Feature Best known as co-founder of Sonic Youth, her visual art incorporates humor, intelligence, vulnerability — and, of course, music.

April 27, 2026 — 6 min read

Daniel Higgs, “Advance the Truth about God” (2010), ink on paper, in Folded , an exhibition curated by Bill Nace and Kim Gordon (all photos Natalie Haddad/ Hyperallergic )

Before music was on her radar, Kim Gordon was a visual artist. The multitalented creator, best known as co-founder of the influential indie rock band Sonic Youth, moved to New York in 1980 to pursue an art career after earning her BFA at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. Then she started a band, became a rock star, and the rest is history — except Gordon never stopped making art.

Count Your Chickens at Amant surveys Gordon’s work dating back to 2007.…