Samuel Albert Borkson 1979, Plantation, FL
Arturo Sandoval III 1976, Havana, Cuba
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Starchild – Henry Leibman Square at 41st St. & Pine Tree Dr., Miami Beach, FL
Opened on November 30, 2022
Permanent Installation
Beautiful War – Nanzuka Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
May 15 – June 12, 2022
Quantum Garden – Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
February 10 – March 13, 2022
2021
My Little Playhouse – Dongtan Gallery, South Korea
November 28, 2021 – February 20, 2022
FriendsWithYou’s Little Cloud Sky – Espanola Way, Miami Beach, FL
December 2, 2021 – April 8, 2022
Happy World Hong Kong - West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
September 23 – October 6, 2021
Happy World – On a Cloud - Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
June 11 – May 29, 2022
2020
Little Cloud – Nanzuka 2G Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
October 23 – November 15, 2020
The Dance and Recent Works – Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
January 12 – March 15, 2020
Little Cloud & The Dance - Aspen Snowmass, Aspen, CO
December 2020 – December 2021
2019
Rainbow City Shreveport (via NEA Grant) – Shreveport, LA
November 2– December 8, 2019
Into the Clouds – Brookfield Place, Toronto, Canada
July 24 – September 3, 2019
Follow Me – Avalon Hotel, Palm Springs, CA
April 13 – 14, 2019
2018
Rainbow City Roller Rink – Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI
November 30, 2018 – January 27, 2019
Playworks: Forever & Ever – The Hole ON CANAL, New York, NY
November 17 – December 15, 2018
Playworks: The Golden Age – Arsham/Fieg Gallery, New York, NY
November 20, 2018 – January 7, 2019
Pop World – ComplexCon, Long Beach, CA
November 3 – 4, 2018
Into the Clouds – Westfield San Francisco Centre, San Francisco, CA
May 14 – October 21, 2018
Happy Rainbow – Singapore
May - June 2018
Play Works – Solo booth with The Pit @ ALAC
January 25 – January 28, 2018
2017
Nature’s Gift: Humans, Friends & The Unknown – Oakland Museum of California
October 7, 2017 – January 21, 2018
Little Cloud – The Street, Chestnut Hill, MA
August 1, 2017 – May 2018
2016
Super Moon – Seokchon Lake in Seoul, Korea
September 1 – October 3, 2016
Light Wave – The Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles, CA
July 7– September 8, 2016
2015
Light Spirit – Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
December 2 – 6, 2015
Rainbow City – Central Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
May 28 – June 25, 2015
Light Cave – Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
April 8 – 12, 2015
2014
Light Cave – The Standard, High Line, New York, NY
Commissioned by Art Production Fund & The Standard Hotel
September 8 – October 1, 2014
Universal Reversal – Marine Projects, Santa Monica, CA
March 22 – May 31, 2014
2013
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Mondrian South Beach, Miami Beach, FL
December 5, 2013 – January 7, 2014
Psychic Stones – Paul Kasmin’s PK Shop, New York, NY
October 24 – November 9, 2013
Inner Vision in Between – MCLEMOI Gallery, Sydney, Australia
February 16 – April 11, 2013
2012
Happy Rainbow – Tuen Mun Town Plaza, Hong Kong, China
July 22 – September 2, 2012
2011
Inner Space, The Secrets of the Unknown – The Hole Annex in Miami, FL
December 1, 2011 – January 28, 2012
Sweet Dreams – de la Cruz Collection, Wynwood, FL
October 21– October 23, 2011
In The Beginning – Colette, Paris, France
August 29 – September 24, 2011
:) – The Hole Gallery, New York, NY
June 10 – August 6, 2011
Rainbow City – The High Line Park, New York, NY
June 8 – July 5, 2011
2010
Rainbow City – Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
December 3 – December 5, 2010
Building Blocks – Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL
December 2, 2010 – January 8, 2011
Rainbow City – Luminato Festival of Art & Creativity, Toronto, Canada
June 15 – June 20, 2010
Day Dreamers – Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto, Canada
June 10 – July 14, 2010
2009
Pictopia Fun House – Haus der Kulturen der Welt Museum, Berlin, Germany
March 19 – May 3, 2009
2008
Fun House – Scope Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL
December 3 – December 7, 2008
Dream Maker – Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
May 2 – November 3, 2008
2007
Wish Come True – Soovac, Minneapolis, MN
September 28 – October 27, 2007
We Are Friends – Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
September 16, 2007
2006
Rainbow Valley Permanent Playground – Turnberry for the Arts, Aventura, FL
Permanent Installation
Opened on December 21, 2006
Skywalkers – Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
December 7, 2006
Birds Of Prey – Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
February 4 – March 4, 2006
Power Pond – Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
January 28, 2006 – January 20, 2008
2005
Cloud City – MOCA @ The Goldman Warehouse, North Miami, FL
December 1, 2005 – January 29, 2006
2004
Get Lucky – Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
November 20, 2004 – January 15, 2005
Get Lucky – The Box Space, Miami, FL
August 28 - September 25, 2004
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Group Shoe 3 – House of Seiko, San Francisco, CA
August 5 – mid-September 2023
Storage Wars – The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
June 24 – August 19, 2023
Just Phriends
June 20 – 24, 2023 at 8 Avenue Matignon, Paris France
June 19 – 27, 2023 on JOOPITER Auction Platform
2022
