KENNY SCHARF
Kenny Scharf, Américain
Né en 1958
Kenny Scharf, né à Los Angeles le 23 novembre 1958, porte dans son œuvre le souffle de la Californie et le dynamisme de New York. D’abord baigné dans la culture pop et les séries télévisées de science-fiction des années 60 et 70, il s’immerge dans l’univers de la contre-culture, influencé par des icônes comme les Jetsons et les Flintstones, qu’il réinvente dans des compositions aux couleurs éclatantes, où chaque forme vibre d’une énergie presque cosmique. En 1978, il part étudier à la School of Visual Arts de New York, s’ouvrant ainsi aux influences urbaines qui marqueront profondément son œuvre.
Son arrivée à New York, dans l’effervescence créative du Lower East Side, le place immédiatement aux côtés de jeunes artistes qui, comme lui, réinventent l’art avec un sens aigu de la subversion joyeuse. Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, ou encore Rammellzee deviennent ses compagnons de route dans cette aventure artistique où la rue et la galerie s’entremêlent. Ensemble, ils capturent le chaos et la vitalité de la ville. En 1981, Scharf prend part au Times Square Show, une exposition collective qui devient instantanément mythique, consacrant un mouvement d’artistes urbains. Là, son travail se fait remarquer pour son éclat, sa singularité, et son humour mordant.
Scharf défie les frontières de l’art en intégrant sa vision à des objets du quotidien : réfrigérateurs, télévisions, voitures… Tout devient toile pour son imaginaire foisonnant. Cosmic Caverns, ses installations immersives créées dans les années 80, plongent les visiteurs dans un univers fluo et psychédélique, où l’art se transforme en expérience sensorielle totale. Ces cavernes d’un autre monde offrent un refuge coloré et onirique, un espace qui suspend les règles du réel et célèbre l’absurde.
Ce dialogue entre la pop culture et la critique sociale est omniprésent dans son œuvre, mêlant une naïveté apparente à une réflexion subtile sur la société de consommation. Ses œuvres, peuplées de créatures grotesques et jubilatoires, questionnent avec légèreté l’impact écologique et les excès de notre époque. Scharf crée ainsi un langage visuel qui capte l’essence d’une génération : une célébration haute en couleur et pleine d’ironie d’un monde en perpétuel changement.
Aujourd’hui encore, Kenny Scharf reste fidèle à son esprit libre, continuant de surprendre par des explorations nouvelles et des collaborations originales. Toujours actif, il s’acharne à garder son art accessible et vivant, en lien avec la rue, rendant hommage à son passé tout en continuant à rêver de nouveaux mondes.
« Une partie de ce que je fais et ce que je veux faire, c’est amener l’art dans la vie quotidienne. Si vous pouvez rendre l’ordinaire—comme marcher dans la rue—et être confronté à quelque chose qui pourrait transformer votre journée, cela pourrait vous inspirer. » – Kenny Scharf
La première fois que Kenny Scharf a visité New York, en 1977, il se trouvait au Food, le célèbre restaurant géré par des artistes dans le quartier de SoHo. À l’extérieur, une agitation a attiré son attention : Faye Dunaway courait dans la rue, vêtue d’une jupe fendue, en plein tournage d’une scène pour le thriller de mode Eyes of Laura Mars. « C’était bien plus Hollywoodien que tout ce dont je me souvenais en grandissant », se rappelle Scharf, qui a grandi à Los Angeles et fréquenté le lycée de Beverly Hills aux côtés des enfants de nombreuses célébrités. Moins d’un an plus tard, il retourne à Manhattan pour étudier à la School of Visual Arts, attiré par le charme d’Andy Warhol et la combinaison vibrante d’art, de musique et de vie nocturne. « Moi et tous les autres jeunes qui ont déménagé à New York à cette époque, nous voulions en faire partie », dit-il.
Voir plus
2023
“Evolution Revolution” Journal Gallery NYC
“I’m Baaaak” with Cosmic Cavern #44 Nanzuka Gallery Tokyo
“I’m Baaaack” Sogetsu Museum Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
“Beyond the Streets” Shanghai
“Beyond the Streets” London UK
“Basquiat & Warhol, Four Hands” Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris
“City as a Studio” Deitch Hong Kong
“Tempo. Tempo! Tempo?” Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg June 23- Feb.24
2022
“Woodz ‘N Things” Totah Gallery, NYC April 2022
“Bestest Ever” with Cosmic Cavern #42 Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles
“New! Now! Good!” Gallery Hyundai, Gangnam, Seoul
Group Exhibitions
“Basquiat Haring Scharf” Opera Gallery, Hong Kong
“Shapeshifters” Kunstlinie Almere Flevoland, Netherlands
“Somewhere Downtown: Art in 1980’s New York, Center for Contemporary Art, Bejing
“Post Graffiti” Control Gallery, Los Angeles,Ca.
2021
Kenny Scharf : “Vaxi Nation” Almine Rech Gallery Matignon,Paris Jan-Feb 2021
Kenny Scharf: “Phlatscreenz TVOD” Honor Fraser Gallery Aspen
Kenny Scharf: “Earth” Almine Rech Gallery Shanghai Sept.-Oct. 2021
Group Exhibitions
“Un hiver a Gstaad Paris, Almine Rech Gallery Turenne Feb.2021
2020
Kenny Scharf : “Dystopian Painting” Almine Rech New York, NY. SEPT – OCT. 2020
Kenny Scharf : “Moodz” Jeffrey Deitch Los Angeles, CA. JULY – OCT. 2020
Kenny Scharf: “Moodz” Jeffrey Deitch Miami Nov-Dec 2020
Group Exhibitions:
“The Shadow” Totah NYC
2019
Kenny Scharf : “Optimistically Melting” Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles
Kenny Scharf : “Anxiously Optimistic” Baik Gallery Seoul Republic Of Korea
Kenny Scharf : “Universalis” La Nave Salinas Ibiza, Spain
Kenny Scharf : “Blue Blood” Totah NY. NY.
Kenny Scharf : “Viva Lo Vivo” After & Again Mexico City
Group Exhibitions:
“Beyond The Streets” Brooklyn, New York, NY.
“Fatherhood” Over the Influence Los Angeles, CA.
“Summer of ‘82” Curated by Dan Cameron Johannes Vogt NYC.
“Beyond The Streets” Brooklyn, NYC
“Fatherhood” Over the Influence Los Angeles, CA.
“Summer of ‘82” Curated by Dan Cameron Johannes Vogt NYC.
“Yesterday’s Tomorrowland Today a Xerox Show ” Curated by Ann Magnuson Winslow Garage Los Angeles, CA.
