Kevin Hanley was born 1969 in Sumter, South Carolina and received a Master of Fine Art from Art Center College of Design and a Bachelor of Fine Art from Otis Parsons College. Hanley is a multimedia artist and an associate professor at Art Center College of Design who also works professionally in TV broadcast and graphic design. He currently works and lives in Los Angeles. His International group exhibitions include: "The 50th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia," Venice, Italy, "Site Santa Fe Second Biennale," Santa Fe, New Mexico, "Index," MOCA, Los Angeles and "Delta," Musee d’Art Moderne, Paris, France. His solo exhibitions include: ACME, Los Angeles, I-20, New York, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo and Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne. Articles and reviews on Hanley's work have appeared in Artforum, Contemporary, Flash Art, Frieze, Kultureflash, The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times.