CHRISTO1935-2020

Earlier years in his carrier, he was known as an artist packing objects. From 1980's his packing became larger such as packing buildings or islands. In 1991, Art Front Gallery helped the artist to realize his Umbrellas Joint Project for Japan and USA whence our Gallery deals with his drawings and lithograph, salable to support his projects. Recently he realized "Gates" project in Cetral park, New York. He is fond of Japanese culture and was invited to UIA Tokyo in 2011 as a guest speaker where he demonstrated his past works and vision for ongoing projects.

Biography

1935 Christo : born in Bulgarian
Jeanne-Claude : born in France
1952 Jeanne-Claude, University of Tunis
1953-56 Christo : Studies at Fine Arts Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
1964 Imigrated to USA
2009 Jeanne-Claude passed away
2020 Christo passed away

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Solo Exhibitions

2022 Christo and Jeanne-Claude "L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris, 1961–2021"
2021 L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris, 1961-2021
2018 Fondation Maeght, Sant-Paul-de-Vence
2014 Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego / USA
2010 Smithosonian American Art Museum, Washington / USA
2005 The Gates, Central Park, New York City
1999 The Wall, / Oberhausen, Germany
1998 Wrapped Trees, Foundation Beyeler and Berower Park / Basel
1995 Wrapped Reichstag / Berlin
1992 Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River / Colorado
1991 The Umbrellas, Japan-U.S.A., / Ibaraki / California
1985 The Pont Neuf Wrapped, / Paris
1984 Wrapped Floors and Stairways and covered Windows, Architecture Museum / Basel
1983 Surrounded Islands, Miami / Florida
1978 Wrapped Walk Ways, Loose Park, Kansas City / Missouri
1977 The Mastaba, / Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
1976 Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties / California
1974 The Wall, Wrapped Roman Wall, Borghese / Rome
1972 Valley Curtain, Grand Hogback / Colorado
1970 Wrapped Monuments: Monument to Leonardo da Vinci / Milano
1969 Wrapped Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1968 5600 Cubicmeter Package, Documenta 4 / Kassel
1966 42,390 Cubicfeet package, the Walker Art Center and Minneapolis School of Art
1963 Store Fronts and Show Windows
1962 Iron Curtain-Wall of oil Barrels, rue Visconti / Paris
1958 Package and Wrapped Objects

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Group Exhibitions

2022 ART HANKYU 2022, Hankyu Umeda Main Store / Osaka

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