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Niki de Saint Phalle Biography
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Born Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
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Died in San Diego, California
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Member of the group 'Nouveau Réalistes'
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Participates with Bob Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Jean Tinguely in concert-performance Variations II of John Cage, given to the abassador of the United States in Paris.
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With Jean Tinguely and Per Olof Utvedt, builds la Hon, a gigantnic pregnant Chick, laid down on the back, for Moderna Muse and of Stockholm
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Wrote and produced her first film, Daddv, in collaboration with Peter Whitehead.
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Launch a range of perfumes to finance the construction of the II giardino dei Tarocchi,
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François Mitterrand orders from Niki Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely a fountain for the place of the town hall of Castle-Chinon
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Creates a series of kinetic reliefs or moving paintings, Tableaux éclatés
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Receives the prize 'Caran d' Ache'
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Works with the architect, Mario Botta, on the project of the construction, Arche de Noé, a monument for a village in Jerusalem.
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She created a head of death of 5m high top, decorated of mosaics on the surface. The interior is a space of meditation entirely covered with mirrors.
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In October of 2000, Niki de Saint Phalle received an imperial prize, the same time the American composer, Stephen Sondheim, the American painter, Ellsworth Kelly, the German composer, Hans Werner Henze and the British Architect, Richard Rogers.
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In November 17, was signed as the donation of Niki de Saint Phalle in Sprengel Muséum of Hanover.
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She made a donation at the Musée d'Art décoratifs in Paris
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Donation made of Niki de Saint Phalle in Nice, for the Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (England)
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2007
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm
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2006
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Niki de Saint Phalle: a retrospective, The Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya
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2005
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Grafik und Objekte, Galerie am Bom, Wetzlar
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2004
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nuremberg
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2003
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Exhibition of Niki de Saint Phalle, Ernst Museum Budapest, Budapest
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2002
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Niki de St. Phalle - Grande retrospective, Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain Nice, Nice
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1999 - 2000
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Under the title 'Niki de Saint Phalle' --love, protest, imagination the Museum Ulmer organized a retrospect shown in the Wilhelm Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen and the Kunsthale of Fremded. In the space of Jean Tinguely, for the exhibition of Niki de Saint Phalle.
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1999
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Traces, Galerie JGM Paris
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1994 - 1999
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Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota, Colombia
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1994 - 1999
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Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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1994 - 1999
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Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
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1994 - 1999
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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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1994 - 1999
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Sala de Exposiciones Edificio CTC, Santiago de Chile, Chili.
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1994 - 1999
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Created for a dragon for children in stone, glass and cermanic in the south of California
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1994 - 1999
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Created an angel of 10 meters high installed for the Swiss Federal Railroads installed in the Zurich train station.
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1994 - 1999
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Exposition at the Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego
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1994 - 1999
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Retrospective in South America
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1994 - 1999
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Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
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1994 - 1999
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Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber, Vénézuéla
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1997
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Made in France, Centre George Pompidou Paris
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1979 - 1996
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Principal construction of Il giardino del Tarocchi, to Garavicchio, in the south of Tuscany. It is about a unit of 22 monumental sculptures, some livable, are inspired by the major mysteries of the Tarot. Built out of concrete and are covered with a mosaic of mirrors, glass and ceramics colored
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1994
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Portraits de Femme, Château Notre Dame des Fleurs Vence, France
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1993
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Retrospective, Musée d'Art Moderne Paris
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1987 - 1993
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Retrospect of work Niki de Saint Phalle organised for by Kunst and Ausgestellungshalle of Bonn, Germany and then shown in McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland, with the Museum of Modern art, Paris, with the Museum of Art and History in Freiburg, Switzerland
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1987 - 1993
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Permanent Installation in Duisburg, a large sculpture called, Lebenretter
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1980 - 1986
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Devoted retrospect to Niki de Saint Phalle at the Centre Georges Pompidou, in Paris
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1980 - 1986
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Realised project with Jean Tinguely la Fontaine Stravinsky, , next to the Centre George Pompidou
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1980 - 1986
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Installation of a monumental sculpture Sun God to the University of Calfornia in San Diego, USA
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1980 - 1986
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Take an active part in the fight campaigns against the AIDS. In collaboration with Professor Silvio Barandum, she writes and illustrates a book: Aids, You Can' T Wrestling it With Hands, translated into five languages.
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1985
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Nouveau Realsime and Pop Art, , Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
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1980
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Retrospective, Centre Georges Pompidou Paris
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1977
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Paris, New York: Unalbum, Centre George Pompidou Paris
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1972 - 1975
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In Jerusalem, in the Rabinovitch park, built a monster - house of games for children, LeGolem
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1972 - 1975
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In Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium, built a house of games for children: Le Dragon
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1972 - 1975
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The Nanas Conquer the City, permanent installation of of three monumental nanas in the center of the town of Hanover
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1971
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Serigraphen and Kleine Skulpturen, Kammer Kunsthalle Reine
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1966 - 1970
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The Paradis Fantastique, an ensemble of nine sculptures of Saint Phalle and Tinguley for the Expo '67 of Montreal.
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1966 - 1970
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The first creation on an architectural scale in the south of France. Built three houses. Collaborate with Jean Tinguely in the realization of a monumental sculpture in Milly-the-Forest: the Head or the Monster of MiIly.
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1966
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L'European Artist and the Figure, Art Institute of Chicago Chicago
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1965
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First exhibition Nanas in New York and Paris
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1965
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Alexandre Iolas Gallery New York
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1964
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Mythologies Quotidiennes, , Musée d'Art Moderne Paris
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1961
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Le Nouveau Réalisme Paris et NY, Galerie Rive Droite Paris
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1961
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Bewogen-Beweging, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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1956
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First exhibition of paintings in St. Gallen (Switerland)
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