Frank Gehry

(American/Canadian, born 1929)

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Frank Gehry

Study for New Frank Gehry House, 2004

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Frank Gehry

Chair 1, 2007

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Frank Gehry

Chair 2, 2007

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Frank Gehry

Study 2, 2009

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Frank Gehry

IAC 2, 2007

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Frank Gehry

Abu Dhabi, 2007

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Frank Gehry

Sitonme, 2008

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Frank Gehry

Study 1, 2009

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Frank Gehry

The IAC Building, 2009

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Frank Gehry

Study 2, 2009

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Frank Gehry

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Museum, 2009

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Frank Gehry

Puzzled #1, 2011

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Biography

Timeline

1929
Born: Toronto, Canada
1947
Moved with his family to Los Angeles as a teenager in 1947 and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen
1954
Received a degree in architecture from the University of Southern California(USC)
1962
Established his own firm, Gehry Associate, now known as Gehry Partners, LLP
1989
Received the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the most prestigious honor that can be given to a living architect
1992
Was awarded the Wolf Prize in Art, as well as the Imperiale Award in Architecture given by the Japan Art Association
1994
Became the first recipient of the Lillian Gish Award for lifetime contribution to the arts
1997
Completed to build the new Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain
2003
Unveiled the finished Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles
Lives and works in Santa Monica, CA

Exhibitions

2010
Fish Forms: Lamps by Frank Gehry, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY(solo)
Living Architectures, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY
From the Spoon to the City:Objects by Architects from LACMA's Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art(LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
2009
Frank O. Gehry: Design Process and the Lewis House, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA(solo)
2008
Frank Gehry, The Art Gallery Of Ontario, Toronto, Canada(solo)
2004 - 2005
Frank Gehry, Architect: Designs for Museums, Corocan Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.(solo)
2001
Frank Gehry, Architect: Retrospective Features Models, Plans, Drawings, Furniture, Photographs, and Video Footage, as well as Two Site-Specific Architectural Elements, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY(solo)
2000
The Art of the Motorcycle; Guggenheim Museum Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
1999
The Art of the Motorcycle; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
1998
The Art of the Motorcycle; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
Frank O. Gehry since 1997, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy(solo)
1997
Exiles & Emigrés; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

Public Collections

1983
Temporary Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art; Los Angeles, California
1988
Sirmai-Peterson Residence; Thousand Oaks, California
Vitra International Manufacturing Facility & Design Museum; Weil am Rhein, Germany
1989
Schnabel Residence; Los Angeles, California
1991
Chiat/Day Headquarters; Venice, California
University of Toledo Center for the Visual Arts; Toledo, Ohio
1992
University of Iowa Advanced Technologies Laboratory; Iowa City, Iowa
1993
Frederick Weisman Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Vitra Design Museum, Vitra premises, Weil am Rhein, Germany
1994
The American Center; Paris, France

Literature

2003
Dal Co, Francesco. Frank O Gehry: The Complete work. Phaidon Press; New Ed edition
Frank. Symphony: Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall. New York: Harry Abrams
2002
Gehry, Frank and Sorkin, Michael . Gehry Talks: Architecture + Process (Universe Architecture Series). Universe Publishing: New York
2001
Gehry, Frank and Colomina, Beatriz. Frank Gehry Architect. New York:Harry N. Abrams(Guggeneheim Museum Catalogue)
1985
Frank Gehry: Buildings and Projects(edited by Peter Arnell and Ted Bickford ; essay by Germano Celant ; text by Mason Andrews ; recent work photographed by Tim Street-Porter). New York: Rizzoli, 1985