BIOGRAPHY

Born, Los Angeles, California, 1958
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION
1980
BFA, School of the Visual Arts, New York, NY

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Barberadise, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA, September 12 - October 31, 2009
Waddington Galleries, London, UK
2007
Kenny Scharf : "NEW!" Paul Kasmin Gallery NY, NY
2006
Kenny Scharf, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL
Kenny Scharf Astor Cumulo Nibus Uber Express, Raleigh Hotel, Art Basel Miami Beach
2005
Superpop, Paul Kasmin Gallery, 293 10th avenue, NYC Closet # 24, Paul Kasmin Gallery, 511 W. 27th street, NYC
Kenny Scharf, Patrick Painter Inc., Los Angeles, CA
2004
California Grown, Pasadena Museum Of Contemporary Art, Pasadena, CA
SchaBlobz, Kenny Schachter Contemporary, New York, NY
2003
Night Light, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA
2002
Muted, Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Car Nation, UC Fullerton at Grand Central, Santa Ana, CA
Hollywood Stars, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Portraits, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY, NY
Pulcherrimae Strade: Group Show, Installation in Pordenone, Italy
2000
Universal Offspring, Pucci International Ltd., New York, NY
Kenny Scharf's Permanent Closet #18, Young at Art Children’s Museum, Davie, Florida
Kenny Scharf, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Kenny Scharf: Small Paintings & Bronzes, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Heads, Small Paintings and Closet #16, Galerie Hans Mayer, Berlin, Germany
Kenny Scharf: New Sculpture, PICA – Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
Heads & Small paintings, Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf, Germany
1998
Galeria Ramis Baraque, Monterrey, Mexico
Mcintosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Kenny Scharf (new paintings), Cotthem Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Kenny Scharf (new paintings), Gallery Cotthem, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
Vivid Vision, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Kenny Scharf; Pop - Surrealist, Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
When Worlds Collide, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Ultralectric, Sony Style, Sony Building, New York, NY
1996
New Sculpture, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Home, Fox & Howell Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
GALERIA 56, Budapest, Hungary
The World of Kenny Scharf, Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Island, FL
Heads, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL
1995
Early Paintings: 1975-78, Yoshii Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery Cotthem, Hedwig Van Impe, Knokke, Belgium
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Scharf-O-Rama Vision: 1978-1995, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1994
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Closet #10, World Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Jaffe Baker Blau Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1992
Edward Totah Gallery, London, England
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Galleria Rocca 6, Torino, Italy
Galleria Seno, Milan, Italy
1991
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Sudio Trisorio, Naples, Italy
AC & T Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Hans Mayer, Duisseldorf, Germany
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1990
Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
1989
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1987
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
1986
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1985
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Bruno BischofbergerI, Zurich, Switzerland
1984
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
American Graffiti Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1982
Fun Gallery, New York, NY
1981
National Studio Artists, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Customized Appliances, CLUB 57, New York, NY
The Jetsons, Fun Gallery, New York, NY
1979
Celebration of the Space Age, Club 57, New York, NY
Fiorucci, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Too Big to Fail: Big Paintings, Sponsored by La Montagne Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Stages, organized by Lance Armstrong and Nike, Galerie Emannuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Naked!, Paul Kasmin Gallery, NY, NY
Loveable Like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children, curated by Kristin Calabrese and Joshua Aster, Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI
2007
"Deitch Art Parade" King of Parade Deitch Gallery NY,NY
"Big Secret Cache" Angstrom Gallery Los Angeles
2006
"Surrealism Then and Now" Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
"Juxtapose Anniversary" Copro Nason, Culver City, CA
2005
"Cross Section," Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2004
