Born 1958, Los Angeles, CA
Lives in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
1980
BFA, School of the Visual Arts, New York, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
blue blood, TOTAH, New York, NY
2018
Super Pop Universe, Lotte Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Kenny Scharf, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
Blobz, Opera Gallery, London, UK
Kenny Scharf: Inner and Outer Space, Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Scharftopia: The Far-Out World of Kenny Scharf, Hillstrom Museum of Art, St. Peter, MN
2017
BLOX and BAX, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Kenny Scharf, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY
2015
Hammer Projects: Kenny Scharf, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
SCHOW, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Kenny Scharf: Cosmic Cavern, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Cosmic donut occurrences, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
Born Again, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Kenny Scharf: Pace Face, Pace Prints, New York, NY
Kenny Scharf, Colette, Paris, France
2013
Pop Renaissance, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
Kolors, Paul Kasmin, New York, NY
2012
Hodgepodge, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2011
NATURAFUTURA and THREE DOZEN!, Paul Kasmin, New York, NY
2009
Barberadise, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
Kenny Scharf: Armory Show, Paul Kasmin, New York, NY
2008
Kenny Scharf – Superdeluxa, Waddington Galleries, London, UK
Kenny Scharf: 80’s Back, Seomi & Tuus, Seoul, Korea
2007
Kenny Scharf: NEW!, Paul Kasmin, New York, NY
2006
Kenny Scharf, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL
Astor Cumulo Nibus Uber Express, Raleigh Hotel, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
2005
Kenny Scharf: Superpop, Paul Kasmin, New York, NY
NYC Closet # 24, Paul Kasmin, New York, NY
Kenny Scharf: Outer Limits, , Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA
2004
California Grown, Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art, Pasadena, CA
Groovenian Drawings, Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SchaBlobz, Kenny Schachter Contemporary, New York, NY
Face Value, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
2003
Kenny Scharf: Night Light, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA
Paintings 1990-1997, Cotthem Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2002
Muted, Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Car Nation, UC Fullerton at Grand Central, Santa Ana, CA
Hollywood Stars, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Portraits, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Pulcherrimae Strade: Group Show, Pordenone, Italy
2000
Universal Offspring, Pucci International Ltd., New York, NY
Closet #18, Young At Art Children’s Museum, Davie, Florida
Kenny Scharf, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Small Paintings & Bronzes, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Heads, Small Paintings and Closet #16, Galerie Hans Mayer, Berlin, Germany
New Sculpture, PICA – Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
Heads & Small Paintings, Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf, Germany
1998
Kenny Scharf, Galeria Ramis Baraque, Monterrey, Mexico
Kenny Scharf, Mcintosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Kenny Scharf, Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Kenny Scharf (new paintings), Cotthem Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Kenny Scharf (new paintings), Gallery Cotthem, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
Vivid Vision, Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
1997
Kenny Scharf; Pop – Surrealist, Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
When Worlds Collide, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Ultralectric, Sony Style, Sony Building, New York, NY
1996
New Sculpture, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Kenny Scharf: New Work, Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
Home, Fox & Howell Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Kenny Scharf: El Mundo de Kenny Scharf, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Kenny Scharf, GALERIA 56, Budapest, Hungary
The World of Kenny Scharf, Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Island, FL
Heads, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL
1995
Early Paintings: 1975-78, Yoshii Gallery, New York, NY
Kenny Scharf, Gallery Cotthem, Hedwig Van Impe, Knokke, Belgium
Full Circle, New Paintings, Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
Scharf-O-Rama Vision: 1978-1995, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1994
Wildlife, Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
1993
Closet #11, Café Click, Dusseldorf, Germany
Closet #10, World Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Works on Paper, Galerie Burkhard R Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany
Jaffe Baker Blau Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1992
Edward Totah Gallery, London, UK
Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Galleria Rocca 6, Torino, Italy
Galleria Seno, Milan, Italy
1991
Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
Sudio Trisorio, Naples, Italy
AC & T Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Hans Mayer, Duisseldorf, Germany
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1990
Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
1989
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988
Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1987
Sculptures and Paintings, Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
1986
Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1985
Kenny Scharf, Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
1984
Kenny Scharf, Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983
Kenny Scharf, Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
American Graffiti Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1982
Fun Gallery, New York, NY
1981
National Studio Artists, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Customized Appliances, Club 57, New York, NY
The Jetsons, FUN Gallery, New York, NY
1979
Celebration of the Space Age, Club 57, New York, NY
Fiorucci, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
HYSTERICAL, Phillips London Gallery, United Kingdom
Beyond the Streets, 25 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Summer, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles
2018
Mickey: The True Original Exhibition, New York, NY
Warhol & Friends, Palazzo Albergati, Bologna, Italy
Dancing Godesses, Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
Under One Roof, Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Donald Baechler, Ross Bleckner, Enoc Perez & Kenny Scharf Inaugural Show, Alloche Benais, Athens, Greece
Summer Group Show, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
BEYOND THE STREETS, Werkartz, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Inaugural Group Show, Neumann Wolfson Art, New York, NY
Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978–1983, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Animal Farm, The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, CT
2016
Desire, curated by Diana Widmaier-Picasso, Moore Building, Miami, FL
Around the World in 86 Days: The Forum for different worlds – 25 years Ludwig Forum Aachen, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Holdings: Selections from MCASD’s Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
A Selection of Work of the 80’s, Vito Schnabel Gallery, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Cosmic Connections, David Totah Gallery, New York, NY
Piston Head II: Artist Engage the Automobile, Venus Over Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Masters: Urban & Street Art, Galerie Laurent Ripka, Paris, France
Muse, Galerie Hideout, Paris, France
AftermodernisM in the Hamptons, Nicole Ripka Gallery, Watermill, NY
The Neon Wilderness: Voices from Los Angeles, The Conversation, Berlin, Germany
2015
OUTSIDEIN: The Ascendance of Street Art in Visual Culture, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
She Sells Seashells By The Seashore, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2014
Appropriate Disruption, Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York, NY
Urban Theater: New York in the 1980’s, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX
Made By Brazilians, Matarazzo Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil
Fun and Games, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
Loisaida: New York’s Lower East Side in the ’80s, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
2013
Amerikulture, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
AREA: THE EXHIBITION, curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Serge Becker, Eric Goode, Jennifer Goode & Glenn O’Brien, The Hole, New York, NY
Piston Head: Artist Engage The Automobile, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
Calligraffiti, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Futures Project, Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL
Contemporary Magic: A Tarot Deck Art Project, The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL; Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2012
Tonight We Won’t Be Bored: 10 Years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thank You Andy Warhol, Benrimon Contemporary, New York, NY
Times Square Show Revisited, Leubsdorf Gallery Hunter College, New York, NY
Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, New York, NY
Tonight We Won’t Be Bored, 10 Years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
ALL FOR YOU, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
The Art of Cooking, Curated by Hanne Mugaas, Royal/T, Los Angeles, CA
2011
FACEMAKER, curated by Kathy Grayson, Royal/T, Los Angeles, CA
Trespass, West of Rome Public Art, Los Angeles, CA
Club57 & Friends, Dorian Grey Gallery, New York, NY
MAKE SKATEBOARDS, I – 20 Gallery, New York, NY
Unfinished Paintings, curated by Kristin Calabrese and Joshua Aster, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Nose Job, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
New York Minute Moscow, curated by Kathy Grayson, The Garage Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Art in the Streets, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
East Village West, Royal/T, Los Angeles, CA
From Here to Eternity, curated by Kenton Parker, Scion Installation Space, Culver City, CA
2010
25th Anniversary Show, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Sounds in the Distance, Dorian Grey Gallery, New York, NY
Mutant Pop, Curated by Joe Grillo, Laura Grant, and Brandon Joyce, Loyal Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
The Artist’s Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Hot Glue Hullabaloo, The Hole, New York, NY
2009
Too Big to Fail: Big Paintings, Sponsored by La Montagne Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Stages, organized by Lance Armstrong and Nike, Galerie Emannuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Naked!, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Loveable Like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children, curated by Kristin Calabrese and Joshua Aster, Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI
2008
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
2007
Deitch Art Parade, King of Parade, Deitch Gallery, New York, NY
Big Secret Cache, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Surrealism Then and Now, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Juxtapose Anniversary, Copro Nason, Culver City, CA
2005
Cross Section, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2004
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 Arts Center, Santa Ana, CA
2003
Quest, Vincent Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Splat, Boom, Pow, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Portraits, Heidi Lee Fine Art, New York, NY
Faces and Figures, Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL
Beauty Stripped Bare/LA Black & White, BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002
Made in the USA 1970-2000, Ludwig Galerie, Oberhausen, Germany
Juxtapose Anniversary Show, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001
Seeing, Los Angeles County Museum of Art LAB, Los Angeles, CA
Animations, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Made in the USA 1970-2001, Ludwig Galerie, Oberhausen, Germany
Pulcherrimae Strade Installation, Pordenone, Italy
2000
Lowbrow Art: Up From The Underground, The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
UFO Show, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Arts and Science Center for S.E., Arkansas, AK
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
1999
Mannequins & Rugs, Pucci International, New York, NY
Portrait Collection of Mr. Chow, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
Acquisitions, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
The American Century: Art & Culture, 1950-2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Road Show, DFN Gallery, New York City, NY
A Room with a View, Sixth @ Prince Fine Art, New York, NY
On the Air, San Francisco International Airport North Terminal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Closet #16, Installation at Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Collaboration Transformation, Lithographs from the Hamilton Press, University of Oklahoma
Fashion at the Beach, Bass Museum, Miami, FL
Pop Surrealism, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
80 Artistes Autoui- du Mondial, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
Closet #16, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
New Acquisitions: Dream Collection… part three, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Normal Editions Workshop-A Print Retrospective, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
1997
Collaboration Transformation, Lithographs from the Hamilton Press, Montgomery Gallery of Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Grins: Humor and Whimsy in Contemporary Art, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
Art and Provocation, Images from Rebels, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
