Paradis Perdu, 2022
Biographical Information |
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| 1958 | Born; Los Angeles, California |
Education |
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| 1980 | B.F.A., School of Visual Arts, New York |
Selected Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2021 | “Vaxi Nation,” Almine Rech Gallery; Matignon, Paris |
| “Phlatscreenz TVOD,” Honor Fraser Gallery; Aspen, Colorado | |
| “Earth,” Almine Rech Gallery; Shanghai, China | |
| 2020 | “Dystopian Painting,” Almine Rech, New York |
| “Moodz,” Jeffrey Deitch; Los Angeles, California | |
| “Moodz,” Jeffrey Deitch; Miami, Florida | |
| 2019 | “Optimistically Melting,” Honor Fraser Gallery; Los Angeles, California |
| “Anxiously Optimistic,” Baik Gallery; Seoul, South Korea | |
| “Universalis,” La Nave Salinas; Ibiza Spain | |
| “Blue Blood,” Totah, New York | |
| “Viva Lo Vivo,” After & Again; Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 2018 | “Super Pop Universe,” Lotte Museum of Art; Seoul, South Korea |
| “Inner and Outer Space,” Leila Heller Gallery; Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |
| “Scharftopia: The Far Out World of Kenny Scharf,” Gustavus Adolphus College; St. Peter, Minnesota | |
| “Kenny Scharf,” David Klein Gallery; Detroit, Michigan | |
| “Paradis Perdu,” Galerie Enrico Navarra; Paris, France | |
| 2017 | “Blox and Bax,” Honor Fraser Gallery; Los Angeles, California |
| “Inner and Outer Space,” Jeffrey Deitch, New York | |
| 2016 | “Kenny Scharf,” Nassau County Museum of Art; Roslyn Harbor, New York |
| 2015 | “Born Again,” Honor Fraser Gallery; Los Angeles, California |
| “SCHOW,” Frederic Snitzer Gallery; Miami, Florida | |
| 2014 | “Pace Face,” Pace Prints, New York |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Colette; Paris, France | |
| 2013 | “Kolors,” Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York |
| “Amerikulture,” Eric Firestone Gallery; East Hampton, New York | |
| “Pop Renaissance,” Honor Fraser Gallery; Los Angeles, California | |
| 2012 | “Hodgepodge,” Honor Fraser Gallery; Los Angeles, California |
| 2011 | “Naturafutura,” Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York |
| 2009 | “Barberadise,” Honor Fraser Gallery; Los Angeles, California |
| 2008 | “Superdeluxa,” Waddington Gallery; London, England |
| “’80s Back,” Seomi & Tuus; Seoul, South Korea | |
| 2007 | “NEW!” Paul Kasmin Galley, New York |
| 2006 | “Astro Cumulo Nimbus Uber Express,” Raleigh Hotel; Miami Beach, Florida |
| 2005 | “Superpop,” Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York |
| “Outer Limits,” Patrick Painter Gallery; Santa Monica, California | |
| 2004 | “Groovenian Drawings,” Kanto Gallery; Los Angeles, California |
| “Schablobz,” Kenny Schachter/Rove New York, New York | |
| “California Grown,” Pasadena Museum of California Art; Los Angeles, California | |
| “Face Value,” Kevin Bruk Gallery; Miami Beach, Florida | |
| 2003 | “Nightlight,” Patrick Painter Gallery; Santa Monica, California |
| “Paintings: 1990–1997,” Cotthem Gallery; Brussels, Belgium | |
| 2002 | “Muted,” Chac Mool Gallery; Los Angeles, California |
| 2001 | “Car Nation,” UC Fullerton Grand Central Art Center; Santa Ana, California |
| “Portraits,” Tony Schafrazi Gallery, New York | |
| “Hollywood Stars,” Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions; Los Angeles, California | |
| 2000 | “Kenny Scharf,” Gagosian Gallery; Beverly Hills, California |
| “Small Paintings & Bronzes,” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York | |
| “Closet #18,” Permanent exhibit, Young at Art Children’s Museum; Davie, Florida | |
| 1999 | “Heads, Small Paintings and Closet #16,” Galerie Hans Mayer; Berlin, Germany |
| “New Sculpture,” Portland Institute for Contemporary Art; Portland, Oregon | |
| “Heads and Small Paintings,” Galerie Hans Meyer; Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| 1998 | “Kenny Scharf,” Galerie Ramis Barquet; Monterrey, Mexico |
| “Kenny Scharf,” McIntosh Gallery; Atlanta, Georgia | |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Kantor Gallery; Los Angeles, California | |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York | |
| 1997 | “Pop Surrealist,” Salvador Dali Museum; St. Petersburg, Florida |
| “When Worlds Collide,” Illinois State University Galleries | |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York | |
| “Ultraelektrik,” Paintings, sculpture and customized appliances, Sony Building, New York | |
| 1996 | “Kenny Scharf: New Work,” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
