John Waters

♂ *1946 / United States

Solo exhibitions

The Worst of Waters

Rena Bransten Projects, San Francisco (US)
21 Sep 2024 – 16 Nov 2024
THE WORST OF WATERS

C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore (US)
10 Mar 2022 – 16 Apr 2022
Indecent Exposure

Wexner Center for Art, Columbus (US)
2 Feb 2019 – 28 Apr 2019
Indecent Exposure

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore (US)
7 Oct 2018 – 6 Jan 2019
HOW MUCH CAN YOU TAKE?

Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich (CH)
14 Aug 2015 – 1 Nov 2015
Beverly Hills John

Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York (US)
9 Jan 2015 – 14 Feb 2015
BAD DIRECTOR´S CHAIR

Sprüth Magers, Berlin (DE)
7 Feb 2014 – 8 Mar 2014
Rear Projections

Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
11 Apr 2009 – 23 May 2009
Rear Projection

Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York (US)
3 Apr 2009 – 2 May 2009
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Rena Bransten Projects, San Francisco (US)
12 Jul 2007 – 18 Aug 2007
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Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York (US)
21 Apr 2006 – 20 May 2006
Change of Life

Orange County Museum, Newport Beach (US)
30 Oct 2005 – 15 Jan 2006
Change of Life

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
29 May 2004 – 22 Aug 2004
Change of Life

New Museum, New York (US)
8 Feb 2004 – 2 May 2004
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Rena Bransten Projects, San Francisco (US)
20 Nov 2003 – 3 Jan 2004

Group

20th Century Film Stills Hollywood & Beyond

Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York (US)
30 Jul 2026 – 25 Sep 2026

with John Bryson, Philippe Halsman, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Meisel, Richard C. Miller, Andy Warhol, Weegee
Seriously

curated by Nana Bahlmann, featuring over a hundred conceptual photographs,

SPRÜTH MAGERS, London (GB)
21 Nov 2025 – 31 Jan 2026

with Bas Jan Ader, Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Keith Arnatt, John Baldessari, Massimo Bartolini, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Lynda Benglis, Helen Chadwick, Robert Cumming, Thomas Demand, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Braco Dimitrijevic …
Faces

Monte Clark Vancouver, Vancouver (CA)
16 Aug 2025 – 22 Nov 2025

with Roy Arden, Douglas Coupland, Rineke Dijkstra, Tim Gardner, Anthony Goicolea, Owen Kydd, Helen Levitt, Danny Lyon, Stephen Waddell, Jeff Wall, Weegee
Fraenkenstein

Created by Jeffrey Fraenkel & Jordan Stein

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco (US)
30 May 2024 – 10 Aug 2024

with Diane Arbus, Bruce Conner, Kota Ezawa, Nan Goldin, Katy Grannan, Martine Gutierrez, Whitney Hubbs, Peter Hujar, George Kuchar, Christian Marclay, Wardell Milan, Richard Misrach …
Relentless Melt

LAUNCH F18, New York (US)
5 Mar 2022 – 26 Mar 2022

with Aneta Bartos, Barbara Ess, Tommy Kha, Sarah Palmer, Sasha Phyars-Burgess , Gus Van Sant, Masao Yamamoto
PRIDE

#Stonewall50 anniversary

Postmasters, New York (US)
6 Jun 2019 – 20 Jul 2019

with Tom Bianchi, Nayland Blake, Anthony Goicolea, Barbara Hammer, Karine Laval, Marilyn Minter, Catherine Opie, Zachary Tye Richardson, Lissa Rivera, Martin Schoeller, Mickalene Thomas
Kinship

Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco (US)
19 Jul 2018 – 31 Aug 2018

with Lynn Hershman, Isaac Julien, Barbara Kasten, Hank Willis Thomas, Catherine Wagner
The Portrait Show

Rena Bransten Projects, San Francisco (US)
23 Jun 2018 – 18 Aug 2018

with Dawoud Bey, Jonathan Calm, Leiko Ikemura, Dorothea Lange, David Linger, Tracey Moffatt, Tracey Snelling, Henry Wessel
ART & ENTERTAINMENT

MAMCO art contemporain, Genève (CH)
28 Feb 2018 – 29 Apr 2018

with Alex Bag, Gretchen Bender, Jennifer Bolande, General Idea, Gilbert & George, Rodney Graham, Gary Gross, Robert Heinecken, Pierre Huyghe, Mike Kelley, Mark Leckey, Paul McCarthy …
The 57th International Art Exhibition - VIVA ARTE VIVA

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
13 May 2017 – 26 Nov 2017

with Bas Jan Ader, Nevin Aladag, Leonor Antunes, Jelili Atiku, Charles Atlas, Kader Attia, Irma Blank, Michel Blazy, Dirk Braeckman, Julian Charriere, Attila Csoergoe, Pauline Curnier Jardin …
ON AIME L'ART...!!

La Collection agnès b. près de 400 œuvres de la collection d’agnès b.

