Biographie: Jeff Koons, plasticien, sculpteur, photographe et peintre Américain

BORN: York, Pennsylvania, 1955

EDUCATION:

1976 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, B.F.A.

1975-76 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

1972-75 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

AWARDS AND HONORS:

2011 Received the Bruce Museum Artist Icon Award in the Arts (4/11

2010 Jeff was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy

Unveiling of RxArt Jeff Koons CT Scanner installation at Advocate Hope

Children’s Hospital (June 29, 2010)

Jeff was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy

The 17th BMW Art Car created by Jeff Koons raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, France

2009 Received the award in the best "Exhibition Outside the United States" category

for Jeff Koons Versailles, Rob Pruitt's First Annual Arts Awards at the Solomon

Guggenheim Museum,New York, New York, October 29, 2009

The John Singleton Copley Award, The American Associates of the Royal Academy,
New York, New York National Arts Club Medal of Honor

Maryland Institute College of Art Alumni Medal of Honor

Governor's Awards for the Arts Distinguished Arts Award, York, Pennsylvania

2008 Honorary Doctorate, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Wollaston Award, Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K

2007 The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, along with The International

Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, have developed the Koons Family

International Law and Policy Institute; for the purpose of combating global issues

of child abduction and exploitation

Promoted by President Jacques Chirac from Chevalier to Officier of the French Legion

of Honor for his ongoing strengthening of relations between France and the United

States Artist of the Year, American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art &

Architecture

2006 Artistic Achievement Award, Americans For The Arts, Washington, D.C.

2005 Creative Patronage Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Elected to the American Academy for Arts and Sciences

Honored by the Edwin Gould Services for Children and Families

2003 Museum of Fine Arts School Medal Award, Boston, Massachusetts

2002 Appointed to the Board of Directors, International Centre for Missing & Exploited

Children Inducted to the Signet Society for Arts and Letters at Harvard University

Received a Doctorate of Fine Arts, Honoris Causa, from The Corcoran, Washington D.C.

Global Vision Award, Second Annual Hope Awards, National Center for Missing &

Exploited Children, Arlington, Virginia

Awarded the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, Skowhegan School of Arts

2001 Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, nominated by President Jacques Chirac and

presented by Jean-Jacques Aillagon, President of Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris,

2000 BZ Cultural Award from the City of Berlin, Germany

1999 Art Start for Children Award, Learning Through Art/The Guggenheim Museum Children’s
Program