Kaws

Donnelly was born in 1974 in Jersey City, New Jersey,{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-kaws21-2009feb21,0,1190088.story|title=Tag, this artist is definitely it|last=Lee|first=Chris |date=2009-02-21|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2009-03-11}} where he attended St. Anthony High School. As a teenager, Donnelly created a tag for himself, KAWS (based on the way the letters looked—the word, in fact, has no meaning), which he painted on the roof of an area building so that he could see it outside while attending class in high school.Robb, Adam. [https://www.nj.com/hudson/2010/06/former_jersey_city_graffiti_ar.html "Former Jersey City graffiti artist KAWS has first solo museum show"], The Jersey Journal, June 25, 2010, updated January 18, 2019. Accessed November 22, 2019. "Stare long enough and you'll start to notice the faded graffiti tagged along the top floors of some surrounding factories, like the crude white letters spelling Kaws on two sides of a rooftop at 13th and Coles. It's the tag of Brian Donnelly, arguably Jersey City's most celebrated artist to date, who painted his pseudonym there in the early 1990s so it would be visible from his classroom window at nearby St. Anthony High School." He went on to attend the School of Visual Arts in New York City, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration in 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.sandrageringinc.com/artists/kaws/bio/ |title=Sandra Gering Inc. - KAWS |publisher=Sandra Gering |access-date=2016-07-22}} Following graduation, he briefly worked for Jumbo Pictures as a freelance animator painting backgrounds for the animated series 101 Dalmatians, Daria and Doug.Healy, Murray. And "Graffiti Artist Turned Gallery Artist Turned Art Toy Maker, KAWS." Pop. Feb. 2007: 260-265.

Moving to New York City in the 1990s, Kaws pursued illegal graffiti.{{Cite book|title=Street to Studio|last=Schacter|first=Rafael|publisher=Lund Humphries Publishers|year=2018|isbn=9781848222366|location=London|pages=98–103}} Animator by day, and graffiti artist by night,{{Cite web|url=https://observer.com/2012/11/kaws-brings-his-companion-over-for-thanksgiving/|title=KAWS Brings His 'Companion' Over for Thanksgiving|last=Miller|first=M.H.|date=2012-11-19|website=Observer|language=en|access-date=2019-03-21}} Kaws started subvertising billboards, bus shelters, and phone booths, using a skeleton key gifted to him by friend and fellow graffiti artist Barry McGee."[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPTntCQqXm4 KAWS on 'Brilliant Ideas']". Bloomberg L.P., 15 June 2016. Accessed 23 March 2017 Using a key he created for himself,{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-kaws21-2009feb21-story.html|title=Tag, this artist is definitely it|last=Lee|first=Chris|website=Los Angeles Times| date=February 21, 2009 |access-date=2019-04-12}} he also started subvertising bus shelters. Kaws has since subvertised in Paris, London, Berlin, and Tokyo.{{cite web|url=http://www.iconoclastusa.com/store/artist_bio.asp?id=1016 |title=KAWS Biography |website=Iconoclastusa.com |access-date=2017-03-22 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211075020/http://www.iconoclastusa.com/store/artist_bio.asp?id=1016 |archive-date=2008-12-11 }}

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Kaws's acrylic paintings and sculpture have many repeating images, meant to be universally understood.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} Some of his characters date back to the beginning of his career in the 1990s: Companion (created in 1999), Accomplice, Chum, and Bendy. His series The Kimpsons subverted the American cartoon The Simpsons.