“Happy” NSU Art Museum FL. 10/19 – 7/20
“L.A. on Fire” Curated by Michael Slenske Wilding Cran Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
Special Projects
Mural at The Bluffs Playa Vista, Ca.
Mural at the City Club Minneapolis, MN.
2018
Kenny Scharf : “Super Pop Universe” Lotte Museum of Art Seoul Korea
Kenny Scharf : “Inner and Outer Space” Leila Heller Gallery Dubai
Kenny Scharf : “Scharftopia” The Far Out World of Kenny Scharf Gustavus College, MN.
Kenny Scharf : “Kenny Scharf” David Klien Gallery Detroit , MI.
Kenny Scharf : “Paradis Perdu” Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris
Group Exhibitions
“Paper Trail” Allouche Gallery NY NY
“Polarities” Totah NY NY
“Auto didactic the Juxtapose School” Petersen Automotive Museum LA. CA.
“Warhol & Friends New York in the 80’s” Palazzo Albergati Italy
“Dancing Goddesses” Dio Horia Gallery Panahra Square , Mykonos Greece.
“Under One Roof”: Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin
Donald Baechler, Ross Bleckner, Enoc Perez & Kenny Scharf Inaugural Show Alloche Benais Athens
“Beyond The Streets” Curated by Roger Gastman Los Angeles, CA.
“Stand Still: A Still Life Show” Allouche Gallery NY NY
Special Projects
“La Villa UGC” Cannes Mural
“Peanuts Murals” World Wide
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit Mural
Denmark – Freetown Christiania Mural
2017
Kenny Scharf : “Blox and Bax” Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles CA.
Kenny Scharf : “Inner and Outer Space” Jeffrey Deitch New York NY.
Group Exhibitions
“Bombay Beach Biennale“ Curated by Lily Johnson White Salton Sea, CA .
“Animal Farm” Curated by Sadie Laska Brant Foundation Greenwich , CT.
“Fast Forward” Painting from the 1980’s. Whitney Museum of American Art NY NY.
“Club 57” Films, Performance and Art in the East Village 1978-1983 The Museum of Modern Art NYC .
Special Projects
Frieze Fair New York : Spotlight Kenny Scharf NYC .
International Church of Cannabis Denver CO .
2016
Kenny Scharf : ” Kenny Scharf ” Nassau County Museum of Art Roslyn Harbor, NY .
Group Exhibitions:
“Around the World in 86 Days” Ludwig Forum Aachen , Aachen Germany
“A Selection of Works of the 80’s” Vito Schnabel Gallery St. Moritz
“Cosmic Connections” David Totah Gallery, NYC
“Piston Head 2 Artist Engage the Automobile” Venus Over Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA .
“Masters: Urban & Street Art” Galerie Laurent Strouk Paris
“The Neon Wilderness Voices from Los Angeles” The Conversation Berlin
“Muse” Galerie Hideout, Paris
“AftermodernisM” Neumann Wolfson Art, Watermilll NY.
“DESIRE” Curated by Diana Widmaier Picasso Gagosian & Deitch Art Basel Miami Beach, FL .
Special Projects
Hammer Projects Lobby Mural Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA.
2015
Kenny Scharf : “Born Again” Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles, CA
Kenny Scharf : “SCHOW” Frederic Snitzer Gallery Miami, FL.
Group Exhibitions
“She Sells Seashells by the Seashore” Eric Firestone Gallery East Hampton, NY.
Special Projects
Installation The Rose Bar Gramercy Park Hotel, New York, NY.
Cosmic Cavern # 33 Portland Art Museum Portland, OR.
Hammer Projects Lobby Mural Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA.
“MALAGA” Permanent Mural Spain
2014
Kenny Scharf : “Pace Face” By Pace Prints NYC
Kenny Scharf : “Kenny Scharf ” Colette, Paris
Group Exhibitions
“Urban Theater” : New York Art in the 1980’s The Modern Art Museum of Ft.Worth, TX.
“Fun and Games” : Montalvo Art Center Saratoga, CA.
“Saying Yes to Everything” : Honor Fraser Gallery Curated by Corrina Peipon Los Angeles, CA.
“LOISADA” : NY’s Lower East Side in the 80’s Addison Gallery Andover, MA.
“Appropriate Disruption” : Jacob Lewis Gallery NYC
Special Projects
“COSMIGOGO” Textile design for Louis Vuitton
2013
Kenny Scharf : “Kolors” Paul Kasmin Gallery, NY. NY.
Kenny Scharf : “Amerikulture” Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY.
Kenny Scharf : “Pop Renaissance” Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Group Exhibitions
“AREA THE EXHIBITION ” Curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Serge Becker, Eric Goode, Jennifer Goode & Glenn O’Brien . The Hole NYC.
“Artist Engage The Automobile” Pistonhead – Art Basel Miami Beach, Fl.
“Calligraffiti” Leila Heller Gallery NY. NY.
“Futures Project” Center for the Living Arts Mobile, Al.
“Contemporary Magic” Tarot Deck Art Project The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Fl.
“Virginia MOCA” Virginia Beach, VA.
Special Projects
“Tonywood” The Wynwood Walls Memorial Garden, Miami, FL.
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Whitewall Suite 5000 NY, NY.
“Back To Supersonica” Spray Painted 1960’s Lockeed Jetstar. Pima Air Museum, AZ.
Installation of “Squirtz” and ” Red Scary Guy ” at the Standard Hotel The Highline NY.
“MOBLOBZ” Monumental Mural on the Historic Center for the Living Arts Mobile, Al.
Mural installation Kings County Children’s Hospital Brooklyn, NY.
Mural: Davis Bros . Tires Los Angeles, CA.
2012
Kenny Scharf : “Hodgepodge” The Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
Group Exhibitions
“Thank You Andy Warhol” Benrimon Contemporary, NY. NY.
“Times Square Show Revisited” Leubsdorf Gallery Hunter College NY. NY.
“Portrait of a Generation” The Hole Gallery NY. NY.
“All For You” Eric Firestone Gallery East Hampton, NY.
Special Projects
“Kiehl’s” for Children’s Charity
“Jello Bacchanalia” Art Rio, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
“Chunk Pack” Cedars Sinai Children’s Wing , Los Angeles, CA.
Scharf Mural : Salem, MA .
Wynwood Walls , Miami, FL .
Mural: Careyes , Mexico.
2011
“Naturafutura” Paul Kasmin Gallery NY. NY.
Group Exhibitions
“The Artist Museum” MOCA Los Angeles, CA.
“Art In The Streets” MOCA Los Angeles, CA.
“New York Minute” Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow.
“Facemaker” Curated by Kathy Grayson Royal-T, Culver City, CA.
“Unfinished Paintings” Contemporary Exhibitions Los Angeles , CA.
