Glenn Kaino

Bio

Glenn Kaino is a Los Angeles–based artist and filmmaker known internationally for his expansive vision and activist-minded practice. Kaino takes a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to his work, uniting diverse systems of knowledge, methods of production, and individuals who might not typically intersect. His practice often includes long-term partnerships with a wide range of visionary collaborators. Kaino has exhibited at museums and galleries around the world, including the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Japanese American National Museum, the High Museum of Art, the Andy Warhol Museum, and Pace Gallery amongst others. He was featured in the 2004 Whitney Biennial, New York; Prospect.3, New Orleans, in 2014; and the 12th Biennale de Lyon, France, in 2013. The artist represented the U.S. at the 13th Cairo Biennale in 2013. Kaino recently directed the Disney-acquired short Hoops, Hopes & Dreams, co-directed With Drawn Arms, an Emmy-Nominated film about his collaboration with Olympian Tommie Smith, and co-produced the off-broadway and film version of the Hulu special In & Of Itself.