Kaws's Companion is a grayscale clown-like figure based on Mickey Mouse with his face obscured by both hands, and two bones sticking out of his head. In 1999, the Japanese toy company Bounty Hunter produced and sold a vinyl Companion toy (Mickey Mouse with X-ed out eyes). The figure was adapted into a balloon for the 2012 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, as part of its "Blue Sky Gallery" of balloons. Having already created oversized sculptures in the past, Kaws started to produce further sculptures of his Companion character for exhibitions in Switzerland,{{cite web|url=http://www.moregallery.ch/archive/kaws-2013/ |title=More Gallery - Giswil, Switzerland - Kaws: Giswil |website=Moregallery.ch |date=2013-08-26 |access-date=2017-03-22}} Hong Kong,{{cite web|last=Bray |first=Arthur |url=http://hypebeast.com/2014/9/kaws-clean-slate-exhibition-harbour-city-hong-kong |title=KAWS "Clean Slate" Exhibition @ Harbour City Hong Kong |website=Hypebeast.com |date=2014-09-16 |access-date=2017-03-22}} Taiwan,{{Cite web|date=2019-01-19|title=潮派藝術家KAWS來了！巨型坐姿COMPANION坐鎮台北 ｜ 蘋果新聞網 ｜ 蘋果日報|url=https://tw.appledaily.com/entertainment/20190119/FOHMGZ6D2FVU3N6525KTUULWXQ/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=蘋果新聞網|language=zh-tw}} Málaga,{{cite web|url=http://arrestedmotion.com/2014/03/openings-kaws-final-days-cac-malaga-spain/ |title=Openings: KAWS – "Final Days" @ CAC Malaga « Arrested Motion |website=Arrestedmotion.com |date=2014-03-28 |access-date=2017-03-22}} London,{{cite web|url=http://www.supertouchart.com/2014/10/13/on-exhibit-kaws-giant-small-lie-sculpture-at-frieze-london/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018093121/http://www.supertouchart.com/2014/10/13/on-exhibit-kaws-giant-small-lie-sculpture-at-frieze-london/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |title=On Exhibit | Kaws' Giant "Small Lie" Sculpture At Frieze London | Supertouch |website=Supertouchart.com |access-date=2017-03-22}} and China.{{cite web|url=https://theartgorgeous.com/new-kaws-public-art-china-off-hook/|title=The new KAWS public art in China is off the hook|website= TheArtGorgeous | date=May 16, 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-05}}

Kaws has periodically shown both paintings and products at Colette in Paris since 1999.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} His work was included in the traveling exhibition Beautiful Losers, which started at the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center and traveled throughout the US and Europe, including his then-largest museum show to date at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA in 2012."[https://www.high.org/Art/Exhibitions/KAWS Kaws: Down Time]{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}". High Museum of Art. Accessed 24 March 2017

Since 2018 Espacio SOLO, Colección SOLO museum in Madrid, shows in its main hall Companion (Resting place) as part of its permanent exhibitions.

Kaws's style can be characterized by an emphasis on color and line, distinctive graphics, such as the repeated use of "x"{{-'}}s on the hands, nose, eyes, ears, and the appropriation of pop culture icons such as Mickey Mouse, the Michelin Man, and his characters are generally depicted in a shy or powerless pose often with their hands over their nose. In his paintings, Kaws always deconstructs his appropriation of iconic characters into shapes that produces abstract paintings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/kaws-art-has-graced-museums-and-consumer-products-and-now-he-gets-his-first-survey-8753122|title=KAWS' Art Has Graced Museums and Consumer Products, and Now He Gets His First Survey|last=Smart|first=Jennifer|date=2016-10-04|website=Dallas Observer|access-date=2019-04-15}}

On May 2, 2023, Kaws scored a major legal victory against a Singaporean man who he accused of counterfeiting, with others, replicas of the artist's signature "Companion" figure and other toys, skateboards, and artworks.{{Cite web |last=Kinsella |first=Eileen |date=2023-05-04 |title=KAWS Has Won a Key Victory in His Lawsuit Against a Singapore Counterfeiter Churning Out Knockoffs of His Toys and Art |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kaws-victory-counterfeit-art-lawsuit-2295292 |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}

Since his first vinyl toy with the Japanese clothing brand Bounty Hunter in 1999,{{cite web|url=http://trampt.com/designer-toys/11059/kaws-x-bounty-hunter-1999-companion-kaws-bounty-hunter-medicom-toy |title=Bounty hunter companion - mono Companion by Kaws, ... | Trampt Library |website=Trampt.com |access-date=2017-03-22}} he has collaborated on toys with other Japanese companies: Nigo for A Bathing Ape (Bape), Medicom Toy, and Santastic!. Since the beginning of their partnership in 2001, Nigo and Kaws have collaborated on the packaging for Kaws's "The Kimpsons" exhibit and three seasons of A Bathing Ape. He and Medicom Toy ran OriginalFake, a brand and store in Aoyama, from 2006 to May 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.huhmagazine.co.uk/4728/kaws-announces-closure-of-originalfake |title=KAWS Announces Closure of OriginalFake | HUH |website=Huhmagazine.co.uk |access-date=2017-03-22 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102413/http://www.huhmagazine.co.uk/4728/kaws-announces-closure-of-originalfake |url-status=dead }}

