Born in Atlantic City NJ, 1927
Died in Encinitas CA on April 5, 2006
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Allan Kaprow. Yard’, New York NY
2008
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, ‘Selections from the Athenaeum’s Artists’ Books Collection: Allan Kaprow Books’, La Jolla CA
Tate Modern, ‘Saturday Live Happening Again: Fluids and Scales’, London, England
The Geffen Contemporary at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, ‘Allan Kaprow. Art as Life’, Los Angeles CA (Travelling Exhibition)
2007
Van Abbemuseum, ‘Allan Kaprow. Kunst als leven / Art as Life’, Eindhoven, Netherlands (Travelling Exhibition)
Kunsthalle Bern, ‘Allan Kaprow. Kunst als Leben / Art as Life’, Berne, Switzerland (Travelling Exhibition)
Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Villa Groce, ‘Allan Kaprow. Art as Life’, Genoa, Italy (Travelling Exhibition)
2006
Haus der Kunst, ‘Allan Kaprow. Kunst als Leben / Art as Life’, Munich, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
2005
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Allan Kaprow’, Zurich, Switzerland
Whitechapel Art Gallery, ‘A Short History of Performance – Part III. Allan Kaprow’, London, England
2001
Galerie Inge Baecker, ‘Allan Kaprow – Activity-Fotos aus den 60ern und 70ern’, Cologne, Germany
1997
Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, ‘Allan Kaprow’, El Cajon CA
Biblioteca Communale, ‘Allan Kaprow: Installation’, Como, Italy
Archivio Conz, ‘Photo-Text: Plans of Happenings 1960s-1970s’, Verona, Italy
Fondazione Antonio Ratti, ‘Just Doing’, Como, Italy
Galleria Caterina Gualco, ‘Just Doing’, Genoa, Italy
1996
Kunsthalle Palazzo, ‘Allan Kaprow: Inventions/Reinventions’, Liestal, Switzerland
1994
Galerie Beaubourg, Centre Georges Pompidou, ‘Work in Progress by Allan Kaprow’ (in preparation for exhibition ‘Hors Limites: l’art et la vie 1952–1994’), Paris, France
1992
Studio Morra, ’7 Environments’, Naples, Italy
Espace Donguy/Apegac, ’4 Environments’, Paris, France
1991
Fondazione Mudima, ’7 Environments’, Milan, Italy
1988
The Center for Research in Contemporary Art, ‘Allan Kaprow. Precedings’, Arlington TX
1986
Museum am Ostwall, ‘Allan Kaprow: Collagen, Environments, Videos, Broschüren, Geschichten, Happening und Activity-Dokumente 1956-1986’, Dortmund, Germany
1979
Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Wichita KS
Ruhrpark, Bochum, ‘Tire Tower’ (public sculpture commission), Bochum, Germany
1978
Museum of the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls IA
1976
Kunsthalle Bremen, ‘Allan Kaprow: Activity-Dokumente 1968-1976’, Bremen, Germany
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA
Galerie René Block, Berlin, Germany
1971
Galerie Inge Baecker, ‘City Works’, Bochum, Germany
1967
Pasadena Art Museum, ‘Allan Kaprow’, Pasadena CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Washington University, ‘Allan Kaprow’, St. Louis MO (Travelling Exhibition)
University of Texas, ‘Allan Kaprow’, Austin TX (Travelling Exhibition)
1962
Smolin Gallery, ‘Allan Kaprow. Words’, New York NY
1959
Reuben Gallery, ’18 Happenings in 6 Parts’, New York NY
1958
Hansa Gallery, ‘Allan Kaprow’, New York NY
Hansa Gallery, ‘Allan Kaprow: An Exhibition’, New York NY
1957
Hansa Gallery, ‘Allan Kaprow: Collages and Sculpture’, New York NY
1956
The Jewish Community Center, Highland Park NJ
Art House, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ
1955
Urban Gallery, ‘Allan Kaprow’, New York NY
1954
Hansa Gallery, ‘Allan Kaprow: Paintings and Drawings, New York NY
Jewish Community Center, New Brunswick NJ
1953
Art House, Rutgers University, ‘Allan Kaprow: Paintings and Drawings’, New Brunswick NJ
Group Exhibitions
2010
National Gallery of Victoria, ‘Endless Present: Robert Rooney and Conceptual Art’, Melbourne, Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Gestures – Performance and Sound Art’, Roskilde, Denmark
Santander Cultural Brazil, ‘Expanded Horizon’, Porto Alegre, Brazil
MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst, ‘Changing Channels: Art and Television 1963-1987’, Vienna, Austria
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, ‘New Realisms: 1957-1962’, Madrid, Spain
Kunstmuseum Bochum, ‘Le Rêve – Der Traum – Motiv und Metapher’, Bochum, Germany
2009
Centre d’art contemporain, ‘Pourquoi Attendre! Une exposition autour du Fonds André Iten’, Geneva, Switzerland
Albright Knox Gallery, ‘Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976’, Buffalo NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, ‘Playing the City’, Germany
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ‘The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989’, New York
The Performance Space, ‘There Goes the Neighbourhood’, Refern, Sydney, Australia
Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art, ‘San Diego and the Origins of Conceptual Art in California’, Culver City CA
Contemporary Image Collective – CIC, ‘A Fantasy for Allan Kaprow’, Cairo, Egypt
Institut national d’histoire de l’art, ‘Performing the City’, Paris, France
National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, ‘Metrosonics’, Ottawa, Canada
Palazzo Ca’Zenobio, ‘Cage-Kaprow-Fluxus’, Venice, Italy
Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, ‘Performing the City’, Naples, Italy (Travelling Exhibition)
Institut national d’histoire de l’art, ‘Performing the City’, Paris, France (Travelling Exhibition)
2008
Sragow Gallery, ‘The Hollander Workshop 1964-1972’, New York NY
Lothringer 13, Städtische Kunsthalle München, ‘Performing the City’, Munich, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Nam June Paik Art Center ‘NOW JUMP Festival’, Yongin-si, Korea
TULCA 2008, ‘I-podism: Cultural Promiscuity in the Age of Production’, Galway, Ireland
University Art Museum, ‘art/tapes/22’, Long Beach CA
Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina, ‘Circa 1958: Breaking Ground in American Art’, Chapel Hill NC
The Jewish Museum, ‘Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976’, New York NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Saint Louis Art Museum, ‘Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976’, Saint Louis MO (Travelling Exhibition)
J. Paul Getty Museum, ‘California Video’, Los Angeles CA
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘GAMES’, Vienna, Austria
MARTa Herford, ‘Ad Absurdum’, Herford, Germany
MARTa Herford, ‘Die Hände der Kunst’, Herford, Germany
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, ‘Paul McCarthy’s Low Life Slow Life: Part 1’, San Francisco CA
Neuberger Museum of Art, ‘Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie’, Purchase NY
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, ‘Sound of Art. Zur Musik in der bildenden Kunst’, Salzburg, Austria
2007
PERFORMA 07 (recreation of 18 Happenings in 6 Parts, Fluids, Push and Pull), New York NY
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, ‘A Theatre without Theatre’, Spain (Travelling Exhibition)
Berardo Museum, ‘A Theatre without Theatre’, Lisbon, Portugal (Travelling Exhibition)
2006
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, ‘Konzept. Aktion. Sprache. Fokus 03: Wiener Gruppe Wiener Aktionismus, Fluxus und Konzeptkunst aus der Sammlung’, Vienna, Austria
Dorsky Gallery, ‘The Constant Possibility of Erasure’, Long Island City NY
October Salon, Belgrade Cultural Center, ‘Art, Life and Confusion’, Belgrade, Serbia
Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, ‘shape without form, shade without colour, paralysed force, gesture without motion’, Milan, Italy
The Grimaldi Forum, ‘New York, New York: Fifty Years of Art, Architecture, Photography, Film and Video’, Monaco, Monaco
Centre George Pompidou, ‘Los Angeles 1955-1985’, Paris, France
Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘The Discovery of the Electronic Body. Art and Video in the 70s’, Torre Pellice, Italy
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, ‘Was ist Plastik? 100 Jahre – 100 Köpfe’, Duisburg, Germany
Kunstverein Heidelberg, ‘Politische Wahrheiten’, Heidelberg, Germany
Luhring Augustine, ‘Portraits of Artists’, New York NY
2005
The Backroom, ‘The Backroom’, Los Angeles CA
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, ‘Marking Time’, Los Angeles CA
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, ‘Recent Acquisitions from the Athenaeum’s Artist’s Books and Artworks Collection’, La Jolla CA
