Kenneth Greiner (b.1990) is an artist working across painting, sculpture, installation, and writing. Through land-based immersion and meditative dialogue, he intuitively creates novel scenes at the intersection of harmony and restraint. Cyclical in rhythm, static and ephemeral arrangements frequently emerge from locally foraged, organic materials like wood, natural chalk, and stone, ranging in scale from hand-sized charms and totems, to shrines, and spaces for contemplation.
With an iterative approach, informed by cross-cultural research into Western folk belief and Eastern, earth-based traditions, he examines fragmented perceptions formed by religious trauma. In response to binary conditioning in the areas of gender, sexuality, and man’s relationship to the natural world, he is actively engaged in a public-facing process of queer, spiritual and bodily inquiry, where translation and belief are seen as sculptural acts.
Born in Enumclaw, Washington (USA), he is based in London, UK, where he recently completed a Masters in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. His work has been shown in group exhibitions across London, New York and the Northeastern US, at venues like Apsara Studio, Purist Gallery, Roha Gallery, The Koppel Project, Way Out East Gallery, and The Factory-LIC (NY).
