Christo Biography

Bulgarian-born American sculptor, printmaker and experimental artist, famous for his Environmental Art and ` empaquetage ‘ technique, involving packaging or wrapping different objects with materials like plastic and canvas.

He gained instant recognition when he carried out the large-scale wrappings of buildings such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Kunsthalle, Berne and Reichstag, Berlin. He recently received worldwide recognition for his Gates project in New York´s Central Park.

Selected Exhibitions

2005
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude - Works from the Weston Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
- Christo - Central Park, Galerie Ruf, Munich

2004
- Accorachage III, Gallerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin - Christo and Jeanne-Claude - The Pont-Neuf Wrapped, Paris, 1975-85, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
- International Modern Art, Tate Liverpool, England

2003
- Approaching Objects, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- Geschenkte Kunst, Ludwig Museum in Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz

2002
- Shopping, Tate Liverpool, England
- Memoir of Freedom, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
- STARS AND BRIGHTS, Brigitte March Stuttgart, Stuttgart
- Die Zeichnung, Galerie Ruf, Munich
- Representing Nature, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- Impressions, Galerie Beyeler, Basel

Selected Museums and Collections

- Guggenheim Museum, New York
- Metropolitan Museum, New York
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- MUMOK - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiflung Ludwig Wein
- Smithsonian, Washington, DC
- Tate Gallery, London
- Walker Art Center, Minnesota

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