Keith Haring
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1958

BORN MAY 4 IN KUTZTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

1976-78

MOVED TO PITTSBURGH. BRIEFLY STUDIED AT A COMMERCIAL ART SCHOOL. SAW A RETROSPECTIVE OF PIERRE ALECHINSK`S PAINTINGS AT THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM. HAD FIRST SOLO SHOW OF ABSTRACT DRAWINGS AT THE PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

1978-79

MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY AND STUDIED AT THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS. PAINTED ON LARGE-SCALE PHOTO BACKDROP PAPER IN A STREET-LEVEL STUDIO ON TWENTY-SECOND STREET WHERE HE ENJOYED THE COMMENTS OF PASSERS-BY. VIDEOTAPED THE PAINTING PROCESS.

1980

ORGANIZED EXHIBTIONS AND PERFORMED AT CLUB 57, IN THE BASEMENT OF A CHURCH AT 57 SAINT MARK`S PLACE. PARTICIPATED IN THE TIMES SQUARE SHOW, AN IMPORTANT EXHIBITION OF NEW ART HELD IN NEW YORK CITY. MADE THE FIRST DRAWINGS WITH FLYING SAUCERS; ANIMALS AND HUMAN IMAGES THAT RECUR IN THE SUBWAY DRAWINGS.

1981

MADE THE FIRST CHALK DRAWINGS ON THE BLACK PAPER PASTED OVER EXPIRED ADVERTISEMENTS IN NEW YORK CITY`S SUBWAY STATIONS. PAINTED ON PLASTIC, METAL, FOUND OBJECTS, AND GARDEN STATUARY. CURATED EXHIBITIONS OF DRAWINGS AND GRAFFITI ART AN THE MUDD CLUB. SOLO SHOW AT CLUB 57. PARTICIPATEDIN THE NEW YORK/NEW WAVE SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY. PAINTED FIRST MURAL IN A SCHOOLYARD ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE. MET THE GRAFFITI ARTIST L.A. II (ANGEL ORITZ).

1982

COLLABORATED WITH L.A.II. BEGAN PAINTING ON TARPAULINS. FIRST SOLO GALLERY EXHIBITION AT TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY, NEW YORK CITY. PARTICIPATED IN DOCUMENTA 7 IN KASSEL, GERMANY. DREW A THIRTY-SECOND ANIMATION FOR THE SPECTACOLOR BILLBOARD IN TIMES SQUARE WHICH RAN CONTINUOSLY FOR A MONTH.

1983

PARTICIPATED IN THE WHITNEY BIENNIAL AND THE SAO SAULO BIENNAL. SHOWED COLLABORATIONS WITH GRAFFITI ARTIST L.A. II AT FUN GALLERY, NEW YORK CITY, ROBERT FRASER GALLERY, LONDON, AND GALERIE WATARI, TOKYO. SECOND EXHIBITION AT TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY. MET ANDY WARHOL. 

1984

PAINTED MURALS IN SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, RIO DE JANEIRO, DOBBS FERRY, MINNEAPOLIS, AND MANHATTAN. CREATED SIXTY-SECOND ANIMATED COMMERICAL FOR BIG, A STORE IN ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND.

1985

BEGAN PAINTINGS ON CANVAS. SIMULTANEOUSLY EXHIBITED PAINTINGS AT TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY AND BRIGHTLY COLORED PAINTED STEEL SCULPTURES AT LEO CASTELLI GALLERY, NEW YORK CITY. SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE MUSÈE D`ART CONTEMPORAIN, BORDEAUX. PARTICIPATED IN THE PARIS BIENNIAL. DESIGNED SETS FOR SWEET SATURDAY NIGHT, BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW YORK, AND THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL, FOR THE BALLET NATINAL DE MARSEILLE, FRANCE. PAINTED 7.50 * 9.50 M BACKDROP FOR THE PALLADIUM, NEW YORK CITY. PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED 20,000 FREE SOUTH AFRICA POSTERS. DESIGNED FOUR WATCHES FOR SWATCH USA.

1986

STOPPED DOING SUBWAY DRAWINGS. SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE STEDELIJK MUSEUM,
AMSTERDAM. THREE LARGE-SCALE SCULPTURES TEMPORARILY INSTALLED AT HAMMARSKJOLD PLAZA, NEW YORK CITY. OPENED THE POP SHOP, A STORE  SELLING HARING PRODUCTS AND MULTIPLES. PAINTED THE CRACK IS WACK MURAL AS WELL AS OUTDOOR MURALS ON THE BERLIN WALL AND IN AMSTERDAM, AND PARIS, AND PHOENIX, ARIZONA. BODY-PAINTED GRACE JONES FOR HER VIDEO I`M NOT PERFECT. COLLABORATED WITH BRIAN GYSIN ON FAULT LINES AND JENNY HOLZER ON BILLBOARDS FOR VIENNA FESTIVAL ´86.

1987

SOLO SHOWS IN HELSINKI, ANTWERP AND KNOKKE, BELGIUM. SHOWED PAINTED STEEL MASKS AND PAINTINGS ON CANVAS AT TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY. PARTICIPATED IN ART AGAINST AIDS, A BENEFIT EXHIBITION CURATED BY STEVEN REICHARD. PAINTED MURALS IN DÜSSELDORF, PARIS, ANTWERP AND KNOKKE. DESIGNED STREET SIGNS FOR TOYKO.

1988

OPENED THE POP SHOP IN TOKYO. PAINTED MURALS IN CHICAGO AND ATLANTA WITH CHILDREN AND CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS. PAINTED EASTER AT THE WHITE HOUSE MURAL ERECTED ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN, THEN DONATED TO THE CHILDREN`S HOSPITAL, WASHINGTON, D.C. PAINTED MURAL AT FDR DRIVE AND HOUSTON STREET IN MANHATTAN. SHOWED AT THE HANS MAYER GALLERY, DÜSSELDORF, AND TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY.

1989

ENGAGED IN WIDESPREAD CAMPAIGN FOR AIDS AWARENESS. PAINTED MURALS IN MONACO, CHICAGO, NEW YORK, IOWA CITY, AND ON THE EXTERIOR WALL OF A MONASTERY IN PISA. ESTABLISHED THE KEITH HARING FOUNDATION, A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION SEEKING TO CONSTRIBUTE TO A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIAL CONCERNS. SHOWED AT GALLERY 121, ANTWERP.

1990

DIED OF AIDS ON FEBRUARY 16.

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