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Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report

Ken Graves

American

Profile
47
34–51 band

Discovery profile: representation network + exhibition record

Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 12, 2026.

Overall47

Composite Codex score

Institutional70

Museums/acquisitions may be sparse

Market0

Thin auction dataset expected

Momentum2

Recent activity and interest

Representation30

Gallery and exhibition traction

Codex Rank#16,412Established
Exhibitions10 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal88 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median— tracked lots
Sell-throughRecent 3-year market
Social Signals
20.8KInstagram followers86th percentile

Signal summary

Ken Graves: representation network, exhibition record, fair visibility. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.

Observed evidence: 1 current gallery relationship: ROSEGALLERY. 1 tracked exhibition; 0 current and 0 upcoming in Codex. 1 tracked fair/biennial appearance.
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (0 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months.

Representation

Institutional holdings

Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonMuseum of Modern Art

Recent Exhibitions

  • Ken Graves and Eva Lipman | Restraint + DesireCLAMP · New York · Mar 5, 2022

Market profile

No recent public auction record is currently tracked in Codex. Sell-through: .
No annual auction series yet

Education & awards

  • No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation

Press Signals

  • No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage

Publications

  • No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex

Peer bands

Peer bands intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists. Each list is a contemporary cohort for one specific question: pricing, career trajectory, or practice context.

Price Band Peers

Comparable contemporary artists clustered around No price band.

Global

No defensible cohort from current data.

Regional

No defensible regional cohort from current data.

Career Stage Peers

Contemporary artists at a similar tracked career stage (emerging).

Peer set
  1. Melanie Schiff#3,278 · Night Gallery North #93 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 8 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  2. Bruce Helander#3,283 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  3. Charles Christopher HILL#3,300 · Cirrus Gallery #101 · Established contemporaryestablished contemporary · 53 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  4. Ellen Gallagher#3,304 · Gagosian #1 · Mid-careermid-career · 25 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  5. Ben Aronson#3,317 · Jenkins Johnson Gallery #238 · Mid-careermid-career · 18 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  6. Maija Peeples-Bright#3,331 · Palm Art Gallery #938 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  7. Richard Renaldi#3,337 · Benrubi Gallery #875 · Mid-careermid-career · 19 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  8. Peter Nadin#3,588 · Off Paradise #1,196 · Emergingemerging · 4 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  9. Elena Dorfman#3,599 · Fredric Snitzer Gallery #134 · Mid-careermid-career · 21 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  10. Ken Graves

Practice / Medium Peers

Artists with similar medium/practice signals; price and rank are secondary checks.

Peer set
  1. Lia Halloran#3,417 · Luis De Jesus Los Angeles #231 · Emergingshared regional context · #3,417 Codex rank
  2. Barbara Takenaga#3,418 · DC Moore Gallery #185 · Mid-careershared regional context · #3,418 Codex rank
  3. James Nachtwey#3,434 · Fahey/Klein Gallery #95 · Mid-careershared regional context · #3,434 Codex rank
  4. Tom Marioni#3,436 · Editioned prints · Under $5K · Crown Point Press #32 · Career stage unknownprints · shared regional context · #3,436 Codex rank
  5. Terry Evans#3,439 · Yancey Richardson #33 · Career stage unknownshared regional context · #3,439 Codex rank
  6. Rose Hartman#3,443 · Todd Merrill Studio #935 · Emergingshared regional context · #3,443 Codex rank
  7. Daniel Hesidence#3,450 · Paintings · $5K–10K · CANADA #273 · Career stage unknownpainting · shared regional context · #3,450 Codex rank
  8. Angela Dufresne#3,462 · Paintings · Under $5K · Yossi Milo Gallery #177 · Emergingpainting · shared regional context · #3,462 Codex rank
  9. David Kracov#3,465 · EDEN Gallery #332 · Emergingshared regional context · #3,465 Codex rank
  10. Ken Graves
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