Tim Rollins and K.O.S.

Biography

Tim Rollins studied fine art at the University of Maine and earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. After graduate studies in art education and philosophy at New York University, Rollins began teaching art for special education middle school students in a South Bronx public school. In 1984, he launched the Art and Knowledge Workshop in the Bronx together with a group of at-risk students who called themselves K.O.S. (Kids of Survival). In 1997, the documentary, “Kids of Survival: The Art and Life of Tim Rollins & K.O.S.” was widely received at the London Film Festival, Cinema de Real, France and the Hamptons International Film Festival.

The group has exhibited extensively worldwide at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (1988); the DIA Art Foundation, New York (1989); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1990); the ICA Boston (1994); de Young Museum, San Francisco (2000); the Tate Gallery, London (2004); the Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2006); P.S. 1 MoMA (2006); The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2007); and AMP, Athens (2008) among others.

A retrospective of the group’s 20-year career opened at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in 2009 and travelled to the Frye Museum in Seattle and the ICA Philadelphia later that year. A fully illustrated hardcover catalogue, co-published by the Tang Museum and MIT Press, accompanied the exhibition. Most recently Tim Rollins & K.O.S. has exhibited at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy; and will be exhibiting at Lehmann Maupin Gallery through the end of April 2011. Upcoming exhibitions will be presented at the Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel and Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland.

The group’s work is represented in prestigious public and private collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Hirshhorn Museum of Art, Washington D.C.; the Tate Gallery, London and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington D.C. Tim Rollins and K.O.S. are based in New York City. To download artist's CV, please click on "Printable PDF of Full Text"
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Gallery Exhibitions

• Frieze New York, Booth C10 - May 4 - 7, 2012
• Frieze Art Fair 2011, Booth F16 - October 13 - 16, 2011
• Art 42 Basel, Booth J9 - June 15 - 19, 2011
• Tim Rollins and K.O.S. - March 24 - April 30, 2011
• VIP Art Fair - January 22 - 30, 2011
• Art 41 Basel, Hall 2.1 Booth J8 - June 16 - 20, 2010
• Art Basel Miami Beach 2009, Booth F19 - December 3 - 6, 2009
• Tim Rollins and K.O.S. - October 23, 2008 - February 7, 2009
• Art Basel Miami Beach 2008, Booth F14 - December 4 - 7, 2008
• You & Me, Sometimes..., Curated by Sandra Antelo-Suarez/TRANS - March 20 - May 3, 2008

Museum Exhibitions

• Frieze New York, Booth C10 - May 4 - 7, 2012
• Frieze Art Fair 2011, Booth F16 - October 13 - 16, 2011
• Art 42 Basel, Booth J9 - June 15 - 19, 2011
• Tim Rollins and K.O.S. - March 24 - April 30, 2011
• VIP Art Fair - January 22 - 30, 2011
• Art 41 Basel, Hall 2.1 Booth J8 - June 16 - 20, 2010
• Art Basel Miami Beach 2009, Booth F19 - December 3 - 6, 2009
• Tim Rollins and K.O.S. - October 23, 2008 - February 7, 2009
• Art Basel Miami Beach 2008, Booth F14 - December 4 - 7, 2008
• You & Me, Sometimes..., Curated by Sandra Antelo-Suarez/TRANS - March 20 - May 3, 2008

Press

• Time Out New York Download PDF ()
• Monopol
• Frieze Download PDF ()
• Financial Times Download PDF ()
• Artspace
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• Artforum Download PDF ()

Publications

• Tim Rollins and K.O.S., A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Tim Rollins and K.O.S, I see the promised land (after the Rev. Dr. M. L. King, Jr.) Black and Yellow
• Tim Rollins and K.O.S, Metamorphosen (after Richard Strauss) #2
• Tim Rollins and K.O.S, Invisible Man (after Ralph Ellison)
• Tim Rollins and K.O.S, Metamorphosen (after Richard Strauss) #1
• Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Kids of Survival: The Life and Art of Tim Rollins and KOS (DVD)

Selected Works

TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. A Midsummer Night's Dream (after Shakespeare and Mendelssohn), 2009 watercolor, acrylic and india ink, collage, offset music score on paper on canvas 42 x 48 inches 106.7 x 121.9 cm collaboration with P.S. 50 LM12478


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. A Midsummer Night's Dream (after Shakespeare and Mendelssohn) (detail), 2009 watercolor, acrylic and india ink, collage, offset music score on paper on canvas 42 x 48 inches 106.7 x 121.9 cm collaboration with P.S. 50 LM12478


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. The River - Meander II (after Edward "Duke" Ellington), 2011 indigo ink, xerography, rag paper on panels 16 panels, each: 14 x 11 inches 35.6 x 27.9 cm LM14693


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. The River - Meander II (after Edward "Duke" Ellington) (detail), 2011 indigo ink, xerography, rag paper on panels 16 panels, each: 14 x 11 inches 35.6 x 27.9 cm LM14693


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. The River - Meander II (after Edward "Duke" Ellington) (detail), 2011 indigo ink, xerography, rag paper on panels 16 panels, each: 14 x 11 inches 35.6 x 27.9 cm LM14693