In Your Face: Haring, Basquiat, Scharf, Leo Malca Fine Art, New York, NY
1996
New Figuratio, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, TX
Summer Exhibition, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Hot off the Press – New Editions, Pace Prints, New York, NY
Baseball Show, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY
Drawings: Spring, 1996, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
1995
Altered and Irrational: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Art, Design and Barbie: The Evolution of a Cultural Icon, Liberty Street Gallery the World Financial Center, New York, NY
Recent Acquisitions, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Art & Architecture, Miami, COCA/Center for Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
A New York Time: Selected Drawings of the Eighties, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
1994
New York Unplugged, Gallery Cotthem-Hedgwig Van Impe, Knokke, Belgium
1993
About Nature, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Art and Environment, The National Arts Club, New York, NY, April 21- May, Organized & curated by Toru Mano & Paul Perkins, Images, in collaboration with Earth Day NY
Extravagant: The Economy of Elegance, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Extravagant: The Economy of Elegance, Russisches Kulturzentrum, Berlin, Germany
1982-83: Ten Years After, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Mating Instinct, Penine Hart Gallery, New York, NY
Reanimator, V & RN, Miami, FL
1992
1492, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Variations Gitanes, A La Grande -Vilette, Paris, France
Objets Trouves, Galerie du Jour, Agnes B., Paris, France
Balade de l’Amour, Halle de l’Union des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
1991
American Art of the 80’s, curated by Gabriella Belli and Jerry Saltz, Palazzo delle Albere, Trento, Italy
A Passion for Art: Watercolours and Works on Paper, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Closet No. 9, Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, NY
Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Home So Different, So Appealing, The Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, NY
The 1980’s; A Selected View From the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of Fine Art, New York, NY
Metropolitan Home Showhouse 2, New York, NY
To Benefit Fashion Moda, Brooke Museum of Art, New York, NY
Children in Crisis, A Benefit Exhibition, Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY
1990
The Last Decade: American Artists of the 80’s, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Don’t Bungle the Jungle, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
The Studio American Collection, Witkacy Theatre, Zakopane, Poland and BWA Art Exhibition Bureau, Suwalki, Poland
1988
Figure a Subject: Revival of Figuration Since 1975, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Weisman Collection, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
1987
Comic Iconoclasm, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
1986
An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture from 1940 to the Present Exhibition, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Homage to Nicolas A. Moufarrage, Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York, NY
Picture from the Inner Mind, The Palladium, New York, NY
Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Thomas Cohn Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1985
Biennial 1984, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Drawings, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
Eight Artists/Eight Years/SVA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
East Village Artists, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
Investigations, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art of Philadelphia, PA
Sights for Small Eyes, Hecksher Museum, Long Island, NY
Photography and Sculpture, Patrick Fox Gallery, New York, NY
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Vernacular Abstraction, Wacoal Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan
Art in Action, Sogetsu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Out of the Ooo Cloud, Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Works on Paper, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1984
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Via New York, Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
The Innovative Landscape, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
New Hand Painted Dreams: Contemporary Surrealism, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Arte di Frontiera, Galeria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Aparto 84, Venice Bienalle, Venice, Italy
The Human Condition, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Perspectives 1984, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
New Idioms, Robert Fraser Gallery, London, England
New Attitudes: Paris/New York, Pittsburg Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
1983
Champions, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Champions, Fay Gould Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Surrealist Show, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Morton G. Neuman Family Collection, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, NU
Intoxication, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
Paintings, Sculptures, Totem and 3D, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
The Comic Art Show, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Back to the U.S.A., Kunst Museum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
Tendencias en Nueva York, Palacio de Cristal, Madrid, Spain
Clocktower Open Studio Show, P.S. 1, New York, NY
Paintings into Sculpture, Bonlow Gallery, New York, NY
Bienalle de Sao Paulo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Salvatore Als Gallery, Milan, Italy
References, Palais des Beaux-Aits-Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium
1982
Installation Project Room, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
1981
Open Studio Show, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Club 57, New York, NY
The Times Square Show, Times Square, New York, NY
New York, New Nave, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Drawing Show, Mudd Club, New York, NY
Beyond Words, Mudd Club, New York, NY
1979
Club 57, New York, NY
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2019
Mural, The Bluffs at Playa Vista, CA
Installation, Space Station Houston, TX
2018
Installation, La Villa UGC, Cannes, French Riviera
Mural, Peanuts Global Artist Collective, Hudson Square, New York, NY
2017
Mural, The Manes Center, New York City, NY
Mural, International Church of Cannabis, Denver, CO
Mural, Hiromi Paper Inc., Culver City CA
2016
Mural, Friends of the East River, FDR Drive and 116th Street, New York, NY
Mural, Safeway SandBlaster, Culver City, CA
Mural, Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, Los Angeles, CA
Mural, Cross Bronx Expressway on Third Avenue, Bronx, NY
2015
Monstropolis, mural, ArtCenter College of Art and Design, Pasadena, CA
