Biography
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
2023
2021
2019
- KAWS: Blackout ,Skarstedt, London ,St. James's, London, UK
- KAWS: Companionship in the Age of Loneliness ,NGV International ,Melbourne, Australia
- KAWS: Playtime ,NGV International ,Melbourne, Australia
- KAWS: Blame Game ,Galerie Boisséree ,Cologne, Germany
- Kaws: Alone Again ,MOCAD, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit ,Detroit, Michigan, USA
2018
2017
2016
2014
2013
- KAWS ,Perrotin, New York ,Lower East Side, New York, USA
- KAWS ,Mary Boone Gallery, 24th Street ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- KAWS @ PAFA ,The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ,Middle City East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Kaws: Ohhh鈥� ,Kaikai Kiki Gallery ,Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- KAWS at 30th Street Station ,The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ,Middle City East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2012
2011
- Focus: KAWS ,Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth ,Ft. Worth, Texas, USA
- KAWS: Companion ,High Museum of Art ,Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- KAWS: Hold the Line ,Honor Fraser ,Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
- KAWS: Companion (Passing Through) ,The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum ,Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
2010
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
- Carnival ,Jeffrey Deitch, New York (Wooster Str) ,Soho, New York, USA
- Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200 ,Brooklyn Museum of Art ,Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Pop and Provocation ,Galerie von Vertes, Freienbach ,Freienbach, Switzerland
- My Amazing Friends ,Jeffrey Deitch, New York (Grand Str) ,Soho, New York, USA
- Burner ,Torrance Art Museum ,Torrance, California, USA
- On Paper ,Galerie Max Hetzler, London ,London, UK
2024
- Winter show 2024 ,Zemack Contemporary Art ,Tel Aviv, Israel
- Pop Forever, Tom Wesselmann &鈥� ,Fondation Louis Vuitton ,Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France
- Accrochage ,Galerie Boisséree ,Cologne, Germany
- Shades of Grey ,Skarstedt, London ,St. James's, London, UK
- Summer Selection ,Ross+Kramer Gallery, Miami ,Miami Beach, Florida, USA
- KAWS + Warhol ,The Andy Warhol Museum ,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- A Selection of Post-war and Contemporary Art ,Sotheby's Palm Beach ,Palm Beach, Florida, USA
- Sale Ends Today ,Ross+Kramer Gallery, Chelsea ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- Portraits Go Pop! ,Lévy Gorvy Dayan, Hong Kong ,Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2023
- Winter Bluechip Exhibition ,Gormleys Fine Art, Belfast ,Belfast, UK
- November Group Show ,Perrotin, Dubai ,Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Wild Style 40 ,Jeffrey Deitch, New York (Wooster Str) ,Soho, New York, USA
- Artists Choose Parrish, Part III ,Parrish Art Museum ,Water Mill, New York, USA
- MUCA Exhibition icons of Urban Art -From BANKSY to KAWS- ,Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art ,Kyoto, Japan
- Gormleys at Charlemont Square ,Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin ,Dublin, Ireland
- Pop Art: Past And Present ,Augen Gallery (Desoto Building) ,Portland, Oregon, USA
- Accrochage De Groupe ,Strouk Gallery, Paris (Matignon) ,8e, Paris, France
- ONLINE: Summer Bluechip Exhibition ,Gormleys Fine Art, Belfast ,Belfast, UK
- Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale ,Kunsthal Charlottenborg ,Indre by, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Tondo ,Anton Kern Gallery ,New York, USA
- Beyond the Streets London ,Saatchi Gallery ,London, UK
- La Cité Universitaire de Jean Prouve ,Perrotin, Paris (8 Av Matignon) ,8e, Paris, France
- Faces & Figures ,Skarstedt, London ,St. James's, London, UK
2022
- Come As You Are ,Rebuild Foundation ,Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Come As You Are ,Anthony Gallery ,Chicago, Illinois, USA
- VI XX: Twenty years of V1 Gallery ,V1 Gallery ,Copenhagen, Denmark
- Online: Winter Contemporary Exhibition ,Gormleys Fine Art, Belfast ,Belfast, UK
- Wonderwalls: Street Art & Designer Toys ,NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft ,Düsseldorf, Germany
- Masked Vigilantes On Silent Motorbikes ,Poster House ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- Kaleidoscope Eyes ,Leeum Museum of Art ,Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Worldbuilding: Gaming And Art In The Digital Age ,Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf ,Düsseldorf, Germany
