born December 22, 1960 at Brooklyn.
He died in August 12, 1988 in his appartment

1981 Galleria Emilio Mazzoli, Modena
1981 Annina Nosei GaIIery, New York
1982 Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
1982 Galleria Mario Diacono, Rom
1982 Annina Nosei GaIlery, New York
1982 Blum/Helman GaIIery, New York
1982 Marlborough Gallery, New York
1982 Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zürich
19982 Fun Gallery, New York
1982 Galerie Delta, Rotterdam
1983 Larry Gagosian GalIery, Los Angeles
1983 Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zürich
1983 Galerie Akira Ikeda, Tokyo
1983 West Beach Café, Venice, Californie
1984 Mary Boone GaIIery, New York
1984 The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
1984 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1985 Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zürich
1985 Boymans-van Beuninge Museum, Rotterdam
1985 Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery, New York
1986 Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
1986 Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zürich (drawings)
1986 Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
1986 Centre Culturel Français, Abidjan
1986 Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover
1986 Galerie Michael Werner, Köln
1987 Daniel Templon, Paris
1987 Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo
1987 PS Gallery, Tokyo
1988 Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
1988 Hans Mayer Gallery, Düsseldorf
1988 Galerie Beaubourg, Paris
1988 Michael Haas Gallery, Berlin
1988 Vrej Baghoomian, Inc., New York
1988 Works on Paper, Fay Gold, Atlanta
1988 Gallery Schlesinger Limited, New York
1988 Annina Nosei Gallery, New York
1989 Paintings Drawings, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
1989 Dessins, Galerie LeGall Peyroulet, Paris
1989 Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris
1990 Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris

1981 New York-New Wave, Institute for Art and Urban Ressources, Long Island City, Queens / New York
1982 New New York, Florida-State University Art Gallery, Tallaliasse, Florida
1982 Metropolitan Museum & Art Center, Coral Gables, Florida
1982 Body Language - Current Issues in Figuration, University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
1982 Avanguardia e Transavanguardia '68 - '77, Rome
1982 Cinque Americani, Museo Civico, Modena
1982 Drawings / Visions, NewYork, Janus GalIery, Los Angeles
1982 Works on Paper, Larry Gagosian GaIIery, Los Angeles
1982 Fast, Alexander E. Milliken GalIery, New York
1982 Documena 7, Kassel
1982 The Expressionist Image - From Pollock to Today, Sydney Janis Gallery, New York
1982 The Pressure to Point, Marlborough GaIIery, New York
1982 Transavanguardia Italia - America, Galleria Cicica, Modena
1982 Still Modern After All These Years, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
1982 New York Now, Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover
1983 New York Now, Kunstverein München; Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausann; Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
1983Whitney Biennale, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1983 New York, Sidney Janis GalIery, New York
1983 Intoxication, Monique Knowlton GaIIery, New York; Mary Boone Gallery, New York
1983 Back to the USA, Kunstmuseura Luzern; Rheinische Landesmuseum, Bonn; Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart; Annina Nosei Gallery, New York
1983 Selected Works, Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles
1983 Artists, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo
1983 Written Imagery Unleashed in the Twentieth Century, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, Long Island / New York
1983 Food for the Soup Kitchens, Fashion Moda, Bronx / New York
1983 Conternporary Drawings, Delahunty GaIIery, Dallas, Texas
1983 Expressive Malerei nach Picasso, Galerie Beyeler, Basel
1983 From the Streets, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina
1983 Post Graffliti, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
