Ed Kerns was born on February 22,1945 and is an American abstract artist and educator.
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10 Facts About Ed Kerns
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Ed Kerns attended the Richmond Professional Institute, receiving his BFA in 1967.
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Ed Kerns went on to the Maryland Institute, where he studied with painter Grace Hartigan.
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Ed Kerns first gained exposure in 1972, when he was commissioned by art collector Larry Aldrich to paint 100 paintings over the course of the year as gifts.
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That same year, Ed Kerns had his first solo art show at the AM Sachs Gallery in New York.
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Ed Kerns's media are acrylic, sand, and thread, the last used to stitch together sections of canvas.
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Ed Kerns began teaching in 1970, as an art teacher at the Bentley School in New York City.
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In 1989, Ed Kerns collaborated with poet Lee Upton on a series of paintings.
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Ed Kerns has collaborated with Rev Ted Loder, illustrating four books written by the reverend.
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In 2007, Ed Kerns collaborated with artist Elizabeth Chapman on “Word, City, Mind: A Universal Resonance, ” an exhibit that used "paint, text, collage, and image, the exhibit focuses on the resonance between neurological, cosmic, and man-made forms".
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