FUTURA (2000)

(Leonard Hilton McGurr - American)

Born in 1955

SOLO EXHIBITIONS




2021

- Futuraland, installation in collaboration with AllRightsReserved, Belowground, Hong Kong, June 3rd - 6th.

- Futura 2021 - Eric Firestone Gallery, Great Jones Street, New York, USA, October 22th 2020 - January 9th, 2021.

- Hors les murs, oeuvres de Futura dans la collection d’Agnès b, La Fab, Paris, France.




2020

- LASCO PROJECT #11, Futura 2000: “Violent Treasures”, Palais de Tokyo. Paris, June 15th, 2020 - January 3rd, 2021.

- Futura Akari, The Noguchi Museum , New York, November 11th, 2020 - April 25th, 2021.

- Futura 2000, Eric Firestone Gallery, New-York, USA, October 22th - December 5th.




2019

- Futura : Constellation, NTU Center for contemporary art, Singapore, May 30th - June 9th .

- The 5 Element, Urban Spree, Berlin, Germany, January 11th - February 24th .

- André x Futura : Chez nous, Danysz Galerie, Paris, France, December 15th 2018 - February 15th




2014

- Futura, Danysz gallery, Paris, France, Juin 14th - July 26th.

- Timewarp, Musée Schusev State of Architecture, Moscow, Russia, October 14th - November 4th.




2013

- Futura 2000, ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London, United Kingdom.




2012

- Futura : Future Shock. Valmorbida, New York, USA, September 6th - October 5th.

- Futura 2012 : Expansions. Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France, January 13th - February 29th. (catalogue)




2009

- Patrick Lerouge Collection, Ecole spéciale d’architecture, Paris, France, October 21st - 24th.

- Futura 2000, Odyssey Two, 95 Gallery, art forum. Berlin, Germany, September 24th - 27th.




2008

- Strategic Synchronicity, Phantom Galleries, Pacific Electric Lofts, Los Angeles, USA, September 18th - 21st.




2005

- Futura Year in Pictures, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 1st - May 15th.




2003

- U.N.K.L.E, ICA Gallery, London, UK, September 5th - 8th.




2002

- The Futura 2000 Place, Space 3, Sydney, Australia, December 9th - 15th.




2001

- Futura, Colette. Paris, September 10th - October 6th.




2000

- Futura 2000, bOb, New York, USA, November.

- Futura 2000, Mezzanine de l’École Spéciale d’Architecture, Collection Patrick Lerouge, Paris, October 20th - 24th.




1999

- Futura 2000, Variant, New York, USA, August.




1996

- Futura 2000, Musée des Beaux Arts de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France, November - December.

- Solaria, Fukuoka, Japan, September.

- Futura 2000, Livestock Gallery, New York, USA, May.




1994

- Futura 2000, Cotthem Gallery, Knokke, Belgium, December - January.

- Futura 2000, Time Space Light, New York, USA.




1993

- Futura 2000, Martin Lawrence Gallery, New York, USA, June.

- Futura 2000, Zero One Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, February.




1992

- Futura 2000, Galerie du Jour, Agnès b, Paris, France.




1991

- Futura 2000, Galerie du Jour, Agnès b, Paris, France, June 25th - July 20th.

- Futura 2000, Structures-Montpellier, Montpellier, France.




1990

- Futura 2000, New Paintings, Philippe Briet Gallery, New York, April 11th - May 5th.

- Futura 2000, New Works Speerstra Gallery (B5) Monaco.

- Futura 2000, Martin Lawrence Gallery, New York, USA.




1989

- Futura 2000, Últimas Obres, Galería Arcs y Cracs. Barcelona, Spain, October.

- Futura 2000, Oeuvres récentes, Galerie du Jour, Agnès b. Paris, France, June 1st - July 8th.

- Futura 2000, Oeuvres récentes, curated by Jean-Louis Boulière, Musée de Vire. Vire, France, March 4th - April 30th. (catalogue)




1988

- Futura, New Works, Philippe Briet Gallery, New York, USA.




