Photo credit: Puspa Lohmeyer
Born 1960, Los Angeles, CA. After graduating from high school in Phoenix, AZ, Kitty moved to New York City in 1978 to attend Parsons School of Design. She quickly became involved in the East Village art, music, fashion, and performance scene centered around the legendary Club 57 on St. Mark’s Place and The Mudd Club on White St., in collaboration and conjunction with such notable friends as Kenny Scharf, Keith Haring, Ann Magnuson, John Sex, and Tseng Kwong Chi. During this period, Kitty also worked as a fashion model doing print, runway, and video in New York and Paris working with a number of now legendary designers and photographers. She also starred in numerous early art videos filmed by Kenny Scharf.
Kitty’s art is in the permanent collection at MOCA Los Angeles, was featured in the Club 57 exhibition at MOMA, has been exhibited twice at MOCA Tucson, and is also in numerous private collections. Her art was featured in a major motion picture and on a wine label. Kitty currently lives and works in Tucson, AZ.
All of Kitty Brophy’s art can be viewed on her website https://www.kittybrophy.com/ and there are also selections on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kittybrophy/