The Kaplan Twins
The Kaplan Twins
The Kaplan Twins, Allie and Lexie Kaplan, are a Los Angeles-based artistic duo. They have a massive following on Instagram. [2]
Career
As an articstic duo, they have shown mainly in Los Angeles, most notably We Rise Gallery, De Re Gallery and the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery, they have also been included in several pop-up exhibitions, and performed a live piece at the Delano Hotel during Art Basel Miami Beach in 2017. In the summer of 2018, they debuted their new series in the hotel lobby of Montauk Beach House, in Montauk, New York with Roman Fine Art. They are included in numerous celebrity and private collections worldwide. Their work has been featured in Vanity Fair, Flaunt, W, Vice magazine, The Times UK, Teen Vogue, Dujour Mag, InStyle, Playboy, High Snobiety, Elle China among others.[6]
In their new series of oil paintings, The Kaplan Twins incorporate witty text, humorous ideograms, and "trendy" objects to pull from popular iconography.[6]
In the Media
In April 2016, they started selling toys that they had slept with for $333 a piece.
[3] The project was in collaboration with The Most Famous Artist.
In August 2016, The Kaplan Twins generated massive controversy by selling paintings inspired by Kim Kardashian's sextape. [1]
In 2019, they joined the cast of MTV's Ex On The Beach.[9]
Education
The Kaplan Twins attended New York University graduating in 2015, Allie with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Art with a concentration in painting, Minor in Art History, and Lexi with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Art with a concentration in painting.[6][9]
Personal Life
The Kaplan Twins hail originally from New Jersey. [1]