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Studio K.O.S.

(American, born 1979)

Studio K.O.S.

THE TIME MACHINE I (after H.G. Wells), 2013

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ANIMAL FARM - KIM JONG-UN (after Orwell), 2017

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RUMPELSTILTSKIN (after Brothers Grimm), 2017

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A Midsummer Night's Dream "… so quick bright things …" (after Shakespeare and Mendelssohn), 2014

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By Any Means Necessary (after Malcolm X), 2008

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The Scarlet Letter / All About Love (after Nathaniel Hawthorne and bell hooks) Affirmation, 2023

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Biography

Timeline

1955: Born in Pittsfield, Maine
1976 - 1980: University of Maine, Augusta, Maine, A.S.
1978 - 1980: School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, B.F.A.
1980 - 1981: Teaching, New York Marxist School, New York/NY, USA
1980 - 1982: Teaching, Learning to Read Through the Arts Program, New York/NY, USA
1980: New York University, Department of Art Education, New York, NY
1982 - 1987: Teaching, I.S. #52, South Bronx, New York/NY, USA
1982: Founded K.O.S. (Kids of Survival) and the Art and Knowledge Workshop, Inc., South Bronx, NY
1995: Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California at Davis/CA, USA
2003 - 2005: Resident Professor of Art and Education, Drexel University, Philadelphia/PA, USA
: Visiting Professor of Art, Literature and Music, Drexel University and Center for the Prevention of School Violence and Martha Washington Elementary School, Philadelphia/PA, USA
: Lives in the South Bronx, NY
: K.O.S - Current Members:
Angel Abreu, born Philadelphia, 1974
Nelson Savinon, born New York City, 1971
Jorge Abreu, born New York City, 1979
Robert Branch, born New York City, 1977
Daniel Castillo, born New York City, 1982
Bryce Zackery, born in Rochester, MN,1984