Kaws has also collaborated with Jun Takahashi for the brand Undercover, as a voice-over artist for Michael "Mic" Neumann's Kung Faux, and worked on projects with Burton, Vans, Supreme and DC Shoes. There are Kaws-designed small edition bottles for Dos Equis and Hennessy, rugs for Gallery 1950 and packaging for Kiehl's cosmetics. In 2004, he collaborated with Undefeated Brand on a billboard project in Los Angeles.{{cite news|access-date=2018-05-14|title=categorized art collection • KAWS, "Kaws x Undefeated Billboard" (2004): "The...|url=http://categorized-art-collection.tumblr.com/post/57358585438/kaws-kaws-x-undefeated-billboard-2004-the|newspaper=categorized art collection}}{{cite news|access-date=2018-05-14|title=Undefeated Billboard Project - The Hangline|url=http://www.thehangline.com/creative-examples/undefeated-billboard-project/|newspaper=The Hangline|date=1 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514222448/http://www.thehangline.com/creative-examples/undefeated-billboard-project/|archive-date=14 May 2018|url-status=dead}} In 2008 he collaborated with John Mayer to produce a collection of guitar picks.{{cite news|access-date=2018-05-14|title=John Mayer x Kaws Guitar Picks|url=https://hypebeast.com/2008/7/john-mayer-x-kaws-guitar-picks|newspaper=HYPEBEAST}}

In 2008, he created cover art for musicians Towa Tei, Cherie, Clipse (Clipse Till The Casket Drops) and Kanye West (808s & Heartbreak)"[https://hypebeast.com/2008/11/kanye-west-808s-heartbreak-album-cover-by-kaws Kanye West "808s & Heartbreak" album cover by KKAWS"]". Hypebeast, November 2011 as well as designed Nike Air Force 1 trainers (the Nike 1World project involved 18 total designers)."[https://hypebeast.com/2008/7/nike-1world-air-force-1-kaws Nike 1World Air Force 1 by KAWS]". Hypebeast, 1 July 2008. Accessed 25 March 2017 And in March 2017, the Nike subsidiary Air Jordan released a capsule collection in collaboration with Kaws – an Air Jordan 4 model customized by Kaws, and a number of apparel pieces.{{cite web|last=Boykins |first=Austin |url=https://hypebeast.com/2017/3/kaws-jordan-capsule-official-release-date |title=Jordan Brand x Kaws Collection Release Date |publisher=Hypebeast |date= 20 March 2017 |access-date=22 March 2017}} He has also recently contributed a lot to the Hip Hop community with merch lines associated with artists such as Travis Scott with his April 2021 single "The Scotts" featuring Kid Cudi who has also has been working closely with Brian in recent merchandise releases. With Merch ranging from KAWS collaborated artwork specially created with hand crafted clothing to vinyl and cassette covers. " [https://stockx.com/search?s=kaws%20kid%20cudi]". StockX, 31 December 2022. Accessed 24 March 2023 i-D and Travis Scott collaborated merch. "[https://stockx.com/search?s=kaws%20travis%20scott]". StockX, 23 April 2020. Accessed 24 March 2023