Mural, Downtown Hollywood Mural Project, Hollywood, FL
Mural, MAUS-Málaga Arte Urbano Soho, Málaga, Spain
Coney Island Chunk Pack, mural, Coney Art Walls, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Mural, Wynwood Walls, Miami, FL
HAPPYMADNOSELOCK, mural, 214 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
COSMIGOGO, Scarf design for Louis Vuitton
2013
Tonywood, The Wynwood Walls Memorial Garden, Miami, FL
Back to Supersonica, Spray Painted 1960s Lockeed Jetstar, Pima Air Museum, AZ
MOBLOBZ mural, Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL
2012
Jello Bacchanalia, Art Rio, Rio De Janeiro Brazil
Cedars Sinai Chunk Pack, Cedars Sinai Childrens Wing, Los Angeles, CA
Kiehl’s Since 1851, Limited Edition Crème de Corps
Mural, Salem, MA
Mural Careyes Mexico
Around the Clock: 24 Hour Donut City, Donut truck appearance and pins given away in conjunction with the opening of ForYourArt’s space, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Mediacy Group’s Gatescapes Program, New York, NY
East Village West, curated with Ann Magnuson, Royal/T, Los Angeles, CA
Miami Marlins Arena Mural
WeHo Walls : MOCA Public Library Mural, West Hollywood, CA
Mural Arts Big Picture Project, Philadelphia, PA
Brooklyn Children’s Hospital Mural, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Bowery Mural Wall, in collaboration with Tony Goldman and The Hole NYC, New York, NY
2009
Custom bike designed for Lance Armstrong and ridden in Tour de France
2007
Basil Wolverton, curated by Kenny Scharf, PAC, Portland, OR
2004
Americans for the Arts Awards Installation, Cipriani’s, New York, NY
2002
The Groovenians, animated film, Cartoon Network
2000
Closet #18, Permanent Installation at the Young at Art Children’s Museum, Davie, FL
Haiku Gesundheit, Illustrations for book of poems by Ross Venokur, Simon & Shuster
Portland River District Project, Permanent Installation of five Totem sculptures in public spaces, Portland, OR
1999
Multimundo 2000: Fusion of Art & Fashion, window display for Nordstrom, Portland, OR
Multimundo 2000: Fusion of Art & Fashion, window display for Nordstrom, Seattle, WA
Friuli Venezia Giula wine label, Italy
Absolut Scharf, Au Kurant Billboard for TBWA Chiat/Day Advertising: CA, FL, MI, TX
1998
The Universals mannequin series, Pucci, New York, NY
Absolut Scharf, Au Kurant Billboard for TBWA Chiat/Day Advertising: CA, FL, TX
The Universals Window Display Project for Saks Fifth Avenue, NY, NY
The Universals Window Display Project for Saks Fifth Avenue, GA
The Universals Holiday Window Display Project for Saks Fifth Avenue, Beverly Hills, CA
The Universals Window Display Project for Burdines Dept. Store, Miami Beach, FL
Ultrazoomazipamapopdeluxa (Mura), Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
1997
Ultralectric, Customized electronics show for SONY, SONY Building, New York, NY
MURAL for 10th Annual Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Installation 130′ x 58′ Mural, Los Angeles, CA
Limited Edition Lithograph, 39th Annual Grammy Awards to benefit N.A.R.A.S. Foundation, NYC
1996
Lifesavers, AIDS memorial installation for DIFFA, Pines Beach, Fire Island, New York, NY
Total Cosmic Caver, Designed Interactive Web environment for Total, NY (Internet magazine @ totainy.com), New York, NY
Absolut Kelly Project, Premier artist: A web based interactive art experiment, Santa Monica, CA
Co-chaired fund-raiser, Inter-Cambios Culturales of El Salvador (with Christy Turlington), New York, NY
Promotional Poster for Humane Society of Broward County
1995
Cosmic Cavern, V.I.P. Room for The Tunnel Nightclub, New York, NY
Porcelain design for Rosenthal China, Selb, Germany
Absolute Scharf, San Francisco billboard project for Absolut Vodka, San Francisco, CA
Signature watch for artist’s series, Swatch, New York/Switzerland
Promotional Poster for Miami Book Fair International
1994
Limited Edition Tapestry collection for Kroner Teppiche, Munich, Germany
Signature watch for artist’s series, Swatch, New York/Switzerland
Textile design for Todd Oldham, New York, NY
1993
Lifeguard Station Design for City of Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL
Kids Kloset, Dade County Department of Education, collaboration with elementary and high school students, Artworks Gallery, Omni International Mall, Miami, FL
Day Without Art, Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL In collaboration with Sarasota school children for AIDS awareness
te Neues Publications (various projects), New York, NY
1992
Don’t Bungle the Jungle II, fundraiser for the Tropical Rain forest Amazon Club, New York, NY (T-shirts design for Emporio Armani)
1991
City Kids Speak on Growth, Union Square Park, New York, NY, Outdoor mural in collaboration with the City Kids Foundation
1988
Don’t Bungle the Jungle, Benefit Concert and exhibition fundraiser for the Tropical Rain forest, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, and Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, NY
Limited Edition watch design, Lito Watches, Paris, France
1987
Luna Luna, Carousel design for traveling art amusement park, Hamburg, Germany
1986
Absolut Scharf, advertisement commission for Absolut Vodka, Stockholm, Sweden
Tapestry design for Elysee Editions, Paris, France
1985
Installation at The Palladium, New York, NY
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Schneider, Tim. “A Miami Beach Conference United Art and Tech A-Listers to Make the Case for Blockchain-And Ended as an Allegory of Market Mayhem.” Artnet News, December 5
“Fans from around the World Celebrate the Opening of “Mickey: The True Original Exhibition” in New York City.” Fox 5, November 8
Friedman, Jake. “NYC Exhibition Celebrates the Legacy of Mickey Mouse.” Animation Magazine, October 31
Kim, Min. “Pop artist Kenny Scharf’s exhibition opens in Seoul.” The Dong-A Ilbo, October 26
Woo-hyum, Shim. “Pop artist Kenny Scharf brings visual chaos to Seoul.” The Korea Herald, October 4
Sharp, Sarah Rose. “Kenny Scharf Switches Between Styles, Like Changing the Channel on a TV.” Hyperallergic, September 30
“Artist Kenny Scharf Teams Up with Daughter to Create Art-y Wearables.” ARTFIX daily, September 20
Slenske, Michael. “We Visit Kenny Scharf’s Awe-Inspiring New Studio as He Readies for the Spotlight.” Galerie Magazine, August 23
“Phoenix Art Museum unveils virtual-reality Bowie, Warhol, Scharf exhibit.” KTAR News, August 11
Wadia, Helena. “Kenny Scharf brings Blobz to Mayfair.” London Live, June 25
Westall, Mark. “Exhibition of new work Blobz from cult American artist, Kenny Scharf opens in London.” Fad Magazine, June 24
Westall, Mark. “Exhibition of new work Blobz from cult American artist, Kenny Scharf opens in London.” Fad Magazine, June 24
Del Barco, Mandalit. “‘Beyond The Streets,’ And Far From Vandalism: Street Art Gets A Massive Show.” GPB News, June 12
Raymond Fitzpatrick, Kyle. Go “Beyond The Streets” In Los Angeles.” Cool Hunting, May 11
Halle, Howard. “Check out these Peanuts-inspired art murals on view on Lower Manhattan.” Time Out, April 17
Dziemianowicz, Joe. “;Peanuts’ murals pop up around NYC’s Hudson Square.” New York Daily News, April 14
McCartthy, Ciara. “‘Peanuts’ Murals On Display In The West Village.” West Village Patch, April 24
