Artworks by KAWS at Ransom Art on artnet

KAWS

(American, born 1974)

KAWS

Share, 2021

4,900 GBP

KAWS

Promise, 2022

7,250 GBP

KAWS

Clean Slate, 2022

11,500 GBP

KAWS

Family, 2023

7,500 GBP

KAWS

Urge (Complete Portfolio), 2020

60,000 GBP

Biography

Timeline

1974: Born in Jersey City, NJ
1996: BFA School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
1998: Recipient, Pernod Liquid Art Award
1999 - 2003: Ontario College of Art and Design
: Studied at The School of Visual Arts in New York City
: Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Exhibitions

2016: KAWS Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Where The End Starts, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas; Yuz Museum, Shanghai (solo exhibition)
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Yorkshire (solo exhibition)
2015: KAWS Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Permanent Vacation, Eden Rock St. Barths, St Jean Bay, St Barthélemy, French West Indies (solo exhibition)
Along the Way, Brooklyn Museum, Nueva York (solo exhibition)
Clean Slate, La Nave, Las Salinas, Ibiza (solo exhibition)
Clean Slate, Shanghai Times Square, Shanghai (solo exhibition)
Mutated Reality, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow
A Shared Space: KAWS, Karl Wirsum, Tomoo Gokita, Newcomb Art Museum at Woldenburg Art Center, Tulane University, Nueva Orleans, Louisiana
Paulin, Paulin, Paulin, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Respect, CAC Málaga - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga
Along the Way, At This Time, Better Knowing - ArtZuid 2015. International Sculpture Route, Foundation ArtZuid, Ámsterdam; curated by Rudi Fuchs
2014: KAWS Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Man’s Best Fiend, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo exhibition)
Clean Slate, Harbour City, Hong Kong (solo exhibition)
Final Days, CAC Málaga - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga (solo exhibition)
PLAY YOUR PART, Galería Javier López, Madrid (solo exhibition)
New Abstraction, Leila Heller Gallery, New York
Paint New York. Painting From the American Eastcoast, Kunstforeningen GL Strand, Copenhagen
Pop Sculpture - Pop Culture, Leila Heller Gallery, New York
Bad Boy!, New Art Projects, London
OK, I’ll rename it, Bill Brady Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Summer Collective Exhibition, 3 Punts Galería, Barcelona
Full House, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
KNOCK! KNOCK!, Galería Javier López, Madrid; curated by Fer Francés
Joyride, Marlborough, New York
G I R L, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, París; curated by Pharrel Williams
If you’re accidentally not included, don’t worry about it, Galerie Zürcher, New York; curated by Peter Saul
Wall to Wall, Hang - Up Gallery, London
This is Not a Toy, Design Exchange, Toronto; curated by John Wee Tom, Sara Nickleson and Pharrell Williams
Making Links: 25 Years, SCAI | The Bathhouse, Tokyo
2013: KAWS Selected Exhibitions in 2013:
Mary Boone Gallery, New York; in collaboration with Galerie Perrotin (solo exhibition)
Pass the Blame, Galerie Perrotin, New York (solo exhibition)
Ups and Downs, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas (solo exhibition)
KAWS @ PAFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (solo exhibition)
KAWS: Giswil, More Gallery, Giswill, Switzerland (solo exhibition)
Ohhh…, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo (solo exhibition)
Happy Birthday Galerie Perrotin / 25ans, Tri Postal, Lille
The System of Objects, Deste Foundation, Athens
Pictoplasma White Noise, La Casa Encendida Madrid
At home I´m a tourist’ Colección de Selim Varol - CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Málaga, Málag
2012: Kaws - Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin - Paris, Paris
Imaginary Friends - Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin - Paris, Paris
Companion - The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
The Nature of Need - Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin - Paris, Paris
Kaws: Down Time - The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2011: FOCUS: KAWS - The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Hold The Line - Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
Kaws - Companion (passing Through) - The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2010: The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (solo)
2009: Plastic Culture, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Great Britain (solo)
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France; traveling
Plastic Culture, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, UK
Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
Just what is it that makes today's painting so different, so appealing?, Gering & López Gallery, New York
2008: Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, FL
Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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
2004: 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
Original Fake, BAPE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
2002: Elms Lesters Painting Room, London, UK (solo)
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
Tokyo First , Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
1999: Colette, Paris, France (solo)

Public Collections

: City Museum, San Louis, Misouri
: High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, California
: Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas
: Pizzuti Collection
: Rosenblum Collection, Paris
: Zabludowicz Collection, London

KAWS

(American, born 1974)

KAWS

KAWS

KAWS

KAWS

KAWS

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Newsletter Signup