“Nose Job” Eric Firestone Gallery East Hampton, NY.
“East Village West” Royal T Lounge Los Angeles, CA.
“From Here to Eternity” Curated by Kenton Parker Scion Installation Space, Culver City, CA.
Special Projects
“East Village West” Curated with Ann Magnuson, Royal T Lounge Los Angeles, CA.
Miami Marlins Arena Mural Miami, FL.
WeHo Walls: MOCA Public Library Mural West Hollywood, CA.
Arts Big Picture Project Philadelphia, PA.
Brooklyn Children’s Hospital Mural Brooklyn, NY.
2010
Group Exhibitions
“Pause” Cosmopolitan Hotel Las Vegas, NV.
“Art Shack” Laguna Art Museum Laguna Beach, CA.
“Mutant Pop” Loyal Gallery Malmo, Sweden
Special Projects
“Bowery Wall” Mural NYC
2009
Kenny Scharf “Barberadise” Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
Group Exhibitions
“Wynwood Walls” Outdoor Mural Project produced by Deitch Projects Art Basel Miami, FL.
“Primary Flight” Site – specific Street Level Mural, Art Basel Miami, FL.
“Loveable Like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children” Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
“Just What Are They Saying” Jonathan Ferrara Gallery New Orleans, LA.
“Nude Show” Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.
Special Projects
“Stages Touring Exhibit” Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France.
Custom bike designed for “Lance Armstrong” ridden in the Tour de France
2008
Kenny Scharf: “Superdeluxa” Waddington Gallery, London, UK.
Kenny Scharf : “80’s Back” Seomi & Tuus, Seoul, Korea.
Group Exhibitions
“Four Friends” Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY.
“Totally Rad” Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.
“American Standard” Design District Miami Beach, FL.
“Juxtapose School” Laguna Art Museum Laguna Beach CA.
“Zero Carat” Jewelry Friedman Benda Gallery New York, NY.
2007
Kenny Scharf: “NEW!” Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.
Group Exhibitions
“Four Friends” Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY.
“Art Parade” King of Parade Jeffrey Deitch New York, NY.
“Big Secret Cache” Angstrom Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
2006
Kenny Scharf “Astro Cumulo Nibus Uber Express” Raleigh Hotel Art Basel Miami Beach, FL.
Group Exhibitions
“Surrealism Then and Now” Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.
“Juxtapose Anniversary” Copro Nason Culver City, CA.
2005
Kenny Scharf: “Superpop” Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.
Kenny Scharf: “Outer Limits” Patrick Painter Gallery Santa Monica, CA.
Group Exhibitions
Enjoy By: Bill Farroux, Venice, CA.
2004
Kenny Scharf: “Groovenian Drawings” Kantor Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
Kenny Scharf: “Schablobz” Kenny Schachter/Rove New York, NY.
Kenny Scharf: “California Grown” Pasadena Museum of California Art Los Angeles, CA.
Kenny Scharf: “Face Value” Kevin Bruk Gallery Miami Beach, FL.
Group Exhibitions
“East Village USA” New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY.
“Beginning Here: 101 Ways” Visual Arts Gallery New York, NY.
“100 Artists See Satan” Grand Central Art Center Santa Ana, CA.
Special Events
Americans for the Arts Awards Installation, Cipriani’s New York, NY.
2003
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, TX.
“Portraits” Heidi Lee Fine Art New York, NY.
“Faces and Figures” The Art Museum at Florida International University Miami, FL.
“Beauty Stripped Bare / LA Black & White” BGH Gallery Santa Monica, CA.
2002
Kenny Scharf: “Muted” Chac Mool Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
Group Exhibitions
“Made in the USA 1970-2000” Ludwig Galerie Oberhausen, Germany
“Pulcherrimae Strade” Installation Pordenone Italy.
“Juxtapose Anniversary Show” Track 16 Gallery Santa Monica, CA.
Special Events
“The Groovenians” Animated Special aired on Cartoon Network
2001
Kenny Scharf: “Car Nation” UC Fullerton Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA.
Kenny Scharf: “Portraits” Tony Schafrazi Gallery New York, NY.
Kenny Scharf: “Hollywood Stars” Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Los Angeles, CA.
Group Exhibitions
“Seeing” Interactive Exhibition LACMA LAB Los Angeles, CA.
“Animations” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Long Island City, NY.
Special Projects
Permanent Installation of Four, 30′ totems “Tikitotemoniki” Pearl Arts District Portland, OR.
2000
Kenny Scharf : Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills, CA.
Kenny Scharf : “Small Paintings & Bronzes” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY.
Kenny Scharf : “Closet # 18” permanent exhibit Young at Art Children’s Museum, Davie, FL.
1999
“Heads, Small Paintings and Closet # 16” Galerie Hans Mayer Berlin, Germany.
Kenny Scharf : “New Sculpture” PICA-Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Portland, OR.
“Heads and Small Paintings” Galerie Hans Mayer Dusseldorf, Germany.
1998
“Kenny Scharf” Galerie Ramis Barquet Monterrey, Mexico
“Kenny Scharf” McIntosh Gallery Atlanta, GA.
“Kenny Scharf” Kantor Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
“Kenny Scharf” Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY.
Special Projects
MOCA Mural Project San Diego, CA
“Ultrazoomazipamapopdeluxa” lobby entrance
Designs line of Manikins for Pucci International
1997
Kenny Scharf : “Pop Surrealist” Salvador Dali Museum St. Petersburg, FL.
Kenny Scharf : “When Worlds Collide” curated by Barry
Blinderman, University Galleries Illinois State IL.
Kenny Scharf : “Kenny Scharf” Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY.
Kenny Scharf : “Ultraelektrik” Paintings, Sculpture & Customized
Appliances, Sony Building New York, NY.
Group Exhibitions
In Your Face Haring, Basquiat & Scharf Leo Malca Fine Art, New York.
Art and Provocation : Images from Rebels Boulder Museum of
Contemporary Art Boulder, Co.
1996
Kenny Scharf : New Work Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY.
Kenny Scharf : El Mundo de Kenny Scharf Museo de Art Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico.
Kenny Scharf : Heads Center for the Fine Arts, Miami.
Kenny Scharf : Galerie 56 Budapest, Hungary.
Group Exhibitions
New Figuration Tucson Museum of Art Tucson, Az.
Hot Off the Press: New Editions Pace Prints, NY
1995
Kenny Scharf : Early Paintings 1975-78 Yoshi Gallery NY. NY.
Kenny Scharf : Galerie Cotthem-Hedwig Van Impe, Knokke Belgium
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY. NY.
Kenny Scharf : Scharf-O-Rama 1978-1995 Museum of Art, Ft.Lauderdale Fl.
