# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenneth-snelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:28:28.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenneth-snelson"
name: "Kenneth Snelson"
slug: "kenneth-snelson"
description: "Kenneth Duane Snelson was an American contemporary sculptor and photographer. His sculptural works, exemplified by Needle Tower, are composed of flexible and rigid components arranged according to the idea of tensegrity, although Snelson preferred the descriptive term floating compression."
tagline: "American artist (1927–2016)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Kenneth_Snelson_Needle_Tower.JPG/330px-Kenneth_Snelson_Needle_Tower.JPG"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1927-06-29"
deathDate: "2016-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.95
  momentum:             0.9515859766277128
  historical:           5.690282666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Snelson"
    title: "Kenneth Snelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كينيث سنيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Snelson"
    title: "Kenneth Snelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Снельсон, Кеннет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Snelson"
    title: "Kenneth Snelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Snelson"
    title: "Kenneth Snelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q931065"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump