Bio


Born 1958 in Los Angeles, CA.

Primary residence in Los Angeles, CA.

EDUCATION

1980 B.F.A. School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.

OBJECTIVE

My ambition as a professional artist is to maintain the course that I set 30 years ago by establishing my work in the fields of painting, sculpture, and performance. Every project I undertake is building on my past experiences. My original approach is unchanged; it is a personal challenge to produce the best work possible every time. One very important and guiding principle to my work is to reach out beyond the elitist boundaries of fine art and connect to popular culture through my art. My personal ambition has always been to live the example.

A PARTIAL CHRONOLOGY :


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