www.kawsone.com
Nace en 1974, en Jersey City, Nueva Jersey
Vive y trabaja en Brooklyn, Nueva York
Formación
1996 BFA School of Visual Arts, Nueva York
Premios y reconocimientos
2018 Hirshhorn Museum New York Gala 2018 Honoree
amfAR Hong Kong Gala Honoree
1998 Pernod Liquid Art Award
Exposiciones individuales
2019 Blackout, Skarstedt, London
Companionship in the Age of Lonliness, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Alone Again, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Michigan
Blame Game, Galerie Boisserée, Cologne
2018 Gone, Skarstedt, New York
Holiday, Seokchon Lake, Seoul, South Korea
Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
2017 WHERE THE END STARTS, Yuz Museum, Shanghai
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Misuri
2016 WHERE THE END STARTS, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas; Yuz Museum, Shanghai
BFF, Central Embassy, Bangkok
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Yorkshire
2015 Permanent Vacation, Eden Rock St. Barths, San Bartolomé, Antillas francesas
Along the Way, Brooklyn Museum, Nueva York
Newcomb Art Gallery at Woldenburg Art Center, Tulane University, Nueva Orleans, Luisiana
Clean Slate, La Nave, Las Salinas, Ibiza
Clean Slate, Shanghai Times Square, Shanghai
2014 Man’s Best Fiend, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Ángeles, California
Clean Slate, Harbour City, Hong Kong
Final Days, CAC Málaga - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga
PLAY YOUR PART, Galería Javier López, Madrid
2013 Mary Boone Gallery, Nueva York; en colaboración con Galerie Perrotin
Pass the Blame, Galerie Perrotin, Nueva York
Ups and Downs, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas
KAWS @ PAFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
KAWS: Giswil, More Gallery, Giswil, Suiza
Ohhh…, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokio
2012 Imaginary Friends, Galerie Perrotin, París
Companion (Passing Through), The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
The Nature of Need, Galerie Perrotin, París y Hong Kong
KAWS: Down Time, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2011 KAWS: Companion, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Focus: KAWS, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
Hold the Line, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Ángeles, California
Companion (Passing Through), The Standard, Nueva York; Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
2010 Companion (Passing Through), Harbour City Museum of Art, Hong Kong
KAWS, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Pay Debt to Nature, Galerie Perrotin, París
KAWS, Galería Javier López, Madrid
2009 The Long Way Home, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Ángeles, California
2008 KAWS, Gering & López, Nueva York
Saturated, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, Florida; comisariada por Pharrell Williams
2003 Original Fake, BAPE Gallery, Tokio
2002 #@!*$: Recent Works, Elms Lesters Painting Room, Londres
C9, MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven
2001 Tokyo First, Parco Gallery, Tokio
1999 Colette, París
Exposiciones colectivas
2019 Michael Jackson on the Wall, EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finlandia
Paintings & Sculptures, Skarstedt, Nueva York
Inaugural Exhibition, Skarstedt, Nueva York
2018 Condo, Fischl, KAWS, Kippenberger, Salle, Sherman, William, Skarstedt, Nueva York
Approaching the Figure, Skarstedt, Nueva York
Out of Control, Venus Over Manhattan, Nueva York
2018 White Columns Benefit Auction, White Columns, Nueva York
2017 Unpacking: The Marciano Collection, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Ángeles, California
2016 Character, V1 Gallery, Copenague
Greek Gotham, Dio Horia Gallery, Miconos
A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke Universituy, Durham, Carolina del Norte
2015 Mutated Reality, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow
A Shared Space: KAWS, Karl Wirsum, Tomoo Gokita, Newcomb Art Museum at Woldenburg Art Center, Tulane University, Nueva Orleans, Luisiana
Paulin, Paulin, Paulin, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, París
Respect, CAC Málaga - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga
Along the Way, At This Time, Better Knowing - ArtZuid 2015. International Sculpture Route, Foundation ArtZuid, Ámsterdam; comisariada por Rudi Fuchs
2014 New Abstraction, Leila Heller Gallery, Nueva York
Paint New York. Painting From the American Eastcoast, Kunstforeningen GL Strand, Copenhague
Pop Sculpture - Pop Culture, Leila Heller Gallery, Nueva York
Bad Boy!, New Art Projects, Londres
OK, I’ll rename it, Bill Brady Gallery, Kansas City, Misuri
Summer Collective Exhibition, 3 Punts Galería, Barcelona
Full House, Garth Greenan Gallery, Nueva York
KNOCK! KNOCK!, Galería Javier López, Madrid; comisariada por Fer Francés
Joyride, Marlborough, Nueva York
G I R L, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, París; comisariada por Pharrel Williams
