ZEPHYR

(Andrew Witten - American)

Born in 1961

Born Andrew Witten, Zephyr began his artistic career in 1977, painting his nickname Zephyr on subway cars. He was part of the first wave of graffiti artists to transit into galleries in the early 1980s. In 1982, he was part of the first group of artists to found the Fun Gallery in Greenwich Village, which was at an era of art icons like Futura 2000, Kenny Scharf, Keith Haring and Jean- Michel Basquiat. In 1983, his art was part of an exhibition which toured Japan and which also included Fab Five Freddy, Dominique Philbert, Futura 2000 and Dondi White. That same year, Zephyr was hired by director Charlie Ahearn to design and art direct the title sequence for the first hip-hop film, Wild Style, in which he also featured. In 2001, he co-authored Dondi White's biography Style Master General: The Life of Graffiti Artist Dondi White, and in 2005 he participated in the East Village USA exhibition held at the New Museum. It has also been seen in the films Style Wars, The Art of Storytelling and Bomb It

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

- New York Street Style : création des années 80 - Ghost Galerie, Paris, juillet - septembre 2022.

- Accrochage saisonnier, Ghost Galerie, Paris, France, Janvier-Juin 2022

2021

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

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

2005

- "East Village USA," The New Museum, New York, NY

1999

- Charas/El Bohio, New York, NY

1997

- Livestock Gallery, New York, NY

1997

- Livestock Gallery, New York, NY

1992

- Industry Detroit, Michigan

1986

- Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1985

- Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington

1984

- Taghinia Gallery, New York, NY

- The Fun Gallery, West San Francisco, CA

- The Fun Gallery, New York, NY

1983

- Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1983

- Art in Progress, Dusseldorf, Germany

1982

- 51X Gallery, New York, NY

1982

- Samson Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

1981

- "Beyond Words," The Mudd Club, New York, NY

1981

- "New York/New Wave," P.S.1 New York, NY

1980

- Fashion Moda, New York, NY

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ZEPHYR

(Andrew Witten - American)

Born in 1961

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