Samuel Albert Borkson 1979, Plantation, FL
Arturo Sandoval III 1976, Havana, Cuba
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Ocean - Temple of the Sacred Heart - PARCO Museum Tokyo
September 13th - September 30th, 2024
Little Cloud World – Covent Garden, London
August – October 2024
Optimal Vibration Alignment – MOCA Los Angeles, CA
March 2nd, 2024
"The Happy Dancing Rainbow Alliance" Parade on Park Avenue & “Little Cloud Sky” at Yoyogi Park, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan – January 12th – 14th, 2024
2023
Earth Angel – Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
April 15th, 2023 – April 22nd, 2024
2022
Starchild – 41st St. & Pine Tree Dr. Miami Beach, FL
November 30th, 2022 – present (permanent public artwork)
Beautiful War – Nanzuka Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
May 15th – June 12th, 2022
Quantum Garden – Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
February 10th – March 13th, 2022
2021
FriendsWithYou’s Little Cloud Sky – Espanola Way, Miami Beach, FL
December 2nd – April 8th, 2022
My Little Playhouse – Dongtan Gallery, South Korea
November 28th, 2021 - February 20th, 2022
Happy World Hong Kong - West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
September 23rd – October 6th, 2021
Happy World – On a Cloud - Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
June 11th – May 29th, 2022
2020
Little Cloud & The Dance - Aspen Snowmass, Aspen, CO
December 2020 – 2021
Little Cloud – Nanzuka 2G Gallery Japan
October 23rd – November 15th, 2020
The Dance and Recent Works – Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
January 12th – March 15th, 2020
2019
Rainbow City Shreveport (via NEA Grant) – Shreveport, LA
November 2nd – December 8, 2019
In to the Clouds – Brookfield Place, Toronto, Canada
July 24th – September 3rd, 2019
Follow Me – Avalon Hotel, Palm Springs, CA
April 13 – 14, 2019
2018
Rainbow City Roller Rink – Library Street Collective (at 1001 Woodward Avenue) Detroit, MI
November 30th, 2018 – January 27th, 2019
Playworks: Forever & Ever – The Hole ON CANAL, New York, NY
November 17th – December 15th, 2018
Playworks: The Golden Age – Arsham/Fieg Gallery, New York, NY
November 20th, 2018 – January 7th, 2019
Pop World – Complex Con, Long Beach, CA
November 3 – 4, 2018
In to the Clouds – Westfield San Francisco Centre, San Francisco, CA
May 14th – October 21st, 2018
Happy Rainbow – Singapore
May - June 2018
Play Works – Solo booth with The Pit @ ALAC
January 25th – January 28th, 2018
2017
Nature’s Gift: Humans, Friends & The Unknown – Oakland Museum of California
October 7th, 2017 – January 21st, 2018
Little Cloud – The Street, Chestnut Hill, MA
August 1st – May 2018
2016
Super Moon – Seokchon Lake in Seoul, Korea
September 1st – October 3rd, 2016
Light Wave – The Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles, CA
July 7th – September 8th, 2016
2015
Light Spirit – Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
December 2nd – 6th, 2015
Rainbow City – Central Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
May 28th – June 25th, 2015
Light Cave – Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
April 8th – 12th, 2015
2014
Light Cave – The Standard, High Line, New York, NY
Commissioned by Art Production Fund & The Standard Hotel
September 8th – October 1st, 2014
Universal Reversal – Marine Projects, Santa Monica, CA
March 22nd - May 31st, 2014
2013
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Mondrian South Beach, Miami Beach, FL
December 5th, 2013 – January 7th, 2014
Psychic Stones – Paul Kasmin’s PK Shop, New York, NY
October 24th - November 9th, 2013
Inner Vision in Between – MCLEMOI Gallery, Sydney, Australia
February 16th - April 11th, 2013
Happy Gift - Hyundai Department Gardens in Seoul
2012
Happy Rainbow – Tuen Mun Town Plaza, Hong Kong, China
July 22nd - September 2nd, 2012
2011
Inner Space, The Secrets of the Unknown – The Hole Annex in Miami, FL
December 1st, 2011 - January 28th, 2012
Sweet Dreams – de la Cruz Collection- Wynwood, FL
October 21st - October 23rd, 2011
In The Beginning – Colette, Paris, France
August 29th - September 24th, 2011
:) – The Hole Gallery, New York, NY
June 10th - August 6th, 2011
Rainbow City – The High Line Park, New York, NY
June 8th - July 5th, 2011
2010
Rainbow City – Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
December 3rd - December 5th, 2010
