Edward Kienholz (1927–1994) was born in Washington State.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1953 where he abandoned abstract painting and wall reliefs in favour of installation.
From 1972 onwards he collaborated with his wife, Nancy Reddin Kienholz (b.1943), who continues to create and present her and her late husband’s work internationally.
Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz have exhibited solo shows at the Lousiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2012, 1979); the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (2011, 1971); the National Gallery, London (2009); the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1996) and Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris (1977).