Miller, M.H. “The Artists Who Defined the East Village’s Avant-Garde Scene.” The New York Times, April 17
Anspon, Catherine. “1980s Art Legend ‘Car Bombs’ Dallas in Advance of a Major MTV Moment.” Paper City Magazine, April 13
Vankin, Deborah. “‘My Kid Could Do That’: See the childhood art of Ruscha, Opie, Aitken and others on view in L.A.” Los Angeles Times, April 6
“Artists put personal stamp on Peanuts characters for art project involving seven cities.” The Malay Mail, April 5
“You bring on the art, Charlie Brown: Muralists put personal stamp on Peanuts characters for 7-city project.” Inquirer, April 5
“Good grief, Charlie Brown is graffiti.” Straits Times, April 4
Riefe, Jordan. “My Kid Could Do That: Famous Artists Put Their Childhood Drawings on View in LA.” Observer, April 2
Chow, Andrew R. “Good Grief, Charlie Brown! You’re Graffiti.” The New York Times, April 2
Arn, Jackson. “Against Everything: Club 57 at MoMA.” The Quietus, March 29
“‘Beyond the Streets’ Street art and More in Los Angeles.” Blouin Artinfo, March 20
Martin, Brittany. “This Groundbreaking Exhibit Might Be the Coolest Street Art Show Ever.” Los Angeles Magazine, March 19
Eler, Alicia. “Wildly imaginative work of artist rooted in L.A. & N.Y. comes to roost in St. Peter, Minn.” Star Tribune, March 29
Mowder, Meredith. “Club 57.” The Brooklyn Rail, March 5
“ALAC: Portrait of a Sunny City.” Elephant, January 26
2017
Miller, Nicole. “Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978-1983.” The Brooklyn Rail, December 13
Carrier, David. “Dispelled Illusions: Kenny Scharf takes on Color Field.” artcritical, November 23
Bryan, Susannah. “Watch out, Wynwood: Hollywood’s murals are turning heads.” Sun Sentinel, November 21
“Club 57 Spirit Beats on at MoMA Exhibit.” The Villager, November 16
Haden-Guest, Anthony. “At MoMA, New York’s Downtown ’70s Art Scene Just Came Back to Life.” The Daily Beast, November 12
Krasinski, Jennifer. “Freaks and Geeks: Revisiting the Legendary Club 57 at MoMA.” Village Voice, November 9
D’Arcy, David. “MoMA Exhibition ‘Club 57’ Salutes the Art of the East Village.” Observer, November 8
Yaeger, Lynn. “Pointy-Toed Hipsters and Rockabilly Girls: Lynn Yaeger Celebrates the Unrepentant Style Rebels From Club 57.” Vogue, November 2
Maurer, Daniel. “MoMA Takes a Hit of ’80s East Village as Club 57 Exhibit Opens.” Bedford + Bowery, November 2
McGrath, Katherine. “MoMA Celebrates Club 57, the East Village Hotspot That Launched Keith Haring and Jean Michel-Basquiat.” Architectural Digest, November 1
Silva, Horacio. “Forget Studio 54 and Mudd: Club 57 Was Where Things Really Went Down In Underground New York.” W Magazine, October 31
Maurer, Daniel. “First Look: Kenny Scharf Brings a Psychedelic ‘Cosmic Cavern’ to MoMA for the Club 57 Show.” Bedford and Bowery, October 18
“New York City’s Club 57 Will Have Its Moment in the Spotlight.” Interview Magazine, October 13
Jardine, Josh. “Cannabis Communion, A Church in Denver Offers Fellowship Through Weed.” The Portland Mercury, August 23
Jardine, Josh. “Christ on a Cannabis Crutch.” Source Weekly, August 23
Kinney, Kathleen. “The colorful reinvention of a 100-year-old US church.” Stuff, July 10
Schulman, Sandra. “Kenny Scharf Mural and Garden at Wynwood Walls: Cartoon Cosmos Deluxe.” Florida Daily Post, July 9
Frankel, David. “Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s.” Artforum, June
Wetzler, Rachel. “Frieze New York.” Art Agenda, May 5
“The Very Best of Frieze New York.” Artsy, May 5
Noreika, Modestas. “Kenny Scharf’s latest mural at Hiromi Paper in Culver City, CA.” StreetArtNews, April 24
Feitelberg, Rosemary. “The Bombay Beach Biennale Gets Rolling This Weekend with Help From Gary Oldman, James Ostrer, Kenny Scharf.” WWD, April 12
Wagley, Catherine. “5 Art Shows to See in L.A. This Week.” LA Weekly, March 29
Pagel, David. “It’s the Kenny Scharf Show: Junked TVs as a Painter’s Canvas.” Los Angeles Times, March 22
“‘Blox and Bax’ by Kenny Scharf at Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles.” Blouin Art Info, March 20
Dastin, Lizy. “When Fantasy Collides with American Culture: Kenny Scharf, BLOX ad BAX.” Art and Cake, March 17
Smith, Roberta. “Painting From the 1980s, When Brash Met Flash.” The New York Times, February 9
Schjeldahl, Peter. “The Joy of Eighties Art.” The New Yorker, February 6
Smith, Roberta. “The Whitney Revisits the ’80s, a Decade of Macho and Money.” The New York Times, January 18
Daichendt, Jim. “How Kenny Scharf Became a SoCal Street Art Icon.” LA Weekly, January 6
2016
Sessums, Kevin. “The Kenny Scharf Story.” Elliman, Winter
Levin, Jordan. “Unsettling ‘Desire’ showcases sex in the Design District.” Miami Herald, December 1
Indrisek, Scott. “Kenny Scharf and Victor Matthews Paint the Bronx.” Blouin Artinfo, June 21
Rumsey, Spencer. “Graffiti Superstar Kenny Scharf ‘Bombs Out’ in Wild Style at the Nassau Museum of Art.” Long Island Press, June 11
Williams, Maxwell. “Rule Breakers.” Cultured, April/May
Deitch, Jeffrey. “Renaissance Man: Kenny Scarf.” Kaleidoscope, Winter
Pimentel, Aline. “A conversation with Kenny Scharf.” Huffington Post, April 11
Rubin, Karen. “At Nassau County Art Museum: Pop Surrealist Kenny Scharf & ‘Glamorous Graffiti’.” examiner.com, March, 23
Parks, Steve. “Kenny Scharf brings his playful pop surrealism to Roslyn.” Newsday, March 21
Weber, Carol. “Energy bursting Kenny Scharf exhibition at Nassau County Museum of Art.” examiner.com, March, 21
Bloom, Karen. “A new season springs forth at area museums.” liherald.com, March 10
Cabrera, Élodie. “Kenny Scharf.” Graffiti Art, no. 28
“‘Kenny Scharf’ Opens at Nassau County Museum of Art on March 19.” Long Island Exchange, February 25
Slenske, Michael. “Breaking borders: After & Again puts an artsy spin on traditional Mexican textiles.” Wallpaper, January 28
2015
“Simpsons Sous Acide.” Graffiti Art, no. 27, December
“Kenny Scharf.” Purple, Fall/Winter
Hale, Jamie. “Inside the Day-Glo wonderland of the ‘Cosmic Cavern’ in Portland.” The Oregonian, November 5
“Car Graffiti at Portland Art Museum.” Willamette Week, November 4
Che, Cathay. “Never-Before-Seen Photos of Madonna, Warhol, Basquiat and More.” The New York Times Style Magazine, November 2
Musto, Michael. “100 Years of New York Nightlife: Megaclubs, Performance Art and Celebutants During the Go-Go ’80s.” Paper, October
“Art-Scaping.” C Magazine, Fall/Winter
Vankin, Deborah. “Spray-paint Revolution: ‘OutsideIn’ Street Art Exhibition Opens at Art Center in Pasadena.” Los Angeles Times, October 9
Daichendt, James G. “Continuing and Recommended: Kenny Scharf.” ArtScene, April
“Kenny Scharf at Honor Fraser.” Art Talk. KCRW, March 19
Wilkes, Rob. “Kenny Scharf.” We Heart, March 19
Cardiner, Brock. “A Look Inside Kenny Scharf’s ‘Born Again’ Exhibition at Honor Fraser Gallery.” Highsnobiety, March 9
Suh, Steven. “Kenny Scharf ‘Born Again’ Exhibition @ Honor Fraser Gallery.” Hypebeast,
Slenske, Michael. “Artist Kenny Scharf Turns an L.A. Gallery into a Recycled Funhouse.” Architectural Digest, March 4
Caro. “Preview: ‘Born Again’ by Kenny Scharf at Honor Fraser Gallery.” Hi-Fructose, February 25
2014
Binlot, Ann. “Kenny Scharf’s Cosmology.” ArtNews, November
Marton, Andrew. “Fort Worth’s Modern Museum of Art hosts exhibit of ’80s New York art.” The Washington Post, October 3
Bailey, Marilyn. “It came from the ’80s: The Modern’s ‘Urban Theater’ show.” dfw.com, October 2
Rees, Christina. “Urban Theater: New York Art in the 1980s.” artnet news, September 22
Pollack, Barbara. “‘Feito Por Brasileiros/Made By Brazilians’ at Matarazzo Hospital.” ArtNews, September 18
Voynovskaya, Nastia. “Kenny Scharf, Saner, Joana Vasconcelos and Other Artists Transform Abandoned Estate in Sao Paulo.” Hi-Fructose, September 17
Matarazzo, Cidade. “‘Made by… Feito por Brasileiros’, a creative invasion.” My Art Guides, September 9
Slonim, Jeffrey. “The Day Kenny Scharf Graffitied My Vintage Wagoneer.” The New York Observer, August 21
“Cidade dos Sonhos: revitalizacao do Hospital Matarazzo reune nata da arte em Sao Paulo.” Vogue Brasil, August 8
2013
Vitello, Gwyneed. “Kenny Scharf.” Juxtapoz, May
2012
Chang, Bee-Shyuan. “Art That’s Not Just on the Face.” The New York Times, October 10
Goldman, Edward. “Medicine for Your Eyes.” KCRW Art Talk, 1 May
Wolff, Rachel. “Where the Radiant Baby Was Born: In a basement on St. Marks Place, Keith Haring Became Keith Haring.” New York Magazine, March 25
Johnson, Alexis M., “Get the Details of Ann Magnuson’s New Performance Around Kenny Scharf’s Cadillac Sculpture on April 14 from 6-8pm.” For Your Art, April 4
2011
Turco, Bucky. “Kenny Scharf Bleeding onto JR’s ‘Face.” Animal, August 29
Eisenberg, Zev. “Inside Kenny Scharf’s ‘Cosmic Cavern.” Arthood, June 29
Slenske, Michael. “The World Catches Up to Kenny Scharf.” Art in America, January 20
Zara, Janella. “Contemporary Art Stars Create a Custom Skate Shop in Chelsea – And Skater Kids Get a Discount.” Artinfo, August 15
Miranda, Carolina A. “Cosmic Comic.” Artnews, June
Phillips, Karin. “Center City Philadelphia Mural Project Gets a Brooklyn Look.” CBS Philly, July 11
Cosic, Muna. “Patch’s Pick-and-Choose Weekend Planner.” Culver City Patch, November 11
Laster, Paul. “Kenny Scarf’s Delectable Donut Paintings.” Flavorwire, February 8
McDonald, Natalie Hope. “Kenny Scharf Paints 13th Street.” G Philly, July 11
“Kenny Scharf: More, Newer, Better, Nower, Funner! From the Levi’s Film Workshop.” Juxtapoz,, May 10
Pincus-Roth, Zachary. “‘Art in the Streets’ Press Preview: Deitch, Gastman, Rose, Fab 5 Freddy and More.” LAWeekly, April 15
Leopold, Shelley. “Street Art at MOCA.” LAWeekly, April 7
Hawthorne, Christopher. “Architecture Review: West Hollywood Library among top works.” Los Angeles Times, September 28
Williams, Janette. “‘Street-Cred’ Exhibit Puts a Fine-Art Spin on Graffiti.” Pasadena Star-News, July 21
McClemont, Doug. “Time to Make the Donuts: Kenny Scharf in Conversation With Doug McClemont.” Saatchi Online, February 9
Piero, W.S. Di, “If You Don’t Dig.” San Diego Weekly Reader, July 20
Uku, Andrea. “Lessons in Street Art, There’s More to it Than Just Banksy.” Style Caster, July 8
Harel, Monica Corcoran, “Exclusive: The Good Life, With Kenny Scharf.” Take Part, October 3
Chang, Richard. “MOCA Celebrates street art in newest show. The Orange County Register, May 13
Scharf, Malia. “Kenny Scharf: More, Better, Newer, Nower, Funner.” Unleashed
Spampinato, Francesco. “Kenny Scharf: Bringing the fantasy into reality.” Uomo Vogue
Michals, Susan. “Art in the Streets Draws a Traffic Jam of Fans.” The Wall Street Journal, April 20
Slenske, Michael. “The World Catches Up to Kenny Scharf.” Art in America, January 20
2010
Ryzik, Melena. “Social Disrobing and Other Party Fare.” The New York Times, June 3
Walder, Joyce. “Kenny Scharf’s Chair at Auction. Those Lips and Eyes!.” The New York Times, May 6
2009
Collins, Linda. “Art Exhibit in Vacant Storefronts, Art Fair at 395 Flatbush Ave. Extension Sunday.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 15
“A Sky filled with Shooting Stars: Robert Ayers in New York City.” Robert Ayers in conversation with Kenny Scharf, Summer
Green, Penelope. “That’s Not a Basemen, It’s Art.” The New York Times, 3 June
Conner, Justin. “Kenny Scharf.” Interview, November
“Kenny Scharf.” Whitewall Magazine, Winter
Cardwell, Diane. “Luring Artists to Lend Life to Empty Storefronts.” The New York Times, October 12
Chabott, Sophia. “Movado Teams With Scharf on Watch Line.” Women’s Wear Daily, August 17
2008
“Kenny Scharf for Afsoun.” Vogue, October
Strong, Lester. “Darkness Bleeding.” A&U Magazine, December
2007
“Talking Fashion: Norwich Notes.” Vogue, November
2006
Douglas, Sarah. “Staying Power.” Art & Auction, November
Leffingwell, Edward. “Kenny Scharf at Paul Kasmin.” Art in America, January
2005
Douglas, Sarah. “Artinfo Talks With Kenny Scharf at Paul Kasmin Gallery.” Artinfo, October 14
2004
Timberg, Scott. “Concrete Canvas.” Los Angeles Times, July 10
Will, Jesse. “Defining Moment.” House & Garden, January
“Kenny Scharf: Back and Better than Ever.” MLoft, December
2003
Verini, James. “Hidden Art and Politics.” Los Angeles Times, January 30, E48
Raden, Lisa. “Kenny Scharf’s Portraits.” Contents, January
2002
Lecka, Steven. “Kenny Scharf.” Flaunt, August
Stern. “Warhols Enkel.” Kultur, October 1
2000
Katz, Vincent. “Kenny Scharf at Tony Scharf at Tony Shafrazi.” Art in America, September
Russel, Candice. “Culture Clash.” The City Link, March 1-7
Quick, Rebecca. “Birdie Is a Dumm, But the Girl Is Onto A Real Hip Thing.” The Wall Street Journal, February 10
1999
Gragg, Randy. “Pop Goes the Artist.” The Oregonian, October 6
Row, D.K. “Persistence and a Smile.” The Oregonian, October 1
Sirgado, Miguel. “Craig Robins.” EI Nuevo Herald, September 18
Parvaz, D. “Scharf Opens Windows on Quirky Pop Art.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 5
Stuckstatte, Marion. “Graffiti Galaxie Bis Zur Gesellschaft der Maschine.” Dusseldorfer Feuilleton, June 8
Leibowitz, Debra. “California Dreaming.” The Miami Herald, July 1
Muller, Von Michael-Georg. “Formenviefalt und Farbenfre?.” Welt Am Sonntag, July 11
Brooks, Ian/Casadio, Mariuccia. “Funtasy side-art of Kenny Scharf.” L’Uomo Vogue, May/June
Lubow, Arthur. “The Whitney’s Arrested Development.” The New York Times Magazine, April 11
1998
Paglia, Camille. “Rock Around the Clock.” Forbes ASAP (illustration for article), November 30
Sheed, Elizabeth. “Kenny Scharf Plays Up Post Pop.” Cover, Vol.12, #5, December
Austin, Tom. “Alien Supermodels.” Ocean Drive Magazine, November
Kripalani, Jasmine. “Burdines Marks Anniversary with Smart Dummies.” The Miami Herald, October 4
Frank, Peter. “Ed Ruscha’s Light, Kenny Scharf.” LA Weekly, September 4-10, Vol. 20, No. 44
Schultz, Carol Ebert. “Kenny Scharf Looks Sharp at MCN.” La Jolla Village News, August 27
Pincus, Robert. “There’s Big News at La Jolla Museum.” San Diego Union Tribune, August 21
Darling, Michael. “Kenny Scharf at Kantor.” Dart International, Volume 1, No. 3, Fall
Louie, Elaine. “Aliens Take Sacks.” The New York Times, May 31
Jacober, Paul. “A Kenny Scharf Minute.” Miami Go, April 8
Smith, Roberta. “Kenny Scharf.” The New York Times, February 20
“Kenny Scharf.” Visual, No. 72
1997
Kohen, Helen. “Bass Exhibit a Fashionable Look at the Past.” The Miami Herald, January 31
“On Exhibit.” Juxtapose, Winter
“Kenny Scharf Dibuja un Grafito en la cristalera de Barcelona Televisio.” El Pais, Cataluna/ 15
“Carte Blanche, Kenny Scharf’s Show and Tell.” Artis, June-July, pg 41-47.
Hoban, Phoebe. “It’s Deja Vu, Twice, for Art World.” The New York Times, June 28
Milani, Joanne. “Child of the Tube.” The Tampa Tribune, June 3
Sheff, David. “When No Doesn’t Mean No.” (Illustration for article), Playboy, May
Marger, Mary Ann. “Surreal Puzzel: What to Make of it.” St. Petersburg Times, May 30
Cantor, Judy. “Scharf Among the Surrealists.” The New York Times, May 15-21
Sanders, Jacquin. “Your Message Here.” St. Petersburg Times, May 4, Section D, Pg 1
Austin, Tom. “The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World of Kenny Scharf.” Ocean Drive Magazine, May, Pg 145-149
“Why New Sex is the Best Sex.” (Illustration for article), Playboy, March
Weiss, Marion. “Kenny Scharf.” Dan’s Papers, January 27, Pg 10
“Kenny Scharf.” The New York Times, January 10
1996
“The Everglades.” (Illustration for article) Ocean Drive Magazine, September
Machuca, Marcela Garcia. “Es Otro Mundo!.” October 18
McKay, Bob. “Beat Me, Daddy, Five to the Bar.” (Illustration for article) Playboy, October
“Kenny Scharf.” Italian Bazaar, April/ May, Pg 96-99
Brophy, Kitty. “Kenny Scharf.” Juxtapoz, Summer, Pg 38-43
Talbot, Mary. “After Dark.” Daily News, March 1, Pg 49
1995
Smith, Roberta. “Kenny Scharf.” The New York Times, November 24
Robinson, Walter. “Lost in Space.” Manhattan File, October, Pg 68-71
Madry, Eva. “Tops of the Pops.” Elle Decration (British Issue), September, Pg 52-59
Poz, (Illustration for articles), August-September, Pg 40, 72
Beckett, Kathleen. “Kenny’s Scharf Schak.” Hamptons, July 7, Pg 38
Dean, Dahlia. “Swimming With the Scharf.” WWD, June 22, Pg 6
“From Miami, South Beach.” Brutus, June, Pg 78-79
Winified, Nicole. “Art Darling Scharf Resurfaces.” The News Journal, AP, May 30, Pg 3D
Hurlburt, Roger. “Review: Museum of Art-Fort Lauderdale.” Sun Sentinel, May 21, Pg 3D
Lindley, Kristin. “The Pop-Surrealistic World of Kenny Scharf.” The Sun Post, May 18, Pg 4
Hurlburt, Roger. “Art Harmony.” Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, May
Poz, (Illustration for articles), April-May, Pg 68-71, 82
Simon, Arnold. “Kenny Scharf’s Metamorphosis on Spectacular Display.” East Sider, Ft. Lauderdale, April 19
Kohen, Helen. “Scharf on Scharf.” The Miami Herald, April 16, Sec. 1
“Sa sag de st. Goran.” Hast Journalen, March
Talbot, Mary. “Lines for This Club Go Through a Modem.” The Daily News, March 1
1994
Canales, Louis. “Kenny Scharf.” Yes, November 4, Vol.1, No. 6
Ainsworth, Susan. “The Scharfer Image.” South Florida Magazine, November, Pg 22
Cantor, Judy. “Scharfer Image.” The New York Times, November 3-11
Saltz, Jerry. “A Year in the Life: Tropic of Painting.” Art in America, October, Pg 93
“Self-Portrait.” The New Yorker, May, Pg 24
“Arts Alive.” Scholastic Art Magazine, March, Pg 16
1993
“Marge Simpson.” Details (Illustration for article), December
O’Neil, Jon. “Students turn paint and parts into closetful of objects d’art.” The Miami Herald, November 4
Rupercht, Christian/ Siebke, Kathinka. “Closet No. 11 Scnell, Schrill, Kenny Scharf.” Foyer (Germany), November
Kohen, Helen. “Closets of Color.” The Miami Herald, July 9
Bornstein, Lisa. “Trendy Days are Here Again.” (Review of 1982-83: Ten Years After) Downtown Resident,18 June -2 July, Pg 16
“Tough.” The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), April 3, Section D
Bowels, Hamish. “A Vogue Style Living, Miami News,” Vogue, April
Powers, Jacquelynn D. “The Scharf Eye.” Ocean Drive Magazine, March, Pg 48-49
1992
Schulman, Sandra Carole. Kenny Scharf “Whimsically Wacky.”X S, November 18-24, Pg 42
Dutt, Robin. “Kenny Scharf/ Edward Totah Gallery.” What’s On, April 29, Pg 32
Collings, Matthew. “Kenny Scharf at Edward Totah.” City Limits, April 9-16, Pg 18
1991
Leimbach, Dulcie. “For Children.” The New York Times, November 29, g C6
Arias, Joey. “Back in the Closet.” Paper Magazine, November
Adams, Brooks. “Kenny Scharf at Tony Shafrazi.” Art in America, September, Pg 137-138
Mclean, Alex. “Kenny Scharf.” Metropolitan Home, September, Pg 116
Mahoney, Robert. “Kenny Scharf.” Arts Magazine, May, Pg 100
Grillo, Rosemary. “Son of Pop Keeps Up Cover Arts.” Changing Channels, April, Pg 12-13
“Galleries.” The New Yorker, March 25, Pg 14
“This is the House that Love Built.” Newsweek, March 18
“Self-Portrait by Kenny Scharf.” The New Yorker, March, Pg 12
“AA Non-Designer Showhouse Held to Toast Absent Friends.” The New York Times, March 7, Pg C6
“Whose Room is it Anyway?.” New York Daily News, 7 March Pg 83
“ShowHouse 2: The Adventure Continues.” Metropolitan Home, February, Pg 26
1990
Zahm, Oliver. “Kenny Scharf-Beaubourg.” Flash Art International, November-December, Pg 160 (Translated from French by Georgina Barry) Royal Dream, (Illustration)
Howe, John. “Don’t Bungle the Jungle.” Elle Magazine, August, Pg 170-177
“From the Surf to the Space.” BT Monthly Art Magazine, May, Pg 38-46
“Art in the 80’s.” Zoom, April, Pg 42-47
Chevron, Doris. “Echt Scharf.” Elle (Germany), March, Pg 274-279
“Earth 1990: Friend of the Forest.” Harper’s Bazaar, January, Pg 76, 140
1989
Sanders, Luanna. “The Artist in the Funhouse.” Metropolitan Home, December, Pg 104-109
Levin, Kim. “Choices.” Village Voice, June 27, Pg 48
Geer, Susan. “The Galleries.” Los Angeles Times, May 26, Part VI, Pg 18
“East Side Story.” VOGUE, May, Pg 356-401
Raynor, Vivien. “Art, Neo-Expressionist or Neo-Surrealist?.” The New York Times, May 13
Westfall, Stephen. “Reviews.” Flash Art January/February, No. 1144, Pg 120-121
1988
Cyphers, Peggy. “Review.” Arts Magazine, December, Pg 100-101
Sturman, John. “Reviews.” Art News, December, Pg 146
Waisnis, Edward. “Review.” Cover Magazine, November
Johnson, Ken. “Kenny Scharf at Tony Shafrazi.” Art in America, November, Pg 175
“Kenny Scharf. Alles wird Kunst.” Hein, October, No.10 Pg 183
Smith, Roberta. “Kenny Scharf Grows Up.” The New York Times, September 23, Pg 28
Kasuga, Yoshiko. “Pronto.” House and Garden, April, Vol. 5, No.5 Pg 10, 11
1987
Morera, Daniela. Vogue (Italy), October, Pg 248-251
Dowling, Claudia Glenn. “Loony Luna Luna.” Life Magazine, September, Pg 76
“The Next Wave.” Art & Antiques, Summer, Pg 26
1986
“Hang 10 or Hang it on the Wall.” Sports Illustrated, November 17, Pg 14
Heartly, Eleanor. “Reviews.” Art News, October
“Fantasia Tropical.” Casa Vogue (Brasil), May-June, Pg 104-109
Daniels, Demetria. “Bibiddy, Bobiddy, Boo.” Downtown Magazine, May 21, Pg 7A
1985
Ca, Brutus. “Art in Action-Dream.” December 15, Pg 92, 93, 99 (pictorial)
Heiferman, Marvin. “Graffiti Goes Tropical.” House and Garden, October, Pg 202-207
Salkaln, Elaine. “The New Do-It-Your-Selfers.” The Daily News, October 13
Gandee, Charles K. “Heaven’s Gate.” Architectural Digest, Mid-September
Marzorati, Gerald. “Kenny Scharfs’ Fun House Big Bang.” Art News, September, Pg 72-81
S. Walter. “Customize!.” I-D, August, Pg 46
Tompkins, Calvin. “The Art World.” The New Yorker, July 22
Virshup, Amy. “What’s Really Going On: The Night.” New York Magazine, June 17, Pg 38-40