- Skarstedt at Sotheby鈥檚 ,Sotheby's Palm Beach ,Palm Beach, Florida, USA
- Sculpture ,Skarstedt, Paris ,8e, Paris, France
- Un Panorama De Este Mundo ,Proa Foundation ,Buenos Aires, Argentina
2021
- Recent Editions ,Pace Prints, 26th Street ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- Art of Wishes. Charity Auction ,Sotheby's London ,London, UK
- Black/White ,Skarstedt, East Hampton ,East Hampton, New York, USA
- The Looking Glass ,The Shed ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- Painter / Sculptor ,Skarstedt, London ,St. James's, London, UK
- Spring Contemporary ,Maddox Gallery, London (Westbourne Grove) ,London, UK
- Spring Contemporary ,Maddox Gallery, London (Maddox Street) ,Mayfair, London, UK
- ONLINE: I See Faces ,Gazelli Art House, London ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Highlights from the Permanent Collection ,Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth ,Ft. Worth, Texas, USA
2020
- It鈥檚 Not Possible 鈥� Fas Art & Fashion Show ,Today Art Museum ,Chaoyang, Beijing, China
- Five ,Maddox Gallery, London (Maddox Street) ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Winter Contemporary ,Maddox Gallery, Gstaad ,Gstaad, Switzerland
- Winter Contemporary ,Maddox Gallery, London (Maddox Street) ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Mirage: Contemporary Art in Augmented Reality ,UCCA Beijing ,Beijing, China
- Summer Contemporary ,Maddox Gallery, Gstaad ,Gstaad, Switzerland
- Artcels Presents 'XXI' ,HOFA Gallery, Mykonos ,Mykonos, Greece
- ONLINE: A R T C E L S Presents XXI ,HOFA Gallery, Los Angeles ,West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- XXI ,HOFA Gallery, London ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Prints in the 21st Century ,Augen Gallery (Desoto Building) ,Portland, Oregon, USA
2019
- Brand X: 40 Years ,Pace Prints, 26th Street ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- Accrochage ,Galerie Boisséree ,Cologne, Germany
- Matt Black X Gana Art: Reflections ,Gana Art Center ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Happy! ,NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale ,Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- Get Out While You Can ,Maddox Gallery, London (Westbourne Grove) ,London, UK
- Michael Jackson: On the Wall ,EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art ,Espoo, Finland
- Get Out While You Can ,Maddox Gallery, Gstaad ,Gstaad, Switzerland
- Summer Show 2019 ,Zemack Contemporary Art ,Tel Aviv, Israel
- Summer Selection ,Rosenbaum Contemporary, Boca Raton ,Boca Raton, Florida, USA
2018
- Sunday Morning ,Galerist ,Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey
- Good Grief, Charlie Brown! ,Somerset House ,London, UK
- Ganaart Hannam: In Context ,Gana Art Center ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Contemporary and Modern Masters ,Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin ,Dublin, Ireland
- Contemporary and Modern Masters ,Gormleys Fine Art, Belfast ,Belfast, UK
- One of a Kind ,Galería 3 Punts ,Barcelona, Spain
- Approaching the Figure ,Skarstedt, New York (Upper East Side) ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
2017
2016
- Unique | Editions ,Ikon Ltd. ,Santa Monica, California, USA
- CHARACTER ,V1 Gallery ,Copenhagen, Denmark
- Greek Gotham ,Dio Horia, Mykonos ,Myconos, Greece
- They Would be Kings ,Sotheby's Hong Kong ,Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art ,Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University ,Durham, North Carolina, USA
2015
2014
2011
KAWS is an American Postwar & Contemporary sculptor who was born in 1974. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Jeffrey Deitch, New York (Grand Str) have featured KAWS's work in the past.KAWS's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1 USD to 14,773,468 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2008 the record price for this artist at auction is 14,773,468 USD for THE KAWS ALBUM, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong in 2019. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 58,757 USD, while his architecture & design have sold for an average of 7,087 USD.KAWS has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for FAD Magazine in May 2025.
Artist's alternative names: Brian Donnelly, Kaws
Artist's alternative names: Brian Donnelly, Kaws