Building Blocks - Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
December 2nd, 2010 - January 8th, 2011
Rainbow City – Luminato Festival of Art & Creativity, Toronto, Canada
June 15th - June 20th, 2010
Day Dreamers – Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto, Canada
June 10th - July 14th, 2010
2009
Pictopia Fun House - Haus der Kulturen der Welt Museum, Berlin, Germany
March 19th - May 3rd, 2009
2008
Fun House – Scope Art Fair, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
December 3rd - December 7th, 2008
Dream Maker - Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
May 2nd - November 3rd, 2008
2007
Wish Come True - Soovac, Minneapolis, MN
September 28th - October 27th, 2007
We Are Friends - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
September 16th, 2007
2006
Rainbow Valley Permanent Playground – Turnberry for the Arts, Aventura, FL
December 21st, 2006 – Current
Skywalkers – (Inflatable parade on the beach), Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
December 7th, 2006
Birds Of Pray - Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
February 4th - March 4th, 2006
Power Pond – Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
January 28th, 2006 - January 20th, 2008
2005
Cloud City – Museum of Contemporary Art @ The Goldman Warehouse, North Miami, FL
December 1st, 2005 - January 29th, 2006
2004
Get Lucky - Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
November 20th, 2004 - January 15th, 2005
Get Lucky - The Box Space, Miami, FL
August 28th - September 25th, 2004
Group Exhibitions
2024
GAVLAK Presents: Flaming June – East Hampton, NY
June 28th – July 7th, 2024
FooFoo - The Momentary at Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, AR
June 7 - Dec. 9, 2024
2023
The Bright Side of the Desert Moon – Salam Park, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
November 30th – December 16th, 2023
Making Miami: The Story of an Art Community – Miami, FL
December 6 – 26, 2023
It’s Not a Landscape, It’s Not a Seascape, It’s an Escape – Oolite Arts, Miami, FL
December 9th – May 26th, 2024
Blow Up II: Inflatable Contemporary Art – Gregg Museum of Art & Design, North Carolina
November 4th, 2023 – January 28, 2024
Group Show curated by Alvaro Ilizarbe – Gallery Sade, Los Angeles, CA
September 16th – October 15th, 2023
Group Shoe 3 curated by Mario Ayala – House of Seiko, San Francisco, CA
August 5th – September 17th, 2023
Storage Wars – The Hole, Los Angeles
June 24th - August 19th, 2023
Just Phriends – 8 Avenue Matignon, Paris France
June 20th - June 24th, 2023 & on JOOPITER Auction Platform
Group show at The Pit – Los Angeles, CA
March 4th – April 8th, 2023
Think Pinker, curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody – Gavlak Los Angeles
February 11th – April 29th, 2023
2022
Jerry Gogosian’s Suggested Followers: How the Algorithm is Always Right – Sotheby’s, New York
Art Basel Hong Kong – Human, Nanzuka Gallery booth, Hong Kong
2021
Pt. 2: Invasive Species – Anat Ebgi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
March 23rd – May 22nd, 2021
2019
Happy! - NSU Art Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
October 27th, 2019 – July 5th, 2020
Blow Up II - Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
July 14th – September 15th, 2019
Something in the Water – Virginia Beach, VA
April 26th – 28th, 2019
J. Balvin stage visuals - Coachella main stage, Indio, CA (followed by Arcoiris world tour)
April 12th – 14th & Apr. 19th – 21st, 2019
2018
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade featuring Little Cloud – New York, NY
November 22nd, 2018
Flashpoint: An Intersection of History, Perseverance, and Joy – Chaos Theory, Curated by Joyce Varvatos with Alexandra Hayden, Sag Harbor, NY
July 28th – September 2nd, 2018
Peanuts Global Artist Collective - Hudson Square neighborhood, NYC
April 16th – May 16th, 2018
Clay Today – The Hole, New York, NY
April 10th – May 6th, 2018
2016
Light Cave – Artprize, Grand Rapids, MI
September 21st – 28th, 2016
Light Spirit – Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Toronto, Canada
June 24th – 26th, 2016
Art Los Angeles Contemporary w/ The Hole NYC - Los Angeles, CA
January 28th – 31st, 2016
2015
Nuit Blanche featuring Light Cave – City of Toronto, Canada
October 3rd – 4th, 2015
She Sells Seashells by the Seashore – Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
July 11th – August 2nd, 2015