| “El Mundo de Kenny Scharf,” Museo de Art Contemporaneo de Monterrey; Monterrey, Mexico | |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Heads Center for the Fine Arts; Miami, Florida | |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Galerie 56; Budapest, Hungary | |
| 1995 | “Kenny Scharf: Early Paintings 1975–78,” Yoshi Gallery, New York |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Galerie Cotthem-Hedwig Van Impe; Knokke, Belgium | |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York | |
| “Scharf-O-Rama 1978–1995,” Museum of Art; Fort Lauderdale, Florida | |
| 1994 | “Wildlife,” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
| 1993 | “Works on Paper,” Galerie Burkhard R. Eikelmann; Düsseldorf, Germany |
| “Closet #11,” Café Click; Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| “Closet #10,” World Gallery; Miami, Florida | |
| 1992 | “Kenny Scharf,” Edward Totah Gallery; London, England |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Galeria Rocca 6; Torino, Italy | |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Galeria Seno; Milan, Italy | |
| 1991 | “Kenny Scharf,” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Studio Trisorio; Naples, Italy | |
| “Kenny Scharf,” AC & T Corporation; Tokyo, Japan | |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Galerie Hans Mayer; Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Akira Ikeda Gallery; Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1990 | “Kenny Scharf,” Galerie Beaubourg; Paris, France |
| 1989 | “Kenny Scharf,” Michael Kohn Gallery; Los Angeles, California |
| 1988 | “Kenny Scharf,” Akira Ikeda Gallery; Tokyo, Japan |
| 1987 | “Kenny Scharf,” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
| 1986 | “Kenny Scharf,” Akira Ikeda Gallery; Tokyo, Japan |
| 1985 | “Kenny Scharf,” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Galerie Bruno Bischofberger; Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 1984 | “Kenny Scharf,” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
| “Kenny Scharf,” Gagosian Gallery; Los Angeles, California | |
| 1983 | “Kenny Scharf,” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
| “Kenny Scharf,” American Graffiti Gallery; Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
| 1982 | “Kenny Scharf,” Fun Gallery, New York |
| 1981 | “Kenny Scharf: National Studio Artists,” P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York |
| “Customized Appliances,” Club 57, New York | |
| “The Jetsons,” Fun Gallery, New York | |
| 1979 | “Celebration of the Space Age,” Club 57, New York |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2019 | “Happy,” NSU Art Museum; Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 2018 | “Auto-didactic the Juxtapoz School,” Petersen Automotive Museum; Los Angeles, California |
| “Warhol & Friends: New York in the ‘80s,” Palazzo Albergati; Bologna, Italy | |
| “Under One Roof,” Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art; Berlin, Germany | |
| “Donald Baechler, Ross Bleckner, Enoc Perez & Kenny Scharf Inaugural Show,” Allouche Benais; Athens, Greece | |
| 2017 | “Bombay Beach Biennale;” Salton Sea, California |
| “Animal Farm,” Brant Foundation; Greenwich, Connecticut | |
| “Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s,” Whitney Museum of American Art of American Art, New York | |
| “Club 57: Films, Performance and Art in the East Village 1978–1983,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
| 2016 | “Around the World in 86 Days,” Ludwig Forum; Aachen, Germany |
| “DESIRE,” Gagosian & Deitch, Art Basel Miami Beach; Miami Beach, Florida | |
| 2014 | “Urban Theater: New York Art in the 1980s,” The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Fort Worth, Texas |
| “Fun and Games,” Montalvo Art Center; Saratoga, California | |
| 2013 | “Artist Engage The Automobile,” Pistonhead, Art Basel Miami Beach; Miami Beach, Florida |
| “Futures Project,” Center for the Living Arts; Mobile, Alabama | |
| “Contemporary Magic,” Tarot Deck Art Project, The Dali Museum; St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| Virginia MOCA; Virginia Beach, Virginia | |
| 2012 | “Times Square Show Revisited,” Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York |
| 2011 | “The Artist Museum,” MOCA; Los Angeles, California |
| “Art in the Streets,” MOCA; Los Angeles, California | |
| “New York Minute,” Garage Center for Contemporary Culture; Moscow, Russia | |
| “Unfinished Paintings,” Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions; Los Angeles, California | |
| “From Here to Eternity,” Scion Installation Space; Culver City, California | |
