Alex Katz
Biography
1927
Born in Brooklyn, NY
1928
Moves to St. Albans, Queens
1946 - 1949
Studies at the Cooper Union Art School, New York, NY
1949 - 1950
Studies at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Showhegan, Maine
1968
Moves to present home and studio in New York
1994
Cooper Union Art School creates the Alex Katz Visiting Chair in Painting with the endowment provided by the sale of ten paintings donated by the artist
Exhibitions
2007
Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland. “Back to the Figure Contemporary Painting”
2007
The Albertina, Vienna, Austria. “Monet to Picasso – The Batliner Collection
2007
Cutouts, Galería Javier López, Madrid
2007
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland. “Alex Katz”. (solo)
2007
Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany. “Alex Katz in European Collections”. (solo)
2007
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine. “Alex Katz: Woodcuts and Linocuts”. (solo)
2007
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY. “Alex Katz Paints Ada, 1957-2005”. (solo)
2007
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London. (solo)
2007
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg. (solo)
2007
Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain. “Alex Katz: paintings, studies, cartoons”. (solo)
2006
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan. “Essential Painting”
2006
Alex Katz: The Sixties. Pacewildenstein Gallery, New York
2006
Alex Katz in Maine. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
2006
Alex Katz in European Collections, Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany
2006
Alex Katz Paints Ada 1957-2005, The Jewish Museum, New York
2006
Alex Katz: Woodcuts and Linocuts, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine
2005 - 2006
Alex Katz. Galleria Monica de Cardenas, Milano
2005
Alex Katz. First Sight. Peter Blum Gallery, New York.
2005
Alex Katz. Man in White Shirt. Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid
2005
‘Alex Katz’, CAC Malaga, Spain
2005
‘Alex Katz’, The University of South of Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
2005
‘Alex Katz Collages’, Colby College Art Museum, Maine, USA
2005
‘Alex Katz’, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, USA
2004
‘Alex Katz: Cartoons and Paintings’, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
2004
‘Alex Katz: Twelve Paintings’, Pace Wildenstein, New York
2004
‘Alex Katz’, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
2004
‘Alex Katz’, Stella Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2004
‘Alex Katz’, Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2004
‘Faces in the Crowd: Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today’, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
2004
‘Paint on Metal:: Modern and Contemporary Explorations and Discoveries’, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, USA
2004
‘Die Neue Kunsthalle III materiell-immateriell, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
2004
Alex Katz. Pinturas recientes. CAC Málaga, Málaga
2003
‘Alex Katz Cutouts’, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
2003
Alex Katz 'Small Portraits and Large Landscapes'. Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milano (solo, cat.).
Alex Katz 'Flowers and Landscapes'. PaceWildenstein, New York solo, cat.)
Alex Katz 'Portraits'. Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (solo, cat.)
Alex Katz 'Cut-outs'. Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg (solo)
Alex Katz. Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago (solo)
2002
Alex Katz 'In Your Face'. Kunst-und Astellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn (solo, cat.)
Alex Katz 'Small Paintings'. Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (solo, cat.)
Alex Katz. Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington (solo)
Alex Katz. Galerie Bernd Klüster, Munich (solo)
2002
'Alex Katz: Small Paintings', travelled to: Addison Gallery of American Art Phillips Academy; Whitney Museum of American Art, USA; Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, USA; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, USA; Oklahoma City Museum, USA; The Austin Museum of Art, USA
2002
‘Alex Katz : Beach Party’, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris, France
2002
‘Alex Katz: Small Paintings 1951-2002’, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
2001
'Alex Katz', Galleria Emilio Mazzoli Modena, Italy
2001
'Alex Katz', Galerie Barbara Thumm Berlin, Germany
2001
'Alex Katz', Galeria Monica de Cardenas in Venice, Italy
2001
'Alex Katz', PaceWildenstein, New York, USA
2001
'Alex Katz: The Complete Woodcuts', Peter Blum Gallery, New York, USA
2001
Alex Katz 'Small Paintings'. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Travelled to Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; Oklahoma City Art Museum; Austin Museum of Art (solo, cat.)
Alex Katz. Galleria Emilio Mazzoli, Modena (solo, cat.)
Alex Katz. Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin (solo)
Alex Katz 'The Complete Woodcuts and Linocuts'. Peter Blum, New York (solo)
Alex Katz. Pace Wildenstein, New York (solo, cat.)
2000
'Smile Again. Paintings of the 60’s'. Jablonka Galerie, Cologne (cat.)
Alex Katz. Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago (solo, cat.)
Regarding Alex Katz. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg (solo)
Alex Katz 'Paintings of the 80’s'. Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (solo, cat.)
Alex Katz. Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan (solo, cat.)
2000
'Alex Katz', Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, USA (cat.)
2000
'Regarding Alex Katz', Carnegie Museum of Art , Pittsburgh, USA
2000
'Alex Katz Paintings of the 1980s', Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (cat.)
