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1935
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Born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, June 13, Gabrovo, of a Bulgarian industrialist family
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1952 - 1956
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Studies at Fine Arts Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
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1957
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Vienna Fine Arts Academy
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1958
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Christo arrives in Paris where he meets Jeanne-Claude
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1963
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Establishes permanent residence in New York City
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Environmental installation artist and painter of architectural landscape drawings
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2007 |
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Montrasio Arte, Milano, Italy |
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2007 |
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Galleria Tega, Pietrasanta, Italy |
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2007 |
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Guy Pieters, Saint-Paul de Vance, France |
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2006 |
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Museo d’Arte Moderna, Lugano, Switzerland |
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2006 |
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Guy Pieters, Knokke, Belgium |
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2006 |
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Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, USA |
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2005 |
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The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005 |
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2005 |
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Annely Juda Fine Art, London, England |
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2005 |
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Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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2005 |
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Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada |
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2004 |
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National Academy of Design, New York, NY, USA |
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2004 |
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Galleria d’Arte Tega, Milano, Italy |
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2004 |
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Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, USA |
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2004 |
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Pasquart Art Center, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland |
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2003 |
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Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands |
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2003 |
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Guy Pieters Galerie, De Latemse, Belgium |
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2003 |
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Galleria Morine, Milano, Italy |
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2002 |
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA |
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2002 |
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Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA |
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2002 |
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Galleria Morine, Milano, Italy |
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2002 |
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Fundació “La Caixa”, Centre Cultural Torre Vella, Salou, Spain |
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1999 |
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The Wall, 13,000 Oil Barrels, Gasometer, Oberhausen, Germany |
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1998 |
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Wrapped Trees, Fondation Beyeler and Berower Park, Riehen-Basel, Switzerland 1997-98 |
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1995 |
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Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971-95 |
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1995 |
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Wrapped Floors and Stairways, and Covered Windows, Museum Wurth, Kunzelsau |
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1992 |
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Over the River, Project for Western USA, in progress |
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1992 |
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The Shiga Museum of Modern Art Shiga, Japan |
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1992 |
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Gallery Hyundai and Gallery Seomi Seoul, Korea |
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1991 |
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Cunningham Art Museum Bakersfield, CA, USA |
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1991 |
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The Umbrellas, Japan-USA, 1984-91 |
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1990 |
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De Saisset Museum Santa Clara, CA, USA |
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1988 |
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The Seibu Museum of Art Tokyo, Japan |
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1986 |
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Bass Museum Miami Beach, FL, USA |
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1985 |
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The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris, 1975-85 |
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1980 |
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The Gates, project for Central Park, New York City, in progress |
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1980 |
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Newport Harbor Museum Newport Beach, CA, USA |
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1979 |
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The Mastaba of Abu Dhabi, project for the United Arab Emirates, in progress |
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1978 |
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Wrapped walkways, Loose Park, Kansas City, MO |
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1975 |
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The Art Museum Princeton University, NJ, USA |
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1974 |
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The Wall, wrapped Roman Wall, Via V. Veneto and Villa Borghese, Rome |
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1972 |
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Wrapped Reichstag, project for Berlin, in progress |
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1971 |
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The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX, USA |
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1969 |
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Packed Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago |
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1968 |
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'Packed Fountain' and 'Packed Medieval Tower', Spoleto |
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1968 |
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Two Tons of Stacked Hay, Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art |
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1968 |
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The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY, USA |
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1966 |
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Air Package and Wrapped Tree, Stedelijk von Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
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1962 |
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Iron Curtain-Wall of Oil Barrels, blocking the Rue Visconti, Paris |
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1962 |
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Wrapping a Girl, London |
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1961 |
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Project for the Packaging of a Public Building |
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1961 |
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Galerie Haro Lauhus Cologne, West Germany |
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Links to further information |
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