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Brian Donnelly, also known as Artist KAWS, is an American designer and artist. Born in Jersey City, NJ, studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He is best known for his iconic characters. They can be seen at museums, auctions or your favorite Hype Beast Instagram bro. Kaws figures come in a variety of sizes and are manufactured by Japanese toy company Medicom. Brian also creates and publishes limited edition prints, but his KAWS characters are attracting the attention he is best known for. Kaws gets quite an artistic boost when collaborating with other big brands; Disney, Medicom and Uniqlo to name a few.
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Brian Donnelly, known professionally as Kaws (stylized as KAWS), is an American artist and designer. His work involves the repeated use of a range of figurative characters and motifs, some dating back to the beginning of his career in the 1990s, first painted in 2D and later realized in 3D. Some of his characters are his own creations, while others are remastered versions of existing icons.
Kaws has regularly exhibited both paintings and products at Colette in Paris since 1999. His work was part of the touring exhibition Beautiful Losers, which began at the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center and traveled throughout the US and Europe, including his largest museum exhibition at the time to date at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA in 2012.
Ranging from a few centimeters to ten meters in height, Kaws' sculptures are made from a variety of materials including fiberglass, aluminum, wood, bronze and a steel pontoon inflatable raft.
Kaws' influences stem from traditional fine art painters like Gerhard Richter, Claes Oldenburg and Chuck Close, and he has been compared to the likes of Andy Warhol for his cross-market appeal and ability to blur the lines between commercial and fine art. His work is exhibited in galleries and museums, kept in the permanent collections of public institutions, and eagerly collected by the likes of music producer Swizz Beatz, internet character PewDiePie, rappers Pharrell Williams, Kid Cudi, and members of South Korean group BTS. A number of books illustrating his work have been published.
Kaws' acrylic paintings and sculptures have many repeating images, all intended to be universally understood and to transcend languages and cultures. Kaws' Companion is a grayscale clown-like character based on Mickey Mouse, whose face is covered by both hands and has two bones protruding from his head. In 1999, the Japanese toy company Bounty Hunter produced and sold a vinyl companion toy (Mickey Mouse with X-ed out eyes cloning). The character was converted from balloons into a balloon for the 2012 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as part of the "Blue Sky Gallery".