1983 Paintings, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
1984 New Expressionists, Sidney Janis GaIIery, New York
1984 Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
1984 American Neo-Expressionists, Aldri Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
1984 New Art, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montréal
1984 Arte di Frontiera, Galleria Communale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
1984 Collaborations - Basquia Clemente & Warhol, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
1984 Figuration Libre France / USA, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
1985 Collaborations - Basquia Clemente & Warhol, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo
1985 7000 Zeichen, Kunsthalle Tübingen; Kunsthalle Bielefeld
1985 The Chi-Chi-Show, Masimo Audellio Gallery, New York
1985 Nouvelle Biennale de Paris, Grand Halle du Parc de la Villette, Paris
1985 Basquiat & James Surrel, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
1985 Das Oberengadin in der Malerei, Segantini Museum, St. Moritz
1986 New Paintings, Larry Gagosian GaIlery, Los Angeles
1986 Heads, Mokotoff Gallery, New York
1986 Zeichen, Symbole, Graffiti in der aktuellen Kunst, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum und Museumsverein, Aachen
1986 Prospekt 86, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main
1986 Esprit de New York - Paintings and Drawings, Galerie Babara Farber, Amsterdam
1987 Works on Paper, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
1988 Logos, Anne Plumb Gallery, New York
1988 Works on Poper, Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York
1988 Works on Paper, Michael Maloney Gallery, Los Angeles
1988 After Street Art, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
1988 L'Art Contemporain A La Défense, Les Années 80 Vues Par 5 Galeries, Galerie La Défense Art 4, Paris
1989 Masters Drawings, Rosa Esman, New York
1989 Words, Tony Shafrazi GalIery, New York
1989 Jean-Michel Basquia / Julian Schnabel, Rooseum, Malmö

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Delta GaIlery, Rotterdam l982
Jean-Michel Basquiat-Paintings, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo 1983
Jean-Michel Basquiat-Paintings 1981 - 1984, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh 1984
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mary Boone / Michael Werner GalIery, New York
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Edition Bischofberger, Zürich 1985
Jean-Michel Basquiat - Drawings, Edition Bischofberger, Zürich 1985
Jean-Michel Basquiat - Bilder 1984-1986, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg 1986
Jean-Michel Basquiat, P.S. Gallery, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, October 8 - december 4 1986
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover, november 1986 - january 1987
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Galerie Enrico Navarra, december 1989
J-M Basquiat, Michel Enrici, Éditions de la Différence, Collection "classiques du XXème siècle", décembre 1989
Basquiat, Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Pairs, September 27 - November 3rd, 1990

Avanguardia e Transavanguardia '68 - '77, Rome 1982
Body language - A Notebook of Contemporary Figuration, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 1982
Documenta 7, Kassel 1982
New New York, Florida State University Art Gallery, Thallahasse, Florida 1982
New York Now, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover 1982
The Pressure to Paint, Marlborough Gallery, New York 1982
Still Modern After These Years, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia 1982
Transavanguardia Italia-America, Galleria Civica, Modena 1982
Expressive Malerei nach Picasso, Galerie Beverler, Basel 1983
Mary Boone and her Artists, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo 1983
Painting Now, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya 1984
Arte di Frontiera - New York Graffiti, Galleria Communale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna 1984
