Tom Sachs

  • CAROLE 2023 Plywood, Sony TV-112, LED light, steel, hardware, reduction fired English porcelain, Temple white glaze, NASA Red engobe inlay, gold luster 122.3 x 40.5 x 40.5 cm ©︎Tom Sachs
  • METHUSELAH 2023 Plywood, Makita battery, surveillance camera, LED light, monitor, hardware, reduction fired English porcelain, Temple white glaze, NASA Red engobe inlay, gold luster 125.0 x 40.6 x 40.4 cm ©︎Tom Sachs
  • PSYCHO 2023 Plywood, latex paint, hardware, reduction fired English porcelain, Temple white glaze, Death Metal black glaze, NASA Red engobe inlay, resin, carbon fiber, fiberglass, gold luster, stainless steel, zinc plated steel, nylond, hardware and ceramic bowl 176.0 x 40.5 x 40.5 cm ©︎Tom Sachs
  • NACHO 2023 Plywood, hardware, reduction fired English porcelain, Temple white glaze, NASA Red engobe inlay, resin, carbon fiber, fiberglass, gold luster 49.4 x 39.3 x 29.0 cm ©︎Tom Sachs
  • Installation view from “CHAWAN" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2023 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from “CHAWAN" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2023 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from “CHAWAN" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2023 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from “CHAWAN" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2023 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from “CHAWAN" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2023 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from “CHAWAN" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2023 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from “CHAWAN" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2023 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from “CHAWAN" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2023 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony" at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Tadashi Ono
  • Installation view from "Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony" at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Tadashi Ono
  • Installation view from "Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony" at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Tadashi Ono
  • Installation view from "Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony" at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Tadashi Ono
  • Installation view from "Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony" at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Tadashi Ono
  • Installation view from "Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony" at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Tadashi Ono
  • Installation view from "Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony" at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Tadashi Ono
  • Installation view from "Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony" at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Tadashi Ono
  • Installation view from "Smutshow" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "Smutshow" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "Smutshow" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "Smutshow" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "Smutshow" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "Smutshow" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "Smutshow" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2019 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Ryakubon 2.0 2018 Plywood, hardware, mixed media h.25.4 × w.36.2 × d.22.8 cm  ©Tom Sachs
  • Fredo 2018 English porcelain, high fire reduction, Temple white glaze, NASA Red engobe inlay, gold luster h.9.5 × w.12.0 × d.12.7 cm  ©Tom Sachs
  • Kama 2015 ConEd barrier, cardboard, epoxy resin, mixed media   h.38.1 × w.43.8 × d.29.8 cm  ©Tom Sachs
  • Rikyu's Ecstasy 2015 ConEd barrier, plywood, epoxy resin, poppies, mixed media  h.77.4 × w.30.5 × d.35.5 cm  ©Tom Sachs
  • Oke 2015 plywood, latex paint, epoxy resin, aluminum, steel hardware, ConEd Barrier  h.7.4 × w.30.5 × d.35.5 cm ©Tom Sachs
  • Ashtray 2018 mixed media h.52.0 × w.31.7 × d.32.3 cm ©Tom Sachs
  • Kodo 2017 Plywood, Latex Paint, Steel Hardware, Porcelain, Mixed Media h.25.7 × w.36.2 × d.25.4 cm ©Tom Sachs
  • The Kiss 2016 plywood, steel hardware h.81.2 × w.33.0 × d.27.9 cm ©Tom Sachs
  • Installation view from "Heaven" at Sougetsu Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "Heaven" at Sougetsu Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "Heaven" at Sougetsu Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "Heaven" at Sougetsu Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "Heaven" at Sougetsu Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Pam 2013 English porcelain, Temple white glaze, Kintsugi, NASA Red inlay h.10.2 × w.13.0 × d.13.7 cm ©Tom Sachs
  • Chasen 2015 Bamboo and mixed media h. 28.6 × w. 9.5 × d. 9.5 cm ©Tom Sachs
  • 《Bonsai》 2016 《Stupa》 2013  ©Tom Sachs
  • Konichiwa original Mixed media h. 215.9 × w. 76.2 × d. 76.2 cm ©Tom Sachs
  • Gray kelly Bag 2016 h.35.6 × w.33.0 × d.13.3 cm Plywood, latex paint, canvas, epoxy resin, steel hardware ©Tom Sachs
  • Perforated Cinderblock 2014 h.40.6 × w.20.3 × d.20.3 cm Plywood, latex paint, epoxy resin, steel hardware ©Tom Sachs
  • Sarah 2014 h.52.7 × w.96.5 × d.21.0 cm Mixed media ©Tom Sachs
  • Kama Original 2012 h.34.3 × w.34.3 × d.27.3 cm Thermal adhesive, foamcore, plastic ©Tom Sachs
  • Installation view from "STORE" at 8/ ART GALLERY/ Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2013 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "STORE" at 8/ ART GALLERY/ Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2013 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "STORE" at 8/ ART GALLERY/ Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2013 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • Installation view from "STORE" at 8/ ART GALLERY/ Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2013 ©Tom Sachs photo by Kenji Takahashi
  • African American Express h.5.5 × w.17.0 × d.2.5 cm titanium, steel, Garolite, paracord, tungsten, polyvinyl chloride ©Tom Sachs
  • Cinderblock 2012 h.41.0 × w.20.5 × d.20.5 cm epoxy resin and fiberglass on foam ©Tom Sachs
  • E.V.A. Camera h.19.0 × w.27.5 × d.7 cm mixed media ©Tom Sachs
  • Installation view from "STORE" at Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto, Kyoto, 2011 ©Tom Sachs
  • Installation view from "STORE" at Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto, Kyoto, 2011 ©Tom Sachs
  • Installation view from "McDonald's" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2005 ©Tom Sachs
  • Installation view from "McDonald's" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2005 ©Tom Sachs
  • Installation view from "McDonald's" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2005 ©Tom Sachs
  • Installation view from "Test Module Five (Urinal)" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2000 ©Tom Sachs

TOM SACHS (b. 1966, New York) is a New York-based sculptor known for his work inspired by icons of modernism and design. Using modest studio materials, Sachs creates parallel universes incorporating semi-functional sculpture, sometimes deployed by the artist and his studio assistants for interactive projects, as in Nutsy’s (2001-3) and Space Program (2007, 2012, 2016-17).
