KAWS b. 1974

Solo Shows

 

2018 GONE, Skarstedt, New York, NY
2018 KAWS: HOLIDAY, Seokchon Lake, Seoul, South Korea
2018 KAWS, Galerie Perrotin, Tokyo, Japan
2018 KAWS, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
2017 
WHERE THE END STARTS, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
2017  KAWS, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, USA
2016 
WHERE THE END STARTS, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
2016  KAWS: BFF, Central Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
2016  KAWS, Galerie Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea
2016 KAWS, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Yorkshire, UK
2015
 Permanent Vacation II, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barts
2015 ALONG THE WAY, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Newcomb Art Gallery at Woldenburg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2015 CLEAN SLATE, LA NAVE, Las Salinas, Ibiza, Spain
2015 CLEAN SLATE, Shanghai Times Square, Shanghai, China
2014 
MAN'S BEST FRIEND, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, USA
2014 Permanent Vacation, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths
2014 CLEAN SLATE, Harbour City, Hong Kong, China
2014 FINAL DAYS, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga, Spain
2014 PLAY YOUR PART, Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid, Spain
2013  PASS THE BLAME, Galerie Perrotin New York, USA
2013 Mary Boone Gallery in cooperation with Galerie Perrotin, New York, USA
2013  Ups and Downs, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, USA
2013 KAWS @ PAFA, inside PAFA’s Historic Landmark Building
2013 Sculpture Plinth Exhibition Program: KAWS, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2013 KAWS GISWIL, More Gallery, Giswil, Switzerland
2013 Ohhh…,Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2012 Imaginary Friends, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
2012 The Nature of Need, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
2012 KAWS: Down Time, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2011 KAWS: Companion, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2011 FOCUS: KAWS, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
2011 Hold The Line, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Passing Through, The Standard, New York, NY
2011 Passing Through, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

2010 Passing Through, Harbour City, Hong Kong, China
2010 Pay the Debt to Nature, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
2010 KAWS, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
2010 Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid, Spain
2009 The Long Way Home, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, FL
2003 
Original Fake, BAPE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2002 
Elms Lesters Painting Room, London, UK
2002 C9, MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2001 Tokyo First, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

 

Group Shows

 

2020 I See Faces, Gazeli Art House, London, UK

2018 Approaching The Figure, Skarstedt, New York, New York
2016 Holdings: Selections from MCASD's Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, USA
2016 Greek Gotham, Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
2016 A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, USA
2015 Respect, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga, Spain
2015 ArtZuid 2015, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014 If You're Accidentally Not Included, Don't Worry About It., curated by Peter Saul, Zurcher Studio, New York, USA
2014 Joyride, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
2014 Ok, I'll rename it, Bill Brady KC, Kansas City, MO
2014 Knock! Knock!, Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid, Spain
2014 Full House, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, NY
2014 PAINT NEW YORK, GL Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015 A Shared Space: KAWS, Karl Wirsum, Tomoo Gokita, Newcomb Art Museum, New Orleans, U.S.A
2015 ArtZuid 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 If You're Accidentally Not Included, Don't Worry About It., curated by Peter Saul, Zurcher Studio, New York, NY
2014 Joyride, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
2014 Ok, I'll rename it, Bill Brady KC, Kansas City, MO
2014 Knock! Knock!, Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid, Spain
2014 Full House, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, NY
2014 PAINT NEW YORK, GL Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 Happy Birthday Galerie Perrotin / 25ans, TRIPOSTAL, Lille, France
2012 White Columns Benefit Exhibition and Auction, White Columns, New York, NY
2011 PRETTY ON THE INSIDE, organized by Erik Parker and KAWS, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Party Animals, Royal-T, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Art in the Streets, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2011 FACEMAKER, curated by Katy Grayson, Royal/T, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Mutant Pop, Curated by Joe Grillo, Laura Grant, and Brandon Joyce, Galleri Loyal, Malmo, Sweden
2010 It Ain't Fair, OHWOW, Miami, FL
2010 The Reflected Gaze - Self Portraiture Today, The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2009 Just what is it that make today's painting so different, so appealing, Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Stages, organized by Lance Armstrong and Nike, Galerie Emannuel Perrotin, Paris, France
2009 Alpha Exotica, curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis, Hydra School Projects, Athens, Greece
2009 The New Yorkers, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 Plastic Culture, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, UK
2009 I Can't Feel My Face, curated by KAWS, Royal-T, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Everything Else, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
2007 POPcentric, Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Info Babble, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY
2006 Ugly Winners, Galerie Du Juor Agnes B., Paris, France
2004 Beautiful Losers, curated by Aaron Rose and Christian Strike, Le 2004 Tri Postal, Lille, France, Palazzo Dell'Arte, Milan, Italy, USF 2004 Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL, Contemporary 2004 Museum, Baltimore, MD, Orange County - Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco, CA, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2003 SK8 on the Wall, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2002 Session The Bowl, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2002 ALIFE Shop, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2002 Coded Language, City Gallery Chastain, Atlanta, GA
2001 Shortcuts, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Athens, Greece
2001 Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
2001 New Acquisitions from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece

 

Public Collections

 

Brooklyn Museum, New York 
CAC Malaga, Malaga, Spain
City Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
 Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Vermont
High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas
Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, Ohio
Rosenblum Collection, Paris
Zabludowicz Collection, London
Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California

 

Education
 
1996 BFA School of Visual Arts, New York, NY