Art 21 video jeff koons biography

(1955-)

Synopsis

Born in York, Pennsylvania, on January 21, 1955, artist Jeff Koons made a name for himself by using everyday objects in special installations that touched on consumerism and the human experience.

Some of his art has consisted of overtly sexual themes while others have been seen as a form of neo-kitsch, such as his balloon dogs. In 1988, he debuted a famous sculpture of Michael Jackson.

Education

Jeff Koons was born on January 21, 1955, in York, Pennsylvania.

After high school, he headed south to Maryland, where he attended the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.

Art 21 video jeff koons biography for kids

While earning his M.F.A. there (1976), he attended a show at the Whitney Museum in New York, an exhibition that would change his life.

“I remember being an art student and going to the Whitney in 1974 to see the exhibition of Jim Nutt, the Chicago imagist,” Koons says.

“It was then I transferred to school in Chicago, all because of that show.” So Koons enrolled at the School