1986

- Futura 2000, Semaphore Gallery, New York, USA, February 5th - March 1st.




1985

- Futura 2000, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, August.

- Futura 2000, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, USA, May - June.




1984

- Futura 2000, Fun Gallery, New York, USA.

- Futura 2000, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, USA, June 16th - July 14th.

- Futura 2000, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, October - November.

- Futura 2000, Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.




1983

- Futura 2000, Four Blue Squares, San Francisco, USA, December. - Futura 2000, Baronian-Lambert, Gent, Belgium, November.

- Futura 2000, SIX Gallery, New York, USA, August.

- Futura 2000, Yaki Kornblit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, August.

- Futura 2000, Fun Gallery, New York, USA, March.

- Futura 2000, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, January - February.

- Futura 2000, Six Gallery, New York, USA, May 13th - June 5th.

- Futura 2000, Fun Gallery, San Francisco, USA, November 10th - December 30th.




1982

- Futura 2000, Fun Gallery, New York, USA, April 9th - May 2nd.

- Futura 2000, Fnac Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, November 21st - December 31.




1981

- Futura 2000, Soul Artists Alternative Space, New York, USA, July - August.





GROUP EXHIBITIONS




2022

- Concrete to canvas, West Chelsea Contemporary, Austin TX, USA, 6th November - January 2nd.




2021

- Ghost DNA - exposition d’ouverture - opening exhibition, Ghost galerie, Paris, France, July 7th - September 4th.

- Icons Vandals, West Chelsea Contemporary, Austin TX, USA, May 15 - July 11th.

- I’m not done playing with that, Equity Gallery, NY, USA, December 1th - December 30th .

- Nos Fantômes - exposition inaugurale, Ghost galerie, Paris, France, 10 Septembre - 20 Novembre, 2021.




2020

- Writing the future, Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation, Museum of fine arts, Boston, USA, October 18th - July 25th 2021.




2019

- Abstract Compass, Danysz Gallery, Hong Kong, March 26th - 31st.




2018

- Futura x André Saraiva, Chez nous , Danysz Gallery, Paris, France, December 15th, 2018 - February 9th, 2019.

- Art from the street, ArtScience Museum, Singapore.




2017

- Libres Figurations - Années 80 (Collection Speerstra), Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc, Landerneau, France, December 10th 2017 - April 2nd 2018.




2016

- Glamorous Graffiti, Nassau County Museum of Art, New York, USA, March 19th - July 10th.

- Art From the Streets, CAFA art museum, Beijing, China, July 1st - August 24th.




2015

- 360 Degrees, Danysz gallery, Shanghai, China, November 21st, 2015 - January 11th, 2016.

- Sleeping Beauty, Danysz Gallery, Paris, France, February 2nd - April 4th.




2013

- Grafology : Mike Namer’s Private Collection, Gallery 151, New York, USA, February 7th - 21st.

- Les Bains, Résidence d’artistes, Danysz gallery, Paris, France (catalogue), June 22th - July 27th.

- Urban Art Biennale 2013, Volklingen, Germany, March 24th - November 1st.




2012

- Deep Space, Joseph Nahmad Contemporary, New York, USA, November 9th - December 12th.

- Graffiti - New York 80 ́s, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France, May 27th - July 20th.




2011

- CLUB 57 and Friends, Dorian Grey Gallery, New York, USA, September 8th - October 9th.

- 3 KING, Subliminal Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, September 17th - October 8th.

- Art in the Streets, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, USA, April 17 th - August 18th. (catalogue)

- GRAFFITI NEW YORK 80's, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France, May 27th - July 20th.




2010

- Street and Studio, Von Basquiat Bis Seripop, Kunsthalle Wien, Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria, June 25th - October 10th.

- Graffiti NY - Artists of the Third Rail, David Benrimon Fine Art, New York, NY, July 15th - August 10th.

- Né dans la rue: Graffiti, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris, France (catalogue), July 7th, 2009 - January 10th, 2010.




2009

- Natural Selection, Atkinson Gallery, Somerset, UK, November 29th - December 12th.

- From Style Writing to Art (A Street Art Anthology) , Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France (catalogue), October 24th - November 21st.

- Graffiti – État des lieux, Galerie du jour Agnès b, Paris, France, September 8th - October 3rd.

- Futura, Phil Frost and Stash, Krunk and Cuadro Fine Art Gallery, Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE, March 19th - June 7th.

- The New Yorkers, Galerie V1, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2nd - June 22nd.




2008

- The Elms Lesters Book and Christmas Exhibition, Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London, UK (catalogue), December 5th - 20th.

- Beautiful Losers – Contemporary Art and Street Culture, Exposition itinérante (catalogue) : La Casa Encendida, Madrid, November 14th, 2008 - January 4th 2009.

- Locked and Loaded, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, USA, Avril 11th - May 11th.




2007

- Small, Medium and Large, Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London, United Kingdom, October 5th - November 13th.

- Futura 2000 and Jose Parla – Pirate Utopias, Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London, United Kingdom, July 6th - October 28th.

- Beautiful Losers – Contemporary Art and Street Culture, exposition itinérante, Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland. (catalogue)

- Graffiti Stories (Collection Speerstra) - Abbaye d'Auberive et Musée Paul Valéry, Sète, France. (catalogue)

- L'art modeste sous les bombes (Collection Speerstra) - Musée International des Arts Modestes, Sète, France. (catalogue)




2006

- There is a U in Us, Galerie V1, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 24th - December 23th.

- Ugly Winners, Galerie du Jour Agnès b, Paris, France, April 13th - May 27th.

- Beautiful Losers - Contemporary Art and Street Culture, Touring show: La Triennale di Milano,

Milan, Italy; Le Tri Postal, Lille, France (catalogue), February 16th - March 19th.




2005

- Beautiful Losers – Contemporary Art and Street Culture, exposition itinérante (catalogue) : Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, USA; Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, USA; University of South Florida / CAM, Tampa, USA, February 6th – May 15th.




2004

- Icy Grape No. 1924, Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London, United Kingdom, October 13th - October 30th.

- East Village USA, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA. (catalogue)

- Beautiful Losers – Contemporary Art and Street Culture Touring show (catalogue) : Contemporary Art Center of Cincinnati; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA.




2002

- Session the Bowl, Deitch Projects, New York, USA, December 14th - February 15th.




2001

- Renaissance 2001, N.Y.C.U.E.M (New York City Urban Experience Museum), New York, USA.

- Graffs, Galerie du Jour Agnès b, Paris, France.




1999

- Pittura Dura : Dal Graffitismo alla Street Art, Palazzo Bricherasio Foundation, Turin, Italy. (catalogue)

- Byss Bistro, Hitek, Hong Kong, August 23th.




1998

- Reproduced 98. Marok vs Futura, Berlin, Cologne, Hambourg, Munich, Francfort, Germany.




1997

- Contents Under Pressure, The Tramshed, London, United Kingdom.




1995

- Summersault Festival, Melbourne, Australia.

- Stripped, Galerie Agnès b, Paris, France, November 9th - December 9th.




1994

- Le Temps d ́un Dessin, Galerie de l ́école des beaux-arts de Lorient, Lorient, France.




1993

- Spraycan Art, Sixth Congress Gallery, Tucson, USA, May.




1992

- Group Exhibition, Klarfeld Perry Gallery, New York, USA.

- New York Graffiti Art : Coming from the Subway (Collection Speerstra), Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands, October 4th - January 10th. (catalogue)




1991

- Federal Reserve, Washington USA.

- Musée du Trocadéro, Paris, France.

- Coleen Greco Gallery, New York, USA.

- Galerie du Jour Agnès b, Paris, France.

- Martin Lawrence Gallery, New York, USA.

- Liverpool Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium.




1990

- Artists of the year, Philippe Briet Gallery, New York, USA.

- Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.

- Galerie du Jour Agnès b, Paris, France.

- Galley B5, Monte-Carlo, Monaco.




1988

- Museum of American Graffiti, New York, USA.




1987

- Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.