Exhibitions

2014: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (after Mendelssohn), Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France (solo)
: RIVERS, SCAD, Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, USA (solo)
: Dark Waters, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
2013: Du Bois in Our Time, Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
: On The Origin, Lehmann Maupin, New York, N Y , U S A (solo)
: THE TIME MACHINE, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Maureen Paley, London, UK (solo)
: On Transfiguration, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland  (solo)
: Paper, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France
: This Side of Paradise, Andrew Freedman Home, New York, N Y , U S A
: Wide Open School, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
: Painting Now, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2012: The Black Spot, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, UK (solo)
: I Followed You into the Water, Lehmann Maupin, New York, N Y , U S A
2011: On Transfiguration, GAMeC – Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy (solo)
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Lehmann Maupin, New York (solo)
: The Intellectual Work: Enzo Mari with Pavel Büchler, Jason Dodge, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin, Germany
: A Rocky Road, Crawfort Art Gallery, Cork City, Ireland
: Art Unlimited, Art 41 Basel, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
: Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History , The Frye Art Museum, Seattle/WA, USA (solo)
: What Matters, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester/MA, USA (solo)
: What Matters - Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
: Songs without words, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
: A Collections Legacy: Women Donors at the Haggerty - Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
: Permanent Trouble - Aktuelle Kunst aus der Sammlung Kopp - KOG - Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg
: NI UNA MAS (Not One More): The Juarez Murders - Leonard Pearlstein Gallery at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
: The Page - Kimmerich, New York City, NY
: En Privado 2. La Opción Desamable - Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca
2010: Condensations of the Social - Smack Mellon Gallery, New York City, NY
: We Are Sun-kissed and Snow-blind , Galerie Patrick Seguin invites Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Paris, France
: Octet: Codes and Contexts in Recent Art - , New York City, NY
: What Matters - Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
: I Have a Dream: International Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks Museum, Montgomery/AL, USA
: On the Origin of Species (after Darwin), National Academy of Science, Washington/WA, USA (solo)
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs/NY, USA (solo)
2009: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History, The Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia/NY, USA (solo)
: I Dance with camera, A Institute of Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania/PA, USA (solo)
: Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, New York/NY, USA (solo)
: King and Courage, The Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse/NY, USA (solo)
: Metamorphosen, Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy (solo)
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York/NY, USA (solo)
: As Lathar/Off Site, Irish Museum of Modern Art, IMMA, Dublin, Ireland
: Dreams & Portals , Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence/KS, USA
2008: Party Headquarters: Voting is Just the Beginning, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York/NY, USA
: AMP Gallery, Athens, Greece (solo)
: Making and Finding, Foundation to Life Exhibition Space, Mount Kisco/NY, USA
: Exhibitionism, CCS Bard Hessel Museum Annadale-on-Hudson, New York/NY, USA
: Sketch and Detail, Chelsea Clinton Community Health Center, New York/NY, USA
: What Is Painting ? , The Museum of Modern Art, New York/NY, USA
: Repicturing the Past / Picturing the Present,The Museum of Modern Art, New York/NY, USA
2007: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: 25 Years, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
: 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago/IL, USA
: Artists’ Books : Transgression / Excess , Space Other, Boston/MA, USA
: Jubilee Exhibition, House Eva Presenhuber, Vnà, Switzerland
: Stripes, Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, New York/NY, USA
: Only Words, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia/PA, USA
: The Downtown Show : The NY Arts Scene 1974 - 1984, The Andy Warhol Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pa.
: The Downtown Show : The NY Arts Scene 1974 - 1984, The Grey Art Gallery, New York, NY
: The Gold Standart, P.S.1 MoMA, Long Island
: Whitney Museum, New York, Whitney Biennale 2006
: We See the Promised Land - Tim Rollins and KOS in Collaboration with Atlanta Youth, Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Ga. (solo)
2006: New Works on Music, Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples (solo)
: The Creation (after Haydn), The New York Center for Arts and Media Studies, New York, NY (solo)
: On the Nature of the Universe, National Academy of Science, Washington, DC (solo)
: Freedomworks, Fusebox Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
: Winter Morning Walks (after Ted Kooser), Heydon Art Center, Lincoln, Neb. (solo)
: Building the Beloved Community, Youth Art Connection, Atlanta, Ga. (solo)
: The Creation Folio, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Md. (solo)
: The Creation Folio , Edison Gallery, Washington, DC.(solo)
: On Music, The Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC. (solo)
: On Music, The Contemporary Art Museum of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Va. (solo)
: In Private Hands, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, Pa.
: Text as Art, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
: Beautiful Dreamer, Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio
: Twenty Five Years Part II, Baumgartner Gallery, New York, NY
: Postcards From the Edge, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
2005: Flashback, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel
: The Creation - Tim Rollins and K.O.S. at Pyramid Atlantic, Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Silver Springs, Md. (solo)
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: Large Scale Works, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago/IL, USA (solo)
: Let There Be Light, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati/OH, USA (solo)
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: Large Scale Works 2000 – 2004, The Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI/USA (solo)
: Revelation, The Mint Museum, Charlotte/NC
: A Show of Hands, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia/PA, USA
: Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Cincinatti Museum of Contemporary Art, Cincinatti/OH, USA
: Media.Comm(Unity)/Comm.Medium – divenire comunità oltre il mezzo: l’opera diffusa, Museo Masedu, Sassari, Italy, curated by G.Perretta
: Creation Mythologies, Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
2004: In the Spirit of Martin, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Ala.
: The Wild Bunch II, Whitebox Annex, New York/NY, USA
: In the Spirit of Martin, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis/TN, USA
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: Agape, Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa. (solo)
: In the Spirit of Martin, International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington/DC, USA
: In the Spirit of Martin, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis/NM, USA
: In the Spirit of Martin, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn/NY, USA
: Postcards from the Edge, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
: Representing Slavery, Williams College Art Gallery, Williamstown/MA, USA
: Gallery Artists, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago/IL, USA
: Whitebox, New York, NY, Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: War of the Worlds (solo)
