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Niki de Saint Phalle Biography
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1930 |
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Born Catherine Marie-Agnes Fal de Saint Phalle in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
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1937 |
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Moved with her family to New York, NY
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1948 - 1950 |
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Worked as fashion model for Vogue, Life, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, and other French and American magazines
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1952 |
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Moved to Paris, France
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1954 |
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Met American painter Hugh Weiss who became a friend and mentor
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1971 |
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Married Jean Tinguely
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Died in San Diego, CA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
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2009 - 2010
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Retrospective, Museum of the Rome Foundation, Rome, Italy (solo)
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2008 - 2009
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Les boîtes à secrets de Niki, Musée en Herbe, Paris, France (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle, Fundação Eugénio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal (solo)
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2008
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (solo)
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2007
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany (solo)
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2006
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Niki de Saint Phalle: a retrospective, The Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan (solo)
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2005
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Grafik und Objekte, Galerie am Bom, Wetzlar, Germany (solo)
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2004
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nuremberg, Germany (solo)
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2003
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Ernst Museum Budapest, Budapest, Hungary (solo)
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2002
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Niki de St. Phalle - Grande retrospective, Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain de Nice, Nice, France (solo)
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1999
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Traces, Galerie JGM, Paris, France
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1998
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Galerie Delaive, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle – Céramiques et mosaïques, Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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1997
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Made in France, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
Niki de Saint Phalle + Jean Tinguely, Kunst Raum, Bayreuth, Germany (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
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1996
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Graphik und Skulpturen, Kunstkabinett, Regensburg, Germany;Galerie Schönenberger, Kirchberg, Germany; Galerie Wild, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
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1995
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Skulpturen, Gouachen, Serigraphie, Lithographien, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia;Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil;Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina;Sala de Exposiciones Edificio CTC, Santiago de Chile, Chili;Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA;Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico;Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
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1994
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Tableaux éclatés + sculptures, Maxwell Davidson Gallery & James Goodman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1992 - 1993
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Retrospective, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle in Bonn, Germany; Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France;Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Fribourg, Switzerland (solo)
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1992
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Her life and art, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: L'invitation au musée, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (solo)
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1991
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Sculptures, Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL (solo)
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1990
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Tirs ... et autres révoltes 1961–1964, JGM. Galerie and Galerie de France, Paris, France (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: Last Night I Had a Dream, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium (solo)
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1989
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Oeuvres des années 80, Galerie de France and JGM. Galerie, Paris, France (solo)
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1987
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Oeuvres récentes, Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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1986
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Retrospective, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
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1985
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Nouveau Realisme and Pop Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Niki de Saint Phalle 1962–1980: Retrospektive, Galerie Klaus Littmann, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
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1983
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Sculptures et lithographies, Galerie Esperanza, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (solo)
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1982
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Space Niki, Tokyo, japan (solo)
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1981
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Galerie Samy Kinge, Paris, France (solo)
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1980
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Retrospective, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, Germany;Neue Galerie, Linz, Austria; Nuremberg Kunsthalle, Nuremberg, Germany; Sweden, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: Werke 1960-1980, Galerie Bischofberger, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
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1979
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Watari Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: Monumental Projects, Maquettes and Photographs, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, NY;Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH;Mandeville Art Gallery, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA;Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA (solo)
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1977
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Paris, New York: Unalbum, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
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1976
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Niki de Saint-Phalles sculpturer, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark (solo)
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1975
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Silkscreens, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1974
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Projets et réalisations d'architecture, , Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, France (solo)
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1972
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Les funérailles du père, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, France (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: Niki avant les Nanas, oeuvres de 1963 et 1964, Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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1971
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Serigraphien und kleine Skulpturen, Kammerkunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: "The Devouring Mothers" and Other Sculptures, Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
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1970
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Niki de Saint Phalle: Le Rêve de Diane, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, France (solo)
Les Nanas, Pavillon Baltard, Les Halles, Paris, France; Galerie Felix Handschin, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: Nana Power, La Hune, Paris, France (solo)
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1969
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Plastiken, Zeichnungen und Graphiken von Niki de Saint Phalle, Galerie Stangl, Munich, Germany (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle, Kunstmüseum, Lucerne, Switzerland (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle: Nana fontaine, Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Niki de Saint Phalle, Hanover Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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1968
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Flash Niki de Saint Phalle: Hier soir j'ai fait un rêve, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, France (solo)
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1967
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Les Nanas au Pouvoir, The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
Papier-Mâché Animals in a Zoo, Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1966
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
L'European Artist and the Figure, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1965
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1964
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Mythologies Quotidiennes, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Niki de Saint Phalle, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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1962
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Action de tir, Everett Ellin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1961
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Le Nouveau Réalisme Paris et NY, Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, France
Niki de Saint Phalle, Køpcke Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
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1956
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Niki Mathews New York Gemälde, Gouachen, Galerie Restaurant Gotthard, St. Gallen, Switerland (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Musée d'Art Contemporain (MAC), Marseille, France
Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain (MAMAC), Nice, France
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Franc
Musée Nationale d'Art Moderne (MNAM) / Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musée des Arts Decoratif, Paris, France
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Stedeijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de la Ville de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
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