Matthew Barney

Birthday: March 25, 1967

Preferring to categorize himself as a sculptor rather than a video or performance artist, Matthew Barney became an art world darling before age 35 with his ambitious avant-garde film fantasia The Cremaster Cycle (1994-2002). Born in San Francisco, Barney moved to Boise, ID, with his family at age six. When his parents split six years later, Barney stayed with his father and ...more