100 Artists See Satan, Grand Central Arts Center, Santa Ana, CA
2001
Made in the USA 1970-2001, Ludwig Galerie, Oberhausen, Germany
Pulcherrimae Strade Installation, Pordenone Italy
2000
Lowbrow Art: Up From The Underground,
The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
UFO Show, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Arts and Science Center for S.E.. Arkansas, AK
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
1999
Mannequins & Rugs, Pucci International, New York, NY
Portrait Collection of Mr. Chow, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
Acquisitions, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
The American Century: Art & Culture, 1950-2000,
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Road Show, DFN Gallery, New York City, NY
A Room with a View, Sixth @ Prince Fine Art, New York, NY
On the Air, San Francisco International Airport North Terminal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Closet #16, Installation at Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Collaboration Transformation, lithographs from the Hamilton Press, University of Oklahoma
Fashion at the Beach, Bass Museum, Miami, FL
Pop Surrealism, The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
80 Artistes Autoui- du Mondial, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris
Closet #16, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
New Acquisitions: Dream Collection... part three, Miami Art Museum
Normal Editions Workshop-A Print Retrospective, The Elmhurst Museum
1997
Collaboration Transformation, lithographs from the Hamilton Press, Montgomery Gallery of Pomona College, CA
Grins: Humor and Whimsy in Contemporary Art, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
Art and provocation, Images from Rebels, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
In Your Face: Haring, Basquiat, Scharf, Leo Malca Fine Art, New York , NY
1996
New Figuratio, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, TX
Summer Exhibition, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY, June 14- August
Hot off the Press - New Editions, Pace Prints, New York, NY
Baseball Show, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY
Drawings: Spring, 1996, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
1995
Altered and Irrational: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Art, Design and Barbie: The Evolution of a Cultural Icon, Liberty Street Gallery the World Financial Center, New York, NY
Recent Acquisitions, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Art & Architecture, Miami, COCA/Center for Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
A New York Time: Selected Drawings of the Eighties, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
1994
New York Unplugged, Gallery Cotthem-Hedgwig Van Impe, Knokke, Belgium
1993
About Nature, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, April 2-June 21
Art and Environment, The national Arts Club, New York, NY, April 21- May, Organized & curated by Toru Mano & Paul Perkins, Images, in collaboration with Earth Day NY
Extravagant: The Economy of Elegance, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY January 30- April 24, 1993
Extravagant: The Economy of Elegance, Russisches Kulturzentrum, Berlin, Germany, May 7- June 27, 1993
1982-83: Ten Years After, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY, May 8- June 26, 1993
Mating Instinct, Penine Hart Gallery, New York, NY, September 15- October 16, 1993
Reanimator, V & RN, Miami, FL
1992
1492, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico
Variations Gitanes, A La Grande -Vilette, Paris, France
Objets Trouves, Galerie du Jour, Agnes B., Paris, France
Balade de l’Amour, Halle de l’Union des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
1991
American Art of the 80's. curated by Gabriella Belli and Jerry Saitz, Palazzo delle Albere, Trento, Italy, December 18 - March 1, 1992
A Passion for Art: Watercolours and Works on Paper, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY, December 7- January 25, 1992
Closet No. 9, Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, NY October 22- December 20, 1991
Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Home So Different, So Appealing, The Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, NY, September 7 - November 17, 1991
The 1980's; A Selected View From the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of Fine Art, New York, NY, 1991
Metropolitan Home Showhouse 2, New York, NY
To Benefit Fashion Moda, Brooke Museum of Art, New York, NY
Children in Crisis, A Benefit Exhibition, Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY
1990
The Last Decade: American Artists of the 80's, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Don't Bungle the Jungle, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
The Studio American Collection, Witkacy Theatre, Zakopane, Poland and BWA Art Exhibition Bureau, Suwalki, Poland
1988