His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; and the Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo among others.
He has had solo exhibitions at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas (2017-18), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (2016-17), Noguchi Museum, New York (2016), the Brooklyn Museum, New York (2016), the Contemporary Austin, Texas (2015), the Park Avenue Armory, New York (2012), Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (2009), Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles (2007), Lever House, New York (2008),Fondazione Prada, Milan (2006), and the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (2003), the Bohen Foundation, New York (2002), SITE Santa Fe (1999)among others.
His film A Space Program was released by Zeitgeist in 2016, offering viewers a glimpse into the artist’s studio practice, philosophy, and the narrative surrounding his 2012 project with Creative Time at the Park Avenue Armory.
https://www.tomsachs.org/

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 “Tom Sachs:Retail Experience” ISETAN THE SPACE (ISETAN Shinjuku Store), Tokyo, Japan
CHAWAN” Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
2022 “Tom Sachs Space Program: Indoctrination” Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
“Tom Sachs: Boombox Retrospective” HYBE INSIGHT, Seoul, Korea
“Tom Sachs: Rocket Factory Paintings” Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2021 “SPACE PROGRAM: RARE EARTHS” Hall for Contemporary Art, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
“Ritual” Thaddaeus Ropac, London, UK
“Ritual” Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Marais & Online, Paris, France
“Ritual” Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Marais & Online, Paris, France
2020 Tom Sachs:Retail Experience” ISETAN THE SPACE (ISETAN Shinjuku Store), Tokyo, Japan
2019 “Tom Sachs: Timeline” The SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
“Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Tom Sachs: Smutshow” Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Tom Sachs: Indoctrination Center” KOMAGOME 1-14 cas, Tokyo, Japan
2018 “Chawan” Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY, USA
2017 “TOM SACHS: TEA CEREMONY” Nasher Sculpture Center, TX, USA
“OBJECTS OF DEVOTION” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY, USA
“BRONZE” Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, USA
2016 “Heaven” Sougetsu Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan
“SPACE PROGRAM: EUROPA” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
“Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony” The Noguchi Museum, New York, NY, USA
“Tom Sachs: Boombox Retrospective, 1999-2016” Brooklyn Musuem, New York, NY, USA
“Nuggets” Jeffrey Deitch Projects, New York, NY, USA
2015 “Nuggets” Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX, USA
“Boombox Retrospective 1999–2015” The Contemporary Austin, TX, USA
2014 “Barbie Slave Ship” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2013 ”STORE” 8/ ART GALLERY/ Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 “Space Program: Mars” Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY, USA
2011 “WORK” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY, USA
”STORE” TKG Editions Kyoto, Japan
2009 “Cameras” Alrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, USA
“Skateboards” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2008 “Gold & Plywood” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
“Bronze Collection” Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, USA
“Animals” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY, USA
2007 “Space Program” Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
“Islandia” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
“Logjam” Des Moines Art Center, IA, USA
2006 Fondazione Prada, Milano, Italy
“Survey: America, Modernism, Fashion” Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
2005 “Vanity” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
“McDonalds” Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 “Dedicated to the Memory of Ben Plummer 1968-2004” Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, USA
“Private Wealth Management” Kunstraum Deutsche Bank/ Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria.
