Biography

www.kawsone.com


Born 1974 Jersey City, New Jersey
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Education

1996 BFA School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Grants

1998 Pernod Liquid Art Award

Solo exhibition

2011 Hold the Line, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Companion (Passing Through), the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut

2010 Pay the Debt to Nature, Galerie Perrotin, Paris
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Galería Javier López - Mário Sequeira, Madrid

2009 The Long Way Home, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2008 Gering & López, New York
Saturated, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, Florida; travelling, curated by Pharrell Williams

2003 Original Fake, BAPE Gallery, Tokyo

2002 Elms Lesters Painting Room, London
C9, MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven

2001 Tokyo First, Parco Gallery, Tokyo

1999 Colette, Paris

Group exhibitions

2011 Pretty On The Inside, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York; curated by Kaws and Erik Parker

2010 USA Today. Una aproximación al arte norteamericano del siglo XXI, Centro Torrente Ballester, Ferrol, A Coruña; curated by Alejandro and Mario Martín Pareja
FYI - The Reflected Gaze. Self Portraiture Today, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California

2009 Alpha Exotica, Hydra School Projects, Hydra
First Look: An Exhibition of Emerging Artists from Los Angeles Galleries, House of Campari, Los Angeles, California
Stages, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France; traveling to Miami, Florida
Plastic Culture: Legacies of Pop 1986 - 2008, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire; travelling: The Exchange, Penzance, Cornwall, and Bradford 1, Bradford
Urban Art. Werke aus der Sammlung Reinking, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen
The New Yorkers, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
USA Today. Una aproximación al arte norteamericano del siglo XXI, Centro de Historia de Zaragoza and Sala de exposiciones del Archivo Histórico Provincial de Cáceres; curated by Alejandro and Mario Martín Pareja, organized by Contemporánea
I Can't Feel My Face, Royal-T, Los Angeles, California; curated by KAWS

2008 Everything Else, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York
Sex & Erotica, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario
USA Today. Una aproximación al arte norteamericano del siglo XXI, Eutopía 08, Sala museística de Cajasur, Córdoba; curated by Alejandro and Mario Martín Pareja

2007 POPcentric, Gering & López Gallery, New York

2006 Info Babble, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, New York
Ugly Winners, Galerie Du Juor Agnes B., Paris

2005 Highmath, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen

2004 Beautiful Losers, Le Tri Postal, Lille; curated by Aaron Rose & Christian Strike; travelling until 2008: Circleculture Gallery, Berlin; Palazzo Dell'Arte, Milan; USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida; Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California; Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco, California; CAC - Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

2003 SK8 on the Wall, Parco Gallery, Tokyo

2002 Session The Bowl, Deitch Projects, New York
ALIFE Shop, Deitch Projects, New York
Coded Language, City Gallery Chastain , Atlanta, Georgia

2001 Shortcuts, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Athens
Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
New Acquisitions from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Athens