Huges, Robert. “Careerism and Hype Amidst the Image Haze.” Time, June 17, Pg 78-83
Sozanski, Edward. “A Small Sampling of Five Artists.” Philadelphia Enquirer, June 16, Pg 16G
Marzorati, Gerald. “Picture Puzzles: The Whitney Biennial.” Art News, Summer, Pg 74-78
Small, Michael. “Area Art.” People, May 27
McGuigan, Cathleen. “A Garden of Disco Delights.” Newsweek, May 20, Pg 76
Slesin, Suzanne. “New Look Palladium Re-Opens.” The New York Times, May 16,
Adams, Cindy. “Disco Madness Hits 14th Street.” The New York Post, May 16, Pg 29
“Biennial: Caring and Compassionate.” Art World, April, Vol. 9 No. 7
Clushaw, Peter. “Custom Cars.” The Face, April, Pg 12
Russell, John. “Whitney Presents its Biennial Exhibition.” The New York Times, March 22
O’Brien, Glenn. “Review.” Artforum, March
Hager, Steven. “Mutants from Outer Space.” High Times, February, Pg 46-51
Haring, Keith. “Kenny Scharf by Keith Haring.” Interview, February
Levin, Kim. “The Aesthetics of Cute.” Village Voice, February 6
Stem, Jean. “Mutant.” Nitro, January
Engler, Brigette. “Le Jerome Bosh des Annees 80.” ICI New York, January
Scharf, Kenny. “A Talk with Keith Haring.” Flash Art, January, Pg 14-17
1984
Engler, Brigitte. “Art Car.” Paper Magazine, December
“Art: The Sculpture of the New York School.” The New York Times, December 7
Lacayo, Richard. “Returning to the Frame Game.” Time, December 3, Pg 72
Hershkovits, David. “Home is Where the Art Is.” The Daily News, November 29
Cameron, Dan. “Neo-Surrealism: Having it Both Ways.” Arts Magazine, November, Pg 68-73
“A Horse of a Different Color.”(pictorial) The Pennsylvania Gazette, October, Pg 29-31
Chi, Tseng Kwong. “The Ultima Suprema Deluxa.” (pictorial) Brutus, September, Pg 79-81
Moufarrage, Nicolas. “Year After.” Flash Art, Summer
Moufarrage, Nicolas. “Review: Fun Gallery/Tony Shafrazi.” Flash Art, Summer, Pg 68
Chi, Tseng Kwong. “Zena’s Crib.” Artforum International(pictorial), Summer, Pg 49
“Review: Kenny Scharf/Tony Shafrazi.” Artforum International, May, Pg 90
Graffiti Kunst: “Bilder Aus dem Untergrund.” Arts Das Kunstmagazin, February,
Cameron, Dan. “Saint Kenny and the Culture Dragon.” Arts Magazine, January, Pg 93-95
1983
Domus, December
Alinovi, Francesca. “Twenty-First Century Slang.” Flash Art International, November, Pg 23-31
“Openings/Kenny Scharf.” Esquire, November, Pg 199
Moufarrage, Nicolas. “The Mutant International; III: The Last Star…Aurora.” Arts Magazine, November, Pg 85-90
Smith, Roberta. “Aging Well is the Best Revenge.” Village Voice, June
Larson, Kay. “Primal Dreams.” New York Magazine, March 26, Pg 58-62
Moufarrage, Nicolas. “The State of New York Art.” GO, March
Moufarrage, Nicolas. “Electrically Eclectic.” GO, March
Moufarrage, Nicolas. “East Village.” Flash Art, March
Moufarrage, Nicolas. “X&O.” Arts Magazine, February
1982
“Plus C’est La Meme Chose.” Art & Auction, November
Moufarrage, Nicolas. “Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice).” Arts Magazine, November
Ricard, Rene. “The Pledge of Allegiance.” Artforum, November
Gablik, Suzi. “Report From New York.” Art in America, October
Baker, Jon. “News from NYC.” Brutus Magazine, September 15, Pg 124-125
Flash Art(Italian Edition), February-March
Moufarrage, Nicolas. “Dada, Domino, and de Millions.” New York Native, February
1981
Chi, Tseng Kwong. “Chrome on the Range.” Soho News, July 22
1980
“Sex and Death and Shock and Schlock: A Long Review of the Times Square Show.” Artforum, October, Pg 50
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PUBLICATIONS
2019
Basquiat: The Artist and his New York Scene, Amsterdam: Schunck
2018
BLOX AND BAX, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Creative Invasion: Cidade Matarazzo, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
2015
BORN AGAIN, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Urban Theater: New York Art in the 1980s, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
2013
Kenny Scharf: Kolors, Paul Kasmin, New York, NY
2012
Kenny Scharf: Hodgepodge, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Kenny Scharf: Superdeluxa, Waddington Galleries, London, UK
2007
Kenny Scharf: NEW!, Paul Kasmin, New York, NY
2005
Kenny Scharf: Superpop, Paul Kasmin, New York, NY
1998
The Universals, Pucci International, New York, NY
Kenny Scharf, essays by Carter Ratcliff and Robert Farris Thompson, interview by Dennis Hopper, Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
Kenny Scharf, essays by Barry Blinderman, Gregory Bowen, Bill McBride, Ann Magnuson and Robert Farris Thompson, University Galleries, Normal, IL
1997
In Your Face, Malca Fine Art, New York, NY
Kenny Scharf, Pop-Surrealist, Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
1996
Pop Art, Jan-de James, Phaidon Press Limited, London, UK
El Mundo de Kenny Scharf, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Kenny Scharf, essay by Louis Grachos, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL
1995
Kenny Scharf, essays by Brooks Adams and Laurence Pamer, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1992
Kenny Scharf, essay by Brooks Adams, Edward Totah Gallery, London, UK
1990
Kenny Scharf, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
The Last Decade: American Artists of the 80’s, Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
Pharmakon 90, Mukuhari Messe Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1989
Kenny Scharf, Jungle Book, Art Random, Kyoto Shoin International Co., Kyoto, Japan
Kenny Scharf, Three Portfolios, AC & T Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
1988
Kenny Scharf, New Paintings, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1986
An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture from 1940 to the Present, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1985
Art in Action, Sogetsu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Vernacular Abstraction, Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
1984
Figuration Libre: France U.S.A., Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
New Attitudes: Paris/New York, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
1983
Reference, Palais des Beaux Arts de Charleroi, Belgium
Back to the U.S.A., Kunstmuseum Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
Kenny Scharf, Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
Morton G. Neuman Family Collection, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
Champions, Tony Shafrazi, New York, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT
The Dannheiser Foundation, New York, NY
Eli Broad Foundation, Los Angeles, California
Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
New England Museum for Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, CT
Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ
Patrick Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Sogetsu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York