In November/December 2010 he illustrated magazine covers for The New Yorker, Clark Magazine,"[https://hypebeast.com/2010/11/kaws-x-clark-magazine-issue-45 KAWS x Clark Magazine Issue 45]". Hypebeast, 3 November 2010. Accessed 23 March 2017 i-D and Sneeze Magazine."[https://hypebeast.com/2016/10/kaws-sneeze-magazine-29-get-met-it-pays-issue KAWS Fronts the 29th Issue of 'SNEEZE' Magazine Dubbed "Get Met It Pays"]". Sneeze Magazine, 18 October 2016. Accessed 25 March 2017 In 2011, Kaws appeared on the Bravo reality competition series Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, where he was a guest judge for the Season 2 finale.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzFLWU2WqS0&list=PL7x8Gh-1C8QFZEH_HqS_ilKjGxt134Bdy&index=10 "Work.Of.Art.The.Next.Great.Artist.S02E10 (Finale),"] YouTube. Retrieved Jan. 28, 2021. For the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, Kaws redesigned the MTV Moonman trophy in the form of his "Companion" character,"[https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/mtv-awards-will-feature-a-new-moonman-made-just-for-brooklyn/?_r=0 MTV Awards Will Feature a New Moonman, Just Right for Brooklyn]". The New York Times, 8 July 2013. Accessed 23 March 2017 and his 3D model was used to create a 60-foot tall inflatable version."[https://web.archive.org/web/20141023023901/http://www.mtv.com/news/1712997/kaws-60-foot-moonman-vmas/ VMA's KAWS 60-Foot Moonman: How'd They Do That?]". MTV News, 25 August 2013. Accessed 23 March 2017 He also redesigned various event materials. In 2014, Kaws designed the bottle artwork for the scent Girl, by Comme des Garçons and Pharrell Williams."[http://comme-des-garcons-parfum.com/perfumes/g-i-r-l/ Girl by Pharrell Williams] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726135159/http://comme-des-garcons-parfum.com/perfumes/g-i-r-l/ |date=July 26, 2018 }}". Comme des Garçons. Accessed 23 March 2017

In 2016, Kaws entered into an ongoing relationship with clothing store Uniqlo to produce a line of affordable T-shirts and accessories; the first line was clothing and soft toys based on the popular children's show Sesame Street.{{cite web|url=https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/ut-graphic-tees/kaws-x-sesame-street|title=Kaws x Sesame Street {{!}} UNIQLO US|website=www.uniqlo.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-27}} In April 2017, Uniqlo released a line of Peanuts-themed T-shirts, accessories, and plushies designed by Kaws;"[https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/special/kawsxpeanuts/ Kaws x Peanuts]". Uniqlo. Accessed 28 April 2017 and in November 2018, Kaws created a second line range of Sesame Street-themed clothing and soft toys.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fatherly.com/news/uniqlo-releasing-sesame-street-shirts-kaws-street-artist-november/|title=Uniqlo Is Releasing a Second Collection of the Coolest 'Sesame Street' Gear Ever|date=2018-10-26|website=Fatherly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-27}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In May 2017, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City released limited supplies of the $200 Kaws Companion action figure, resulting in the MoMA Design Store website crashing due to the unprecedented rush of traffic.{{cite web|last=Marshall |first=Cass |url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/26/15698056/kaws-companion-museum-of-modern-art |title=Why did a $200 toy crash the Museum of Modern Art's website? |publisher=Polygon |date=2017-05-26 |access-date=2019-02-26}} In May 2018, Kaws installed two 26-foot tall Companion and BFF sculptures at a shopping complex in Changsha, China.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/kaws-art-collector/index.html|title=US artist KAWS makes permanent mark in China|date=2018-05-07|work=CNN Style|access-date=2018-05-17|language=en}}

In October 2019, Kaws unveiled "Waiting", a sculpture in Greenpoint, Brooklyn located in front of 21 India Street.{{Cite web |date=2019-10-08 |title=KAWS Unveils "WAITING" on Greenpoint Waterfront |url=https://greenpointers.com/2019/10/08/kaws-unveils-waiting-on-greenpoint-waterfront/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Greenpointers |language=en-US}} In July 2021, Kaws collaborated with Travis Scott.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-28 |title=Travis Scott Releases New KAWS x "The Scotts" Cover |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/kaws-the-scotts-cover-buy/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Highsnobiety |language=en}} In October 2021, the Kaws Skeleton outfit was released in Epic Games' Fortnite: Battle Royale in collaboration with Kaws. KawsPeely, a second outfit based on the character Peely, was released in July 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-04 |title=KAWS Returns to 'Fortnite' With KAWSPEELY Outfit |url=https://hypebeast.com/2022/7/kaws-fortnite-kawspeely-skin-collaboration-release |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Hypebeast}} In July 2022, Kaws collaborated with J-Hope, one of the members of BTS, for his solo album cover.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-02 |title=BTS' j-hope on working with KAWS for his 'MORE' and 'Jack In The Box' cover art: "This project is a huge honour for me." |url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/bts-j-hope-on-working-with-kaws-for-his-more-jack-in-the-box-cover-art-design-album-jung-hoseok-lollapalooza-release-2022 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=BTS' j-hope on working with KAWS for his 'MORE' and 'Jack In The Box' cover art: "This project is a huge honour for me." {{!}} Bandwagon {{!}} Music media championing and spotlighting music in Asia. |language=en}} The 2022 release of General Mills' Monster Cereals features box art by Kaws.{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/08/11/1116864193/general-mills-classic-monster-cereals-are-back-with-a-reimagined-look|title=General Mills' classic Monster Cereals are back with a reimagined look|date=2022-08-11|work=NPR|access-date=2022-08-14|language=en}} In April 2023, KAWS collaborated with the Brooklyn Nets to release their 2023/24 City Edition Jerseys for the upcoming NBA season.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-06 |title=Brooklyn Nets reveal 2023-24 City Edition jerseys |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/story/_/id/36094241/brooklyn-nets-2023-2024-city-edition-jerseys |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

Comic book artist Bill Morrison felt "ripped off" by Kaws's 2005 work The Kaws Album because the work was simply a "traced interpretation of my Simpsons Yellow Album" (released in 1998 and signed by Matt Groening),{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217122170860078|title=I have joined Russ Heath, John Romita, Mike Sekowsky, Tony Abruzzo, and many other comic artists who have been ripped off by 'fine artists.'| publisher=Facebook |date=2019-11-19|first=Bill|last=Morrison|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004072732/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217122170860078|archive-date=Oct 4, 2020}} which itself was a parody of the cover art for the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band replaced with characters from the Simpsons.Adair, Torsten. [https://www.comicsbeat.com/kaws-made-14-million-from-bill-morrison-art-and-morrison-isnt-happy/ "KAWS made $14 million from Bill Morrison art, and Morrison isn’t happy: When copies of comics art appear in glass houses, should creators throw stones?"], The Beat (11/19/2019).[https://en.thevalue.com/articles/kaws-record-nigo-sothebys/ "KAWS Painting Sold for Record Breaking HK$116m at Sotheby's NIGO Sale,"] The Value, 1 April 2019. Accessed 15 June 2020.

In response to the sale of "The KAWS Album" at Sotheby's, Anny Shaw wrote that Kaws has not moved on from being a street artist, and that his work is conceptually bankrupt.{{cite news| url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/kaws-why| title=Why KAWS is not a great artist| quote=Brian Donnelly's painting sold for a record $14.8m at Sotheby's—but there is little value in his art| first=Anny | last=Shaw| date=April 3, 2019| newspaper=The Art Newspaper}} M. H. Miller views Brian Donnelly's career in light of the current state of the art world, where contemporary works are less about cultural value than providing a place to invest the wealth of billionaires. Kaws is given credit for being modest about his work and admitting that it is not worth the high prices brought upon resale.{{cite magazine| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/magazine/the-surprising-ascent-of-kaws.html| title=The Surprising Ascent of KAWS| quote=Brian Donnelly went from tagger to blue-chip artist, riding the increasingly blurry line between commercial and fine art.| first=M. H. | last=Miller | date=February 9, 2021| magazine=The New York Times Magazine}}

In May 2017, UK auction house Phillips sold a Kaws Seated Companion (2011) bronze sculpture for approximately US $411,000.{{cite web|last=Patos |first=Robert |url=https://hypebeast.com/2017/5/kaws-seated-companion-sold-400-thousand-usd-auction |title=Rare KAWS Seated Companion $400,000 USD Auction |publisher=Hypebeast |date=2017-05-29 |access-date=2019-02-26}}

