Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (Kids of Survival)
American, 1955 - 2017
Rollins (b. 1955, Pittsfield, ME; d. 2017, New York, NY) began his career teaching art for special-education middle school students in a South Bronx public school. In 1984, he launched the Art and Knowledge Workshop, an after-school program for dedicated students, who named themselves Kids of Survival (K.O.S.). Tim Rollins and K.O.S. exhibited in the Venice Biennale, at Documenta 8, and in two Whitney Biennials, and they have works in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Bronx Museum of Art.
