Christopher Makos is one of the best and most-known photographers in the world, having photographed New York’s art scene since 1970, the punk and rock scene of the 1980s and 1990s in America, as well as the architecture and artistic scene of European cities. He became famous, making portraits sculptured with the immediacy that characterized the bohemian stream that cheered diversity and urged people not to fear to show what they were. At the age of 66, he still retains his youthful, artistic charm and intense energy, and he never stops preferring to live in the moment and follow his instinct. Chris Makos was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1948, by an Italian mother and a Greek father. His Greek grandparents settled in Lowell in the 1920s and became laborers at the factory in the area, which was the occasion for their acquaintance and the creation of their family – the name “Economacos” became “Makos” after the installation of the family in the US.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
[...] Exhibition since 1975
2001 IVAM, Valencia, Spain “Christopher Makos ‐ una visión Americana de la cultura Española"
2002 Christopher Makos ‐ Galerie Kampl ‐ München, Munich
2002 Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York “Andy Warhol by Christopher Makos”
2003 JGM Galerie, Paris “Andy”
2005 Galería Sandunga, Granada Spain “Christopher Makos ‐ Can I Buy Your Energy?”
2006 Galerie Hafenrichter & Flügel, Nurenberg Germany “Andy Warhol by Christopher Makos”
2007 Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg The Warhol Pictures
2007 Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York City, NY “Warhol”
2009 Yancey Richardson Gallery New York “Warhol: Vintage portraits”
2009 Photology Milan Italy “Makos Polaroids”
2010 Christopher Henry Gallery New York “Makos SX 70s”
2010 Karl Hutter Fine Art Los Angeles “Celebrity”
2013 La Termica Malaga Spain “Lady Warhol”
2013 Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil “Lady Warhol”
2013 Elisabeth De Brabant Chinese Contemporary Fine Art Shanghai China “Christopher Makos”
2014 Galerie Catherin Houard Paris France “Pour le commun des mortels…”
2014 Galleria Carla Sozzani Milan Italy “Altered Images
2014 Ports 1961 New York City “Ports 1961”
2014 Kiehls New York New York “Kiehls”
2014 Ports 1961 Paris France “L’Eclaireur”
2014 Ports 1961 Beijing China “Makos”
2014 Corsa Como Shanghai China “Makos”
2015 Maison Guerlain Paris France “Makos”
2015 Ralph Pucci Gallery Miami Florida “Makos Stand‐Up Portraits”
2016 Hunan Provincial Gallery Changsha China “Makos”
2016 Palazzo Cozza Caposavi Bolsena Italy “Makos”
2016 Fahey‐Klein Gallery Los Angeles California “Contact”
2017 Ralph Pucci Gallery Los Angeles “Stand‐Up Portraits”
2017 ArtCube Galerie Paris France “Makos Pictures of Warhol”
2017 Photo House Brussels Belgium “Andy Warhol by Christopher Makos”
2017 Izolyatsia Foundation Kiev Ukraine An Outward Glance: Christopher Makos on Andy Warhol’s Epoch”
2018 Ralph Pucci Gallery New York City “Nine”
2020 Residence of the American Ambassador to Germany Berlin Germany “Photographs by Christopher Makos”
2020 New Tretyakof Gallery Moscow Russia “I am Andy Warhol”
2020 Amerikahaus Munich Germany “A New Yorker’s Perspective: Photographs by Christopher Makos”
2020 Daniel Cooney Gallery New York City “Dirty”
2021 Galerie Faider Brussels Belgium “Warhol by Christopher Makos”
2022 Basquiat, Gallery 211
2022 Christopher Makos: FRINGE, Fahey/Klein Gallery
2024 Warhol & Vijande, cita en Madrid. Más que Imágenes Alteradas by Christopher Makos, Museo Lázaro Galdiano
2024 Finding fame and storytelling | Curated by Tania Fer. Paul Solberg & Ricky Powell, Villazan Gallery, Madrid
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
[...] Exhibition since 1975
2000 Fifty‐One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp “Et l'homme créa la femme”
2005 Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann Dusseldorf Germany “It’s Framed ‐ Exclusive Pop Art”
2006 Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg Germany. “C. Makos, P. Solberg, the Hilton Brothers”
2007 Warhol sobre Warhol ‐ La Casa Encendida, Madrid
2008 Fergus McCaffrey Gallery New York “Andy Warhol: Polaroid Portraits”
2008 Sebastian Guinness Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, “The Hilton Brothers “