On April 1, 2019, at Sotheby's in Hong Kong, The Kaws Album (2005), a painting by Kaws commissioned by Nigo, sold for 115.9 million Hong Kong dollars, or about $14.7 million U.S. dollars, a new auction record for the artist at the time.[http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/01/kaws-auction-record-14-7-million/ Kaws Auction Record $14.7 Million]. Artnews, Annie Armstrong, 1 April 2019. Accessed 12 May 2019{{Cite web|date=2019-04-01|title=Millennials in Hoodies Spend $28 Million on Simpsons Art|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-01/millennials-in-hoodies-spend-28-million-on-simpsons-themed-art|access-date=2020-03-01|website=www.bloomberg.com}}

Kaws's work is held in the following permanent public collections:

• Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX: acquired Where the End Starts in 2012"[http://www.themodern.org/collection/artists/KAWS Where the end Starts: 2011: Kaws]{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}". High Museum of Art. Accessed 24 March 2017
• Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY: 1 piece, "Along the Way""[https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/218581 Along the Way]". Brooklyn Museum. Accessed 17/5/17
• Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA: 1 piece"[http://collection.mcasd.org/objects/8912/untitled?ctx=e685b1c0-111e-4865-b916-66fc25b6b9fb&idx=0 Untitled]". Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Accessed 17/5/17
• One Campus Martius, Detroit, MI: 1 piece, "Waiting""[https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2018/05/20/kaws-statue-installed-downtown-detroit/627386002/ New Kaws statue in Campus Martius gains fans and critics]". Detroit Free Press. Accessed 23/5/18

• Kaws Exposed. Seattle: ARO Space, 1999. {{ISBN|9789110509443}}. Edition of 2000 copies. 31 pages of photographs of his graffiti.
• Kaws One. Tokyo: Little More, 2001. Edited by Kawachi, Taka and Akio E-da. {{ISBN|978-4898150450}}.
• Kaws C10: The Paintings of Kaws. Seattle: Neverstop, 2002. {{ISBN|9780971709409}}. With an introduced by Carlo McCormick. Edition of 3000 copies.
• Kaws: 1993-2010. Skira Rizzoli), 2009. Written by Mónica Ramírez-Montagut. {{ISBN|978-0847834341}}. A retrospective, with illustrations and text. Edited by Ian Luna and Lauren A. Gould and with a contribution by Germano Celant.
• Kaws: Downtime. Atlanta, GA: High Museum of Art, 2012. Edited by Michael Rooks and Seth Zucker. {{ISBN|9781932543476}}. With a foreword by Michael E. Shapiro, an essay by Rooks, and a list of Kaws exhibitions. 112 pages. A catalogue to accompany the exhibition Downtime at High Museum of Art.
• Kaws: Final Days Exhibition Catalogue. 82 pages covering an exhibition at the Center of Contemporary Art of Malaga in 2014.
• Kaws Exhibition Catalogue. Wakefield, England: Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2016. Photographs by Jonty Wilde. {{ISBN|978-1-908432-21-6}}. A catalogue to accompany an exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. With texts by Flavia Frigeri, Helen Pheby, and Clare Lilley."[http://www.ysp.co.uk/shop/product/kaws-exhibition-catalogue Kaws Exhibition Catalogue"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027001401/http://www.ysp.co.uk/shop/product/kaws-exhibition-catalogue |date=2016-10-27 }}. Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Accessed 22 March 2017
• KAWS: Where the End Starts. 2017. With text by: Andrea Karnes, Dieter Buchhart, and Michael Auping. {{ISBN|9780929865362}}.

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• Thomas, Susan E. (2009). "Value and Validity of Art Zines as an Art Form", The Alternative Music Zine Scene, 28 (31).
• Thomas, Susan E. (2007). "Zeroing In on Contemporary, Independent Visual Arts Magazines", Notes, 26 (49).
• Smith, William S. (3 September 2019). "What the Rise of KAWS Says About the Art World’s Ailments.", Art in America. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
• Smith, William S. (3 September 2019). "What the Rise of KAWS Says About the Art World’s Ailments.", Art in America, "makes the art world uncomfortable." - Anne Pasternak, (par. 2). Retrieved 21 April 2023.

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