Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol, born 1928 in Pennsylvania as Andrew Warhola, is considered the father of the pop art movement and is regarded as one of the most influential cultural icons of the century. Warhol was born into a working-class neighborhood, the son of immigrant parents from Eastern Slovakia. Warhol's parents bought him his first camera at the age of eight despite their limited resources. Warhol studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1945. After graduating, Warhol moved to New York and created an iconic persona for himself. Warhol began his career working as a commercial illustrator. Warhol came into prominence in the early 1960s, when he turned his attention to the Pop Art Movement, with work that explored America's fascination with celebrity culture and consumerism. Warhol appropriated images using his signature silkscreen printing technique and created pivotal works, such as Coca Cola (1961), Campbell's Soup Cans (1962), and Marilyn Diptych (1962). Warhol would host parties at his silver toned ‘factory’ studio in New York, fostering a culture of experimentation and liberation. Throughout his career, warhol collaborated with artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, adn Keith Haring. His untimely death was due to a medical complication during surgery in February of 1987. Since his passing, Warhol's work has become exponentially more valuable and recognizable across the globe.

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1956 . ‘STUDIES FOR A BOY BOOK’, THE BODLEY GALLERY, NY

1957 . ‘A SHOW OF GOLDEN PICTURES’, BODLEY GALLERY, NY

1962 .  ‘ANDY WARHOL: MARILYN DIPTYCH, 100 SOUP CANS, 100 COKE
             BOTTLES AND 100 DOLLAR BILLS’ STABLE GALLERY, NY

1964 . ‘WARHOL: BRILLO/CAMPBELL'S/HEINZ BOXES’, STABLE GALLERY,
              NY

1974 . ‘ANDY WARHOL: MAO’, MUSEE GALLIERA, PARIS, FR

1975 . ‘ANDY WARHOL: HAND-COLORED FLOWER’,  LEO CASTELLI
           GALLERY, NY

1979 . ‘ANDY WARHOL: PORTRAITS OF THE 70S, WHITNEY MUSEUM OF
           AMERICAN ART’, NY

1982 . ‘ANDY WARHOL: DOLLAR SIGNS, GALERIE DANIEL TEMPLON,  PARIS

1983 . ‘WARHOL'S ANIMALS: SPECIES AT RISK, AMERICAN MUSEUM OF
            NATURAL HISTORY’, NY

1984 . JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, FRANCESCO CLEMENTE’, ANDY WARHOL,
            GALERIE BRUNO BISCHOFBERGER, ZURICH, CH

1985 . ‘ANDY WARHOL: REIGNING QUEENS’, LEO CASTELLI GALLERY, NY 

1986 . ‘ANDY WARHOL: SELF-PORTRAITS’, ANTHONY D'OFFAY GALLERY,
            LONDON

1987 . ‘ANDY WARHOL: SKULLS 1976’, DIA ART FOUNDATION, NY, US

2018 . ‘ANDY WARHOL: FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN’, WHITNEY
            MUSEUM,  NY

2021 . ‘WARHOL AND BASQUIAT IN FOCUS: WORKS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION’ THE Andy Warhol Museum, PITTSBURGH, PA

. ‘MARISOL AND WARHOL TAKE New York’, THE Andy Warhol Museum