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Christo Biography
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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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| Selected Exhibitions |
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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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