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Niki de Saint Phalle

(French, 1930–2002)

Niki de Saint Phalle

Sun God Vase, 2001

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Niki de Saint Phalle

Pouf Serpent Jaune, 1991

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Biography

Timeline

1930: Born Catherine Marie-Agnes Fal de Saint Phalle in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
1937: Moved with her family to New York, NY
1948 - 1950: Worked as fashion model for Vogue, Life, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, and other French and American magazines
1952: Moved to Paris, France
1954: Met American painter Hugh Weiss who became a friend and mentor
1971: Married Jean Tinguely
2002: Died in San Diego, CA

Exhibitions

2020: Niki de Saint Phalle Selected Exhibitions in 2020:
Niki de Saint Phalle, Structures for Life, MoMa PS1, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago, MCA Chicago, IL
All of Them Witches, Jeffrey Deitch Inc., Los Angeles, CA
New Images of Man, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2019: Niki de Saint Phalle Selected Exhibitions in 2019:
Ici tout est Possible, Beaux Arts Mons, Mons, Belgium (solo exhibition)
MOMA Reopening Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2018: Niki de Saint Phalle Selected Exhibitions in 2018:
Works from the Mesuda Collection, Hangaram Museum, Seoul, South Korea (solo exhibition)
Freedom Would be Mine, Hangaram Museum, Seoul, South Korea (solo exhibition)
2017: Niki de Saint Phalle Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Belles! Belles! Belles! Les femmes de Niki de Saint Phalle, Galerie GP & N Vallois, Paris, France (solo exhibition)
2016: Niki de Saint Phalle Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Ich bin eine Kämpferin. Frauenbilder der Niki de Saint Phalle, Ostwall Museum, Dortmund, Allemagne (exposition itinérante)(commissaire d'exposition : Ulrich Krempel) (solo exhibition)
Niki de Saint Phalle, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finlande (exposition itinérante) (commissaire d'exposition : Camille Morineau) (solo exhibition)
Niki de Saint Phalle, ARKEN, Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishoj, Danemark (exposition itinérante)(commissaire d'exposition : Camille Morineau) (solo exhibition)
Archéologie du présent, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Saint-Étienne Métropole, France
2015: Niki de Saint Phalle Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Niki de Saint Phalle, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Espagne (exposition itinérante)(commissaire d'exposition : Camille Morineau et Álvaro Rodríguez Fominaya) (solo exhibition)
Niki de Saint Phalle, The National Art Center, Tokyo, JP (commissaire d'exposition : Camille Morineau et Yukado Yamada) (solo exhibition)
2014: Niki de Saint Phalle Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
La Bande à Niki, Musée en Herbe, Paris, France (solo exhibition)
Niki de Saint Phalle, Grand Palais, Paris, France (solo exhibition)
2012 - 2013: Niki de Saint Phalle – Eine Retrospektive – Skulpturen, Objekte und Arbeiten auf Papier, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany (solo)
2011: Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2009 - 2010: Retrospective, Museum of the Rome Foundation, Rome, Italy (solo)
2008 - 2009: Les boîtes à secrets de Niki, Musée en Herbe, Paris, France (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle, Fundação Eugénio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal (solo)
2008: Niki de Saint Phalle, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (solo)
2007: Niki de Saint Phalle, Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany (solo)
2006: Niki de Saint Phalle: a retrospective, The Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan (solo)
2005: Niki de Saint Phalle: Grafik und Objekte, Galerie am Bom, Wetzlar, Germany (solo)
2004: Niki de Saint Phalle, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nuremberg, Germany (solo)
2003: Niki de Saint Phalle, Ernst Museum Budapest, Budapest, Hungary (solo)
2002: Niki de St. Phalle - Grande retrospective, Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain de Nice, Nice, France (solo)
1999: Traces, Galerie JGM, Paris, France
1998: Niki de Saint Phalle, Galerie Delaive, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle – Céramiques et mosaïques, Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
1997: Made in France, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
Niki de Saint Phalle + Jean Tinguely, Kunst Raum, Bayreuth, Germany (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
1996: Niki de Saint Phalle: Graphik und Skulpturen, Kunstkabinett, Regensburg, Germany;Galerie Schönenberger, Kirchberg, Germany; Galerie Wild, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
1995: Niki de Saint Phalle: Skulpturen, Gouachen, Serigraphie, Lithographien, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia;Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil;Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina;Sala de Exposiciones Edificio CTC, Santiago de Chile, Chili;Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA;Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico;Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
1994: Niki de Saint Phalle: Tableaux éclatés + sculptures, Maxwell Davidson Gallery & James Goodman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1992 - 1993: Retrospective, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle in Bonn, Germany; Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France;Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Fribourg, Switzerland (solo)
1992: Niki de Saint Phalle: Her life and art, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: L'invitation au musée, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (solo)
1991: Niki de Saint Phalle: Sculptures, Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL (solo)
1990: Niki de Saint Phalle: Tirs ... et autres révoltes 1961–1964, JGM. Galerie and Galerie de France, Paris, France (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: Last Night I Had a Dream, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium (solo)
1989: Niki de Saint Phalle: Oeuvres des années 80, Galerie de France and JGM. Galerie, Paris, France (solo)
1987: Niki de Saint Phalle: Oeuvres récentes, Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
1986: Retrospective, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
1985: Nouveau Realisme and Pop Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Niki de Saint Phalle 1962–1980: Retrospektive, Galerie Klaus Littmann, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
1983: Niki de Saint Phalle: Sculptures et lithographies, Galerie Esperanza, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (solo)
1982: Niki de Saint Phalle, Space Niki, Tokyo, japan (solo)
1981: Niki de Saint Phalle, Galerie Samy Kinge, Paris, France (solo)
1980: Retrospective, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, Germany;Neue Galerie, Linz, Austria; Nuremberg Kunsthalle, Nuremberg, Germany; Sweden, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: Werke 1960-1980, Galerie Bischofberger, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
1979: Niki de Saint Phalle, Watari Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: Monumental Projects, Maquettes and Photographs, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, NY;Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH;Mandeville Art Gallery, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA;Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA (solo)
1977: Paris, New York: Unalbum, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
1976: Niki de Saint-Phalles sculpturer, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark (solo)
1975: Niki de Saint Phalle: Silkscreens, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1974: Niki de Saint Phalle: Projets et réalisations d'architecture, , Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, France (solo)
1972: Niki de Saint Phalle: Les funérailles du père, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, France (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: Niki avant les Nanas, oeuvres de 1963 et 1964, Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
1971: Niki de Saint Phalle: Serigraphien und kleine Skulpturen, Kammerkunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: "The Devouring Mothers" and Other Sculptures, Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
1970: Niki de Saint Phalle: Le Rêve de Diane, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, France (solo)
Les Nanas, Pavillon Baltard, Les Halles, Paris, France; Galerie Felix Handschin, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: Nana Power, La Hune, Paris, France (solo)
1969: Plastiken, Zeichnungen und Graphiken von Niki de Saint Phalle, Galerie Stangl, Munich, Germany (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle, Kunstmüseum, Lucerne, Switzerland (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: Nana fontaine, Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle, Hanover Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1968: Flash Niki de Saint Phalle: Hier soir j'ai fait un rêve, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, France (solo)
1967: Les Nanas au Pouvoir, The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
Papier-Mâché Animals in a Zoo, Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1966: Niki de Saint Phalle, Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
L'European Artist and the Figure, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1965: Niki de Saint Phalle, Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1964: Mythologies Quotidiennes, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Niki de Saint Phalle, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
1962: Action de tir, Everett Ellin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1961: Le Nouveau Réalisme Paris et NY, Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, France
Niki de Saint Phalle, Køpcke Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
1956: Niki Mathews New York Gemälde, Gouachen, Galerie Restaurant Gotthard, St. Gallen, Switerland (solo)