Collaborations-Basquiat, Clemente, Warhol, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zürich 1984
Das Oberengadin in der Malerei, Segantini Museum, St. Moritz 1985
Zeichen, Symbole, Graffiti in der aktuellen Kunst, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum und Musemsverein, Aachen 1986
Prospect '86, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt 1986
Modern Art Market, Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo 1986
Schwartzman, Allan, After Street Art, Roca Raton Museum of Art, Boka Raton, Florida 1988
1979-1989 American, Italian, Mexican Art From the Collection of Francesco Pellizi, Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, april 16 - may 26, 1989, 1989 Lehigh University Art Galleries, Museum Oporation, Ralph Wilson Gallery, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, september 18 - november 2, 1989, illustrations: cover, p. 19, 32, 51

René Ricard : "The Radiant Child", Artforum, december 1981, p. 35-43
William Wilson: "New York Subway Graffiti: All aboard for L.A.", Los Angeles Times, april 16, 1982
Hunter Drohohowska "Schnabel and Basquiat: Explosions and Chaos", Los Angeles Weekly, 23-29,1982
Jeffrey Deitsch: "Jean-Basquiat, Flash Art, may 1982
Edit and Diego Cortez: "Baby Talk", Flash Art, Mai 1982
Robert Pincus Witten: "Jean-Michel Basquiat", Los Angeles Times, july 16, 1982
Jeanne Silverthorne -"Jean-Michel Basquiat", Art in America, october 1982
Suzi Gablik : "Report from New York - The Graffiti Question", Art in America, october 1982, p. 33 - 39
Henry Geldzahler: "Art from Subways to Soho: Jean-Michel Basquiat", Interview, January 1983, in: Basquiat, Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Pairs, September 27 - November 3rd, 1990 (exhibition catalogue)
Ted Castle: "Jean-Michel Basquiat", Artistes, Paris, Nr. 14 January / February 1983
Anna Wintour: "Painting in the Town", New York Magazine, August 29 1983, p. 53 - 75
Florence Isaacs: "Jean-Michel Basquiat: Young Rising Star in Contemporary Art", Visions, vol. 2, no. 1, 1983, p. 36 - 39
Akiko Ohtake : "Soho Art Scene", Bijutso Techo, November 1983, p. 17 - 62
Sabine Schutz : "Back to the USA", Die Kunst December 1983, p. 827 - 834
Barbara Moynehan "New York: The Mood and the Market", Flash Art, January 1984, p. 28 - 29
Thomas McEvilley: "On the Manner of Adressing Clouds", Artforum, Summer 1984, p. 61 - 70
Emile de Antonio / Jean-Michel Basquiat: "Art: Radical Views on (Painters Painting)", Interview, July 1984, p. 49 - 50
Adrien Maeght: "New York", LArt Vivant, July / August 1984., p. 9 - 10
Kate Linker: "Jean-Michel Basquiat" Artforum. October 1984, p. 91
Ronny Cohen: "Jumbo Prints", Art News,October 1984, p. 81 - 87
Cathleen McGuigan: "New Art, New Money - The Marketing of American Artist", New York Times Magazine, February 10, 1985
Attilio Baumgartner: "Basquiats Bildersturm", Welt am Sonntag, March 10, 1985
Michael Schaper: "Ein Twen im Trend", Stern, no. 36, August 29, 1985
Thomson, Robert Farris: B.Culture, no. 1, 1986, cover and 1st page
Shinoda, Tatsumi : "The Capricious Symbolism", Bijutsutecha, February 1986, p. 182 - 189
Hiromoto, Nobuyuki "Jean-Michel Basquiat", Bijutsutecho, July, 1986, p. 76 - 81
Haring, Keith : "Remembering Basquiat", Vogue, November 1986, p. 230 - 234
Rankin-Reid, Jane "Missing Basquiat", Artscribe International, November / December 1986
"Auction's 15 minutes of fame", New York Post, April 22 1986
Huser, France : "Dans la jungle des villes", Nouvel Observateur, February 5, 1986
"Jean-Michel Basquiat", Paris, January 1986
"Basquiat, dans la Jungle des Villes", Globe, January 1986
"Immediate", Connaissance des Arts, January 1986
"Jean-Michel Basquiat", Le Figaro, January 26, 1986
"Jean-Michel Basquiat", Télérama, January 20, 1986
"À Paris : double expo Basquiat", Libération, January 25, 1986
Terzieff, Catherine "Lâchez-nous les Basquiat", Sept à Paris, January 27, 1986
Daspin, Eileen: "No Whitewash", New York Post, August 31, 1986, p. 6
Pagnozzi, Amy / Jaffe, Mel: "Drug O:D: Killed Warhol Protege-Pals", New York Post, August 15, 1986