Group Exhibitions:
Altered and Irrational: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum, NY.
Art, Design and Barbie Liberty Street Gallery, NY.
Recent Acquisitions Bass Museum of Art, Miami Fl.
Art + Architecture,MIAMI, Center for Contemporary Art , Miami.
A New York Time:Selected Drawings from the Eighties Bruce Museum , Greenwich, CT.
1994
Kenny Scharf : Wildlife Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY. NY.
1993
Kenny Scharf : Works on Paper , Galerie Burkhard R Eikelmann, Dusseldorf.
Kenny Scharf : Closet #11, Cafe Click, Dusseldorf
Kenny Scharf : Closet # 10 World Gallery Miami, Fl.
Group Exhibitions
About Nature Cleveland Center for Contemporary Artr, Cleveland, OH.
Art and Environment National Arts Club, NYC.
Extravagant: The Economy of Elegance Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY, Russisches
Kulturzentrum, Berlin.
1982-83
Ten Years After Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
1992
Kenny Scharf : Edward Totah Gallery
Kenny Scharf : Galeria Rocca 6, Torino, Italy.
Kenny Scharf : Galeria Seno, Milan.
Group Exhibitions
1492 Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico.
Variations Gitanes Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris.
Objets Trouves Galerie de Jour, Agnes B. Paris.
Balade de l’Amour Halle de l’Uniondes arts Decoratifs, Palais de Louvre, Paris.
1991
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY.
Kenny Scharf : Studio Trisorio, Naples, Italy.
Kenny Scharf : AC&T Corporation, Tokyo.
Kenny Scharf : Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf
Kenny Scharf : Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
American Art of the ’80’s Palazzo delle Albere, Trento, Italy.
Closet #9 Queens Museum of Art, Flushing NY.
Just What is it That Makes Todays Home So Different,So Appealing Hyde Collection, NY.
The 1980’s: A Selected View from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum, NY.
1990
Kenny Scharf : Galerie Beaubourg, Paris.
Group Exhibitions
The Last Decade: American Artists of the ’80’s Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
1989
Kenny Scharf : Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles.
Group Exhibitions
Don’t Bungle the Jungle Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
The Studio American Collection Witkacy Theater , Zakopane Poland
1988
Kenny Scharf : Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo.
Group Exhibitions
Figure a Subject: Revival of Figuration Since 1975 Whitney Museum, NY.
The Weisman Collection California State University, Fullerton Ca. (Traveling Show)
1987
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
Group Exhibitions
Comic Iconoclasm Institute of Contemporary Art, London.
1986
Kenny Scharf : Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo.
Group Exhibitions
An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture from 1940 to Present
Museum of Art, Ft.Lauderdale.
Homage to Nicolas A. Moufarrage Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, NY.
Picture From the Inner Mind The PalladiumNY,Solway Gallery
Cincinnati , Cohn Gallery Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1985
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
Kenny Scharf : Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich.
Group Exhibitions
Biennial 1984 Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, NY.
Drawings Leo Castelli Graphics, NY
Eight Artists/Eight Years/SVA School of Visual Arts, NY.
East Village Artists Holly Solomon Gallery NY.
Investigations Institute of Contemporary Art ,University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia.
Sights For Small Eyes Heckscher Museum, Long Island, NY.
Vernacular Abstraction, Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo.
Art in Action Sogetsu Museum ,Tokyo.
Out of the Ooo Cloud Edith C Blum Art Institute,Bard College Annandale on Hudson NY.
1984
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
Kenny Scharf : Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles.
Group Exhibitions
Via New York Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal
The Innovative Landscape Holly Solomon Gallery, NY.
New Hand-Painted Dreams: Contemporary Surrealism Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NY.
Arte di Frontiera Galerie d’Arte Moderna Bologna, Italy
Aperto 84 Venice Bienale Venice , Italy.
The Human Condition Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.
Contemporary Perspectives 1984 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
New Idioms Robert Fraser Gallery, London.
New Attitudes: Paris/New York Pittsburg Center for the Arts
1983
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
Kenny Scharf : American Graffiti Gallery, Amsterdam.
Group Exhibitions
Champions Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY, Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta
Surrealist Show Robert Miller Gallery NY.
Morton G. Neuman Family Collection Kalamazoo Institute of Art,
Kalamazoo, Michigan.
The Comic Art Show Whitney Museum of American Art NY.
Back to the U.S.A. Kuntsmuseum Luzern,Luzern Switzerland.
Tendencias en Nueva York Palacio de Cristal, Madrid.
Clocktower Open Studio Show P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NY.
Bienalle de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
References Palais de Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
1982
Kenny Scharf : Fun Gallery, NY.
Group Exhibitions
Installation Project Room P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.
1981
Kenny Scharf : National Studio Artists P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Kenny Scharf : Customized Appliances Club 57, NY.
Kenny Scharf : The Jetsons Fun Gallery, NY.
Group Exhibitions
Open Studio Show P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.
The Times Square Show Times Square , New York City
New York, New Wave P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City
Drawing Show Mudd Club, NY.
Beyond Words Mudd Club , NY.
1979
Kenny Scharf : Celebration of the Space Age Club 57, NY.
EXHIBITION CATALOGS
Kenny Scharf : Born Again Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles 2015
Kenny Scharf : Kolors Paul Kasmin Gallery New York 2013
Kenny Scharf : Hodgepodge Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles 2012
Kenny Scharf : NEW! New Paintings and Carzy Roy Al Paul Kasmin Gallery New York 2007
Kenny Scharf : Superpop. Paul Kasmin Gallery New York 2005
Kenny Scharf : Groovenian Drawings. Foreward by Robert Williams Kantor Gallery Los Angeles 2004
Made in the USA, 1970-2001 Keith Haring, Robert Longo, Kenny Scharf, Bill Beckley Oberhausen Ger. Ludwig Galerie
The Universals. Pucci International New York 1998
Kenny Scharf : Essay by Carter Radcliff and Robert Farris Thompson Interview by Dennis Hopper
Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York 1998
Kenny Scharf : Essay by Barry Blinderman, Gregory Bowen, Bill McBride, Ann Magnuson and Robert Farris Thompson,
Normal Illinois University Galleries 1998
In Your Face : Malca Fine Art New York 1997
Kenny Scharf : Pop Surrealist Salvador Dali Museum St. Petersburgh Florida 1997
Pop Art. By Jan de James. London. Phaidon 1996
El Mundo de Kenny Scharf: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey Monterrey Mexico 1996
Kenny Scharf : Essay by Louis Grachos. Center for the Fine Arts Miami 1996
Kenny Scharf : Essays by Brooke Adams, Laurence Parmer Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Florida 1995
Kenny Scharf : Essay by Brooke Adams, Edward Totah Gallery London 1992
Kenny Scharf : Galerie Beauborg Paris 1990
The Last Decade : American Artists of the 80’s. Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York 1990
Phamakon 90 Mukuhari Messe Contemporary Art Exhibition Tokyo 1990
Kenny Scharf : Jungle Book Kyoto Shoin International Company Art Random Kyoto 1989
Kenny Scharf : Three Portfolios AC & T Corp. Tokyo 1989
An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture from 1940 to the Present
Fort Lauderdale Florida Museum of Art 1986
Vernacular Abstraction Wacoal Art Center Tokyo 1985
Figuration Libre: France – USA. Paris: Musee d’ art Moderne de la Ville de Paris 1984
New Attitudes : Paris / New York. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1984
Via New York. Montreal : Musee d ‘Art Contemporain 1984
Reference. Brussels : Palais de Beaux Arrts de Charleroi 1983
Back to the USA : Kuntsmuseum Luzern Luzern Switzerland 1983
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York 1983
Morton G Neuman Family Collection : Kalamazoo Institute of Art Kalamazoo Michigan 1983
Champions : Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York 1983
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART, MIAMI BEACH
BRANT FOUNDATION, GREENWICH, CONN.