Public Collections

: National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
: Musée Olympique, Lausanne
: Musée Municipal des Beaux-Arts de Toulon
: Musée d’Art Joliette, Quebec
: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de la Ville de Fribourg
: Musée Cantini, Marseille
: Musée d’Art Contemporain, Dunkerque
: Musée Picasso, Antibes
: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers
: Moderna Museet, Stockholm
: Mingei International Museum, San Diego / Escondido, Californi
: Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
: The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas
: McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
: Matti Koivurinnan Taidemuseo, Turku
: Macedonian Center of Contemporary Art
: Ludwigmuseum in Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz
: Louisiana Museum for Modern Art, Humlebaek
: Museum Astrup-Fernley, Oslo
: Museum Boymans – van Beuningen, Rotterdam
: Museum Fluxus+, Potsdam
: Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
: Ulmer Museum, Ulm
: Swarovski Kristallwelten, Wattens
: Stiftung Würth, Chur
: Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
: Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim
: Sprengel Museum Hanovre
: Spital Tiefenau, Bern
: Setagaya Art Museum
: Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz
: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
: Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg
: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
: Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Benesse Art Site, Japon (Benesse Corporation)
: Museumsverein Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren
: Museum Tinguely, Bâle
: Museum Moderner Kunst (MUMOK) Stiftung Ludwig, Vienne
: Museum Ludwig, Köln
: Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
: Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri
: Kirishima Open-Air Museum
: Kasama Nichido Museum of Art
: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
: New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
: Stedeijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherlands
: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
: Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de la Ville de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
: Tate Gallery, London, UK
: Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany
: Musée des Arts Decoratif, Paris, France
: Musée Nationale d'Art Moderne (MNAM) / Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
: Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Franc
: Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain (MAMAC), Nice, France
: Musée d'Art Contemporain (MAC), Marseille, France
: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
: Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland
: Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein
: Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
: Jerusalem Foundation, Jerusalem
: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
: Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin
: Hakone Open-Air Museum
: Gateway Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri
: Fondation Veranneman, Kruishoutem
: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny
: Fondation Claude Pompidou, Paris
: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
: Fond National d’Art Contemporain, Paris
: The Didrichsen Museum of Fine Art and Culture, Helsinki
: Carré d’Art – Musée d’Art Contemporain, Nîmes
: Berardo Collection, Sintra, Lisbonne
: Benesse Corporation, Tama City, Tokyo
: Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, Caroline du Nord
: Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation, Athènes
: Association Le Cyclop, Milly-la-Forêt
: ArtSonje Museum, Gyeong
: Espace Jean Tinguely et Niki de Saint Phalle, Fribourg
: Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg

Performances

1986: Realized project with Jean Tinguely, Fontaine Stravinsky, next to the Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
Installation of a monumental sculpture Sun God to the University of Calfornia, San Diego, CA
1975: The Nanas Conquer the City, permanent installation of of three monumental nanas in the center of the town of Hanover, Germany
1970: Collaborated with Jean Tinguely in the realization of a monumental sculpture in Milly-the-Forest, France

Niki de Saint Phalle

(French, 1930–2002)

Niki de Saint Phalle

Niki de Saint Phalle

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Performances

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