Kunle Martins
American artist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kunle Martins is an American artist. He was born in 1980 in New York, where he currently lives and works.[1] In 1997, Martins founded IRAK, a graffiti crew that included Dash Snow, Dan Colen and Ryan McGinley among others.[2]
As a graffiti artist, Martins gained notoriety tagging as Earsnot. More recently, Martins’ artistic practice has been based in portraiture. He has also collaborated with Dover Street Market, Supreme, and Adidas.[3] Martins is represented by the New York gallery 56 HENRY.[4]
Martins most recently exhibited works in 2021 at Bortolami Gallery in New York, in a solo show titled S3ND NUD3S.[5] He presented What’s Up Fam? at 56 HENRY in early 2020,[1] and Portraits: Looking Like a Snack at Shoot the Lobster in New York in early 2019.[6]
In spring 2019 Martins collaborated with contemporary artist and romantic partner Jack Pierson on the exhibition Pee Party at Jeffrey Stark in New York.[7] Martins' work has appeared in other group shows at galleries and cultural institutions throughout the United States and Europe, including The Hole, New York; Beyond the Streets, New York; White Columns Benefit Auction, New York; Amelchenko, New York; Bonnie Poon, Paris; Coney Art Walls, New York; Wynwood Walls, Miami; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and Clayton Patterson Gallery, New York.
Martins identifies as gay.[8]
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