THE DANNHEISER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK CITY
THE BROAD FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES
GRONIGER MUSEUM, GRONIGER, HOLLAND
THE JEWISH MUSEUM, NEW YORK CITY
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
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, SAN DIEGO
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART NEW YORK
NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, BROOKLYN, CONNECTICUT
PASADENA MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART
PATERSON MUSEUM, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY
PATRICK LANNAN FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES
PEARL ARTS FOUNDATION PORTLAND, OREGON
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
SOGETSU MUSEUM, TOKYO
STEDELIJK MUSEUM AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART NEW YORK
“Evolution Revolution” Journal Gallery NYC
“I’m Baaaak” with Cosmic Cavern #44 Nanzuka Gallery Tokyo
“I’m Baaaack” Sogetsu Museum Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
“Beyond the Streets” Shanghai
“Beyond the Streets” London UK
“Basquiat & Warhol, Four Hands” Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris
“City as a Studio” Deitch Hong Kong
“Tempo. Tempo! Tempo?” Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg June 23- Feb.24
2022
“Woodz ‘N Things” Totah Gallery, NYC April 2022
“Bestest Ever” with Cosmic Cavern #42 Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles
“New! Now! Good!” Gallery Hyundai, Gangnam, Seoul
Group Exhibitions
“Basquiat Haring Scharf” Opera Gallery, Hong Kong
“Shapeshifters” Kunstlinie Almere Flevoland, Netherlands
“Somewhere Downtown: Art in 1980’s New York, Center for Contemporary Art, Bejing
“Post Graffiti” Control Gallery, Los Angeles,Ca.
2021
Kenny Scharf : “Vaxi Nation” Almine Rech Gallery Matignon,Paris Jan-Feb 2021
Kenny Scharf: “Phlatscreenz TVOD” Honor Fraser Gallery Aspen
Kenny Scharf: “Earth” Almine Rech Gallery Shanghai Sept.-Oct. 2021
Group Exhibitions
“Un hiver a Gstaad Paris, Almine Rech Gallery Turenne Feb.2021
2020
Kenny Scharf : “Dystopian Painting” Almine Rech New York, NY. SEPT – OCT. 2020
Kenny Scharf : “Moodz” Jeffrey Deitch Los Angeles, CA. JULY – OCT. 2020
Kenny Scharf: “Moodz” Jeffrey Deitch Miami Nov-Dec 2020
Group Exhibitions:
“The Shadow” Totah NYC
2019
Kenny Scharf : “Optimistically Melting” Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles
Kenny Scharf : “Anxiously Optimistic” Baik Gallery Seoul Republic Of Korea
Kenny Scharf : “Universalis” La Nave Salinas Ibiza, Spain
Kenny Scharf : “Blue Blood” Totah NY. NY.
Kenny Scharf : “Viva Lo Vivo” After & Again Mexico City
Group Exhibitions:
“Beyond The Streets” Brooklyn, New York, NY.
“Fatherhood” Over the Influence Los Angeles, CA.
“Summer of ‘82” Curated by Dan Cameron Johannes Vogt NYC.
“Beyond The Streets” Brooklyn, NYC
“Fatherhood” Over the Influence Los Angeles, CA.
“Summer of ‘82” Curated by Dan Cameron Johannes Vogt NYC.
“Yesterday’s Tomorrowland Today a Xerox Show ” Curated by Ann Magnuson Winslow Garage Los Angeles, CA.
“Happy” NSU Art Museum FL. 10/19 – 7/20
“L.A. on Fire” Curated by Michael Slenske Wilding Cran Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
Special Projects
Mural at The Bluffs Playa Vista, Ca.
Mural at the City Club Minneapolis, MN.
2018
Kenny Scharf : “Super Pop Universe” Lotte Museum of Art Seoul Korea
Kenny Scharf : “Inner and Outer Space” Leila Heller Gallery Dubai
Kenny Scharf : “Scharftopia” The Far Out World of Kenny Scharf Gustavus College, MN.
Kenny Scharf : “Kenny Scharf” David Klien Gallery Detroit , MI.
Kenny Scharf : “Paradis Perdu” Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris
Group Exhibitions
“Paper Trail” Allouche Gallery NY NY
“Polarities” Totah NY NY
“Auto didactic the Juxtapose School” Petersen Automotive Museum LA. CA.
“Warhol & Friends New York in the 80’s” Palazzo Albergati Italy
“Dancing Goddesses” Dio Horia Gallery Panahra Square , Mykonos Greece.
“Under One Roof”: Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin
Donald Baechler, Ross Bleckner, Enoc Perez & Kenny Scharf Inaugural Show Alloche Benais Athens
“Beyond The Streets” Curated by Roger Gastman Los Angeles, CA.
“Stand Still: A Still Life Show” Allouche Gallery NY NY
Special Projects
“La Villa UGC” Cannes Mural
“Peanuts Murals” World Wide
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit Mural
Denmark – Freetown Christiania Mural
2017
Kenny Scharf : “Blox and Bax” Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles CA.
Kenny Scharf : “Inner and Outer Space” Jeffrey Deitch New York NY.
Group Exhibitions
“Bombay Beach Biennale“ Curated by Lily Johnson White Salton Sea, CA .
“Animal Farm” Curated by Sadie Laska Brant Foundation Greenwich , CT.
“Fast Forward” Painting from the 1980’s. Whitney Museum of American Art NY NY.
“Club 57” Films, Performance and Art in the East Village 1978-1983 The Museum of Modern Art NYC .
