Figure · cross-linked record

Kenny Scharf

Designer · Performer

DesignerPerformer3 rooms · 42 connected figures

Biography

No biography on record yet. This figure appears in the atlas through their venue connections below. A sourced biography is pending, contributions welcome via Submit a memory.

Rooms they shaped

Tunnel

1986–2001 · West Chelsea, Manhattan

ClosedClub

Designer, Artist who decorated one of the themed lounges, known as the 'Lava Lounge.'

Palladium

1985–1997 · Union Square, Manhattan

TransformedClub

Designer, Installed the basement Kenny Scharf Room, spray-painted surfaces, colored furnishings, alien-landscape murals. Destroyed at demolition.

Club 57

1978–1983 · East Village, Manhattan

ClosedPerformance space

Performer, Arrived summer 1979 with Haring; organized video screenings and art exhibitions; staged 'Celebration of the Space Age.'

Connected figures

People who appear in the same rooms, follow the thread.

Jean-Michel Basquiat2 shared

Designer · Performer

Johnny Dynell2 shared

Resident DJ · DJ

Junior Vasquez2 shared

Resident DJ associated with Sound Factory

Keith Haring2 shared

Artist embedded in downtown nightlife; Palladium commission

Peter Gatien2 shared

Owner

Amanda Lepore1 shared

Performer

Andy Rees1 shared

Promoter

Andy Warhol1 shared

Designer

Ann Magnuson1 shared

Promoter

April Palmieri1 shared

Performer

Arata Isozaki1 shared

Designer

Boaz Aharoni1 shared

Owner

Danny Tenaglia1 shared

Brooklyn DJ remembered for marathon, percussion-heavy New York house

Dany Johnson1 shared

Resident DJ

Elli Dayan1 shared

Owner

Ethyl Eichelberger1 shared

Performer

Fab 5 Freddy1 shared

Performer

Funkmaster Flex1 shared

Resident DJ

Hex Hector1 shared

Holly Woodlawn1 shared

Performer

Ian Schrager1 shared

Co-owner of Studio 54 and the Palladium; later hotelier

Jessica Rosenblum1 shared

Promoter

Joey Arias1 shared

Performer

John Sex1 shared

Performer

Johnny Vicious1 shared

Resident DJ

Jonathan Peters1 shared

Resident DJ

Kevin Aviance1 shared

Performer

Klaus Nomi1 shared

Performer

Little Louie Vega1 shared

Luis Martinez1 shared

Resident DJ

Lypsinka1 shared

Performer

Marc Shaiman1 shared

Performer

Marco Riccota1 shared

Owner

Michael Alig1 shared

Club Kids promoter associated with Limelight's Disco 2000

Patrick Anastasi1 shared

Resident DJ

Richard Sweret1 shared

Resident DJ

RuPaul1 shared

Performer

Scott Wittman1 shared

Performer

Stanley Strychacki1 shared

Owner

Steve Rubell1 shared

Co-owner of Studio 54 and the Palladium

Susan Hannaford1 shared

Promoter

Tom Scully1 shared

Promoter