Figure a Subject: Revival of Figuration Since 1975, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Weisman Collection, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
1987
Comic Iconoclasm, ICA, London, England
1986
An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture from 1940 to the Present Exhibition, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Homage to Nicolas A. Moufarrage, Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York, NY
Picture from the Inner Mind, The Palladium, New York, NY
Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Thomas Cohn Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1985
Biennial 1984, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Drawings, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
Eight Artists/Eight Years/SVA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
East Village Artists, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
Investigations, University of Pennsylvania Institute of Contemporary Art of Philadelphia, PA
Sights for Small Eyes, Hecksher Museum, Long Island, NY
Photography and Sculpture, Patrick Fox Gallery, New York, NY
Michael Cohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Vernacular Abstraction, Wacoal Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan
Art in Action, Sogetsu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Out of the Ooo Cloud, Edith C. Blum Art Institute
Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1984
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Via New York, Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
The Innovative Landscape, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
New Hand Painted Dreams: Contemporary Surrealism, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Arte di Frontiera, Galeria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Aparto 84, Venice Bienalle, Venice, Italy
The Human Condition, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Perspectives 1984, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
New Idioms, Robert Fraser Gallery, London, England
New Attitudes: Paris/New York, Pittsburg Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
1983
Champions, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Champions, Fay Gould Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Surrealist Show, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Morton G. Neuman Family Collection, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, NU
Intoxication, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
Paintings, Sculptures, Totem and 3D, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
The Comic Art Show, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Back to the U.S.A., Kunst Museum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
Tendencias en Nueva York, Palacio de Cristal, Madrid, Spain
Clocktower Open Studio Show, P.S. 1, New York, NY
Paintings into Sculpture, Bonlow Gallery, New York, NY
Bienalle de Sao Paulo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Salvatore Als Gallery, Milan, Italy
References, Palais des Beaux-Aits-Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium
1982
Installation Project Room, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
1981
Open Studio Show, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Club 57, New York, NY
The Times Square Show, Times Square, New York, NY
New York, New Nave, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
Drawing Show, Mudd Club, New York, NY
Beyond Words, Mudd Club, New York, NY
1979
Club 57, New York, NY

SPECIAL PROJECTS
2002
Cartoon Network airs The Groovenians@ Scharf’s first animated film.
2000
Closet #18, Permanent Installation at the Young at Art Children’s Museum, Davie, FL
Haiku Gesundheit, Illustrations for book of poems by Ross Venokur, Simon & Shuster
Portland River District Project 2000, Permanent Installation of five Totem sculptures in public spaces, Portland, Oregon
1999
Multimundo 2000: Fusion of Art & Fashion, window display for Nordstrom, Portland, Oregon
Multimundo 2000: Fusion of Art & Fashion, window display for Nordstrom, Seattle, Washington
Friuli Venezia Giula wine label, Italy
Absolut Scharf, Au Kurant Billboard for TBWA Chiat/Day Advertising: California, Florida, Michigan, Texas
1998
The Universals mannequin series, Pucci, New York, NY
Absolut Scharf, Au Kurant Billboard for TBWA Chiat/Day Advertising: California, Florida, Texas
The Universals Window Display Project for Saks Fifth Avenue – NY, NY
The Universals Window Display Project for Saks Fifth Avenue - GA
The Universals Holiday Window Display Project for Saks Fifth Avenue, Beverly Hills, CA
The Universals Window Display Project for Burdines Dept. Store - Miami Beach, FL
Ultrazoomazipamapopdeluxa (Mura), Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
1997
Ultralectric, Customized electronics show for SONY, SONY Building, New York, NY
MURAL for 10th Annual Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Installation 130' x 58' Mural, Los Angeles, CA
Limited Edition Lithograph, 39th Annual Grammy Awards to benefit N.A.R.A.S. Foundation, NYC