Animotion featuring “Light Cave” - Albright-Knox Art Gallery
June 19, 2015
2014
Gilded Holiday – Paul Kasmin’s PK Shop, New York, NY
November 5 – December 23rd, 2014
This is Not a Toy – DX Canada’s Design Museum, Toronto, Canada
February 7th – May 19th, 2014
2013
Cast of Characters – 709 Gallery of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
April 5th – May 17th, 2013
2012
Cast of Characters – Clarion University Art Gallery, Clarion, PA
November 6th - March 25th, 2012
Flux Screening Series – The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
August 7th, 2012
Flights from Wonder – Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
February 26th - April 22nd, 2012
2011
Pictoplasma: Post Digital Monsters – La Gaite Lyrique, Paris, France
December 7th - December 31st, 2011
NADA Art Fair – Miami, FL
December 1st - December 4th, 2011
Rainbow Friends – Coletivo Amor de Madre, Sao Paulo, Brazil
August 29th - September 2nd, 2011
NADA Art Fair – New York, NY
July 30th - July 31st, 2011
The South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition – The Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
May 25th - August 21st, 2011
Party Animals – Royal/T Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
July 9th - September 24th, 2011
FACEMAKER – Royal/T Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
April 14th - May 31st, 2011
Dadarhea – Canada Gallery, New York, NY
February 25th - March 27th, 2011
2010
It Ain’t Fair – OHWOW Gallery, Miami, FL
December 2nd - December 5th, 2010
Dadarhea - OHWOW Gallery, Miami, FL
August 13th - August 27th, 2010
Re:Form School presented by REDU - New York, NY
October 9th - October 11th, 2010
Manifest Equality – Los Angeles, CA
March 3rd - March 7th
2009
Thing: Beware the Material World – Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
April 18th - July 5th, 2009
2008
Hexagone – Miami Art Space, Miami, Fl
May 10th - May 31st, 2008
2007
Art Parade– Deitch Projects, New York, NY
September 8th, 2007
Guild – Emmanuel Galerie Perrotin, Miami, FL
May 12th - July 21st, 2007
2006
The Official FriendsWithYou Bootleg Show – Helium Cowboy, Hamburg, Germany
September 23rd - October 20th, 2006
Pictoplasma 2 - Berlin, Germany
October 11th - October 14th, 2006
Demons to Diamonds - Locusts Projects, Miami, FL
March 18th - April 22nd, 2006
2005
Hanging By a Thread - The Moore Space, Miami, FL
September 8th - October 22nd, 2005
Everywhere Show - Mendenhall Sobeiski Gallery, Pasadena, CA
July 23rd - August 16th, 2005
Project FOX - Copenhagen, Denmark
April 2nd - April 22nd, 2005
Optic Nerve - Official selection – Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
August 5th, 2005
MOVE Conference: Stories in Motion - New York, NY
April 29th - April 30th, 2005
2004
Pictoplasma - Berlin, Germany
October 11th - October 14th, 2004
Characters at War - Zentralbuero, Berlin, Germany
October 1st - November 6th, 2004
Aqui Uzumaki - HPGRP Hanna, Ginza Tokyo, Japan
May 23rd - August 31st, 2004
Pictoplasma - Future is Now Gallery, NY, NY
October 28th - October 30th, 2004
2003
Appetite for Mutilation - FWY and Dave Choe Exhibition - 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
October 3rd - November 15th, 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
Select Collections
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum - Madrid, Spain
Moco Museum - Barcelona, Spain
NSU Art Museum – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
City of Miami Beach – Public Art Collection, FL
Museum of Contemporary Art - Miami, FL
Cedars Sinai Hospital - Los Angeles, CA
Aventura Mall - Miami, FL
Montblanc International – Hamburg, Germany
Soho Beach House – Miami Beach, FL
CitizenM Hotel, Miami, FL
Beth Rudin DeWoody – Palm Beach, FL
David Tisch – New York, NY
Donald Sussman – Miami, FL
Laurie Ziegler – Los Angeles, CA
Robert Sussman (The Franks-Suss Collection)
Rosanne Ziering – Los Angeles, CA
Suzi Cordish - Maryland
Tony Goldman Family Collection – Miami, FL
Wasserman Family Collection – Los Angeles, CA
Permanent Public Artwork
Little Cloud Dream, Commissioned by Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, 2023
Starchild, Commissioned by City of Miami Beach, 2022
Rainbow Totem and the Magic Pyramid, Commissioned by CitizenM Miami Worldcenter, 2021
Lucky Sky, Commissioned by CitizenM San Francisco, 2020
Rainbow Valley, Commissioned by Turnberry for the Arts, 2006
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