KAWS (b. 1974)
Born Jersey City, New Jersey
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
2014 Man's Best Friend, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
Clean Slate, Harbour City, Hong Kong, China
Final Days, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga, Spain
Play your Part, Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid, Spain
2013 KAWS at 30th Street Station: COMPANION (PASSING THROUGH),
presented by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
KAWS Giswil, More Gallery, Giswil, Switzerland
KAWS @ PAFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Sculpture Plinth Exhibition Program: KAWS, Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Ups and Downs, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Pass the Blame, Galerie Perrotin, New York, NY
KAWS, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Companion (Passing Through), Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX
Imaginary Friends, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
The Nature of Need, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
KAWS: Down Time, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2011 KAWS: Companion, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Focus: KAWS, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Hold The Line, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
Companion (Passing Through), The Standard, New York, NY
Companion (Passing Through), Aldrich Museum of Art, Ridgefield, CT
2010 Companion (Passing Through), Harbour City, Hong Kong, China
Pay the Debt to Nature, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
KAWS, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
KAWS, Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid, Spain
2009 The Long Way Home, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2008 KAWS, Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY
Saturated, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, FL
2003 OriginalFake, BAPE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2002 #@!*$: Recent Works, Elms Lesters Painting Room, London, UK
C9, MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2001 Tokyo First, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999 KAWS, Colette, Paris, France
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 If You're Accidentally Not Included, Don't Worry About It., Zurcher Studio, New York, NY
Joyride, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
Ok, I'll rename it, Bill Brady KC, Kansas City, MO
Knock! Knock!, Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid, Spain
Full House, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, NY
PAINT NEW YORK, GL Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 East West Shift to the Middle Part #1, Bill Brady KC, Kansas City, MO
Group Show - Wangechi Mutu - KAWS - Jeff Sonhouse -
Wim Delvoye, Gallery Zidoun, Luxembourg
It Ain't Fair 2012, OHWOW, Miami, FL
White Columns Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY
2011 Pretty on the Inside, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Party Animals, Royal-T, Los Angeles, CA
Art in the Streets, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Facemaker, curated by Kathy Grayson, Royal/T, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Mutant Pop, Galleri Loyal, Malmo, Sweden
It Ain't Fair, OHWOW, Miami, FL
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
Stages, Galerie Emannuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Alpha Exotica, Hydra School Projects, Athens, Greece
The New Yorkers, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Plastic Culture, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, UK
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
Ugly Winners, Galerie Du Juor Agnes B., Paris, France
2004 Beautiful Losers, Le Tri Postal, Lille, France, Palazzo Dell'Arte, Milan, Italy,
USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL, Contemporary Museum,
Baltimore, MD, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA,
Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco, CA
2003 SK8 on the Wall, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2002 Session The Bowl, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
ALIFE Shop, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Coded Language, City Gallery Chastain, Atlanta, GA
2001 Shortcuts, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Athens, Greece
Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
New Acquisitions from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, Greece
Bibliography
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2012 Ng, David. "KAWS is Latest Artist to Join Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade"
The Los Angeles Times, November 26
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2005 Smart: A Bathing Ape, spring/summer
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