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Katz Alex - Biography

 


 

Alex Katz

1927

Born July 24 in New York, USA

1946-49

Studies at The Cooper Union, New York, USA

1949-50

Studies at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, USA

1954

First one-person show at Roko Gallery, New York, USA

1955

Makes first collages

Lives and works in New York, USA

 

Selected personal exhibitions

1974

Prints. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

1986

Alex Katz. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

1988

A Print Retrospective, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA

1995

American Landscape. Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany

1996

Alex Katz at I.V.A.M. Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain

A Drawing Retrospective, Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, New York, USA

1996-1998

Alex Katz Under the Stars: American Landscapes 1951-1995. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimor, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach; Portland Museum of Art, Portland; P.S. 1 Museum, New York, USA

1998

Twenty Five Years of Painting at The Saatchi Collection, London

1999

Alex Katz. Galleria Civica Di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy

2000

Regarding Alex Katz. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA

2001-2003

Small Paintings. Addison Gallery of American Art Phillips Academy, Andover; Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy, Andover; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City; The Austin Museum of Art, Austin, USA

2002

In Your Face. Kunst- Und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany

2003

Cutouts. Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

2004

Cartoons and Paintings. Albertina Museum Vienna, Vienna

Alex Katz in Moscow. Stella Art Gallery. Moscow

2005

Alex Katz. Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Malaga, Spain
Alex Katz' Collages. Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, USA
Alex Katz in Maine. Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, USA

2006

The Sixties. Pacewildenstein Gallery, New York
Alex Katz in Maine. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA
Alex Katz in European Collections. Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany
Alex Katz Paints Ada 1957-2005. The Jewish Museum, New York, USA
Woodcuts and Linocuts. Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, USA

2007

New York. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

2008

Zuoz. Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy

 

Selected group exhibitions

1960

One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Annual Exhibition: American Painting and Sculpture. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA

1964

Recent Landscapes by Eight Americans. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

1966

Amerikaanse Schilderijen Collages. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands

1967

The Helen W. and Robert M. Benjamin Collection. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, USA

1969

Contemporary Portraits. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

1970

Figures--Environments. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, USA

1974

19th National Print Exhibition. The Brooklyn Museum, New York; Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, USA

1978

20th Century American Drawings: Five Years of Acquisitions. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

1980

Printed Art: A View of Two Decades. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

American Drawing in Black and White: 1970-80. Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA

1982

A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

1984

International Masters of Contemporary Figuration. Marlborough Fine Art, Tokyo

1985

Recent Acquisitions. The Tate Gallery, London

1986

Interiors and Exteriors: Contemporary Realist Prints. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, USA

1989

Nocturnal Visions in Contemporary Painting. Equitable Center, New York, USA

1991

Artist's Choice: Chuck Close, Head On/The Modern Portrait. Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper. Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA

1992

One The Edge: Forty Years of Maine Painting 1952-1992. Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, USA

1996

Pintura Estadounidense, Expressionismo Abstracto. Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico

Views from Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

1997

Views from Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art. Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Franfurt am Main, Germany

2002-2003

Cher Peintre... Peintures Figuratives Depuis L'ultime Picabia. Centre Georges Pompidou,

Paris; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

2005

Faces in the Crowd: Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

2006

Essential painting. National Museum of Art Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Aspects of Humanity. Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento, Sacramento, USA

Zurück zur Figur - Malerei der Gegenwart. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany; KunstHaus Wien, Vienna

2007

Kunst nach 1970. Aus der Sammlung der Albertina. Albertina Museum, Vienna

Painting Now! - Back to Figuration. Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Not For Sale. P.S.1, New York, USA

2008

The Hands of Art. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium

 

 

Works in public collections

The Addison Gallery, Andover, USA

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, USA

The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, USA

Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, USA

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

Portland Art Museum, Portland, USA

The Albert & Vera List of Arts Center, Cambridge, USA

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, USA

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, USA

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA

Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA

The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, USA

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, USA

Weatherspoon Gallery of Art, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, USA

The Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, USA

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth University , Hanover, USA

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, USA

Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, USA

Rice Museum, Rice University, Houston, USA

University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, USA

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA

Lawrence, KS, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, USA

Olin Art Center, Bates College, Lewiston, USA

The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, USA

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA

Madison Art Center, Madison, USA

Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, USA

Rahr West Museum, Manitowok, USA

Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, USA

Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, USA

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, USA

Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, USA

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA

The Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

The Grey Art Gallery, New York University Art Collection, New York University, USA

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College Oberlin, USA

Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, USA

The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA

Portland Museum of Art, Portland, USA

Providence Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, USA

Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, USA

Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, USA

William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Rockland, USA

Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, USA

Everhart Museum, Scranton, USA

Virginia Wright Fund, Seattle, USA

Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, USA

Joe & Emily Loe Art Gallery, Syracuse, USA

University of South Florida Art Galleries, Tampa, USA

New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, USA

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute of Art, Utica, USA

Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington

National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington

Smithsonian Institute, Washington

National Portrait Gallery, Washington

Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, USA

Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, USA

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA

Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, USA

Essel Collection, Vienna

Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna

Museum Moderne Kunst, Vienna

The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Saatchi Collection, London
The Tate Gallery, London

Atenium Taidemuso, Helsinki

Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Neue Galerie, Aachen, Germany

Altana Haus Museum, Bad Hamburg, Germany

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Moderne Kunst , Munich, Germany

Staatliche Museen Preussicher Kulturbesitz Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany

Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany

Frisia Museum, Spanbroek, Netherlands

Scheringa Museum Voor Realism, Spanbroek, Netherlands

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki, Japan

Hiroshima City Museum, Hiroshima, Japan

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo

Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyonqiu-Shi, Korea

Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg

Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico

Berardo Collection, Sintra, Portugal

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain

Musee de Beaux-Art, Lausanne, Switzerland

Daros Foundation, Zurich



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