Scaduto, Anthony: "Jean-Michel Basquiat, 27, Graffiti Artist and Painter", New York Newsday, August 16, 1986
Hays, Constance L. "Jean Basquiat, 27, An Artist of Words and Angular Images", New York Times, August 15, 1986
Als, Hilton : "Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1960-88", The hillage Voice, August 30, 1986
Johnson, Richard, "A little heir", New York Post, p. 6
Hays, Constance L. "Friends Recall Young Artist with Music and Verse", The New York Times, November 6, 1986
Davetas, Demosthenes "Jean-Michel Basquiat", New Art International, Oct - Nov 1986, cover, p. 10 - 15
Schwartzman, Allan: "Banking on Basquiat", Arts Magazine, November 1986, p.25,26
Tate, Greg: "Nobody loves a genius child", Village Voice, November 1986
Graw, Isabelle: "Warten auf Basquiat", Wolkenkratzer Art Journal, 1987, cover, p. 44 - 51, english translation, p.106 - 107
Davetas, Demosthenes: "Lines, Chapters and Verses: The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat", Artforum, April 1987, p. 116 - 120
Piguet, Philippe, "Basquiat de notre temps", Quotidien de Paris, November 15, 1987
Wilson, William: "The Meaning of Jean-Michel Basquiat's Life", Los Angeles Times, September 4, 1988, illus. p. 18, 79
Haden-Guest, Anthony: "Burning Out", Vanity Fair, November 1988, p.180 - 198
Bourriaud, Nicolas: "Black Picasso", Decoration Internationale, February 1988,p.22
Kramer, Hilton: "Will the Death of Basquiat Awaken the Art World to Its Slimier Side", The New York Observer, August 311988, p. 1, 10
Lipson, Karin: "Very Famous, Very Young", New York Newsday, September 1st, 1988, p. 4, 5, 11
Hershkovits, David: "Samo is Dead", Paper, October 1988, p. 14
Mueller, Cookie: "Art and About", Details, November 1988, p. 101 - 102
Hoban, Phoebe : "Samo is Dead", New York Magazine, September 26, 1988, p. 36 - 44
Gimelson, Deborah: "Inside Art", 7 Days, March 8, 1988, p. 56
Galligan, Gregory: "More Post-Modern than Primitive", Art International, Winter 1988, p. 59
Hershkovits, David "Culture Vulturing", Paper, October 1988, p. 14
Hershkovits, David "Jean-Michel Basquiat Post-script", Paper, November 1988, p. 12
Schjeldahl, Peter: "Martyr Without a cause", 7 Days, September 21st, 1988, p. 53, 54
Oliva, Achille Ponita: "Figuarablo", Tema Celeste, March 1988, p. 32 - 43, english translation, p. 57 - 59
"Jean-Michel Basquiat", Art in America, October 1988
Wines, Michael : "Jean-Michel Basquiat: Hazards of Sudden Success and Fame", The New York Times, August 27, 1988
Wayne, George : "Are we out of it ?", Paper, February 1988
Soutif, Daniel: "Basquiat, Dornies Getro", Libération, August 19, 1988
Dawetas, Demosthenes "Jean-Michel Basquiat, La Ligne", Artstudio 11, Winter 1988, p. 42 - 51
Liv, Catherine: "The Umbillous of Limbo", Flash Art, June 1989, p. 102 - 105
Lewis, Joe : "Appreciation Basquiat", Contemporanea, July / August 1989, vol II, no. 5, p. 78 - 83
Realcard, Reneg: "NYC Rules", Get Hip Times", July 1989, p. 10
"Court Battle Looming Over Rights to Basquiat Estate", The Art newsletter, vol. XIV, no. 22, June 27, 1989
Lipson, Karin: "Artists Legacy: High-Sakes Legal Battle", New York Newsday, July 13, 1989, p. 3, 17
Spector, Nancy: "Funeral For A Friend", Art & Auction, January 1989
Cohen, Ronny : "Art is Priceless", Art & Auction, June 1989, p. 166 - 171
Taylor Paul: "The Resurrection of Jean-Michel Basquiat", Fame, 1989, p. 18 - 22
Kuspit, Donald: "Jean-Michel Basquiat", Artforum, March 1989
Gimalson, Deborah: "Inside Art", 7 Days, March 8, 1989
Lippman, Barbara: "Not a Pre Picture, " Daily News, February 15, 1989
"Jean-Michel Basquiat", Nouveau Guide Gault et Millau, January 1989
Philippon, Sylvie: "Jean-Michel Basquiat, la maîtrise du trait", Kanal magazine, February 1990
Castle, Frederick Ted: "Saint Jean Michel", Arts Magazine, February 1989
Decker, Andrew: "The Price of Fairne", ARTnews, January 1989, p. 96 - 101
Tschinkel, Paul : "Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988)", Art/newyork, 1989 (video), 30 minutes
Wiegand, Wilfried: "Edler Wilder in New York - Legende des Kunstbetriebs: Julian Schnabels Kinofilm 'Basquiat'", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 12, 1996