If you’re accidentally not included, don’t worry about it, Galerie Zürcher, Nueva York; comisariada por Peter Saul
Wall to Wall, Hang - Up Gallery, Londres
This is Not a Toy, Design Exchange, Toronto; comisariada por John Wee Tom, Sara Nickleson y Pharrell Williams
Making Links: 25 Years, SCAI | The Bathhouse, Tokio
2013 Happy Birthday Galerie Perrotin / 25ans, Tri Postal, Lille
The System of Objects, Deste Foundation, Atenas
Pictoplasma White Noise, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
At Home I’m a Tourist. Colección de Selim Varol, CAC Málaga - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga
2012 White Columns Benefit Exhibition and Auction, White Columns, Nueva York
Wangechi Mutu, KAWS, Jeff Sonhouse, Wim Delvoye, Zidoun - Bossuyt Gallery, Luxemburgo
Art & Toys. Collection Selim Varol, me Collectors Room, Berlín
Toykio Loves Gol, Toykio Gallery, Dusseldorf
East West Shift to the Middle Part I, Bill Brady Gallery, Kansas City, Misuri
2011 West End Rebellion, Scream London, Londres
Outside In: International Urban Art Exhibition, Reed Projects Gallery, Stavanger
Pretty On The Inside, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Nueva York; comisariada por KAWS y Erik Parker
Party Animals, Royal/T, Los Ángeles, California
Art in the Streets, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Ángeles, California
Printer’s Proof: 10th Anniversary of Axelle Editions, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Nueva York
FACEMAKER, Royal/T, Los Ángeles, California; comisariada por Katy Grayson
2010 Mutant Pop, Galleri Loyal, Malmö; comisariada por Joe Grillo, Laura Grant y Brandon Joyce
USA Today. Una aproximación al arte norteamericano del siglo XXI, Centro Torrente Ballester, Ferrol, A Coruña; comisariada por Alejandro y Mario Martín Pareja
It Ain’t Fair, OHWOW, Miami, Florida
Celebration, MMCA - Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Tesalónica
The Reflected Gaze: Self Portraiture Today, The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
Street Smart, Affirmation Arts, Nueva York
SugiPOP!, Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2009 Alpha Exotica, Hydra School Projects, Atenas; comisariada por Dimitrios Antonitsis
First Look: An Exhibition of Emerging Artists from Los Angeles Galleries, House of Campari, Los Ángeles, California
Stages, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, París; organizada por Lance Armstrong y Nike; Deitch Projects, Nueva York
Plastic Culture: Legacies of Pop 1986 - 2008, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire; itinerante: The Exchange, Penzance, Cornwall, y Bradford 1, Bradford
Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Painting So Different, So Appealing?, Gering & López Gallery, Nueva York
Urban Art: Werke aus der Sammlung Reinking, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen
Get Rich Quick, Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, Culver City, California
The New Yorkers, V1 Gallery, Copenhague
USA Today. Una aproximación al arte norteamericano del siglo XXI, Centro de Historia de Zaragoza y Sala de exposiciones del Archivo Histórico Provincial de Cáceres; comisariada por Alejandro y Mario Martín Pareja, organizada por Contemporánea
I Can't Feel My Face, Royal/T, Los Ángeles, California; comisariada por KAWS
2008 Everything Else, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, Nueva York
Sex & Erotica, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario
USA Today. Una aproximación al arte norteamericano del siglo XXI, Eutopía 08, Sala museística de Cajasur, Córdoba; comisariada por Alejandro y Mario Martín Pareja
2007 POPcentric, Gering & López Gallery, Nueva York
2006 Info Babble, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, Nueva York
Ugly Winners, Galerie Du Juor Agnes B., París
New York’s Own, Fuse Gallery, Nueva York
2005 Highmath, V1 Gallery, Copenhague
2004 Beautiful Losers, Le Tri Postal, Lille; comisariada por Aaron Rose y Christian Strike; itinerante hasta 2008: Circleculture Gallery, Berlín; Palazzo Dell'Arte, Milán; USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida; Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California; Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco, California; CAC - Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2003 SK8 on the Wall, Parco Gallery, Tokio
2002 Session The Bowl, Deitch Projects, Nueva York
ALIFE Shop, Deitch Projects, Nueva York
Coded Language, City Gallery Chastain, Atlanta, Georgia
2001 Shortcuts, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Atenas
Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Atenas
New Acquisitions from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Atenas
Colecciones públicas
City Museum, San Louis, Misuri
High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, California
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas
Pizzutti Collection
Rosenblum Collection, París
Zabludowicz Collection, Londres