1996
Lifesavers, AIDS memorial installation for DIFFA, Pines Beach, Fire Island, New York, NY
Total Cosmic Caver, Designed Interactive Web environment for Total, NY (Internet magazine @ totainy.com), New York, NY
Absolut Kelly Project, Premier artist: A web based interactive art experiment, Santa Monica, CA
Co-chaired fund-raiser, Inter-Cambios Culturales of El Salvador (with Christy Turlington), New York, NY
Promotional Poster for Humane Society of Broward County
1995
Cosmic Cavern, V.I.P. Room for The Tunnel Nightclub, New York, NY
Porcelain design for Rosenthal China, Selb, Germany
Absolute Scharf, San Francisco billboard project for Absolut Vodka, San Francisco, CA
Signature watch for artist’s series, Swatch, New York/Switzerland
Promotional Poster for Miami Book Fair International
1994
Limited Edition Tapestry collection for Kroner Teppiche, Munich, Germany
Signature watch for artist’s series, Swatch, New York/Switzerland
Textile design for Todd Oldham, New York, NY
1993
Lifeguard Station Design for City of Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL, August 1993
Kids Kloset, Dade County Department of Education, collaboration with elementary and high school students, Artworks Gallery, Omni International Mall, Miami, FL, November -December 1993
Day Without Art, Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL In collaboration with Sarasota school children for AIDS awareness, December 1, 1993
te Neues Publications (various projects), New York, NY
1992
Don't Bungle the Jungle II, fundraiser for the Tropical Rain forest Amazon Club, New York, NY (T-shirts design for Emporio Armani)
1991
City Kids Speak on Growth, Union Square Park, New York, NY,
Outdoor mural in collaboration with the City Kids Foundation
1988
Don't Bungle the Jungle, Benefit Concert and exhibition fundraiser for the Tropical Rain forest, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, and Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, NY
Limited Edition watch design, Lito Watches, Paris, France
1987
Luna Luna, Carousel design for traveling art amusement park, Hamburg, Germany
1986
Absolut Scharf, advertisement commission for Absolut Vodka, Stockholm, Sweden
Tapestry design for Elysee Editions, Paris, France
1985
Installation at The Palladium, New York, NY

CATALOGUES
2005
Kenny Scharf: Superpop, Paul Kasmin Gallery, NY
1998
The Universals Pucci, International NY
Kenny Scharf, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY, essays by Carter Ratcliff and Robert Farris Thompson, interview by Dennis Hopper, 1998
Kenny Scharf, University Galleries, Normal, Illinois, essays by Barry Blinderman, Gregory Bowen, Bill McBride, Ann Magnuson and Robert Farris Thompson, 1998
1997
In Your Face, Malca Fine Art, New York, NY, 19
Kenny Scharf. Pop-Surrealist, Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1997
1996
Pop Art, Jan-de James, Phaidon Press Limited, London, 1996
El Mundo de Kenny Scharf, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, 1996
Kenny Scharf, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL, essay by Louis Grachos, 1996
1995
Kenny Scharf, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, essay by Brooks Adams, Laurence Pamer, 1995
1992
Kenny Scharf, Edward Totah Gallery, London, England, essay by Brooks Adams,
1990
Kenny Scharf, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France, 1990
The Last Decade: American Artists of the 80's, Tony Shafrazi Galley, New York, NY, 1990 Pharmakon 90, Mukuhari Messe Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan, 1990
1989
Kenny Scharf. Jungle Book, Art Random, Kyoto Shoin International Co., Inc., Kyoto, Japan, 1989
Kenny Scharf. Three Portfolios, AC & T Corporation, Tokyo, Japan,
1988
Kenny Scharf. New Paintings, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 1988
1986
An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture from 1940 to the Present, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1986
1985
Art in Action, Sogetsu Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 1985
Vernacular Abstraction, Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, Japan, 1985
1984
Figuration Libre: France U.S.A., Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France, 1984
New Attitudes: Paris/ New York, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 1984
Via New York, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada, 1984
1983
Reference, Palais des Beaux Arts de Charleroi, Belgium 1983
Back to the U.S.A., Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland1983
Kenny Scharf, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY 1983
Morton G. Neuman Family Collection, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI 1983
Champions, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY 1983

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1992
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1990
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Howe, John. Don’t Bungle the Jungle, Elle Magazine, August 1990: Pg 170-177.
