Deborah Kass (A 1974)

2021 Alumni Achievement Award

Bio

Renowned multi-disciplinary artist Deborah Kass creates vibrant works that examine the intersection of art history, pop culture and self. Her pieces are counted among the collections of the world’s leading museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of Art, the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Institution. Her mid-career retrospective, “Deborah Kass, Before and Happily Ever After,” was presented by the Andy Warhol Museum in 2012.

She also serves on the board of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Permanent installations of her sculpture OY/YO greet guests at the Brooklyn Museum and the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. She is an inductee of The National Academy (2018) and New York Foundation for the Arts Hall of Fame (2012).