Jeff Koons Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Jeff Koons was born in York, Pennsylvania, in 1955. He studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1976. Koons lives and works in New York City.
Since his first solo exhibition in 1980, Koons’s sculptures, prints and other works have been shown in major galleries and institutions throughout the world. His work was the subject of a major exhibition organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, "Jeff Koons: A Retrospective" (June 27 – October 19, 2014), which traveled to the Centre Pompidou Paris (November 26, 2014 – April 27, 2015) and the Guggenheim Bilbao (June 9 – September 27, 2015).
Other exhibitions include “Appearance Stripped Bare: Desire and Object in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even”; “Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean”; and “Jeff Koons. Shine” at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy. “Jeff Koons: Lost in America” was on view at QM Gallery ALRIWAQ in Doha, Qatar from November 21, 2021 through March 31, 2022.
Koons is widely known for his iconic sculptures Rabbit and Balloon Dog as well as the monumental floral sculpture Puppy (1992), shown at Rockefeller Center and permanently installed at the Guggenheim Bilbao. Another floral sculpture, Split-Rocker (2000), previously installed at the Papal Palace in Avignon, Château de Versailles, and Fondation Beyeler in Basel, was most recently on view at Rockefeller Center in 2014.
Koons has received numerous awards and honors in recognition of his cultural achievements. Notably, the artist received the Governor’s Awards for the Arts “Distinguished Arts Award” from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts; President Jacques Chirac promoted Koons to Officier de la Legion d’Honneur; former United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton honored Koons with the State Department Medal of the Arts for his outstanding commitment to the Art in Embassies Program and international cultural exchange; and Consul General Ragini Gupta presented Koons the U.S. Consulate General’s Award for Cultural Diplomacy in Florence.
In 2017, Koons was made the first Artist-in-Residence at Columbia University’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and, also, made an Honorary Member of University of Oxford's Edgar Wind Society for Outstanding Contribution for Visual Culture. Koons has been a board member of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) since 2002, and cofounded the Koons Family International Law and Policy Institute with ICMEC for the purpose of combating global issues of child abduction and exploitation and to protect the world’s children.
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(Biography provided by Galleri GKM Siwert Bergstrom)
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- 1stDibs ExpertMay 3, 2024What Jeff Koons's most famous piece is can be debated. Since his first solo exhibition in 1980, Koons has shown his sculptures, prints and other works in major galleries and institutions throughout the world, and several of his works have become widely known. They include Rabbit (1986), his Balloon Dog series (1994–2000), Puppy (1992) and Split-Rocker (2000). On 1stDibs, find a selection of Jeff Koons art.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 30, 2024How much a Jeff Koons sculpture is worth depends on its materials, historical significance, condition and other factors. In May 2019, his sculpture Rabbit became the highest-priced piece by a living artist ever to be sold at auction when it fetched a winning bid of more than $91 million. Koons actually produced four versions of Rabbit, keeping one for himself and making the other three available for purchase. Koons is widely known for his iconic balloon-inspired sculptures, as well as works like the monumental floral sculpture Puppy permanently installed at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. On 1stDibs, find a variety of Jeff Koons art.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2024Jeff Koons made Balloon Dog to symbolize the human experience. In an interview, he said, "I've always enjoyed balloon animals because they're like us ... We're balloons. You take a breath and you inhale, it's an optimism. You exhale, and it's kind of a symbol of death.” From 1994 to 2000, Koons produced versions of the sculpture in yellow, orange, blue, magenta and red. On 1stDibs, shop a large selection of fine art.
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