“Connecticut” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY, USA
2003 “Disaster. (Featuring Andy Warhol)” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
“Nutsy's” Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
“New Paintings” Galleria Cardi, Milano, Italy
“Holiday Spectacular” Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY, USA
2002 “Nutsy's” The Bohen Foundation, New York, NY, USA
“Le Corbusier B Sides” Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA, USA
2001 “Selector” Galleria Cardi & Co., Milano, Italy
“Lamps, Bitch Lounge & Quarter Screws” A/D Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2000 “American Bricolage” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY, USA
“Test Module Five (Urinal)” Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Defender” Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, USA
1999 “Haute Bricolage” Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
“W.W.J.B.D.. and other Smash Hits (Neue Werke)” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
“Stairmaster” Mont Blanc Factory, Hamburg, Germany
“Burn Baby Burn” Mont Blanc Store, New York, NY, USA
“SONY Outsider” SITE Santa Fe, NM, USA
“Creativity is the Enemy” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
1998 “Creativity is the Enemy” Thomas Healy Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1995 “Cultural Prosthetic” Morris-Healy Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1994 “Window display” Whitney Museum of American Art, Store Next Door, New York, NY, USA
1993 “Watch Me Work” Allied Cultural Prosthetics, New York, NY, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016 “The Universe and Art” Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2014 “One Way: Peter Marino” Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL, USA
“Art or Sound” Fondazione Prada, Ca’Corner della Regina, Venezia, Italy
2012 “The Floor Show” Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
2011 “Astrup Fearnley Collection” Bienal Pavilion, Sao Paulo, Brazil
“Fresh Kills” Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
“Space. About a Dream” Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
“Happy Tech- Machine dal Volto Umano” Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna, Italy
2010 “Meet Me Inside” Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
“Hunters and Gatherers” Gian Enzo Sperone, Sent, Switzerland
“Popular: Brands, Symbols, Icons 1960-2010” Galerie Thomas Modern, Munich, Germany
“Untitled (no show)” Spencer Brownstone, New York, NY, USA
“Divine Comedy Exhibition” Sotheby’s, New York, NY, USA
“Trunk Show” Colette, Paris, France
“Sisley Art Project: The Andy Warhol Museum” Palazzo Bovara, Milano, Italy
12th International Architecture Exhibition, Biennale di Venezia, Italy
“ArtCRUSH” Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, USA
“Wings II” Deutsche Bank Kunstraum, Salzburg, Austria
“Robot Dreams” The Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland
“Second Main” Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
2009 “Bike Rides: The Exhibition” Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridge eld, CT, USA
“Stages” Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, New York, NY, USA
“Words are Diamonds” Laleh June Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
“SIGN/AGE: Part Three: Fight the Power” Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
2007 “Branded and on Display” Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
2006 “This is America! Contemporary Art and American Photorealism” Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
“New York, New York: Fifty Years of Art, Architecture, Film, Music, and Video” Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
2005 “Public Sculpture Invitational” Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN, USA
“Homestyle” Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2004 “DESIGN ≠ ART: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread” Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Aspen Art Museum, CO, USA
“Sculptural Sphere” Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
2003 “Perpetual Bliss” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
“Materials, Metaphors, Narratives: Work by Six Contemporary Artists” Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA
2002 “Shopping: Art and Consumer Culture” Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
“Time Space Motion” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
“Mirroring Evil” Jewish Museum, New York, NY, USA
“Self-Medicated” Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2001 “Camera Works” Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY, USA
“Art at the Edge of the Law” Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, USA
2000 “My Reality” Des Moines Art Center, IA, USA
“Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery” University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA
“Fabula: Consumer Media and Contemporary Art” Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
1999 “Making Change” The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA
“Dysfunctional Sculpture” Center Galleries, Detroit, MI, USA
“Thinking Aloud” Kettle's Yard, Cambridge; Cornerhouse, Manchester; Camden Arts Centre London, UK
“Food for Thought” New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, USA
“Material Perception” Bank of America Plaza, Charlotte, NC, USA
1997 “Thirty-Third Annual Exhibition of art on Paper” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA
“Icons: Modern Design and the Haunting Quality of Everyday Objects” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA, USA
1996 “American Dreamin” Linda Kirkland Gallery, New York, NY, USA
“On / In/ Through” Morris-Healy Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1995 “Shred Sled Symposium” Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY, USA
“Occupato” Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1994 “Inaugural Exhibition” Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Barney's, New York, NY, USA
1993 “Shopping Cart Furniture window with Dries van Noten” Barney's, New York, NY, USA
1992 “Minimal Tricks” Alleged Gallery, New York, NY, USA
“10 Steps” Muranishi Lederman, New York, NY, USA
1991 “Denied Access Parking Lot” L.A. Eats, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Public Collections

Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
The Art Institute of Chicago
Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
The Berezdivin Collection, Puerto Rico
Berkeley Art Museum and Paci c Film Archive, CA
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
The Cartin Collection, Hartford, CT and New York
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Citigroup Art Collection, New York
The Contemporary Austin, TX
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Ellipse Foundation/ Contemporary Art Collection Arte Centre, Cascais, Portugal
Fondazione Prada, Milano
The Getty, Los Angeles
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
The Jewish Museum, New York
The Jumex Collection, Mexico City
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein Collection
Lever House Collection, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia, Italy
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Montblanc Art Collection, Hamburg
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
NASA Permanent Collection, Washington D.C.
Schauwerk Sindel ngen, Germany
The Sammlung Essl Collection, Vienna
The Sammlung Goetz Collection, Munich
The Sammlung Olbricht Collection, Essen and Berlin, Germany
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
The Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
University of North Carolina, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Vanhaerents Collection, Brussels
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT