Andy Warhol
(1928-1987)
Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1928. He graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh in 1949. Early in his career he worked as a commercial artist and illustrator, and towards the 1960s he began consolidating his well-known style of large-scale, colorful prints of popular consumer goods and other advertising related images that were prevalent in mass media. Warhol eventually became the main exponent of Pop Art, which introduced images of consumer culture into works of art that were manufactured with mass production techniques and blurred the boundaries between high and commercial art. His diverse oeuvre includes paintings, prints, sculptures and films that are often grouped in series that focus on different issues such as consumerism, violence, celebrity culture and even include socio-political commentary. At the same time, Warhol’s works commented on the fundamentals of the medium by highlighting the conflict between medium and subject matter. He frequently transformed banal objects into items meant for adoration; and in other occasions his endless repetition of dramatic images stripped them of all meaning. Warhol’s intriguing works are imbued with a poignant, powerful commentary and challenge to the status quo. Andy Warhol became one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and culture at large.
Warhol’s works have been exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe. Important solo exhibitions were held at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin in 2001, the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen, Germany in 1996, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in 1989. His works have also been exhibited in major institutions such as the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, the Museum Haus Lange in Krefeld, Germany and the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. The Andy Warhol Museum opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May of 1994. His work has been featured in multiple publications. Andy Warhol died in 1987 in New York.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Andy Warhol, Skarstedt, London
2022
Andy Warhol, Skarstedt, New York
2021
Andy Warhol: Paintings, Skarstedt, East Hampton, NY
2020
Andy Warhol, Tate Modern, London
2019
Contact Warhol: Photography Without End, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford, CA
2018
Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Contact Warhol: Photography Without End, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford, CA
2017
Andy Warhol: The Mechanical Art, Caixa Forum, Barcelona, Spain
Andy Warhol: Dark Star, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
Andy Warhol: Self Portraits (Fright Wigs), Skarstedt, New York
2016
Andy Warhol: Shadows, Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain
Andy Warhol: Works from the Hall Collection, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England
2015
Becoming Jewish: Warhol’s Liz and Marilyn, The Jewish Museum, New York
Andy Warhol: Late Paintings, Skarstedt, New York
Yes! Yes! Yes! Warholmania in Munich, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
Capturing Fame: Photographs and Prints by Andy Warhol, Richard E. Peeler Art Center, Depauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
Warhol: Myths and Legends from the Cochran Collection, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christie, Texas
Warhol by the Book, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
The Late Drawings of Andy Warhol: 1973 – 1987, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
2014
Yves Klein and Andy Warhol: Fire Paintings and Oxidation Paintings, Skarstedt Chelsea, New York
2013
The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, Connecticut
2012
Andy Warhol: The American Indian: Paintings and Drawings, Skarstedt, London, United Kingdom
Andy Warhol, 15 Minutes Eternal, Artscience Museum, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China
Andy Warhol: Fame and Misfortune, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Regarding Warhol: Fifty Artists, Fifty Years, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2011
Rivoluzione Warhol, Centro Saint Benin, Aosta, Italy
Picasso to Warhol: Twelve Modern Masters, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Andy Warhol, Shadows, 1978-1979, Hirshorn Museum, Washington D.C.
Warhol Headlines, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C; Museum fur Modern Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany; Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
Andy Warhol and Elizabeth Taylor, Gagosian, New York
Warhol and Basquiat, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, Denmark
Warhol and the Diva, The Lowry, Salford Quays, United Kingdom
Warhol: Early Work, Villa Schöningen, Potsdam, Germany
Andy Warhol: Ten Portraits of Jews in the Twentieth Century, Waddeson Manor, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Warhol. Property from the Collection of Gregory McCoy, The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville New Jersey
Andy Warhol: Artists Rooms, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom
American Icons: Andy Warhol and Cars, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair New Jersey
Graphite on Paper: Andy Warhol Drawings, Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Andy Warhol: Cowboys and Indians, Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning
2010
Andy Warhol: The Last Decade, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York (solo)
Andy Warhol: Still Lifes and Feet, 1956-1961, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
Andy Warhol: Unexposed Exposures, Steven Kashner Gallery, New York
Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Andy Warhol: Warhol and Dance, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Andy Warhol: The Early Sixties, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Andy Warhol Enterprises, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
2009 – 2010
Deeply Superficial: Warhol's Voyeurism, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, Virginia (solo)
Andy Warhol in the 1980s, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (solo)
Faces of Warhol, Focus Exhibition in Three Installments, Museum of Art and "Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (solo)
2009
Ladies and Gentlemen, Skarstedt, New York
Le grand monde d'Andy Warhol, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France (solo)
Andy Warhol Portraits, Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, California (solo)
Andy Warhol: Through a Glass Starkly, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey (solo)
Warhol Live, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, California (solo)
Andy Warhol, Mr. America, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogota, Colombia (solo)
Twisted Pair: Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Warhol TV, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France (solo)
Andy Warhol: Pop Politics, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York (solo)
The Prints of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), San Jose Museum of Art San Jose, California (solo)
Andy Warhol: Von Marilyn Bis Mao, Horst-Janssen-Museum, Oldenberg, Germany (solo)
Warhol from the Sonnabend Collection, Gagosian Gallery, New York(solo)
Andy Warhol, The Museum Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial, Taipei, Taiwan (solo)
Warhol Live, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada (solo)
Andy Warhol: Crossroads, Domus Artium (DA2), Salamanca, Spain (solo)
Art for Everyday: Andy Warhol from Object to Practice and Back Again, Museu De Arte Contemporanea Niteroi, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
Andy Warhol: Cowboys and Indians, Mint Museum of Art Charlotte, North Carolina (solo)
