A self-described "pop surrealist”, Kenny Scharf is a painter and installation artist associated with the Lowbrow movement ( an underground visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles area in the late 1970s), and is best known for work inspired by comic books and pop culture. Born in Los Angeles in 1958, he studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and became part of the East Village art scene during the 1980s. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