: Art Resources Transfer, New York, NY, Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: Works on Paper 1983 - 2003 (solo)
2003: University of Georgia Gallery, Athens, Ga., A Midsummer Night’s Dream (solo)
: In the Spirit of Martin, Missouri historical Society, St. Louis/MO, USA
: Care For All , White Box, New York/NY, USA
: Large Scale, Baumgartner Gallery, New York/NY, USA
: Last Forward II, Berkley Art Museum, Berkley/CA, USA
: The Blame Show, White Box, New York/NY, USA
: I’m Amazed, Liebman Magan Gallery, New York/NY, USA
: Collecting Contemporary Art – A Community Dialogue, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill/NC, USA
: In the Spirit of Martin, The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach/FL, USA
: In the Spirit of Martin, Paul Morris Gallery, New York/NY
: In the Spirit of Martin, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington/DE, USA
: In the Spirit of Martin, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit/MI, USA
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S. 20 Years of Art and Teaching, Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis/TN, USA (solo)
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: New Work, Baumgartner Gallery, New York/NY, USA (solo)
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles/CA, USA (solo)
: New Paintings, Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy (solo)
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S. for Lawrence, Kansas - What Happens to a Dream Deferred?, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence/KS, USA (solo)
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: Works on Paper, Mills Gallery, Central College, Pella/IA, USA (solo)
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: Works on Paper, Dishman Art Gallery, Beaumont, Tx. (solo)
2002: Large Scale, Baumgartner Gallery, New York, NY
: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
: Real Time, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kan. (solo)
: Le Tribù dell’Arte, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Roma, Italy, curated by A. Bonito Oliva
: Retorn al pais des mervelles , Funfacio la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
: Hamilton Gallery, Ontario, Canada
: Art as prayer, Cooper Union, New York/NY, USA
: Selections from the Permanent Collection , Williams Art Museum, Williams College, Williamstown/MA, USA
: Parkett Editions , Museum of Modern Art, New York/NY, USA
: Selections from the Permanent Collection , The Bronx museum of Art, New York/NY, USA
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: The Evidence of Things Not Seen, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York/NY, USA (solo)
: Galeria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy (solo)
2001: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: Superheroes, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines/IA, USA (solo)
: Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood in Contemporary Art, PS1, Contemporary Art Center, New York/NY, USA
: Collective Art Practice, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
: The American Century: 1950-2000, The Witney Museum of American Art, New York/NY, USA
: Recent Acquisitions, The Bronx Museum of Art, New York/NY, USA
: Points of Departure, Main Line Art Center, Lower Merion/PA, USA
: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale/AZ, USA (solo)
: Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis/TN, USA (solo)
: Crow Shadow Institute, Pendleton/OR, USA (solo)
: M.H. de Young Memorial Art Museum, San Francisco/CA, USA (solo)
: The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls/NY, USA (solo)
: Wood Street Galleries, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh/PA, USA (solo)
: Baumgartner Gallery, New York/NY, USA (solo)
2000: Twentieth Anniversary, Baumgartner Gallery, New York
: Shark Island Contemporary Art Center, Bristol, Great Britain (solo)
: Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood in Contemporary Art, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines/IA, USA
: Righteous!, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco/CA, USA
: Recent Acquisitions, The Tate Gallery, London, Great Britain
: Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines/IA, USA
: Urban Mythologies, The Bronx Museum of Art, New York/NY, USA
: Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood in Contemporary Art, The Scottsdale Center for Contemporary Art, Scottsdale/AR, USA
: Dream City, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
: Trinity Christian College, Chicago/IL, USA (solo)
: Berkeley Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley/CA, USA (solo)
: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale/AZ, USA (solo)
: The Jewish Museum, San Francisco/CA, USA (solo)
: Robert Livingston Magnet Junior High School, Albany/NY, USA (solo)
: Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins/CO, USA (solo)
1999: Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago/IL, USA (solo)
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S, Williams Art Museum, Williams College, Massachusetts /MA, USA
: Fifteen Years of Art and Teaching, University Art Museum, SUNY, Albany, NY
: Fifteen Years of Art and Teaching, Ohio University Art Gallery Athens, OH
: Kids Across America, Univ. of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum Tampa, FL
: Utrecht Academy of the Arts, Utrecht, The Netherlands
: Berkeley Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley/CA, USA
: New York State Art Museum, Albany/NY, USA
: Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, Great Britain
: Grand Arts, Kansas City/MO, USA
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: Fifteen Years of Art and Teaching, University Art Museum, SUNY, Albany/NY, USA
: Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco/CA, USA
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: The Strength to Love, The Greenville College Art Gallery, Greenville/IL, USA
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: I See the Promised Land, John McEnroe Gallery, New York/NY, USA
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: Fifteen Years of Art and Teaching, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens/OH, USA
: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: Kids Across America, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa/FL, USA
1998: The Rites of Spring, PPOW, New York/NY, USA
: Zeum, San Francisco/CA, USA
: More Than One: Twentieth Century Paint Portfolios, Museum of Modern Art New York
: The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996, The Hirshhorm Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington D.C.
1997: Fifteen Years of Art and Teaching, Fabric Workshop and Museum Philadelphia, PA
: Prometheus Bound, Academy Theater Gallery Utrecht
1996: Bronx Spaces, The Bronx Museum of the Arts Bronx, New York
: Deformations: Aspects of the Modern Grotesque, The Museum of Modern Art New York
: Youth Matters, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University Niagara, NY
: Thinking Paint, Museum of Modern Art New York
: Kommos, Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College Gambier, OH
: Youth Matters, Centre Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami/FL, USA
: Imagined Communities, Oldham Art Gallery, Oldham, Great Britain
: Zeichen & Wunder, Centro Calego de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
: Contemporary Drawing: Exploring the Territory, Aspen Art Musuem Aspen, CO
1995: Mary Boone Gallery, New York
1994: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Winston-Salem, NC
1993: Malcolm X: Man, Ideal, Icon, Anacostia Museum Washington D.C.
: Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemp. American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art New York
1992: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington D.C.
1991: Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago/IL, USA (solo)
1990: Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Basel, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles/CA, Switzerland (solo)
1989: Dia Art Foundation, New York/NY, USA (solo)
: Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago/IL, USA (solo
1987: Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia/PA, USA (solo)
: Knight Gallery, Charlotte/NC, USA (solo)