From the Surf to the Space, BT Monthly Art Magazine, May 1990: Pg 38-46.
Art in the 80's, Zoom, April 1990: Pg 42-47.
Chevron, Doris. Echt Scharf, German Elle, March 1990: Pg 274-279.
Earth 1990: Friend of the Forest, Harper’s Bazaar, January 1990: Pg 76, 140.
1989
Sanders, Luanna. The Artist in the Funhouse, Metropolitan Home, December: Pg 104- 109.
Levin, Kim. Choices, Village Voice, June 27, 1989: Pg 48.
Geer, Susan. The Galleries, Los Angeles Times, Part VI, May 26, 1989: Pg 18.
East Side Story, VOGUE, May 1989: Pg 356-401.
Raynor, Vivien. Art, Neo-Expressionist or Neo-Surrealist? The New York Times, May 13
Westfall, Stephen. Reviews, Flash Art, January/February 1980, No. 144: Pg 120-121.
1988
Cyphers, Peggy. Review, Arts Magazine, December 1988: Pg 100-101.
Sturman, John. Reviews, Art News, December 1988: Pg 146.
Waisnis, Edward. Review, Cover Magazine, November 1988.
Johnson, Ken. Kenny Scharf at Tony Shafrazi, Art in America, November 1988: Pg 175.
Kenny Scharf. Alles wird Kunst, Hein, October 1988/No. 10: Pg183.
Smith, Roberta. Kenny Scharf Grows Up, The New York Times, September 23, 1988: Pg 28.
Kasuga, Yoshiko. Pronto, Vol. 5, No.5, 1988: Pg 10-11.House and Garden, April 1988
1987
Morera, Daniela. Vogue (Italy), October 1987: Pg 248-251.
Dowling, Claudia Glenn. Loony Luna Luna, Life Magazine, September 1987:Pg 76.
The Next Wave, Art & Antiques, Summer 1987: Pg 26.
1986
Hang 10 or Hang it on the Wall, Sports Illustrated, November 17, 1986: Pg 14.
Heartly, Eleanor. Reviews, Art News, October 1986
Fantasia Tropical, Casa Vogue Brasil, May-June 1986: Pg 104-109.
Daniels, Demetria. Bibiddy, Bobiddy, Boo, Downtown Magazine, May 21, 1986: Pg 7A.
1985
Art in Action-Dream Ca, Brutus, December 15, 1985: Pg 92, 93, 99. (pictorial)
Heiferman, Marvin. Graffiti Goes Tropical, House and Garden, October 1985: Pg 202-207.
Salkaln, Elaine. The New Do-It-Your-Selfers, The Daily News, October 13, 1985
Gandee, Charles K. Heaven’s Gate, Architectural Digest, Mid-September 1985
Marzorati, Gerald. Kenny Scharfs Fun House Big Bang, Art News, September 1985: Pg 72-81.
S. Walter. Customize! I-D, August 1985: Pg 46.
Tompkins, Calvin. The Art World, The New Yorker, July 22,1985
Virshup, Amy. What’s Really Going On: The Night, New York Magazine, June 17: Pg 38-40.
Huges, Robert. Careerism and Hype Amidst the Image Haze, Time, June 17, 1985: Pg 78-83.
Sozanski, Edward, A Small Sampling of Five Artists, Philadelphia Enquirer, June 16: Pg 16G.
Marzorati, Gerald. Picture Puzzles: The Whitney Biennial, Art News, Summer: Pg 74-78.
Small, Michael. Area Art, People, May 27, 1985
McGuigan, Cathleen. A Garden of Disco Delights, Newsweek, May 20, 1985: Pg 76.
Slesin, Suzanne. New Look Palladium Re-Opens, The New York Times, May 16, 1985
Adams, Cindy. Disco Madness Hits 14th Street, The New York Post, May 16, 1985: Pg 29.