| 2010 | “Pause,” Cosmopolitan Hotel; Las Vegas, Nevada |
| “Art Shack,” Laguna Art Museum; Laguna Beach, California | |
| 2009 | “Wynwood Walls,” Outdoor Mural Project, Deitch Projects; Miami, Florida |
| “Primary Flight” Site, Specific street-level mural; Miami, Florida | |
| 2008 | “American Standard,” Design District; Miami Beach, Florida |
| “Juxtapose School,” Laguna Art Museum; Laguna Beach, California | |
| 2004 | “East Village USA,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York |
| “100 Artists See Satan,” Grand Central Art Center; Santa Ana, California | |
| 2003 | “Quest,” Vincent Van Gogh Museum; Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| “Splat, Boom, Pow,” Contemporary Arts Museum; Houston, Texas | |
| “Faces and Figures,” The Art Museum at Florida International University; Miami, Florida | |
| 2002 | “Pucherrimae Strade,” Installation; Pordenone, Italy |
| 2001 | “Seeing,” Interactive exhibition, LACMA LAB; Los Angeles, California |
| “Animations,” P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center; Long Island City, New York | |
| 1996 | “New Figuration,” Tucson Museum of Art; Tucson, Arizona |
| “Hot off the Press: New Editions,” Pace Prints, New York | |
| 1995 | “Altered and Irrational: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
| “Recent Acquisitions,” Bass Museum of Art; Miami, Florida | |
| “Art + Architecture, MIAMI,” Center for Contemporary Art; Miami, Florida | |
| “A New York Time: Selected Drawings from the Eighties,” Bruce Museum; Greenwich, Connecticut | |
| 1993 | “About Nature,” Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art; Cleveland, Ohio |
| “Art and Environment,” National Arts Club, New York | |
| Russisches Kulturzentrum; Berlin, Germany | |
| 1992 | “1492,” Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey; Monterrey, Mexico |
| “Variations Gitance,” Grande Halle de la Villette; Paris, France | |
| “Balade de l’Amour,” Halle de l’Uniondes arts Decoratifs, Palais de Louvre; Paris, France | |
| 1991 | “American Art of the ‘80s,” Palazzo delle Albere; Trento, Italy |
| “Closet #9,” Queens Museum of Art; Flushing, New York | |
| “Just What is it That Makes Today’s Home So Different, So Appealing,” Hyde Collection, New York | |
| “The 1980s: A Selected View from the Permanent Collection,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York | |
| 1989 | “The Studio American Collection,” Witkacy Theater; Zakopane, Poland |
| 1988 | “Figure as Subject: The Revival of Figuration Since 1975,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
| “The Weisman Collection,” California State University; Fullerton, California. (Traveling exhibition.) | |
| 1987 | “Comic Iconoclasm,” Institute of Contemporary Art; London, England |
| 1986 | “An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture from 1940 to Present,” Museum of Art; Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 1985 | “Biennial 1984,” Whitney Museum of American Art of Contemporary Art, New York |
| “Eight Artists/Eight Years,” School of Visual Arts, New York | |
| “Investigations,” Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| “Sights for Small Eyes,” Heckscher Museum; Long Island, New York | |
| “Vernacular Abstraction,” Wacoal Art Center; Tokyo, Japan | |
| “Art in Action,” Sogetsu Museum; Tokyo, Japan | |
| “Out of the Ooo Cloud,” Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College; Annandale on Hudson, New York | |
| 1984 | “Via New York,” Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art; Montreal, Canada |
| "Aperto 84," Venice Biennale; Venice, Italy | |
| “The Human Condition,” Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco, California | |
| “Contemporary Perspectives 1984,” Bucknell University; Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | |
| “New Attitudes: Paris/New York,” Pittsburgh Center for the Arts; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| 1983 | “Morton G. Neuman Family Collection,” Kalamazoo Institute of Art; Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| “The Comic Art Show,” Whitney Museum of American Art of American Art, New York | |
| “Back to the U.S.A.,” Kunstmuseum Luzern; Luzern, Switzerland | |
| “Tendencies en Nueva York, Palacio de Cristal; Madrid, Spain | |
| “Clocktower Open Studio Show,” P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York | |
| Bienalle de Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| “References,” Palais de Beaux-Arts; Charleroi, Belgium | |
| 1982 | Installation, Project Room, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center; Long Island City, New York |
| 1981 | “Open Studio Show,” P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center; Long Island City, New York |
| “The Times Square Show,” Times Square, New York | |
| “New York, New Wave,” P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center; Long Island City, New York | |
| “Drawing Show,” Mudd Club, New York | |
| “Beyond Words,” Mudd Club, New York | |
Special Projects |
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| 2019 | Mural, The Bluffs at Playa Vista; Los Angeles, California |
| Mural, City Club; Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2018 | “La Villa UGC,” Mural; Cannes, France |
| “Peanuts Murals,” Worldwide | |
| Mural, Museum of Contemporary Art; Detroit, Michigan | |
| Mural, Freetown Christiania, Denmark | |
| 2017 | “Spotlight: Kenny Scharf NYC,” Frieze Fair, New York |
| International Church of Cannabis; Denver, Colorado | |
| 2016 | Mural, Hammer Projects Lobby, Hammer Museum; Los Angeles, California |
| 2015 | Installation, The Rose Bar, Gramercy Park Hotel, New York |
| “Cosmic Cavern #33,” Portland Art Museum; Portland, Oregon | |
| Mural, Hammer Projects Lobby, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California | |
| “MALAGA,” permanent mural, Spain | |
| 2014 | “COSMIGOGO,” textile design for Louis Vuitton |
| 2013 | “Tonywood,” The Wynwood Walls Memorial Garden; Miami, Florida |
| Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Whitewall Suite 5000, New York | |
| “Back to Supersonica,” Spray painted 1960s Lockheed Jetstar, Pina Air & Space Museum; Tucson, Arizona | |
| “Squirtz” and “Red Scary Guy,” installations, The Standard Hotel, The Highline, New York | |
| “MOBLOBZ,” monumental mural, Center for the Living Arts; Mobile, Alabama | |
| Mural installation, Kings County Children’s Hospital; Brooklyn, New York | |
| Mural, Davis Bros. Tires; Los Angeles, California | |
| 2012 | Kiehl’s for Children’s Charity |
| “Jello Bacchanalia,” Art Rio; Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | |
| “Chunk Pack,” Cedars Sinai Children’s Wing; Los Angeles, California | |
| Mural; Salem, Massachusetts | |
| Wynwood Walls; Miami, Florida | |
| Mural, Careyes, Mexico | |
| 2011 | “East Village West,” Royal T Lounge; Los Angeles, California |
| Arena mural, Miami Marlins; Miami, Florida | |
| WeHo Walls, MOCA Public Library Mural; West Hollywood, California | |
| Arts Big Picture Project; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Mural, Brooklyn Children’s Hospital; Brooklyn, New York | |
| 2010 | “Bowery Wall,” Mural, New York |
| 2009 | “Stages Touring Exhibit,” Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin; Paris, France |
| Custom bike designed for Lance Armstrong ridden in the Tour de France | |
| 2004 | Americans for the Arts Awards Installation, Cipriani’s, New York |
| 2002 | “The Groovenians, “ Animated special, Cartoon Network |
| 2001 | “Tikitotemoniki,” Permanent installation of four 30-foot totems, Pearl Arts District; Portland, Oregon |
| 1998 | MOCA Mural Project; San Diego, California |
| “Ultrazoomazipamapopdeluxe,” Lobby entrance | |
| Line of mannequins designed for Pucci International | |
| 1997 | “In Your Face: Haring, Basquiat & Scharf,” Leo Malca Fine Art, New York |
| “Art and Provocation: Images from Rebels,” Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art; Boulder, Colorado | |
Public Collections |
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| The Bass Museum of Art; Miami Beach, Florida | |
| Brant Foundation; Greenwich, Connecticut | |
| The Dannheisser Foundation, New York | |
| The Broad Foundation; Los Angeles, California | |
| Groninger Museum; Groninger, The Netherlands | |
| The Jewish Museum, New York | |
| Ludwig Museum; Cologne, Germany | |
| Miami Art Museum; Miami, Florida | |
| Museo D’Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey; Monterrey, Mexico | |
| Museu de Arte Moderna; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art; Los Angeles, California | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art; San Diego, California | |
| Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
| New England Center for Contemporary Art; Brooklyn, Connecticut | |
| Pasadena Museum of California Art; Pasadena, California | |
| Paterson Museum; Paterson, New Jersey | |
| Patrick Lannan Foundation; Los Angeles, California | |
| Pearl Arts Foundation; Portland, Oregon | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco, California | |
| Sogetsu Museum; Tokyo, Japan | |
| Stedelijk Museum; Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Whitney Museum of American Art, New York | |
