︎ Kye Kauffman Grant
b. 1984 in Boston, MA
Based in Portland, OR
Kye Grant (fka Becca Kauffman) is a socially inclined artist living and working in Portland, Oregon. Practicing art as a public utility through interactive performance, devised gatherings, and neighborhood interventions, their work has taken the form of an unsanctioned artist residency in Times Square, a public access television show, T-shirts functioning as conversation pieces, DJ sets, music videos, choreographed stage shows, original pop music under the moniker Jennifer Vanilla co-created with NYC producer and technologist Brian Abelson, a pedestrian parade with a group of fifth grade crossing guards, and a comprehensive artistic campaign to get a crosswalk painted in Queens.
Write to me: musicforcrosswalks@gmail.com
My Autobiography
1996
My CV
b. 1984 in Boston, MA
Based in Portland, OR
Kye Grant (fka Becca Kauffman) is a socially inclined artist living and working in Portland, Oregon. Practicing art as a public utility through interactive performance, devised gatherings, and neighborhood interventions, their work has taken the form of an unsanctioned artist residency in Times Square, a public access television show, T-shirts functioning as conversation pieces, DJ sets, music videos, choreographed stage shows, original pop music under the moniker Jennifer Vanilla co-created with NYC producer and technologist Brian Abelson, a pedestrian parade with a group of fifth grade crossing guards, and a comprehensive artistic campaign to get a crosswalk painted in Queens.
Write to me: musicforcrosswalks@gmail.com
My Autobiography
1996
My CV