Biennial: Caring and Compassionate, Art World, April 1985, Vol. 9 No. 7
Clushaw, Peter. Custom Cars, The Face, April 1985: Pg 12.
Russell, John. Whitney Presents its Biennial Exhibition, The New York Times, March 22, 1985
O’Brien, Glenn. Review, Art Forum, March 1985
Hager, Steven. Mutants from Outer Space, High Times, February 1985: Pg 46-51.
Haring, Keith. Kenny Scharf by Keith Haring, Interview, February 1985
Levin, Kim. The Aesthetics of Cute, Village Voice, February 6, 1985
Stem, Jean. Mutant, Nitro, January 1985
Engler, Brigette. Le Jerome Bosh des Annees 80, ICI New York, January 1985
Scharf, Kenny. A Talk with Keith Haring, Flash Art, January 1985: Pg 14-17.
1984
Engler, Brigitte. Art Car, Paper Magazine, December 1984
Art: The Sculpture of the New York School, The New York Times, December 7, 1984
Lacayo, Richard. Returning to the Frame Game, Time, December 3, 1984: Pg 72.
Hershkovits, David. Home is Where the Art Is, The Daily News, November 29, 1984
Cameron, Dan. Neo-Surrealism: Having it Both Ways, Arts Magazine, November 1984: Pg 68-73.
A Horse of a Different Color, The Pennsylvania Gazette, October 1984: Pg 29-31. (pictorial)
Chi, Tseng Kwong. The Ultima Suprema Deluxa, Brutus, September 1984: Pg 79-81. (pictorial)
Moufarrage, Nicolas. Year After, Flash Art, Summer 1984
Moufarrage, Nicolas. Review: Fun Gallery/Tony Shafrazi, Flash Art, Summer 1984: Pg 68.
Chi, Tseng Kwong. Zena’s Crib, Art Forum International, Summer 1984: Pg 49. (pictorial)
Review: Kenny Scharf/Tony Shafrazi, Art Foum International, May 1984: Pg 90.
Graffiti Kunst: Bilder Aus dem Untergrund, Arts Das Kunstmagazin, February 1984
Cameron, Dan. Saint Kenny and the Culture Dragon, Arts Magazine, January 1984: Pg 93-95.
1983
Domus, December 1983
Alinovi, Francesca. Twenty-First Century Slang, Flash Art International, November 1983: Pg. 23-31.
Openings/Kenny Scharf, Esquire, November 1983: Pg 199.
Moufarrage, Nicolas. The Mutant International; III: The Last Star...Aurora, Arts Magazine, November 1983: Pg. 85-90.
Smith, Roberta. Aging Well is the Best Revenge, Village Voice, June 1983
Larson, Kay. Primal Dreams, New York Magazine, March 26, 1983, Pg 58-62.
Moufarrage, Nicolas. The State of New York Art, GO, March 1983
Moufarrage, Nicolas. Electrically Eclectic, GO, March 1983
Moufarrage, Nicolas. East Village, Flash Art, March 1983
Moufarrage, Nicolas. X&O, Arts Magazine, February 1983
1982
Plus C’est La Meme Chose, Art & Auction, November 1982
Moufarrage, Nicolas. Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice), Arts Magazine, November 1982
Ricard, Rene The Pledge of Allegiance, Art Forum, November 1982
Gablik, Suzi. Report From New York, Art in America, October 1982
Baker, Jon. News from NYC, Brutus Magazine, September 15, 1982: Pg 124-125.
Flash Art, Italian Edition, February-March 1982
Moufarrage, Nicolas. Dada, Domino, and de Millions, New York Native, February 1982
1981
Chi, Tseng Kwong. Chrome on the Range, Soho News, July 22, 1981
1980
Sex and Death and Shock and Schlock-A Long Review of the Times Square Show, Art Forum, October 1980: Pg 50.
Deitch, Jeffrey. Report from Times Square, Art in America, September 1980: Pg 59.

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