Collection Lambert, Avignon (FR)
6 Jul 2017 – 5 Nov 2017

with Berenice Abbott, Absalon, Leila Alaoui, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Kenneth Anger, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Roger Ballen, Cecil Beaton, Ernest James Bellocq, Abdelkader Benchamma, Richard Billingham …
These American Lives

Rena Bransten Projects, San Francisco (US)
18 Mar 2016 – 14 May 2016

with Dawoud Bey, Doug Hall, Chip Lord
Glam! The Performance of Style

Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (GB)
8 Feb 2013 – 12 May 2013

with James Bidgood, Richard Hamilton, Peter Hujar, Cindy Sherman, Jack Smith, Andy Warhol
Decline and fall

Rena Bransten Projects, San Francisco (US)
2 Jul 2009 – 1 Aug 2009

with Candida Hoefer, Doug Hall, Martin Klimas, Ian McDonald, Andrew Moore, Vik Muniz
Postcards from the Edge: 10th Annual Visual AIDS Benefit Exhibition

NORR COHAN, New York (US)
30 Nov 2007 – 2 Dec 2007

with Vito Acconci, Roland Biermann, Nayland Blake, AA Bronson, Nan Goldin, Ann Hamilton, Alfredo Jaar, Marilyn Minter, William Wegman
Il potere delle donne // The Power of Women

Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di, Trento (IT)
11 Mar 2006 – 11 Jun 2006

with Betty Bee, Vanessa Beecroft, Dara Birnbaum, Véronique Boudier, Valie Export, Regina Jose Galindo, Joan Jonas, Richard Kern, Astrid Klein, Annette Messager, Russ Meyer , Ottonella Mocellin …
Hollyood Boulevard

Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo (BR)
19 Jan 2006 – 11 Mar 2006

with John Baldessari, Douglas Gordon, Vik Muniz, Jack Pierson, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Juliao Sarmento, Cindy Sherman, Francesco Vezzoli
Waters and Watercolors

Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Wien (AT)
20 Jan 2005 – 26 Feb 2005

with Herwig Kempinger
The Anniversary Show

Rena Bransten Projects, San Francisco (US)
13 Jan 2005 – 19 Feb 2005

with Rebeca Bollinger, Jim Campbell, Jeanne Dunning, Candida Hoefer, Doug Hall, Reagan Louie, Tracey Moffatt, Miguel Rio Branco, Paul Seawright
100 Artists see God

ICA Inst Contemporary Arts, London (GB)
19 Nov 2004 – 9 Jan 2005

with Eleanor Antin, Brienne Arrington, David Askevold, Andrea Bowers, Chris Burden, Mary Ellen Carroll, Erin Cosgrove, Jeremy Deller, Sam Durant, Liam Gillick, Jack Goldstein, Andreas Gursky …
From Above

Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Wien (AT)
9 Sep 2004 – 30 Oct 2004

with Inés Lombardi, Gordon Matta-Clark
Como si nada - Colección Juan Redón

Fundacion Foto Colectania, Barcelona (ES)
27 Feb 2003 – 25 May 2003

with David Byrne, Anton Corbijn, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Pierre Gonnord, Erwin Olaf, Martin Parr, Miguel Rio Branco, Andres Serrano, Montserrat Soto
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PhotoNOLA 2011

Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans (US)

with Debbie Fleming Caffery, David Halliday, Deborah Luster, Robert Polidori

Events

Art Basel Miami Beach 2024

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
6 Dec 2024 – 8 Dec 2024

with Marina Abramovic, Yusuke Akamatsu, Albarran Cabrera, Cory Arcangel, Kader Attia, John Baldessari, Romare Bearden, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Gretchen Bender, Erwin Blumenfeld, Brassai …
Art Miami 2019

The Art Miami Pavilion, Miami (US)
3 Dec 2019 – 8 Dec 2019

with Francis Alys, Miles Aldridge, Richard Avedon, John Baldessari, Roger Ballen, Lluis Barba, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Carolle Benitah, Harry Benson, Tina Berning, Richard Caldicott, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons …
The 57th International Art Exhibition - VIVA ARTE VIVA 2

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
13 May 2017 – 26 Nov 2017

with Bas Jan Ader, Nevin Aladag, Jelili Atiku, Charles Atlas, Kader Attia, Attila Csoergoe, George Drivas, Raymond Hains, Taus Makhacheva, Gabriel Orozco, Philippe Parreno, Agnieszka Polska …
Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP)

Atlanta, Atlanta (US)
1 Oct 2017 – 31 Oct 2017

with Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Holly Andres, Daniel Berehulak, Kate Breakey, Harry Callahan, Langdon Clay, Imogen Cunningham, Sally Davies, Dennis Dinneen, Mark Dorf, Amy Elkins …
Festival fotografischer Bilder Regensburg 2017

Die Allgegenwärtigkeit fotografischer Bilder

INTERNATIONALES FESTIVAL , Regensburg (DE)
26 Oct 2017 – 28 Oct 2017

with Christian Blau, Dagmar Buhr, Astrid Busch, Anton Corbijn, Tillmann Franzen, Peter Greenaway, Nora Klein, Nils Klinger, Dieter Leistner, Kai Richter, Martin Richter, Heiko Tiemann
Filmnacht: From Dusk to Dawn - Filme von John Waters

im Rahmen der Ausstellung "John Waters - Change of LIfe"

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
John Waters führt durch seine Ausstellung

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)