1986

- Semaphore East, New York, USA.




1985

- Flow Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.

- Kentucky Litho Building, Louisville, USA.




1984

- Rapid Enamel ‘The Art of GraffitI’, The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, curated by Richard Flood, Chicago, USA, October 7th - November 10th. (catalogue)

- Homage to Picasso, Tony Shafrazi Gallery at Forum International Kunstmesse Zürich, Hall 7, Booth 703, Zurich, Switzerland.

- Miauhaus, Thread Waxing Space, New York, USA.

- Summer Exhibition, Fun Gallery, New York, USA.

- Arte di Frontiera : New York Graffiti, Touring exhibition”: Galleria d ́Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologne ; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy. (catalogue)

- Urban Confrontation, Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College Gallozzi La Plaza, New York, USA.

- New York Graffiti, Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark. (catalogue)

- Seibu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

- Graffiti, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands.

- New York Graffiti, Robert Fraser Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

- Classical American Graffiti Writers and High Graffiti Artists, Gallery Thomas, Munich, Germany.

- Artists from New-York in Monte-Carlo, Speerstra Gallery, Monte-Carlo, Monaco.

- Homage to Picasso, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, curated by Diego Cortez and Tony Shafrazi, for the Forum Internationale Kunstmesse Zuric, Hall 7, Booth 703. Zurich, Switzerland.




1983

- Post Graffiti, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA. (catalogue)

- New New York, Brentwood Gallery, St Louis, USA.

- Painting, Sculpture, Totems and 3D, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, USA.

- Champions, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, USA. (catalogue)

- New Art at the Tate Gallery, Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom. (catalogue)

- Graffiti, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, October 22th - December 4th. (catalogue)

- Untitled, Fay Fold Gallery, Atlanta, USA.

- Untitled, Fun Gallery. New York, USA.

- 51X Gallery, New York, USA.

- Gallery 121, Antwerpen, Belgium.

- Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, USA.

- American Graffiti Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

- Galerie Zellermayer, Berlin, Germany.

- Lucky Strike, New York, USA.




1982

- New York Now, exposition itinérante; Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover ; Kunstverein München, Munich ; Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne ; Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany. (catalogue)

- Kenny Scharf and Futura 2000, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, USA, September 11th - October 2nd.

- South Bronx Art Show, Fashion Moda. New York, USA, June 26th - August 27th.

- Dondi, Futura 2000, Zephyr, Bank of America, Hong Kong.

- ESSES Studios, U.C.S.C., Santa Cruz.

- 51xpressionism, Gallery 51X. New York, USA.

- Untitled, Fun Gallery. New York, USA.




1981

- Beyond Words : Graffiti Based-Rooted-Inspired Works, Mudd Club, New York, USA, April 9th - 24th.

- New York/New Wave, P.S.1, Institute for Art and Urban ressources, Long Island City, USA, February 15th - April 5th.

- Events, Fashion Moda, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA, December 14th, 1980 - January 8th 1981.




1980

- GAS: Graffiti Art Success of America, curated by John Matos (aka Crash), Fashion Moda. New York, USA, October 18th.

- Untitled, S.A, Soul Artists Alternative Space, New York, USA. PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

- Collection of the Museum of the city of New York, New York, USA.

- Fonds municipal d’Art Contemporain de Paris, Paris, France.

- Musée de Vire, Vire, France.

- Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.





PUBLICATIONS




2012

- FUTURA 2012 – EXPANSIONS, textes de Paul Ardenne, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France.

- Graffiti, une histoire en images Bernard Fontaine, Editions Eyrolles, Paris, France.

- Is The Art World Ready for Graffiti ? Steven Hager, Steven Hager at Smashwords, Los Gatos.




2011

- 100 artistes du Street Art sous la direction de Paul Ardenne, textes de Marie Maertens, Editions de la Martinière, Paris, France.




2010

- Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art, textes de Patrick Nguyen, Stuart Mackenzie, Edition Die Gestalten Verlag.




2009

- From Style Writing to Art (A Street Art Anthology), textes de Magda Danysz, Marie-Noëlle Dana, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France; Editions Drago, Italy.

