K8 Hardy b. 1977

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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.
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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.
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