look 29, 2016
  • K8 Hardy, Bargain I, 2014
    Bargain I, 2014
  • K8 Hardy, Bargain K, 2014
    Bargain K, 2014
  • K8 Hardy, KATE, 2014
    KATE, 2014
  • K8 Hardy, rrrookie, 2014
    rrrookie, 2014
  • K8 Hardy, Slit Up, 2014
    Slit Up, 2014
  • K8 Hardy, Untitled, 2014
    Untitled, 2014
  • K8 Hardy, September Issue 1, 2012
    September Issue 1, 2012
  • K8 Hardy, September Issue 3, 2012
    September Issue 3, 2012
  • K8 Hardy, Position Series, Form 14, 2010, 2017
    Position Series, Form 14, 2010, 2017
  • K8 Hardy, Position Series, Form 16, 2010, 2017
    Position Series, Form 16, 2010, 2017
  • K8 Hardy, Position Series, Form 18, 2010, 2017
    Position Series, Form 18, 2010, 2017
  • K8 Hardy, Position Series 11, 2009, 2017
    Position Series 11, 2009, 2017
  • K8 Hardy, Position Series 22, 2009, 2017
    Position Series 22, 2009, 2017
  • K8 Hardy, Position Series Fuck You, 2009, 2017
    Position Series Fuck You, 2009, 2017
Overview
K8 Hardy (b. 1977, Fort Worth, Texas, USA) lives and works in New York. She’s a punk rock artist who works across varied mediums, including video, photography, and sculpture.
Through her art practice, she unwittingly becomes a brand, intentionally exploiting persona and pop culture. Long before the ubiquity of the selfie, Hardy was experimenting in documenting her looks and various fictional selves. Her work takes us to the edge of “good taste.” Hardy’s materials are an assemblage of second-hand clothing, found objects, trash, and panache, evoking the world of consumption.
Biography
Hardy came up through the Riot Grrrl scene. She has participated avidly in collaborations, activism, and collectives, like W.A.G.E. and LTTR. Her work is in the collection of MoMA, The Guggenheim, and Whitney Museum of American Art. She has exhibited at such notable institutions as the Tate Modern, Kunsthaus Zurich, Artists Space, New York, PS1, New York, SFMOMA, San Francisco and Dallas Contemporary, amongst others.