Kunstmuseum Basel, ‘Covering the Real: Art and the Press Picture from Warhol to Tillmans’, Switzerland
Fondazione Antonio Ratti, ‘Generations of Art – 10 Years at FAR’, Como, Italy
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, ‘Nur hier? III’, Leipzig, Germany
Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, ‘FLUXUS und Freunde’, Magdeburg, Germany
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, ‘Les Grands Spectacles’, Austria
2004
Tretjakov Gallery, ‘Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000’, Moscow, Russia
Galerie Schüppenhauer, ‘Mary Bauermeister’, Cologne, Germany
Generali Foundation, ‘That bodies speak has been known for a long time’, Vienna, Austria
San Francisco Art Institute, ‘Topographies’, San Francisco CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Pasadena Museum of Californian Art, ‘Topographies’, Pasadena CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Vlepo Gallery, ‘Life as Art: Dedicated to Allan Kaprow’, Staten Island NY
Museo d’arte contemporanea di Villa Croce, ‘Attraversare Genova: Percorsi e linguaggi internazionali del contemporaneo. Anni ’60–‘70’, Genoa, Italy
2003
Martin Gropius Bau, ‘Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin’, Berlin, Germany
Baltimore Museum of Art, ‘Work Ethic’, Baltimore MD (Travelling Exhibition)
Des Moines Art Center, ‘Work Ethic’, Des Moines IA (Travelling Exhibition)
Wexner Center for the Arts, ‘Work Ethic’, Columbus OH (Travelling Exhibition)
Mead Art Museum, ‘Critical Mass: Happenings, Fluxus, Performance, Intermedia and Rutgers University 1958-1972’, Amherst MA (Travelling Exhibition)
Mason Gross Art Galleries, ‘Critical Mass: Happenings, Fluxus, Performance, Intermedia and Rutgers University 1958-1972’, New Brunswick NJ (Travelling Exhibition)
Musée d’Art Contemporain, ‘Collection. Nouvelle présentation’, Lyon, France
Castel Sant’Elmo, ‘Living Theater – Labirinti dell’Immaginario’, Naples, Italy
Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, University of Maryland, ‘Intermedia: The Dick Higgins Collection of U.M.B.C.’, Baltimore MD
2002
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechologie, ‘Iconoclash’, Karlsruhe, Germany
Neues Museum Weserburg, ‘FLUXUS und Freunde’, Bremen, Germany
Neue Nationalgalerie, ‘Räume des XX. Jahrhunderts III’, Berlin, Germany
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, ‘The Collection’, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Representing Nature’, Chicago IL
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, ‘Passanger: The Viewer as Participant’, Oslo, Norway
Cité de la musique, ‘Pianos anné zero’, Paris, France
2001
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, ‘Les Années Pop’, Paris, France
Oesterreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, ‘Dennis Hopper: A System of Moments’, Vienna, Austria
Bergen Art Museum, The Stenersen Collection, ‘After the Beginning and Before the End: Instruction Drawings’, Norway
Museo Ideale Leonardo Da Vinci, ‘Leonardo in azione e poesia’, Florence, Italy
2000
Sprengel Museum, ‘Aller Anfang ist Merz’, Hannover, Germany
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘HYPERMENTAL: Rampant Reality 1950-2000’, Zurich, Switzerland [travelled to: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany]
Stedelijk Museum Voor Actuele Kunst, ‘Over the Edges: The Corners of Ghent’, Ghent, Belgium
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, ‘Made in California: NOW’, Los Angeles CA
Generali Foundation, ‘RE-PLAY: Beginnings of International Media Art in Austria’, Vienna, Austria
Musée d’art contemporain, ‘La collection: Installations l’exotisme sans partage’, Lyon, France
Museum Fridericianum, ‘Das Lied Von Der Erde’, Kassel, Germany
Bergen Kunstmuseum, ‘Time: Suspend Your Flight’, Norway (Travelling Exhibition) Listasafn Reykjavikur, ‘Time: Suspend Your Flight’, Reykjavik, Iceand (Travelling Exhibition)
1999
Kunsthalle Fridericianum, ‘CHRONOS & KAIROS’, Kassel, Germany
Newark Museum, ‘Off-Limits: Rutgers University and the Avant-Garde, 1957–63’ (cur. Joe Jacobs), Newark NJ
Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, ‘Experiments in the Everyday: Allan Kaprow and Robert Watts – Events, Objects, Documents’, New York NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘The American Century: Art and Culture 1950-2000’, New York NY
Galerie Vostell, ‘Fluxus in America’, Berlin, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949–79’, Tokyo, Japan (Travelling Exhibition)
1998
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949–79’ (cur. Paul Schimmel), Los Angeles CA (Travelling Exhibition)
MAK Center, Vienna, ‘Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949–79’, Austria (Travelling Exhibition)
Museu d’Art Contemporani, ‘Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949–79’, Barcelona, Spain (Travelling Exhibition)
Castello di Rivoli, ‘Sunshine & Noir: Art in Los Angeles 1960-97’, Turin, Italy (Travelling Exhibition)
Armand Hammer Museum, ‘Sunshine & Noir: Art in Los Angeles 1960-97’, Los Angeles CA (Travelling Exhibition)
1997
Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, ‘Trash: When Trash Becomes Art’, Trento, Italy
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, ‘Sunshine & Noir: Art in Los Angeles 1960-97’, Humlebaek, Denmark, (Travelling Exhibition)
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, ‘Sunshine & Noir: Art in Los Angeles 1960-97’, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Galleria Andrea Contini, ‘Fluxus and Arte Povera’, Genoa, Italy
1996
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, ‘Beat Culture and the New America: 1950–1965’, San Francisco CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Walker Art Center, ‘Beat Culture and the New America: 1950–1965’, Minneapolis MN (Travelling Exhibition)
1995
Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, ‘No! Art’, Berlin, Germany
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Beat Culture and the New America: 1950–1965’, New York NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Kasseler Kunstverein, ‘Save/Give – Life is art enough’, Kassel, Germany
1994
American Federation of Arts, ‘Neo-Dada: Redefining Art. 1958-1962’, New York NY
Medienbiennale Leipzig, ‘Minima Media: Documentation of the Medienbiennale Leipzig 94’, Germany
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, ‘In the Spirit of Fluxus’, Santa Barbara CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Museum of Modern Art, ‘In the Spirit of Fluxus’, San Francisco CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Fundacio Antoni Tàpies, ‘In the Spirit of Fluxus’, Barcelona, Spain (Travelling Exhibition)
Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, ‘In the Spirit of Fluxus’, Columbus OH (Travelling Exhibition)
1993
La Biennale di Venezia, ‘XVL Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte 1993’, Venice, Italy
Walker Art Center, ‘In the Spirit of Fluxus’, Minneapolis MN (Travelling Exhibition)
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘In the Spirit of Fluxus’, New York NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘In the Spirit of Fluxus’, Chicago IL (Travelling Exhibition)
1992
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Hand-Painted Pop: American Art in Transition’, Los Angeles and New York NY
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, ‘Pop Art’, Montreal, Canada
1991
Royal Academy of Arts and Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ‘Pop Art. A Continuing Story’, London, England
1987
documenta 8, Kassel, Germany
1986
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Making an Art of Everyday Life’, New York NY
1984
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Blam!: The Explosion of Pop, Minimalism and Performance 1958-1964’, New York NY
1977
documenta 6, Kassel, Germany
1976
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, ‘Frames of Mind’, Berlin, Germany
1973
Parcheggio di Villa Borghese, ‘Contemporanea: Incontri Internazionali d’Arte’, Rome, Italy
1970
Neuer Kölnischer Kunstverein, ‘Happening and Fluxus’ (cur. Harald Szeemann), Cologne, Germany
1967
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, ‘Pictures to be Read, Poetry to be Seen’, Chicago IL
1960
Judson Gallery, ‘The Ray Gun Spex’, New York NY
1958
Hansa Gallery, ‘Untitled Environment’, New York NY