Special Projects
Frieze Fair New York : Spotlight Kenny Scharf NYC .
International Church of Cannabis Denver CO .
2016
Kenny Scharf : ” Kenny Scharf ” Nassau County Museum of Art Roslyn Harbor, NY .
Group Exhibitions:
“Around the World in 86 Days” Ludwig Forum Aachen , Aachen Germany
“A Selection of Works of the 80’s” Vito Schnabel Gallery St. Moritz
“Cosmic Connections” David Totah Gallery, NYC
“Piston Head 2 Artist Engage the Automobile” Venus Over Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA .
“Masters: Urban & Street Art” Galerie Laurent Strouk Paris
“The Neon Wilderness Voices from Los Angeles” The Conversation Berlin
“Muse” Galerie Hideout, Paris
“AftermodernisM” Neumann Wolfson Art, Watermilll NY.
“DESIRE” Curated by Diana Widmaier Picasso Gagosian & Deitch Art Basel Miami Beach, FL .
Special Projects
Hammer Projects Lobby Mural Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA.
2015
Kenny Scharf : “Born Again” Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles, CA
Kenny Scharf : “SCHOW” Frederic Snitzer Gallery Miami, FL.
Group Exhibitions
“She Sells Seashells by the Seashore” Eric Firestone Gallery East Hampton, NY.
Special Projects
Installation The Rose Bar Gramercy Park Hotel, New York, NY.
Cosmic Cavern # 33 Portland Art Museum Portland, OR.
Hammer Projects Lobby Mural Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA.
“MALAGA” Permanent Mural Spain
2014
Kenny Scharf : “Pace Face” By Pace Prints NYC
Kenny Scharf : “Kenny Scharf ” Colette, Paris
Group Exhibitions
“Urban Theater” : New York Art in the 1980’s The Modern Art Museum of Ft.Worth, TX.
“Fun and Games” : Montalvo Art Center Saratoga, CA.
“Saying Yes to Everything” : Honor Fraser Gallery Curated by Corrina Peipon Los Angeles, CA.
“LOISADA” : NY’s Lower East Side in the 80’s Addison Gallery Andover, MA.
“Appropriate Disruption” : Jacob Lewis Gallery NYC
Special Projects
“COSMIGOGO” Textile design for Louis Vuitton
2013
Kenny Scharf : “Kolors” Paul Kasmin Gallery, NY. NY.
Kenny Scharf : “Amerikulture” Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY.
Kenny Scharf : “Pop Renaissance” Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Group Exhibitions
“AREA THE EXHIBITION ” Curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Serge Becker, Eric Goode, Jennifer Goode & Glenn O’Brien . The Hole NYC.
“Artist Engage The Automobile” Pistonhead – Art Basel Miami Beach, Fl.
“Calligraffiti” Leila Heller Gallery NY. NY.
“Futures Project” Center for the Living Arts Mobile, Al.
“Contemporary Magic” Tarot Deck Art Project The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Fl.
“Virginia MOCA” Virginia Beach, VA.
Special Projects
“Tonywood” The Wynwood Walls Memorial Garden, Miami, FL.
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Whitewall Suite 5000 NY, NY.
“Back To Supersonica” Spray Painted 1960’s Lockeed Jetstar. Pima Air Museum, AZ.
Installation of “Squirtz” and ” Red Scary Guy ” at the Standard Hotel The Highline NY.
“MOBLOBZ” Monumental Mural on the Historic Center for the Living Arts Mobile, Al.
Mural installation Kings County Children’s Hospital Brooklyn, NY.
Mural: Davis Bros . Tires Los Angeles, CA.
2012
Kenny Scharf : “Hodgepodge” The Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
Group Exhibitions
“Thank You Andy Warhol” Benrimon Contemporary, NY. NY.
“Times Square Show Revisited” Leubsdorf Gallery Hunter College NY. NY.
“Portrait of a Generation” The Hole Gallery NY. NY.
“All For You” Eric Firestone Gallery East Hampton, NY.
Special Projects
“Kiehl’s” for Children’s Charity
“Jello Bacchanalia” Art Rio, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
“Chunk Pack” Cedars Sinai Children’s Wing , Los Angeles, CA.
Scharf Mural : Salem, MA .
Wynwood Walls , Miami, FL .
Mural: Careyes , Mexico.
2011
“Naturafutura” Paul Kasmin Gallery NY. NY.
Group Exhibitions
“The Artist Museum” MOCA Los Angeles, CA.
“Art In The Streets” MOCA Los Angeles, CA.
“New York Minute” Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow.
“Facemaker” Curated by Kathy Grayson Royal-T, Culver City, CA.
“Unfinished Paintings” Contemporary Exhibitions Los Angeles , CA.
“Nose Job” Eric Firestone Gallery East Hampton, NY.
“East Village West” Royal T Lounge Los Angeles, CA.
“From Here to Eternity” Curated by Kenton Parker Scion Installation Space, Culver City, CA.
Special Projects
“East Village West” Curated with Ann Magnuson, Royal T Lounge Los Angeles, CA.
Miami Marlins Arena Mural Miami, FL.
WeHo Walls: MOCA Public Library Mural West Hollywood, CA.
Arts Big Picture Project Philadelphia, PA.
Brooklyn Children’s Hospital Mural Brooklyn, NY.
2010
Group Exhibitions
“Pause” Cosmopolitan Hotel Las Vegas, NV.
“Art Shack” Laguna Art Museum Laguna Beach, CA.
“Mutant Pop” Loyal Gallery Malmo, Sweden
Special Projects
“Bowery Wall” Mural NYC
2009
Kenny Scharf “Barberadise” Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
Group Exhibitions
“Wynwood Walls” Outdoor Mural Project produced by Deitch Projects Art Basel Miami, FL.
“Primary Flight” Site – specific Street Level Mural, Art Basel Miami, FL.
“Loveable Like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children” Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
“Just What Are They Saying” Jonathan Ferrara Gallery New Orleans, LA.
“Nude Show” Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.
Special Projects
“Stages Touring Exhibit” Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France.
Custom bike designed for “Lance Armstrong” ridden in the Tour de France
2008
Kenny Scharf: “Superdeluxa” Waddington Gallery, London, UK.
Kenny Scharf : “80’s Back” Seomi & Tuus, Seoul, Korea.
Group Exhibitions
“Four Friends” Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY.
“Totally Rad” Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.
“American Standard” Design District Miami Beach, FL.
“Juxtapose School” Laguna Art Museum Laguna Beach CA.
“Zero Carat” Jewelry Friedman Benda Gallery New York, NY.
2007
Kenny Scharf: “NEW!” Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.
Group Exhibitions
“Four Friends” Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY.
“Art Parade” King of Parade Jeffrey Deitch New York, NY.
“Big Secret Cache” Angstrom Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
2006
Kenny Scharf “Astro Cumulo Nibus Uber Express” Raleigh Hotel Art Basel Miami Beach, FL.
Group Exhibitions
“Surrealism Then and Now” Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.
“Juxtapose Anniversary” Copro Nason Culver City, CA.
2005
Kenny Scharf: “Superpop” Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.
Kenny Scharf: “Outer Limits” Patrick Painter Gallery Santa Monica, CA.
Group Exhibitions
Enjoy By: Bill Farroux, Venice, CA.
2004
Kenny Scharf: “Groovenian Drawings” Kantor Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
Kenny Scharf: “Schablobz” Kenny Schachter/Rove New York, NY.
Kenny Scharf: “California Grown” Pasadena Museum of California Art Los Angeles, CA.
Kenny Scharf: “Face Value” Kevin Bruk Gallery Miami Beach, FL.
Group Exhibitions
“East Village USA” New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY.
“Beginning Here: 101 Ways” Visual Arts Gallery New York, NY.
“100 Artists See Satan” Grand Central Art Center Santa Ana, CA.
Special Events
Americans for the Arts Awards Installation, Cipriani’s New York, NY.
2003
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, TX.
“Portraits” Heidi Lee Fine Art New York, NY.
“Faces and Figures” The Art Museum at Florida International University Miami, FL.
“Beauty Stripped Bare / LA Black & White” BGH Gallery Santa Monica, CA.
2002
Kenny Scharf: “Muted” Chac Mool Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
Group Exhibitions
“Made in the USA 1970-2000” Ludwig Galerie Oberhausen, Germany
“Pulcherrimae Strade” Installation Pordenone Italy.
“Juxtapose Anniversary Show” Track 16 Gallery Santa Monica, CA.
Special Events
“The Groovenians” Animated Special aired on Cartoon Network
2001
Kenny Scharf: “Car Nation” UC Fullerton Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA.
Kenny Scharf: “Portraits” Tony Schafrazi Gallery New York, NY.
Kenny Scharf: “Hollywood Stars” Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Los Angeles, CA.
Group Exhibitions
“Seeing” Interactive Exhibition LACMA LAB Los Angeles, CA.
“Animations” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Long Island City, NY.
Special Projects
Permanent Installation of Four, 30′ totems “Tikitotemoniki” Pearl Arts District Portland, OR.
2000
Kenny Scharf : Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills, CA.
Kenny Scharf : “Small Paintings & Bronzes” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY.
Kenny Scharf : “Closet # 18” permanent exhibit Young at Art Children’s Museum, Davie, FL.
1999
“Heads, Small Paintings and Closet # 16” Galerie Hans Mayer Berlin, Germany.
Kenny Scharf : “New Sculpture” PICA-Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Portland, OR.
“Heads and Small Paintings” Galerie Hans Mayer Dusseldorf, Germany.
1998
“Kenny Scharf” Galerie Ramis Barquet Monterrey, Mexico
“Kenny Scharf” McIntosh Gallery Atlanta, GA.
“Kenny Scharf” Kantor Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
“Kenny Scharf” Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY.
Special Projects
MOCA Mural Project San Diego, CA
“Ultrazoomazipamapopdeluxa” lobby entrance
Designs line of Manikins for Pucci International
1997
Kenny Scharf : “Pop Surrealist” Salvador Dali Museum St. Petersburg, FL.
Kenny Scharf : “When Worlds Collide” curated by Barry
Blinderman, University Galleries Illinois State IL.
Kenny Scharf : “Kenny Scharf” Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY.
Kenny Scharf : “Ultraelektrik” Paintings, Sculpture & Customized
Appliances, Sony Building New York, NY.
Group Exhibitions
In Your Face Haring, Basquiat & Scharf Leo Malca Fine Art, New York.
Art and Provocation : Images from Rebels Boulder Museum of
Contemporary Art Boulder, Co.
1996
Kenny Scharf : New Work Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY.
Kenny Scharf : El Mundo de Kenny Scharf Museo de Art Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico.
Kenny Scharf : Heads Center for the Fine Arts, Miami.
Kenny Scharf : Galerie 56 Budapest, Hungary.
Group Exhibitions
New Figuration Tucson Museum of Art Tucson, Az.
Hot Off the Press: New Editions Pace Prints, NY
1995
Kenny Scharf : Early Paintings 1975-78 Yoshi Gallery NY. NY.
Kenny Scharf : Galerie Cotthem-Hedwig Van Impe, Knokke Belgium
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY. NY.
Kenny Scharf : Scharf-O-Rama 1978-1995 Museum of Art, Ft.Lauderdale Fl.
Group Exhibitions:
Altered and Irrational: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum, NY.
Art, Design and Barbie Liberty Street Gallery, NY.
Recent Acquisitions Bass Museum of Art, Miami Fl.
Art + Architecture,MIAMI, Center for Contemporary Art , Miami.
A New York Time:Selected Drawings from the Eighties Bruce Museum , Greenwich, CT.
1994
Kenny Scharf : Wildlife Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY. NY.
1993
Kenny Scharf : Works on Paper , Galerie Burkhard R Eikelmann, Dusseldorf.
Kenny Scharf : Closet #11, Cafe Click, Dusseldorf
Kenny Scharf : Closet # 10 World Gallery Miami, Fl.
Group Exhibitions
About Nature Cleveland Center for Contemporary Artr, Cleveland, OH.
Art and Environment National Arts Club, NYC.
Extravagant: The Economy of Elegance Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY, Russisches
Kulturzentrum, Berlin.
1982-83
Ten Years After Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
1992
Kenny Scharf : Edward Totah Gallery
Kenny Scharf : Galeria Rocca 6, Torino, Italy.
Kenny Scharf : Galeria Seno, Milan.
Group Exhibitions
1492 Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico.
Variations Gitanes Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris.
Objets Trouves Galerie de Jour, Agnes B. Paris.
Balade de l’Amour Halle de l’Uniondes arts Decoratifs, Palais de Louvre, Paris.
1991
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY.
Kenny Scharf : Studio Trisorio, Naples, Italy.
Kenny Scharf : AC&T Corporation, Tokyo.
Kenny Scharf : Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf
Kenny Scharf : Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
American Art of the ’80’s Palazzo delle Albere, Trento, Italy.
Closet #9 Queens Museum of Art, Flushing NY.
Just What is it That Makes Todays Home So Different,So Appealing Hyde Collection, NY.
The 1980’s: A Selected View from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum, NY.
1990
Kenny Scharf : Galerie Beaubourg, Paris.
Group Exhibitions
The Last Decade: American Artists of the ’80’s Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
1989
Kenny Scharf : Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles.
Group Exhibitions
Don’t Bungle the Jungle Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
The Studio American Collection Witkacy Theater , Zakopane Poland
1988
Kenny Scharf : Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo.
Group Exhibitions
Figure a Subject: Revival of Figuration Since 1975 Whitney Museum, NY.
The Weisman Collection California State University, Fullerton Ca. (Traveling Show)
1987
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
Group Exhibitions
Comic Iconoclasm Institute of Contemporary Art, London.
1986
Kenny Scharf : Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo.
Group Exhibitions
An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture from 1940 to Present
Museum of Art, Ft.Lauderdale.
Homage to Nicolas A. Moufarrage Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, NY.
Picture From the Inner Mind The PalladiumNY,Solway Gallery
Cincinnati , Cohn Gallery Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1985
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
Kenny Scharf : Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich.
Group Exhibitions
Biennial 1984 Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, NY.
Drawings Leo Castelli Graphics, NY
Eight Artists/Eight Years/SVA School of Visual Arts, NY.
East Village Artists Holly Solomon Gallery NY.
Investigations Institute of Contemporary Art ,University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia.
Sights For Small Eyes Heckscher Museum, Long Island, NY.
Vernacular Abstraction, Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo.
Art in Action Sogetsu Museum ,Tokyo.
Out of the Ooo Cloud Edith C Blum Art Institute,Bard College Annandale on Hudson NY.
1984
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
Kenny Scharf : Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles.
Group Exhibitions
Via New York Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal
The Innovative Landscape Holly Solomon Gallery, NY.
New Hand-Painted Dreams: Contemporary Surrealism Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NY.
Arte di Frontiera Galerie d’Arte Moderna Bologna, Italy
Aperto 84 Venice Bienale Venice , Italy.
The Human Condition Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.
Contemporary Perspectives 1984 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
New Idioms Robert Fraser Gallery, London.
New Attitudes: Paris/New York Pittsburg Center for the Arts
1983
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.
Kenny Scharf : American Graffiti Gallery, Amsterdam.
Group Exhibitions
Champions Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY, Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta
Surrealist Show Robert Miller Gallery NY.
Morton G. Neuman Family Collection Kalamazoo Institute of Art,
Kalamazoo, Michigan.
The Comic Art Show Whitney Museum of American Art NY.
Back to the U.S.A. Kuntsmuseum Luzern,Luzern Switzerland.
Tendencias en Nueva York Palacio de Cristal, Madrid.
Clocktower Open Studio Show P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NY.
Bienalle de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
References Palais de Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
1982
Kenny Scharf : Fun Gallery, NY.
Group Exhibitions
Installation Project Room P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.
1981
Kenny Scharf : National Studio Artists P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Kenny Scharf : Customized Appliances Club 57, NY.
Kenny Scharf : The Jetsons Fun Gallery, NY.
Group Exhibitions
Open Studio Show P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.
The Times Square Show Times Square , New York City
New York, New Wave P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City
Drawing Show Mudd Club, NY.
Beyond Words Mudd Club , NY.
1979
Kenny Scharf : Celebration of the Space Age Club 57, NY.
EXHIBITION CATALOGS
Kenny Scharf : Born Again Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles 2015
Kenny Scharf : Kolors Paul Kasmin Gallery New York 2013
Kenny Scharf : Hodgepodge Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles 2012
Kenny Scharf : NEW! New Paintings and Carzy Roy Al Paul Kasmin Gallery New York 2007
Kenny Scharf : Superpop. Paul Kasmin Gallery New York 2005
Kenny Scharf : Groovenian Drawings. Foreward by Robert Williams Kantor Gallery Los Angeles 2004
Made in the USA, 1970-2001 Keith Haring, Robert Longo, Kenny Scharf, Bill Beckley Oberhausen Ger. Ludwig Galerie
The Universals. Pucci International New York 1998
Kenny Scharf : Essay by Carter Radcliff and Robert Farris Thompson Interview by Dennis Hopper
Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York 1998
Kenny Scharf : Essay by Barry Blinderman, Gregory Bowen, Bill McBride, Ann Magnuson and Robert Farris Thompson,
Normal Illinois University Galleries 1998
In Your Face : Malca Fine Art New York 1997
Kenny Scharf : Pop Surrealist Salvador Dali Museum St. Petersburgh Florida 1997
Pop Art. By Jan de James. London. Phaidon 1996
El Mundo de Kenny Scharf: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey Monterrey Mexico 1996
Kenny Scharf : Essay by Louis Grachos. Center for the Fine Arts Miami 1996
Kenny Scharf : Essays by Brooke Adams, Laurence Parmer Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Florida 1995
Kenny Scharf : Essay by Brooke Adams, Edward Totah Gallery London 1992
Kenny Scharf : Galerie Beauborg Paris 1990
The Last Decade : American Artists of the 80’s. Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York 1990
Phamakon 90 Mukuhari Messe Contemporary Art Exhibition Tokyo 1990
Kenny Scharf : Jungle Book Kyoto Shoin International Company Art Random Kyoto 1989
Kenny Scharf : Three Portfolios AC & T Corp. Tokyo 1989
An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture from 1940 to the Present
Fort Lauderdale Florida Museum of Art 1986
Vernacular Abstraction Wacoal Art Center Tokyo 1985
Figuration Libre: France – USA. Paris: Musee d’ art Moderne de la Ville de Paris 1984
New Attitudes : Paris / New York. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1984
Via New York. Montreal : Musee d ‘Art Contemporain 1984
Reference. Brussels : Palais de Beaux Arrts de Charleroi 1983
Back to the USA : Kuntsmuseum Luzern Luzern Switzerland 1983
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York 1983
Morton G Neuman Family Collection : Kalamazoo Institute of Art Kalamazoo Michigan 1983
Champions : Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York 1983
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART, MIAMI BEACH
BRANT FOUNDATION, GREENWICH, CONN.
THE DANNHEISER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK CITY
THE BROAD FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES
GRONIGER MUSEUM, GRONIGER, HOLLAND
THE JEWISH MUSEUM, NEW YORK CITY
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
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, SAN DIEGO
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART NEW YORK
NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, BROOKLYN, CONNECTICUT
PASADENA MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART
PATERSON MUSEUM, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY
PATRICK LANNAN FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES
PEARL ARTS FOUNDATION PORTLAND, OREGON
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
SOGETSU MUSEUM, TOKYO
STEDELIJK MUSEUM AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART NEW YORK
EPOCHAL VISIONS: AN EXHAUSTIVE CHRONICLE OF WORKS BELONGING OR HAVING BELONGED TO THE GALLERY’S COLLECTIONS
