Ken Fury

Ken Fury (Kenneth Marez Jr.) works in multiple mediums, including painting, jewelry, music, dance, poetry, photography, and filmmaking. Fury lives in New York City, grew up in Pueblo, Colorado, and is of Nuevomexicano and Indigenous Genízaro descent from southern Colorado and New Mexico. His work explores the polarities of existence–creation and destruction–and the relationship between humans and nature. His art expands on multi-dimensional figurations, abstractions, and spaces derived from his dreams, subconscious, and life experiences. Love, mortality, transformation, eroticism, spirituality, and the ongoing effects of colonization permeate Fury's body of work.
Since 2008, Ken has crafted each piece of jewelry by hand using traditional metalsmithing techniques such as hand-fabrication, carving, and lost-wax casting. He specializes in one-of-a-kind and limited-edition fine art pieces, using the finest ethically sourced metals, precious stones, fossils, and rare gems, including turquoise mined from his home area in the American Southwest. His paintings and jewelry have been exhibited in galleries and museums and featured in publications.
Ken is also an accomplished dancer, having won over thirty Breaking championships worldwide. He has taught at schools and universities such as NYU's Tisch School of the Arts ETW, the Seoul Institute of the Arts, and more. He has also worked as a cultural ambassador with the programs Next Level and American Voices. Furthermore, Ken has produced and released five music albums accompanied by his short films, which have been selected and screened at film festivals worldwide. In 2022, Ken was nominated for Best Rock Video at the Native American Music Awards.