Robert Mapplethorpe, Self Portrait, 1983. Silver gelatin print. © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, New York. Used by Permission
| ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE | |
| Born November 4, 1946, New York, NY | |
| Died March 9, 1989, Boston, MA | |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1963-70, B.F.A. Pratt Institute | |
| ALISON JACQUES GALLERY EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2016 | Teller on Mapplethorpe, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK |
| 2013 | Robert Mapplethorpe: Fashion Show, Co-curated by David Croland, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK |
| 2011 | Robert Mapplethorpe: Night Work curated by Scissor Sisters, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK |
| 2009 | Robert Mapplethorpe: A Season in Hell, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK |
| 2006 | Still Moving & Lady With photographs by Judy Linn, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK |
| 2005 | Robert Mapplethorpe curated by David Hockney, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK |
| 2003 | Robert Mapplethorpe: Sculptures and Hand Painted Photographs, AspreyJacques, London, UK |
| 2000 | Robert, Patti and Sam, AspreyJacques, London, UK |
| MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2019 | Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA |
| Robert Mapplethorpe: Obiettivo Sensibile, Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini, Rome, Italy | |
| 2018 | Robert Mapplethorpe: Choreography for an Exhibition, Museo MADRE, Naples, Italy |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal | |
| 2017 | Robert Mapplethorpe: A Perfectionist, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2016 | Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium, J. Paul Getty Museum and LACMA, Los Angeles, California, USA, travelling to Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada and Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia |
| Robert Mapplethorpe - On the Edge, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Denmark | |
| Mapplethorpe + Munch, Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway | |
| 2015 | Robert Mapplethorpe, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2014 | ARTIST ROOMS: Robert Mapplethorpe, Tate Modern, London; travelled to The Bowes Museum, Co Durham, Clydebank Museum and Art Gallery, Clydebank and Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, UK |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Grand Palais, Paris, France | |
| Mapplethorpe / Rodin, Musée Rodin, Paris, France | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe: Photographs from The Kinsey Institute Collection, Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, Indiana, USA | |
| 2013 | Robert Mapplethorpe: XYZ, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, USA | |
| 2012 | In Focus: Robert Mapplethorpe, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Burgh Hall, Dunoon, UK; traveling to Linlithgow and Perth, Australia, as part of ARTIST ROOMS | |
| 2011 | Robert Mapplethorpe, Forma, Milan, Italy |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California, USA | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe Flowers: Selections from the JP Morgan Chase Art Collection, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, USA | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm | |
| 2010 | Robert Mapplethorpe: Photography with Sculpture, Towner Museum, Eastbourne, UK |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Museums Sheffield, Sheffield, UK (Artist Rooms Tour) | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Museo d'Arte della Città di Lugano - Villa Malpensata, Lugano, Switzerland | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California, USA | |
| 2009 | Robert Mapplethorpe: Polaroids, The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanstone, Illinois, USA |
| Robert Mapplethorpe: Portraits, Palm Springs Art Museum, California, USA | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Mallorca, Spain | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness, UK (Artist Rooms Tour) | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, TR 3 Gallery and National Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe: Polaroids, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe: Portraits, Centre for Creative Photography, Tuscon, Arizona, USA | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Malaga, Spain | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Accademia Gallery, Florence, Italy | |
| 2008 | Polaroids: Mapplethorpe, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA |
| 2006 | Robert Mapplethorpe: Porträts und Erotik, Stadtgalerie, Klagenfurt, Austria |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK | |
| A unique evening of poetry and screening of Still Moving (1978) collaborative work between Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith, Tate Modern, London, UK | |
| 2005 | Robert Mapplethorpe: Tra Antico e Moderno, Una Antologia, Palazzina della Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin, Italy |
| Robert Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition: Photographs and Mannerist Prints, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe: Porträts und Erotik, Galerie im alten Rathaus, Prienam am Chiemsee, Germany | |
| 2003 | Robert Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition: Photographs and Mannerist Prints, Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, Germany |
| 2000 | The Perfect Moment, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California, USA |
| Robert Mapplethorpe Retrospective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sapporo, Japan | |
| 1999 | Centre Cultural La Beneficencia, Valencia, Spain |
| 1998 | Akita Senshu Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan |
| Daimaru Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan | |
| 1997 | Museo de Art Moderna, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Staatdgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 1997 | Takishimaya Grand Hall, Osaka, Japan |
| Fukishima Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukishima, Japan | |
| Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art, Asahikawa, Japan | |
| Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan | |
| Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa, Japan | |
| Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Shinjuku, Japan | |
| 1996 | Hayward Gallery, London, UK |
| Gallery of Photography, Dublin, UK | |
| Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1995 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia |
| Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia | |
| City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 1994 | The Robert Mapplethorpe Gallery, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA |
| Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel | |
| Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain | |
| Kunsthaus, Vienna, Austria | |
| 1993 | Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, USA |
| Robert Mapplethorpe European Retrospective, Moderna Musset, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Centro Per L'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Italy | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Museo D'Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy | |
| Residence of Embassador Negroponte, Manila, Philippines | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Museo Pecci Prato, Prato, Italy | |
| Turun Taidemuseo, Turku, Finland | |
| Palais Des Beaux Arts, Brussells, Belgium | |
| 1992 | Mapplethorpe Versus Rodin, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany. Catalogue with text by Germano Celant |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark. Catalogue with text by Germano Celant; traveled to Centro di Documetazione di Palazzo di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy | |
| Museo de Monterray, Monterray, Mexico | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum, Tokyo, Japan; traveled to Contemporary Art Gallery, Ibaraki, Japan; Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Japan; Naguya City Art Museum, Modern Art Museum of Shiga, Japan. Retrospective Catalogue. | |
| I.C.A.C. Weston Gallery, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Fortuny Museum, Venice, Italy | |
| Museum for Kunst and Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 1991 | Musee d'Art Contemporain, Foundation Edelman, Pully/Lausanne, Switzerland. Catalogue with text by Chantal Michetti and C.A. Riley. |
| 1989 | The Modernist Still Life Photographed, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Sala D'Ercole di Palazzo D'Accursio, Bologna, Italy | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe Een Retrospective, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Citadelpark, Gent, Belgium | |
| 1988 | Robert Mapplethorpe, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands; traveled to Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. Catalogue with text by Els Barents. |
| Mapplethorpe: Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK. Catalogue with text by Peter Conrad. | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, The Perfect Moment, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Catalogue with text by Janet Kardon, David Joselit, Kay Larson, and Patti Smith. Traveled to Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Washington Project for the Arts, Washington D.C., USA; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachisetts, USA and Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | |
| Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA. Catalogue with text by Richard Marshall et al. | |
| Autoportraits, Au Grand Palais, Paris, France. | |
| 1986 | Robert Mapplethorpe: Photographs 1976 - 1985, Australian Center for Contemporary Art, South Yarra, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Catalogue with text by Paul Foss. |
| 1984 | Lady, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan. Catalogue. |
| Matrix 80, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe, Lucio Amelio Foundzione, Naples, Italy | |
| 1983 | Robert Mapplethorpe: 1970-1983, Institute of Contemporary Art, London. Traveled to Stills, Edinburgh; Arnolfini, Bristol; Midland Group, Nottingham; and Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. Catalogue with text By Stuart Morgan and Alan Hollinghurst. |
| 1983 | Centro di Documentazione di Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy; traveled to Palazzo Delle Centro Finestre, Florence, Italy. Catalogue with text by Germano Celant. |
| Franco American Institute, Rennes, France | |
| 1982 | Robert Mapplethorpe, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, Lousiana, USA |
| Nikon foto Galerie. Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 1981 | Robert Mapplethorpe, Kustverein, Frankfurter am Main; traveled to Fotogalerie Forum |
| Stadtpark, Graz, Austria; Modern Art Galerie, Vienna, Austria; PPC Galerie F.C. Gundlach, Hamburg, Germany; Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland; Kunstverein, Munich, Germany; and Nikon Foto Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland. Catalogue with text by Sam Wagstaff and Peter Weiermair. | |
| 1979 | Trade Off, International Center of Photography, New York, USA (with Lynn Davis) |
| 1978 | The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Catalogue with text by Mario Amaya. |
| Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, USA | |
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | |
| The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA | |
| Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia | |
| BAMPFA (Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive), Berkeley, California, USA | |
| Bank of America Collection, San Francisco, California, USA | |
| Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, USA | |
| Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, USA | |
| Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA | |
| Centre Pompidou, Paris, France | |
| Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, New York, USA | |
| Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, USA | |
| Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, USA | |
| Dallas Musuem of Art, Dallas, Texas, USA | |
| Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany | |
| George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, USA | |
| Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, USA | |
| J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, USA | |
| Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA | |
| Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan | |
| High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA | |
| Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA | |
| International Center of Photography, New York, USA | |
| Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel | |
| Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA | |
| Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan | |
| LACMA, Los Angeles, California, USA | |
| La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California, USA | |
| Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA | |
| Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA | |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA | |
| Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada | |
| Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany | |
| Museum of Art, Norman, Oklahoma | |
| Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois, USA | |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA | |
| Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA | |
| Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain | |
| National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Canada | |
| National Gallery of Australia, Parkes, Australia | |
| National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK | |
| National Portrait Gallery, London, UK | |
| New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | |
| Portland Center of the Visual Art, California, USA | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, USA | |
| Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA | |
| Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C, USA | |
| Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA | |
| Tate, London, UK | |
| Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy | |
| Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK | |
| Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA | |
| Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | |
| Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA | |