R. J. Kern is an American artist whose work investigates ideas of home, ancestry, and a sense of place. His portraits focus on intimate, interdependent relationships of people, animals, and landscape. Accolades include Critical Mass Top 50 (2018, 2021), CENTER 2017 Choice Award Winner (Curator’s Choice, First Place), Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition 160 (Silver Medal), 2017; PDN’s 30 2018; and six grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board. Kern was the Commemorative Artist for the 2019 Minnesota State Fair. Monographs include The Sheep and the Goats (Kehrer Verlag, 2017) and The Unchosen Ones (MW Editions, 2021). Public collections include Minneapolis Institute of Art and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He thrives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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