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Animal Farm (After George Orwell) - McCain and Palin, 2008 tbc - canvas 74 x 92 inches 188 x 233.7 cm LM11981


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. By Any Means Necessary (after Malcolm X), 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 72 inches 182.9 x 182.9 cm LM11963


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. By Any Means Necessary (after Malcolm X) (detail), 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 72 inches 182.9 x 182.9 cm LM11963


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. By Any Means Necessary (after Malcolm X), 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 72 inches 182.9 x 182.9 cm LM11962


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. By Any Means Necessary (after Malcolm X) (detail), 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 72 inches 182.9 x 182.9 cm LM11962


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. I see the promised land - Daniel Boccato (after the Rev. Dr. M. L. King, Jr.), 2008 watercolor and pencil on book page 9 x 6.5 inches 22.9 x 16.5 cm LM11044


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Slave Girl, 2008 satin ribbons, fabric paint and book pages on canvas painting: 84 x 108 inches 213.4 x 274.3 cm overall dimensions: 174 x 108 inches 442 x 274.3 cm LM11966


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Slave Girl (detail), 2008 satin ribbons, fabric paint and book pages on canvas painting: 84 x 108 inches 213.4 x 274.3 cm overall dimensions: 174 x 108 inches 442 x 274.3 cm LM11966


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Suffering and Faith, 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 72 inches 182.9 x 182.9 cm LM11964


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Suffering and Faith (detail), 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 72 inches 182.9 x 182.9 cm LM11964


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Invisible Man (after Ralph Ellison), 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 36 x 36 inches 91.4 x 91.4 cm LM11952


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Metamorphosen (After Richard Strauss), 2008 india ink on music score pages on canvas 48 x 120 inches 121.9 x 304.8 cm


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Where Do We Go From Here, 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 96 inches 182.9 x 243.8 cm LM11965


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Where Do We Go From Here (detail), 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 96 inches 182.9 x 243.8 cm LM11965


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Harlem (2) (after the Langston Hughes), 2007 tempera, watercolor, abaca paper, collage, xerograph on rag paper 6 x 4.5 inches 15.2 x 11.4 cm LM11045


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Dracula (after Bram Stoker), 1983 acrylic on book pages mounted on canvas 108 x 144 inches 274.3 x 365.8 cm LM13334

Available Works

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TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Slave Girl, 2008 satin ribbons, fabric paint and book pages on canvas painting: 84 x 108 inches 213.4 x 274.3 cm overall dimensions: 174 x 108 inches 442 x 274.3 cm LM11966 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. The Great Gatsby IV (After F.S. Fitzgerald), 2011 acrylic on book pages on canvas 36 x 60 x 1.5 inches 91.4 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm LM14607 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. The Great Gatsby IV (After F.S. Fitzgerald) (detail), 2011 acrylic on book pages on canvas 36 x 60 x 1.5 inches 91.4 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm LM14607 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - On the Raft (after Mark Twain), 2011 matte acrylic, book pages on canvas 96 x 72 x 1.5 inches 243.8 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm LM14598 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - Act I (after Brecht and Weill), 2011 butcher's twine, whiskey, shellac, acrylic over book pages on canvas 46 x 72 x 1.5 inches 116.8 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm LM14610 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - Act I (after Brecht and Weill) (detail), 2011 butcher's twine, whiskey, shellac, acrylic over book pages on canvas 46 x 72 x 1.5 inches 116.8 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm LM14610 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Where Do We Go From Here, 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 96 inches 182.9 x 243.8 cm LM11965 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Suffering and Faith, 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 72 inches 182.9 x 182.9 cm LM11964 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. I see the promised land (after the Rev. Dr. M. L. King, Jr.) Triangle, 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 108 x 72 inches 274.3 x 182.9 cm LM11960 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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TIM ROLLINS AND K.O.S. Invisible Man (after Ralph Ellison), 2008 india ink and pencil on book page 4.5 x 4.5 inches (paper) 11.4 x 11.4 cm 6.5 x 6.5 inches (framed) 16.5 x 16.5 cm LM12003 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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TIM ROLLINS AND K.O.S. Metamorphosen (after Richard Strauss) #7, 2008 india ink on music score page 11.75 x 9 inches (paper) 29.8 x 22.9 cm 14 x 11 inches (framed) 35.6 x 27.9 cm LM12008 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Blossom and The Sick Rose 1 - 6 ( after William Blake from "Songs of Innocence and Experience"), 2009 watercolor, acrylic ink, blood, Thai mulberry paper, chine colle, xerograph on rag paper set of two elements, each element: 4 x 2.5 inches 10.2 x 6.4 cm (paper) 10.5 x 8.5 x 1.25 inches 26.7 x 21.6 x 3.2 cm (framed) LM12315 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

Installation Stills

Installation at Lehmann Maupin Gallery 540 W. 26th Street


Installation at Lehmann Maupin Gallery 540 W. 26th Street


Installation at Lehmann Maupin Gallery 540 W. 26th Street


Installation at Lehmann Maupin Gallery 540 W. 26th Street


Installation at Lehmann Maupin Gallery 540 W. 26th Street