KAWS
Born in Jersey City, NJ, 1974.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
EDUCATION
1996 BFA School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY (forthcoming)
2003
Original Fake, BAPE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2002
Elms Lesters Painting Room, London, UK
C9, MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2001
Tokyo First, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999
Colette, Paris, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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
2004-2008
Beautiful Losers, Curated by Aaron Rose & Christian Strike, Le Tri Postal, Lille, France; traveling to 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; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
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, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
GRANTS
1998 Pernod Liquid Art Award
Born in Jersey City, NJ, 1974.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
EDUCATION
1996 BFA School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY (forthcoming)
2003
Original Fake, BAPE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2002
Elms Lesters Painting Room, London, UK
C9, MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2001
Tokyo First, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999
Colette, Paris, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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
2004-2008
Beautiful Losers, Curated by Aaron Rose & Christian Strike, Le Tri Postal, Lille, France; traveling to 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; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
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, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
GRANTS
1998 Pernod Liquid Art Award