Brian Kokoska (born November 8, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a New York-based artist known for his paintings, sculptures and installations. Education Kokoska received his BFA from Vancouver's Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2010. Work Brian is recognized for his paintings of faces, flowers, masks, text and other scenery. He also makes monochromatic sculptural installations that incorporate heads, pedestals and acquired objects. New York art writer Christopher Eamon described Kokoska's work as the exception to "the abject in American art [having] had its apotheosis in the early 1990s in the work of Mike Kelley and Cindy Sherman." Exhibitions Selected solo and group exhibitions include American Medium (New York), Preteen Gallery (Mexico City), Arcadia Missa (London), and The Still House Group (Brooklyn). External links Brian Kokoska's website References 1988 births 20th-century Canadian painters Canadian male painters 21st-century Canadian painters American contemporary artists Artists from New York City Artists from Vancouver Canadian digital artists Contemporary sculptors Emily Carr University of Art and Design alumni Living people 20th-century sculptors 20th-century Canadian male artists 21st-century Canadian male artists