Jerry Gogosian’s Suggested Followers: How the Algorithm is Always Right – Sotheby’s, New York
Art Basel Hong Kong – Nanzuka Gallery booth, Hong Kong
2021
Pt. 2: Invasive Species – Anat Ebgi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
March 23 – May 22, 2021
2019
Happy! – NSU Art Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
October 27, 2019 – July 5, 2020
Blow Up II – Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
July 14 – September 15, 2019
Something in the Water – Virginia Beach, VA
April 26 – 28, 2019
J. Balvin stage visuals – Coachella main stage, Indio, CA
April 12 – 14 & April 19 – 21, 2019
2018
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade featuring Little Cloud – New York, NY
November 22, 2018
Flashpoint: An Intersection of History, Perseverance, and Joy – Chaos Theory, Sag Harbor, NY
Curated by Joyce Varvatos with Alexandra Hayden
July 28 – September 2, 2018
Peanuts Global Artist Collective – Hudson Square, New York, NY
April 16 – May 16, 2018
Clay Today – The Hole, New York, NY
April 10– May 6, 2018
2016
Light Cave – ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
September 21– 28, 2016
Light Spirit – Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Toronto, Canada
June 24 – 26, 2016
Art Los Angeles Contemporary – The Hole NYC Gallery booth, Los Angeles, CA
January 28– 31, 2016
2015
Nuit Blanche featuring Light Cave – City of Toronto, Canada
October 3 – 4, 2015
She Sells Seashells by the Seashore – Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
July 11 – August 2, 2015
Animotion featuring “Light Cave” – Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
June 19, 2015
2014
Gilded Holiday – Paul Kasmin’s PK Shop, New York, NY
November 5 – December 23, 2014
This is Not a Toy – DX Canada’s Design Museum, Toronto, Canada
February 7 – May 19, 2014
2013
Cast of Characters – 709 Gallery of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
April 5 – May 17, 2013
2012
Cast of Characters – Clarion University Art Gallery, Clarion, PA
November 6, 2011 – March 25, 2012
Flux Screening Series – The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
August 7, 2012
Flights from Wonder – Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
February 26 – April 22, 2012
2011
Pictoplasma: Post Digital Monsters – La Gaite Lyrique, Paris, France
December 7 – December 31, 2011
NADA Art Fair – Miami, FL
December 1 – December 4, 2011
Rainbow Friends – Coletivo Amor de Madre, Sao Paulo, Brazil
August 29– September 2, 2011
NADA Art Fair – New York, NY
July 30 – July 31, 2011
The South Florida Cultural Consortium – The Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
May 25 – August 21, 2011
Party Animals – Royal/T Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
July 9 – September 24, 2011
FACEMAKER – Royal/T Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
April 14 – May 31, 2011
Dadarhea – Canada Gallery, New York, NY
February 25 – March 27, 2011
2010
It Ain’t Fair – OHWOW Gallery, Miami, FL
December 2nd – December 5, 2010
Dadarhea - OHWOW Gallery, Miami, FL
August 13 – August 27, 2010
Re:Form School presented by REDU– New York, NY
October 9 – October 11, 2010
Manifest Equality – Los Angeles, CA
March 3 – March 7, 2010
2009
Thing: Beware the Material World – Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
April 18 – July 5, 2009
2008
Hexagone – Miami Art Space, Miami, FL
May 10 – May 31, 2008
2007
Art Parade– Deitch Projects, New York, NY
September 8, 2007
Guild – Emmanuel Galerie Perrotin, Miami, FL
May 12 – July 21, 2007
2006
The Official FriendsWithYou Bootleg Show – Helium Cowboy, Hamburg, Germany
September 23 – October 20, 2006
Pictoplasma 2 – Berlin, Germany
October 11 – October 14, 2006
Demons to Diamonds – Locusts Projects, Miami, FL
March 18 – April 22, 2006
2005
Hanging By a Thread– The Moore Space, Miami, FL
September 8 - October 22, 2005
Everywhere Show – Mendenhall Sobeiski Gallery, Pasadena, CA
July 23 – August 16, 2005
Project FOX – Copenhagen, Denmark
April 2 – April 22, 2005
Optic Nerve –Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Official selection
August 5, 2005
MOVE Conference: Stories in Motion – New York, NY
April 29 – April 30, 2005
2004
Pictoplasma – Berlin, Germany
October 11 – October 14, 2004
Characters at War – Zentralbuero, Berlin, Germany
October 1 – November 6, 2004
Aqui Uzumaki – HPGRP Hanna, Ginza Tokyo, Japan
May 23– August 31, 2004
Pictoplasma – Future is Now Gallery, New York, NY
October 28 – October 30, 2004
2003
Appetite for Mutilation –111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
FWY and David Choe
October 3 – November 15, 2003
SHIFT MOV Animation Festival – Tokyo, Japan
June 2003
Mr. Wizard the Legend of Speed –Los Angeles, CA // New York, NY
April 2003
Russian Doll Show –The Wurst Gallery, Portland, OR
September 2003
Stick ’em up –OBJEX Art Space, Miami, FL
September 2003
See This and Die –The Creek, Miami, FL
August 2003
AWARDS & GRANTS
2018
NEA Grant to bring “Rainbow City” to Shreveport, Louisiana in 2019
2010
South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Tony Goldman Family Collection, Miami, FL
Beth Rudin DeWoody, Palm Beach, FL
Montblanc International, Hamburg, Germany
Aventura Mall, Miami, FL
Soho Beach House, Miami Beach, FL
NSU Art Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
CitizenM, Miami, FL
City of Miami, Miami, FL
Cedars-Sinai Geurin Children’s, Los Angeles, CA
MONOGRAPHS & GROUP CATALOGUES
We Are FriendsWithYou, 2014. Published by Rizzoli, New York. Contributions by Pharrell Williams and Alejandro Jodorowsky, introduction by Peter Doroshenko.
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