2009 Museum, La Casa Encendida (Madrid) “Mistaken Identity” Makos Solberg Hilton Brothers
2009 Tate Modern, London England “Pop Life: Art in a Material World”
2010 National Portrait Gallery Washington DC “Hide and Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture”
2010 Robert Hull Fleming Museum University of Vermont “Andy Warhol: Fashionistas andCelebrities”
2010 Flo Peters Hamburg Germany “Makos Solberg “
2010 SUBTE Museum Montevideo Uruguay, “C. Makos, P. Solberg and the Hilton Brothers “
2011 Galerie Houard Paris “Makos Solberg Hilton Brothers”
2012 Karl Hutter Gallery Los Angeles “Makos Solberg Hilton Brothers”
2012 Metropolitan Museum “Regarding Warhol: Fifty Artists Fifty Years”
2012 galerie hiltawsky Berlin Makos Solberg Hilton Brothers
2012 Christopher Henry Gallery New York “Makos Solberg Hilton Brothers”
2012 Gallery Sho Tokyo Japan Makos Solberg Hilton Brothers
2013 Miller Gallery Cincinnati Ohio Makos Solberg Hilton Brothers
2013 Beax Arts Museum Mons Belgium “Warhol: Life Death and Beauty”
2013 Kiwi Arts Miami “Makos Solberg Hilton Brothers”
2014 BAM Mons Belgium “Andy Warhol. Life Death and Beauty”
2014 Peter Marcelle Projects “Summer”
2015 AmFAR New York Auction
2015 Whitebox New York City “The Last Party”
2016 Ferragamo Museum Florence Italy “Across Art and Fashion”
2016 Photo House Brussels Belgium “Paparazzi”
2016 Ullens Center Beijing China “Accommodating Reform: International Hotels and Architecture in China: 1978‐1990”
2017 Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, New York; Reynolds House Museum of American Art Winston‐Salem North Carolina; Peabody Essex Museum Salem “Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern”
2017 Miller Gallery Cincinnati Ohio “Spring”
2017 Caixa Forum Barcelona, Spain “Andy Warhol. The Mechanical Art”
2018 The Empty Quarter Gallery Dubai UAE “Andy Dandy”
2018 Ralph Pucci Gallery New York City “Nine”
2018 Camera Works Berlin Germany “Warhol Fantastic”
2019 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki Greece “Face the Strange”
2019 Seidel City Boulder Colorado “Pictures From Russia, No Collusion”
2019 Today Art Museum Beijing China “The Traveler’s Diary”
2019 Levy‐Gorvy Gallery New York City “Warhol Women”
2019 Norton Gallery West Palm Beach, Florida “Photgraphing Georgia O’keeffe”
2020 Leige Belgium “Warhol‐The American Dream Factory”
2020 Museum Ludwig Cologne Germany “Andy Warhol Now
2023 MALE EDITION: The Art of Men's Style, Fahey/Klein Gallery
2024 Face the Music: The Legacy of Music Photography, Fahey/Klein Gallery
2024 F.A.C.E., Sansiao Contemporary
2025 Andy Warhol and his friends, Galerie Loft
2026 Andy Warhol - Rare Posters, Prints and Exhibition Ephemera, Alpha 137 Gallery
2026 October Modern and Contemporary Art Auction, RoGallery
2026 Other Sides of Andy, CLAMP
2026 Black and White Works, Alpha 137 Gallery
2026 Portraits, Alpha 137 Gallery
2026 Prints and Multiples from the Alpha 137 Gallery Collection, Alpha 137 Gallery
2026 Conversation Pieces: Works of Art Few People You Know Will Have, Alpha 137 Gallery
ART FAIRS
2016 Fahey/ Klein Gallery at The Photography Show 2016 | presented by AIPAD, Fahey/Klein Gallery
2018 Fahey/Klein Gallery at Photo London 2018, Fahey/Klein Gallery
2025 ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH 2025/2026 - Curated Show, Frank Fluegel Gallery
2025 High Desert Art Fair, Fahey/Klein Gallery
2026 Art Basel Qatar 2026 - Edition | Curated Show, Frank Fluegel Gallery
WORKS IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
National Collection of Spain, Reina Sofia Museum Madrid Spain
IVAM Valencia Spain
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Connecticut
Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont Burlington Vermont
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Monographs
Everything Black and White
Makos by Makos
White Trash
Warhol Makos
Andy Warhol In China
Andy Warhol Assouline
Makos Men St. Martins Press
Absolute Makos
Warhol Makos In Context
Exhibitionism
Christopher Makos Polaroids
White Trash Uncut
Lady Warhol
Equipose
Andy Warhol by Christopher Makos
Christopher Makos La Comunitat Valenciana
Christopher Makos: An American View of Spanish Culture
Warhol MemoirSchiker Schund
CATALOGUES
Mistaken Identity
OTHER SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Tattoos Hornets and Fire
Tyrants and Lederhosen
Weder Haut noch Fleish
Puppies Behind Bars
Vested Interests