1999 - 2000
Alex Katz, Galleria Civica d'arte Moderna Trento, Italy
1999 - 2000
Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt, Germany
1999
Alex Katz, Marlborough Gallery New York
1999
'Marines And More', Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (cat.)
1999
'Alex Katz Works on Paper', Brent Sikkema, New York, USA (cat.)
1998
'Alex Katz', Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (cat.)
1998
'Alex Katz', Kulturring Sundern, Sundern, Germany (cat.)
1998
'Alex Katz New Works', Galerie Barabara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
1998
'Alex Katz', Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina (cat.)
1998
'Alex Katz Recent Paintings', Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany (cat.)
1998
'Alex Katz', Thamm Gallerie, Kusnacht-Zurich, Switzerland
1998
'Alex Katz', Art and Public, Geneva, Switzerland
1998
Alex Katz: Twenty Five Years of Painting at Retrospective, Saatchi Collection London , England
1996
Alex Katz Under the Stars (and so on), The Institute for Contemporary Art, PS1 Museum New York
1991
Alex Katz: a Drawing Retrospective, Munson-Williams Proctor Institute Utica, NY
1988
Alex Katz: a Print Retrospective, The Brooklyn Museum of Art Brooklyn, NY
1986
Alex Katz, The Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
1979
Weatherspoon Art Gallery University of North Carolina, Greensboro
1971
Retrospective, Utah Museum of Fine Arts Utah
1954
Roko Gallery New York
Literature
2006
Richer, Francesca and Rosenzweig, Matthew (ed¹s), No. 1 First works by 362 Artists
2004
Cohen, David, ‘A chat with the artist: Power Portraits’, Alex Katz: Twelve Paintings, Pace Wildenstein, New York, Sept-Oct 2004, The New York Sun, Sept 9, 2004
2004
Kramer, Hilton, ‘Alex Katz’s Attack Of Nine-Foot Women’, Alex Katz: Twelve Paintings, Pace Wildenstein, New York, Sept-Oct 2004, New York Observer, Sept 27, 2004
2004
Ribas, Joao, ‘Alex Katz’, Alex Katz: Twelve Paintings, Pace Wildenstein, New York, Sept-Oct 2004, Time Out, Sept 23-30, 2004, p.64
2004
Henry, Clare, ‘People say fashion is a no-no’, Alex Katz: Twelve Paintings, Pace Wildenstein, New York, Sept-Oct 2004, Financial Times (NY), Oct 4, 2004, p.12
2004
W Magazine, Vol.33, issue 10, Oct. 04, ‘The Orginals: Portraits for W by Alex Katz.’
2004
McEwen, John, ‘Risk taker’, Alex Katz: Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, June-July 2004, The Spactator, 19 June 2004, p. 43, illus ‘Berlin’ 2001
2004
Pace Wildenstein, New York, exhibition catalogue, ‘Alex Katz. Twelve Paintings’
2003
Cartoons and Paintings’, essay by Merlin James ‘Alex Katz: Freehand’
2003
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, exhibition catalogue, ‘Alex Katz – New Paintings and Drawings’
2003
Felix, Zdenek & Carter Radcliff, ‘Alex Katz: Cutouts’, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
2003
Gioni, Massimiliano, Vincent Katz & Angela Vettese, ‘Alex Katz: Portraits’, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa,Venice/Silvana Editorale, Milan
2003
Gingeras, Alison, ‘Alex Katz: Penobscot Bay’, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
2003
Katz, Vincent, ‘Alex Katz’, Pace Wildenstein, New York
2003
Milazzo, Richard and Acchille Bonito Oliva, ‘Alex Katz’, Galleria D’Arte Contemporanea Emilio Mazzoli, Modena
2003
Cohen, David, ‘Gallery-Going’, The New York Sun, October 9
2002
‘Alex Katz: Small Paintings 1951-2002’, Timothy Taylor Gallery
2001
Alpers, Svetlana. ‘Alex Katz’, PaceWildenstein, New York
2001
Oliva, Achille Bonito, ‘Alex Katz’, Emilio Mazzoli Gallery, Modena
2001
Tuymans, Luc, ‘Alex Katz’ (video), Barbara Thum Gallery, Berlin
2000
Blumberg, Linda, Connie Lewallen, ‘Katz and Ed Ruscha’, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
2000
Grynsztejn, Madeleine, ‘Regarding Alex Katz,’ The Carnegie Museum of Art
2000
Katz, Vincent (poems), Smile Again-Paintings of the 60's: Jablonka Galerie Cologne, Germany
2000
Maculan, Lena, ‘The Eighties,’ Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Salzburg
1999
Coen, Victoria, ‘Alex Katz. On Portraits and Landscapes,’ Trento, Italy: Galleria Civica Di Arte Contemporanea
1999
Gillick, Liam, ‘Alex Katz,’ Gallerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg