OBJECTIVE
My ambition as a professional artist is to maintain the course that I set nearly 20 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.
I believe the artist has a social responsibility to engage others in a thought process that
ultimately brings the creative process into everyday life thereby enhancing the quality of our experience.

A Partial Chronology

2008
Kenny Scharf : "Superdeluxa"
Waddington Gallery, London

2007
Kenny Scharf : “NEW!” Paul Kasmin Gallery NY,NY
Group Exhibitions:
“Deitch Art Parade” King of Parade Deitch Gallery NY,NY
“Big Secret Cache” Angstrom Gallery Los Angeles

2006
Kenny Scharf “Astro Cumulo Nibus Uber Express” Raleigh Hotel, Art Basel Miami Beach
Group exhibitions:
“Surrealisim Then and Now” Paul Kasmin Gallery ,NY,NY
“Juxtapose Anniversary” Copro Nason, Culver City Ca

2005
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: "Superpop" Paul Kasmin Gallery, NY, NY.
Kenny Scharf: “Outer Limits” Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica,CA

2004
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: “Groovenian Drawings” Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Kenny Scharf: “Schablobz” Kenny Schachter/Rove, NY, New York
Kenny Scharf: “California Grown” Pasadena Museum of California Art
Kenny Scharf: “Face Value” Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami Beach,FL

Group Exhibitions:
“ East Village USA” New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY,NY
“ Beginning Here: 101 Ways: Visual Arts Gallery , NY,NY
“ 100 Artists See Satan”: Grand Central Art Center , Santa Ana , Ca.

Special Events:
Americans for the Arts Awards Installation, Cipriani’s, NY

2003
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: “Nightlight” Patrick Painter Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca
Kenny Scharf: “Paintings 1990-1997” Cotthem Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

Group Exhibitions:
“Quest” - Vincent Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam,The Netherlands
“ Splat, Boom, Pow" - Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
“ Portraits” - Heidi Lee Fine Art, NY, NY
“ Faces and Figures” - The Art Museum at Florida International Univ. Miami, Fl.
“ Beauty Stripped Bare / L.A. Black & White” - BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca.

2002
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: Muted Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.

Group Exhibitions:
Made in the USA 1970-2001 Ludwig Galerie Oberhausen, Germany
Pulcherrimae Strade Installation Pordenone Italy
Juxtapose Anniversary Show Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca.
Special Projects: Animated special The Groovenians for the Cartoon Network 2001
Seeing Interactive Exhibit, LACMA LAB, Los Angeles, Ca.
Animations P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
Special Project: Installation of four, 30 totems Tikitotemoniki Pearl Arts District, Portland, Ore.

Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: Car Nation UC Fullerton at Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, Ca
Kenny Scharf: Portraits Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY NY
Kenny Scharf: Hollywood Stars Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, Ca


2000
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: Small Paintings & Bronzes Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY
Kenny Scharf:Blobz Gagosian Gallery Los Angeles, CA

1999
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: Heads, Small Paintings and Closet #16, Galerie Hans Meyer, Berlin, Germany
Kenny Scharf: : New Sculpture Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
Kenny Scharf: Heads and Small paintings, Galerie Hans Meyer, Dusseldorf, Germany

1998
Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: Galerie Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico
Kenny Scharf: McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Kenny Scharf: Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
Kenny Scharf: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York

Special Projects:
Commission by MOCA-San Diego to paint mural Ultrazoomazipamapopdeluxa in entrance lobby.
Designs line of manikins for Pucci International.1997

Solo Exhibitions:
Kenny Scharf: Pop Surrealist Salvador Dali Museum, St.Petersburg, Fla.
Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide Retrospective curated by Barry Blinderman, Univ.Galleries at Illinois State.
Kenny Scharf: Paintings Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Kenny Scharf: Ultraelectrik Paintings, Sculpture & Customized appliances, Sony Buliding, NYC

Group Exhibitions:
Haring, Basquiat & Scharf Leo Malca Fine Art, New York

1996
In February, Scharf is commissioned to design Cosmic Cavern, a black light environment with faux
fur walls and space age furniture for The Tunnel nightclub.

In October, El Mundo de Kenny Scharf an exhibition curated by Dan Cameron opens at the
Museum of Contemporary Art in Monterrey, Mexico.
The exhibition consists of 45 paintings from private and public collections and breaks museum attendance records.

1995
Scharf's drawings are included in A New York Time: Selected Drawings of the Eighties
at the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT.
In April, The Fort Lauderdale Museum mounts Scharf-O-Rama Vision.
Scharf's first retrospective features 23 paintings from 1979 to 1995.

In September, Scharf Shop, Miami Beach and Scharf Schak, New York, open.
These two boutiques sell Scharf designed clothing and accessories.
The stores are an extension of Scharf's philosophy to share art with the public and make ownership available to all.

In October 1995,Yoshii Gallery, New York exhibits Early Paintings: 1975-1979, a collection of 12 works
from high school and Santa Barbara, This exhibition surprises people with its broad range of
subject matter.

In December, at Miami's Center of Fine Arts, he exhibits, Heads, an installation of 10 large
paintings that are linked together to create one large wrap-around painting.
He also exhibits outdoor fiberglass sculptures.
This exhibition is Scharf's largest site-specific installation to date.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Eli Broad Foundation, Los Angeles, California
Groninger Museum, Groninger, The Netherlands
Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Patrick Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Sogetsu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
The Dannheiser Foundation, New York, NY
New England Museum for Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, CT
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ
Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Pearl Arts Foundation, Portland, OregonCATALOGUES
Kenny Scharf, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY, essays by Carter Ratcliff and Robert Farris Thompson, interview by Dennis Hopper, 1998
Kenny Scharf, University Galleries, Normal, Illinois, essays by Barry Blinderman, Gregory Bowen, Bill McBride, Ann Magnuson and Robert Farris Thompson, 1998
Pop Art, Jan-de James, Phaidon Press Limited, London, 1996.
In Your Face, Malca Fine Art, New York, NY, 1997.
Kenny Scharf. Pop Surrealist, Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1997.
El Mundo de Kenny Scharf,
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, 1996.
Kenny Scharf, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL, essay by Louis Grachos, 1996
Kenny Scharf,
Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, essay by Brooks Adams, Laurence Pamer, 1995
Kenny Scharf, Edward Totah Gallery, London, England, essay by Brooks Adams, 1992.
Kenny Scharf, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France, 1990,
The Last Decade: American Artists of the 80's, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY, 1990.
Pharmakon'90, Mukuhari Messe Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan, 1990.

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