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JEFF KOONS - Works and History

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JEFF KOONS

CURRENTLY WE HAVE NO ART WORK
by Jeff Koons

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Curriculum Vitae

1955
born in York, PA

1972–1975
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1975–1976
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1976
FA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2002
Skowhegan Award for Sculpture

2007
Officer of the French Legion of Honor, Paris, France

2008
Honorary Doctorate, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Charles Wollaston Award, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England

2009
John Singleton Copley Award, American Associates of the Royal Academy

2012
State Department’s Medal of Arts, Art in Embassies, Washington, D.C.

Lives and works in New York

 

Selected Exhibitions

2015 
Artist Rooms, Jeff Koons, Norwich Castle Museums & Art Gallery, Norwich, UK (solo)

2014 
Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; 
Sculpture after Sculpture, Moderna Museet, Stockholm , Sweden
Pop Departures, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA

2013 
Jeff Koons, Gazing Ball, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, USA (solo)


2012 
Jeff Koons, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA (solo)
Jeff Koons, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo)

2011 
Coloring Book by Jeff Koons, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England (solo)
Moustache by Jeff Koons, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA (solo) 
ARTIST ROOMS Jeff Koons, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland(solo) 
Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990, Victoria and Albert Museum,London, England

2010 
Jeff Koons, Popeye Sculptures, Galerie de Noirmont, Paris, Frankreich (solo) 
Jeff Koons, Cracked Egg (Blue) , Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, England (solo) 


2009 
Jeff Koons, New Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA (solo)
Jeff Koons, Popeye Series, Serpentine Gallery, London, England (solo) 
Pop Life, Tate Modern, London, England
Artist Rooms, Tate Modern, London, England

2008 
Jeff Koons, Celebration, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Deutschland (solo)
Jeff Koons, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA (solo) 


2007
Jeff Koons: Hulk Elvis, Gagosian Gallery, Britannia Street, London, England (solo)

Jeff Koons: Popeye, Gagosian Gallery, Davies Street, London, England (solo)

2006 
Jeff Koons, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England (solo) 
Sculpture, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, USA (solo) 
Diamond, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England (solo) 


2005 
Homestyle, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, USA
Jeff Koons, Retrospective, Astrup Fearnley Museum for Modern Art, Oslo, Norway; traveled to Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (solo)


2004 
Jeff Koons: Highlights of 25 Years, C & M Arts, New York, USA (solo) 


2003 
Popeye, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Jeff Koons, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Neapel, Italien (solo)

2002 
Jeff Koons, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA (solo) 
Jeff Koons/Andy Warhol: Flowers, Gagosian Gallery, Madison Avenue, New York, USA
 

2001 
Jeff Koons, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Österreich (solo) 
Jeff Koons, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA (solo) 


2000
Easyfun-Ethereal, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Deutschland (solo) 
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
MoMA 2000, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA


1999 
Easyfun, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA (solo) 

A Celebration of Art: 25th Anniversary of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC


1998 
Six Americans, Skarstedt Fine Art, New York, USA
Jeff Koons, Encased Works, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London, England (solo) 


1997
Puppy, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spanien (solo) 
Jeff Koons, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, Frankreich (solo) 
 

1996 
Playpen & Corpus Delirium, Kunsthalle Zürich, Schweiz
Geffen Contemporary, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA


1995 
Puppy, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australien (solo) 
Inaugural opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA

1994 
Jeff Koons: A Survey 1981-1994, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London, England (solo) 
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA;

1993 
Jeff Koons, Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA (solo) 
Jeff Koons, Retrospective, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Deutschland (solo) 
Jeff Koons, Retrospective, Aarhus, Denmark (solo) 
Guggenheim Collection at the 45th Venice Biennial, Italien

1992 
Made In Heaven, Christophe Van de Weghe, Brussels, Belgium (solo) 
Jeff Koons, Retrospective, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Niederlande (solo) 
Jeff Koons: Retrospective, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco,
USA (solo) 

1991 
Made In Heaven, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA (solo) 
Made In Heaven, Galerie Max Hetzler, Köln, Deutschland (solo) 


1990 
Culture and Commentary, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

1989 
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA


1988 
Banality, Galerie Max Hetzler, Köln, Deutschland (solo)
Sculpture Parallels, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA


1987 
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA NY Art Now, Saatchi Collection, London, England


1986 
Luxury and Degradation, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
Group Show, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA

1985 
Feature Gallery, Chicago, USA (solo)


1984
The New Capital, White Columns, New York, USA

1981
Lighting, PS 1, Long Island City, USA


1980 
The New (window installation), New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA (solo)