Jeff Koons
Neo-Pop artist, Jeff Koons, is known for creating enlarged objects such as “Puppy” and his huge sculptures of inflated balloons. Koons also works in series of paintings, prints, and collage, stating that he is attempting to make a body of work that anybody could enjoy. Educated at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Maryland, Koons was initially supported by his career on Wall Street.
Selected Exhibitions
2015
Artist Rooms: Jeff Koons, Norwich Castle Museums & Art Gallery, UK
2014
Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
2014
Pop to Popism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
2014
SHE: Picturing women at the turn of the 21st century, Bell Gallery, UK
1993
Jeff Koons: Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Collections
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Equitable Corporation, NY
Deutsche Bank, Berlin
Eli Broad Family Foundation, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, Berlin
Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Tate Modern, London, England
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY