Born 1974 Jersey City, NJ
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
1996
BFA School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (forthcoming)
2009
The Long Way Home, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY
Saturated, curated by Pharrell Williams, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, FL
2003
Original Fake, BAPE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2002
Elms Lesters Painting Room, London, Great Britain
C9, MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2001
Tokyo First, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999
Colette, Paris, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Alpha Exotica, Hydra School Projects, Hydra, Greece
First Look: An Exhibition of Emerging Artists from Los Angeles Galleries, House of Campari, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France; traveling
Plastic Culture, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, UK traveling, The Exchange, Penzance, UK, and
Bradford 1, Bradford, UK
The New Yorkers, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
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
2004-2008
Beautiful Losers, Curated by Aaron Rose & Christian Strike, traveling: 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; 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
MONOGRAPHS
KAWS C10, Introduced by Carlo McCormick. Seattle: Neverstop, 2002.
KAWS. KAWS Exposed. Seattle: ARO Space, 1999.
Kawachi, Taka and Akio E-da, eds. KAWS One. Tokyo: Little More, 2001.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Meier, Jana. "100 Most Creative People In Business." Fast Company. May 2009.
Plastic Culture. Harris Museum and Art Gallery. Preston, Great Britain. 2009.
Ollman, Leah. "KAWS at Honor Fraser Gallery." Los Angeles Times. 05 March 2009.
Lee, Chris. "KAWS opening causes a commotion in Culver City." Los Angeles Times. 23 February 2009.
Lee, Chris. "Tag, this artist is definitely it." Los Angeles Times, 21 February 2009.
"I Can't Feel My Face." Los Angeles Times. 19 February 2009.
Robinson, Walter. "KAWS & Kanye in Times Square." ARTNET NEWS. 13 January 2009.
"Q&A with KAWS." Eyescream. December 2008. p. 14 – 21.
Pak, Eudie. "KAWS He Said So." Village Voice. November 2008.
"Talk With KAWS." Touch. 28 October 2008. p. 55 – 67.
Dumenco, Simon. "Ones to Watch." Details. October 2008.
Indrisek, Scott. "Artistic Cycles." ARTnews. September 2008. p 50.
"NERD Nose What's Up." Complex. August/September 2008. Cover, p. 74 – 77.
Haskell, Robert. "Home Boy." Fashion Rocks. Fall 2008.
Hollingworth, Thomas. "KAWS and Effect." Florida Inside Out. Fall 2008. p. 70.
Suzuki, Satoko. Wonderwall: Masamichi Katayama Projects No 2. p. 218 – 224.
Fowler, Brendan. "KAWS." ANP Quarterly. Volume 2, Number 1. p. 45 - 57
Abbott, Jeremy. "KAWS." i-D. July 2008. p. cover, 10, 14-15, 20-21, 28-29, 32, 46-47, 54, 59,
65, 66, 68-70, 74, 76-84, 90, 104-105, 110, 114, 152, 159 and 161
Dupouy-La MJC, Michael. "KAWS, le companion idéal." Jalouse. Sept. 2007: p. 162-163
St. Pierre, Louisa. "Rebel with A…" Spread. Spring 2007. p. 68 – 71.
Healy, Murray. "Graffiti Artist Turned Gallery Artist Turned Art Toy Maker, KAWS." Pop. Feb. 2007:
p. 260-265
Walker, Rob. "New Looks." The New York Times Magazine. Aug. 3, 2008: p. 13
Nakamura, Eric. "KAWS and Effect." Giant Robot. Issue 35, 2005.
Rose, Aaron and Christian Strike. Beautiful Losers. 2004.
McCormick, Carlo. "KAWS." Juxtapoz. Summer 2004.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
1996
BFA School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (forthcoming)
2009
The Long Way Home, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY
Saturated, curated by Pharrell Williams, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, FL
2003
Original Fake, BAPE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2002
Elms Lesters Painting Room, London, Great Britain
C9, MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2001
Tokyo First, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999
Colette, Paris, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Alpha Exotica, Hydra School Projects, Hydra, Greece
First Look: An Exhibition of Emerging Artists from Los Angeles Galleries, House of Campari, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France; traveling
Plastic Culture, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, UK traveling, The Exchange, Penzance, UK, and
Bradford 1, Bradford, UK
The New Yorkers, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
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
2004-2008
Beautiful Losers, Curated by Aaron Rose & Christian Strike, traveling: 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; 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
MONOGRAPHS
KAWS C10, Introduced by Carlo McCormick. Seattle: Neverstop, 2002.
KAWS. KAWS Exposed. Seattle: ARO Space, 1999.
Kawachi, Taka and Akio E-da, eds. KAWS One. Tokyo: Little More, 2001.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Meier, Jana. "100 Most Creative People In Business." Fast Company. May 2009.
Plastic Culture. Harris Museum and Art Gallery. Preston, Great Britain. 2009.
Ollman, Leah. "KAWS at Honor Fraser Gallery." Los Angeles Times. 05 March 2009.
Lee, Chris. "KAWS opening causes a commotion in Culver City." Los Angeles Times. 23 February 2009.
Lee, Chris. "Tag, this artist is definitely it." Los Angeles Times, 21 February 2009.
"I Can't Feel My Face." Los Angeles Times. 19 February 2009.
Robinson, Walter. "KAWS & Kanye in Times Square." ARTNET NEWS. 13 January 2009.
"Q&A with KAWS." Eyescream. December 2008. p. 14 – 21.
Pak, Eudie. "KAWS He Said So." Village Voice. November 2008.
"Talk With KAWS." Touch. 28 October 2008. p. 55 – 67.
Dumenco, Simon. "Ones to Watch." Details. October 2008.
Indrisek, Scott. "Artistic Cycles." ARTnews. September 2008. p 50.
"NERD Nose What's Up." Complex. August/September 2008. Cover, p. 74 – 77.
Haskell, Robert. "Home Boy." Fashion Rocks. Fall 2008.
Hollingworth, Thomas. "KAWS and Effect." Florida Inside Out. Fall 2008. p. 70.
Suzuki, Satoko. Wonderwall: Masamichi Katayama Projects No 2. p. 218 – 224.
Fowler, Brendan. "KAWS." ANP Quarterly. Volume 2, Number 1. p. 45 - 57
Abbott, Jeremy. "KAWS." i-D. July 2008. p. cover, 10, 14-15, 20-21, 28-29, 32, 46-47, 54, 59,
65, 66, 68-70, 74, 76-84, 90, 104-105, 110, 114, 152, 159 and 161
Dupouy-La MJC, Michael. "KAWS, le companion idéal." Jalouse. Sept. 2007: p. 162-163
St. Pierre, Louisa. "Rebel with A…" Spread. Spring 2007. p. 68 – 71.
Healy, Murray. "Graffiti Artist Turned Gallery Artist Turned Art Toy Maker, KAWS." Pop. Feb. 2007:
p. 260-265
Walker, Rob. "New Looks." The New York Times Magazine. Aug. 3, 2008: p. 13
Nakamura, Eric. "KAWS and Effect." Giant Robot. Issue 35, 2005.
Rose, Aaron and Christian Strike. Beautiful Losers. 2004.
McCormick, Carlo. "KAWS." Juxtapoz. Summer 2004.