Jeff Koons American , b. 1955

Works
  • Jeff Koons, Diamond (red), 2020
    Jeff Koons
    Diamond (red), 2020
    Steel
    31.8 x 39.3 x 32 cm.
    12 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.
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  • Jeff Koons, Balloon dog (magenta), 2015
    Jeff Koons
    Balloon dog (magenta), 2015
    Porcelain
    26.6 x 26.5 cm.
    10 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.
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Overview
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Balloon dog (magenta), 2015
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“I try to create work that doesn't make viewers feel they're being spoken down to, but rather that celebrates them.”
— Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons (b. 1955, USA) is a leading American contemporary artist known for his bold, high-gloss sculptures that merge pop culture, consumerism, and fine art. Famous for works like Balloon Dog and Rabbit, Koons transforms everyday objects into monumental pieces that challenge ideas of taste, value, and artistic authorship. His work has been exhibited worldwide and is among the most recognizable—and debated—in contemporary art.

Biography
Jeff Koons
"Art’s something that is human. It’s about people being able to communicate with each other, to have dialogue, to be able to find comfort in the experience of art. I want to show people that their history is perfect the way it is."
— Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons is one of the most influential and recognizable artists working today. Known for his large-scale, high-gloss sculptures and provocative recontextualization of everyday objects, Koons explores themes of consumer culture, mass media, childhood nostalgia, and the boundary between high and low art. His work challenges traditional notions of taste, beauty, and authorship in contemporary art.

Koons studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before moving to New York City, where he began his career as a stockbroker while creating conceptual art. He rose to prominence in the 1980s with series such as The New, Equilibrium, and Banality, in which he used commercial imagery and industrial fabrication to create sculptures of inflatable toys, vacuum cleaners, and kitsch figurines.

Some of his most iconic works include Rabbit (1986), Michael Jackson and Bubbles (1988), and the Celebration series, featuring the monumental Balloon Dog sculptures. His 2019 sale of Rabbit set a record at the time for the most expensive artwork ever sold by a living artist.

Koons' work has been exhibited at leading institutions worldwide, including the Whitney Museum of American Art,