- Né dans la rue : Graffiti, textes de Hervé Chandès, Édition Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France.

- Blade - King of Kings Henk Pijnenburg, Henk Pijnenburg Edition.

- Natural Selection, textes de Fiona McKinnon, Iain Cadby, Edition Atkinson Gallery, Somerset.

- Graffiti New York, textes de Eric Felisbret, James Prigoff, Luke Felisbret, Edition Abrams.

- American Graffiti, Margo Thompson, Parkstone International Edition.

- Subway Art: 25th Anniversary Edition, textes de Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant, Edition Chronicle Books.




2008

- The Elms Lesters Book and Christmas Exhibition, textes de Ben Jones, Paul Jones et alt., Edition Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London, UK.

- Street Art: The Graffiti Revolution, textes de Cedar Lewisohn, Editions Tate, London, UK.




2007

- The Warhol economy: how fashion, art, and music drive New York City, textes de Elizabeth Currid, Princeton University Press.




2006

- Plastic culture: how Japanese toys conquered the world textes de Woodrow Phoenix, Kodansha International.

- Can't stop won't stop: une histoire de la génération hip-hop, textes de Jeff Chang, Editions Allia.




2005

- East Village USA, textes de Dan Cameron, Liza Kirwin, Alan W. Moore, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA.




2004

- Beautiful Losers – Contemporary Art and Street Culture, textes de Alex Baker, Tom Collins, Jeffrey Deitch et alt., Aaron Rose et Christian Strike, New York, USA.

- DPM - Disruptive Pattern Material, textes de Hardy Blechman, Alex Newman, Edition Frances Lincoln.

- Experimental formats & packaging: creative solutions for inspiring graphic design, textes de Roger Fawcett-Tang, Daniel Mason, Rotovision.

- Disruptive Pattern Material: An Encyclopedia of Camouflage, textes de Hardy Blechman, Alex Newman, Editions Firefly Books.




2002

- Aerosol Kingdom – Subway Painters of New York City, textes de Ivor L. Miller, Edition University Press of Mississippi, Jackson.




2001

- The graffiti subculture: youth, masculinity, and identity in London and New York, textes de Nancy Macdonald, Palgrave Macmillan.




2000

- The new beats: culture, musique et attitudes du hip-hop, textes de S. H. Fernando, Editions Kargo.

- FUTURA, textes de Ben Drury, Liz Farrelly, Andrew Holmes, Editions Booth-Clibborn.




1999

- Pittura Durandal Grafitismo alla, Street Art textes de Luca Massimo Barbero, Renato Barilli et alt., Editions Electa, Milan.




1998

- Generations of youth: youth cultures and history in twentieth-century America, textes de Joe Austin, Michael Willard, NYU Press.




1997

- New York Graffiti Art: Coming From The Subway: Histoire et Développement d’un Mouvement Controverse, Editions Farthest Star, VBI.




1992

- Coming from the Subway - New York Graffiti, Art Stefan Eins et alt., Karl Müller Verlag Editions.




1989

- Futura 2000 : oeuvres récentes, textes de Elisabeth Hess, Musée de Vire.




1988

- Subway Art, textes de Martha Cooper et Henry Chalfant, Editions Holt Paperbacks.




1987

- New York Now, textes de Carl Haenlein, Editions Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanovre.

- Spraycan Art, textes de Henry Chalfant, James Prigoff, Thames & Hudson.




1983

- New Art at the Tate Gallery, texte de Michael Compton, Edition The Tate Gallery, Londres.




1981

- Events, Artist invite Artists, New York : New Museum text by Betty Fox, Edition The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.

- New York/New wave, MOMA PS1, New York, Fev. 15 - April 5.





RESIDENCES




2021

- Futuraland, installation in collaboration with AllRightsReserved. Belowground, Hong Kong, June 3rd - 6th.




2020

- LASCO PROJECT #11, Futura 2000: “Violent Treasures”, Palais de Tokyo. Paris, June 15th 2020 - January 3rd 2021.