Brian Donnelly (KAWS)
Born 1974 (46 years old)
Artist and designer working with 2D and 3D. He has collaborated with many celebrities and brands and has his work in galleries and museums as well as private collections. His work a mix of street art as well as contemporary.
He would use the tag KAWS in his graffitii as would also take bus stop ads and paint on top of them and put them back.
He went to the school of visual arts in NYC and got a bachelor of fine arts in illustration 1996. He also worked for one of Disneys animation studios during the day.
1999 he made his first toy/sculpture.
He uses pop culture as his inspiration, he has sold work at Sothby’s.
