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SCHARF Kenny
Born 1958 in Los Angeles, California
Primary residence in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION 1980 B.F.A., School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
A Partial Chronology
2008
Kenny Scharf : "Superdeluxa"
Waddington Gallery, London
2007
Kenny Scharf : "NEW!" Paul Kasmin Gallery NY,NY
Group Exhibitions:
"Deitch Art Parade" King of Parade Deitch Gallery NY,NY
"Big Secret Cache" Angstrom Gallery Los Angeles
2006
Kenny Scharf "Astro Cumulo Nibus Uber Express" Raleigh Hotel, Art Basel Miami Beach
Group exhibitions:
"Surrealisim Then and Now" Paul Kasmin Gallery ,NY,NY
"Juxtapose Anniversary" Copro Nason, Culver City Ca
2005
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: "Superpop" Paul Kasmin Gallery, NY, NY.
Kenny Scharf: "Outer Limits" Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica,CA
2004
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: "Groovenian Drawings" Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Kenny Scharf: "Schablobz" Kenny Schachter/Rove, NY, New York
Kenny Scharf: "California Grown" Pasadena Museum of California Art
Kenny Scharf: "Face Value" Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami Beach,FL
Group Exhibitions:
" East Village USA" New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY,NY
" Beginning Here: 101 Ways: Visual Arts Gallery , NY,NY
" 100 Artists See Satan": Grand Central Art Center , Santa Ana , Ca.
Special Events:
Americans for the Arts Awards Installation, Cipriani's, NY
2003
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: "Nightlight" Patrick Painter Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca
Kenny Scharf: "Paintings 1990-1997" Cotthem Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Group Exhibitions:
"Quest" - Vincent Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam,The Netherlands
" Splat, Boom, Pow" - Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
" Portraits" - Heidi Lee Fine Art, NY, NY
" Faces and Figures" - The Art Museum at Florida International Univ. Miami, Fl.
" Beauty Stripped Bare / L.A. Black & White" - BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca.
2002
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: Muted Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
Group Exhibitions:
Made in the USA 1970-2001 Ludwig Galerie Oberhausen, Germany
Pulcherrimae Strade Installation Pordenone Italy
Juxtapose Anniversary Show Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca.
Special Projects: Animated special The Groovenians for the Cartoon Network 2001
Seeing Interactive Exhibit, LACMA LAB, Los Angeles, Ca.
Animations P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
Special Project: Installation of four, 30 totems Tikitotemoniki Pearl Arts District, Portland, Ore.
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: Car Nation UC Fullerton at Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, Ca
Kenny Scharf: Portraits Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY NY
Kenny Scharf: Hollywood Stars Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, Ca
2000
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: Small Paintings & Bronzes Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY
Kenny Scharf:Blobz Gagosian Gallery Los Angeles, CA
1999
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: Heads, Small Paintings and Closet #16, Galerie Hans Meyer, Berlin, Germany
Kenny Scharf: : New Sculpture Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
Kenny Scharf: Heads and Small paintings, Galerie Hans Meyer, Dusseldorf, Germany
1998
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: Galerie Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico
Kenny Scharf: McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Kenny Scharf: Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
Kenny Scharf: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Special Projects:
Commission by MOCA-San Diego to paint mural Ultrazoomazipamapopdeluxa in entrance lobby.
Designs line of manikins for Pucci International.1997
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: Pop Surrealist Salvador Dali Museum, St.Petersburg, Fla.
Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide Retrospective curated by Barry Blinderman, Univ.Galleries at Illinois State.
Kenny Scharf: Paintings Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Kenny Scharf: Ultraelectrik Paintings, Sculpture & Customized appliances, Sony Buliding, NYC
Group Exhibitions:
Haring, Basquiat & Scharf Leo Malca Fine Art, New York
1996
In February, Scharf is commissioned to design Cosmic Cavern, a black light environment with faux
fur walls and space age furniture for The Tunnel nightclub.
In October, El Mundo de Kenny Scharf an exhibition curated by Dan Cameron opens at the
Museum of Contemporary Art in Monterrey, Mexico.
The exhibition consists of 45 paintings from private and public collections and breaks museum attendance records.
1995
Scharf's drawings are included in A New York Time: Selected Drawings of the Eighties
at the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT.
In April, The Fort Lauderdale Museum mounts Scharf-O-Rama Vision.
Scharf's first retrospective features 23 paintings from 1979 to 1995.
In September, Scharf Shop, Miami Beach and Scharf Schak, New York, open.
These two boutiques sell Scharf designed clothing and accessories.
The stores are an extension of Scharf's philosophy to share art with the public and make ownership available to all.
In October 1995,Yoshii Gallery, New York exhibits Early Paintings: 1975-1979, a collection of 12 works
from high school and Santa Barbara, This exhibition surprises people with its broad range of
subject matter.
In December, at Miami's Center of Fine Arts, he exhibits, Heads, an installation of 10 large
paintings that are linked together to create one large wrap-around painting.
He also exhibits outdoor fiberglass sculptures.
This exhibition is Scharf's largest site-specific installation to date.
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