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Frank Gehry Biography
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1929 |
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Born: Toronto, Canada
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1947 |
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Moved with his family to Los Angeles as a teenager in 1947 and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen
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1954 |
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Received a degree in architecture from the University of Southern California(USC)
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1962 |
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Established his own firm, Gehry Associate, now known as Gehry Partners, LLP
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1989 |
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Received the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the most prestigious honor that can be given to a living architect
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1992 |
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Was awarded the Wolf Prize in Art, as well as the Imperiale Award in Architecture given by the Japan Art Association
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1994 |
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Became the first recipient of the Lillian Gish Award for lifetime contribution to the arts
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1997 |
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Completed to build the new Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain
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2003 |
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Unveiled the finished Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles
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lives and works in Santa Monica, CA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Fish Forms: Lamps by Frank Gehry, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY(solo)
Living Architectures, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY
From the Spoon to the City:Objects by Architects from LACMA's Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art(LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
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2009
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Frank O. Gehry: Design Process and the Lewis House, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA(solo)
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2008
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Frank Gehry, The Art Gallery Of Ontario, Toronto, Canada(solo)
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2004 - 2005
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Frank Gehry, Architect: Designs for Museums, Corocan Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.(solo)
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2001
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Frank Gehry, Architect: Retrospective Features Models, Plans, Drawings, Furniture, Photographs, and Video Footage, as well as Two Site-Specific Architectural Elements, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY(solo)
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1997
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Frank O. Gehry since 1997, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy(solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
DG Bank building, Pariser Platz 3, Berlin, Germany
Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL
Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Frederick Weisman Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Issey Miyake, Flagship Store, New York, NY
Maggie's centre, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Vitra Design Museum, Vitra premises, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Ray and Maria Stata Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), Cambridge, MA
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| Literature |
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2003
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Dal Co, Francesco. Frank O Gehry: The Complete work. Phaidon Press; New Ed edition
Frank. Symphony: Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall. New York: Harry Abrams
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2002
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Gehry, Frank and Sorkin, Michael . Gehry Talks: Architecture + Process (Universe Architecture Series). Universe Publishing: New York
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2001
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Gehry, Frank and Colomina, Beatriz. Frank Gehry Architect. New York:Harry N. Abrams(Guggeneheim Museum Catalogue)
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1985
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Frank Gehry: Buildings and Projects(edited by Peter Arnell and Ted Bickford ; essay by Germano Celant ; text by Mason Andrews ; recent work photographed by Tim Street-Porter). New York: Rizzoli, 1985
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