CHRISTMAS GIFTS // 2020

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

Curriculum Vitae

1957
born in Fritzlar/Hessen, Germany

1976–1982
studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg

1983
Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff-Fellowship

1986
Fellowship of Freie und Hansestadt,...

MEL BOCHNER

Curriculum Vitae

1940
born in Pittsburgh, PA

1962
BA at the Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

2001
Appointed professor at Yale University, New Haven, CT

2005
Recipient,...

MR. BRAINWASH

Curriculum Vitae

1966

born Thierry Guetta in France

2009

approached by Madonna to design the cover of her album “Celebration”

2010

featured in the documentary film “Exit Through the Gift Shop”

2010

created the art spectacle “Under Construction” from an empty retail space in South Beach for Miami Art Basel

Lives and works in Los Angeles,...

CHRISTO

Curriculum Vitae

1935
Jeanne-Claude, born Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon in Casablanca, Morocco

1935
Christo, born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff in Gabrovo, Bulgaria

1952
Jeanne-Claude: Baccalaureat in Latin and Philosophy, University of Tunis,...

JIM DINE

Curriculum Vitae

1935
born in Cincinnati, OH

1953–1955
studied at University of Cincinnati and Boston Museum School

1957
BFA, Ohio University, Athens, OH

1958
enrolled in graduate study at Ohio University,...

SAM FRANCIS

Curriculum Vitae

1923
Born in San Mateo, CA

1943 – 1948
Served in the United States Army Corps and began painting while convalescing from an injury

1949
BA, University of California,...

RAINER GROSS

Curriculum Vitae

1951
born in Cologne, Germany

1971–1973
studies fine arts at the Werkkunstschule, Cologne

1973
moved to New York

Lives and works in New York

Selected Exhibitions

2014

ROT....

JOHANNES HÄFNER

LEBENSLAUF

Johannes Häfner ist ein deutscher Maler, Grafiker & Buchkünstler.
Er unterzieht die Comics einer nicht zuletzt ideologiekritischen Betrachtung.
Häfner Gemälde zeigen die mittels Comic-Unterhaltung propagierten konservativen Weltanschauungen und die dabei vorgenommene Vermengung von spießiger Sentimentalität mit allen denkbaren Spielarten von Gewalt....

PETER HALLEY

Curriculum Vitae

1953
born in New York

1975
BA, Yale University

1978
MFA, University of New Orleans

Lives and works in New York

Selected Exhibitions

2015
The Shadow of our Smile,...

KEITH HARING

Curriculum Vitae

1958
born in Reading, PA

1976
graduated Kutztown Area Senior High School, Kutztown, PA

1976–1978
enrolled the Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh, PA

1978–1979
studied at the School of Visual Arts,...