Literature

2005: R. Laine M., ‘T`im Rollins helps youth create their masterpiece,’ in: The Beacon, November 6, 2005
: J. Dawson, ‘Tim Rollins and K.O.S.’, in: The Washington, April 15, 2005
: M. O’Sullivan, ‘Tim Rollins’ creative streak’, The Washingyon Post, April 15, 2005
: J.Romaine, ‘On a clear nigth I can see the sun: Tim Rollins and K.O.S. Test faith’s Possibilities’, in: Image N° 45, Spring 2005
: A. Pedula, ‘Fulfilled in your seeing - The life and work of Tim Rollins and K.O.S.’, in: Image N° 45, Spring 2005
2004: A. Parks, ‘Big Bang Theorist’, in: Citypaper, February 14, 2004
: L. Mah. S., ‘Kids crations’, in: Kalamazoo Gazette, January 21, 2004
2003: A. De Mao, ‘Students drawn in by Artistic Inspiration’, in: Banner-Herald, October 22, 2003
: D. Maurer, ‘Their painting are worth Thousands of words’, in: The Daily Progress, July 27, 2003
: David Deitcher, ‘Tim Rollins talks to David Deitcher’, in: Artforum, April 2003

Studio K.O.S.

(American, born 1979)

Studio K.O.S.

Studio K.O.S.

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Studio K.O.S.

Studio K.O.S.

Studio K.O.S.

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Literature

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