# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenny-scharf
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:03:45.668Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenny-scharf"
name: "Kenny Scharf"
slug: "kenny-scharf"
description: "Kenneth Paul Scharf is an American painter known for his participation in New York City's interdisciplinary East Village art scene during the 1980s, alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Scharf's do-it-yourself practice spanned painting, sculpture, fashion, video, performance art, and street art. Growing up in post-World War II Southern California, Scharf was fascinated by television and the futuristic promise of modern design. His works often include pop culture icons, such as the Flintstones and the Jetsons, or caricatures of middle-class Americans in an apocalyptic science fiction setting."
tagline: "American artist (born 1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Artist_Kenny_Scharf_and_Mural_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1958-11-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.58
  momentum:             0.7664354146019161
  historical:           7.983990666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kennyscharf.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kenny_Scharf"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%81"
    title: "كيني شارف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%81"
    title: "كينى شارف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Scharf"
    title: "Kenny Scharf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Scharf"
    title: "Kenny Scharf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Scharf"
    title: "Kenny Scharf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Scharf"
    title: "Kenny Scharf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BC%80%EB%8B%88_%EC%83%A4%ED%94%84"
    title: "케니 샤프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Scharf"
    title: "Kenny Scharf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3195237"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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