Andy Warhol: 15 Weeks of Fame, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas (solo)
Warhol's Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California (solo)
Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life and Legends, Mint Museum of Art Charlotte, North Carolina (solo)
Andy Warhol: Pop Politics, Currier Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York (solo)
Warhol Presents, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Andy Warhol: Polaroid Portraits,Galerie Clic, St. Bartheleny, French West Indies (solo)
2008
Andy Warhol, Stereo Types,Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich, Germany (solo)
Warhol: 15 Min/24 FPS, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, California (solo)
Andy Warhol: Still-Life Polaroids, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York (solo)
Andy Warhol by Andy Warhol,Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway (solo)
The Eternal Now: Warhol and the Factory: '63-68, Ikon Gallery Birmingham, United Kingdom (solo)
Rapid Exposure: Warhol in Series, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan (solo)
Andy Warhol's Silver Clouds, Loyala University Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
Canis Major: Warhol's Dogs and Cats (and other party animals), The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (solo)
Andy Warhol Retrospective, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia (solo)
Self-Portrait exhibition, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Andy Warhol: Larger than Life, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada (solo)
Other Voices, Other Rooms, The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands
Silent Spring: Warhol's Endangered Species and Vanishing Animals, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ (solo)
Andy Warhol, Centro Cultural de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru Lima, Peru (solo)
Andy Warhol Exhibit, New World of Coca-Cola Museum, Atlanta, Georgia (solo)
2007
Camouflage Paintings, Skarstedt Gallery, New York
Andy Warhol Retrospective, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)
Andy Warhol Disaster Prints, Kampa Museum, Prague, Czech Republic (solo)
Pop Art 1960's - 2000's, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Andy Warhol Presents, University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, California (solo)
Andy Warhol's Dream America, Toledo Museum of Art Toledo, Ohio (solo)
Andy Warhol - Shadows and other signs of life, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France (solo)
Portraits, Jablonka Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Factory Work: Warhol, Wyeth, and Basquiat, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine
Andy Warhol and Minimal Art, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany (solo)
Andy Warhol Retrospective, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (solo)
Warhola Becomes Warhol - Andy Warhol: Early Work, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA (solo)
Pop Goes The West: Featuring Roy Lichtenstein: American Indian Encounters and Andy Warhol's, Cowboys and Indians, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Andy Warhol's Dream America, Nevada Museum of Art Reno, Nevada (solo)
Prints of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back again), Kampa Museum Prague, Czech Republic (solo)
Time Capsule 64, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2006
Warhol's World, Hauser & Wirth, London, United Kingdom
Man's Best Friend, Lococo Fine Art, St. Louis, Missouri
Andy Warhol: Vanishing Animals, Medium SARL, St. Barthelemy, French West Indies (solo)
Andy Warhol-Drawings, JGM. Galerie, Paris, France
Skulls, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich, Switzerland
2005
Andy Warhol Self-Portraits,Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)
Small Drawings of Children & Dolls, Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2004
Andy Warhol - Selbstportraits, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany (solo)
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
The Late Andy Warhol - The Late Work, Museum kunst palast, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures,Kunstwerke, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Andy Warhol, Anton Kern Gallery, New York (solo)
Andy Warhol - LATE PAINTINGS, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo)
2003
Andy Warhol - The Time Capsules, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
Warhol - Screen Tests, Museum of Modern Art, New York (solo)
Ladies & Gentlemen, Sex Parts & Torsos, Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Cosmos, Colleges and Drawings, Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
E. Fischl, M. Barceló, F. Clemente, A. Katz, P. Taaffe, A. Warhol, Jablonka Galerie, Cologne; TEFAF, Maastricht, Germany
2002
Portrait Drawings/Sherrie Levine: Skulls, Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2001
Retrospective, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Cans, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
2000 Headshots, Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
1999
Modern Madonna, Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Photography, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
1998
Reframing Andy Warhol: Constructing American Myths, Heroes and Cultural Icons, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Knives, Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
1997
Egg Paintings, Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
1993
Andy Warhol: Abstract, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland; Östereichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Östereich; IVAM, Valencia, Spain (solo)
1992
Andy Warhol Polaroids 1971 - 1986, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York. Traveled to London, United Kingdom and Paris, France (solo)
1991
Andy Warhol's Video and Television, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (solo)
1990
Andy Warhol: Cars-The Last Pictures, Kunstmuseum, Berne, Switzerland (solo)
Andy Warhol: Films, IVAM, Valencia, Spain (solo)
The Prints of Andy Warhol, Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, New York (solo)
1989
Andy Warhol: A Retrospective, Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom (solo)
Andy Warhol: Shadow Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, New York (solo)
1986
Andy Warhol - Neue Grafik Details of Renaissance Paintings, Heinz Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
1983
Andy Warhol, Heinz Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
1982
Andy Warhol - Neue Bilder und Grafik, Heinz Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
1976
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1970
Museum of Contempary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Museum of Art, Pasadena, California (toured the US)
1969
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
1968
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Danemark
1967
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, France
1966
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
1965
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1964
Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, France
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Stable Gallery, New York
1963
Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1962
Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1952
Andy Warhol: Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote, Hugo Gallery, New York (solo)
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California
Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Norway
Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Musée d'Art Contemporain, Marseilles, France
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California