- Virgil Abloh -

Virgil Abloh

United States — b. 1980 — d. 2021

Biography

Born in Rockford, Illinois, in 1980, Virgil Abloh was an artist, architect, engineer, creative director, and fashion designer. After earning a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he completed a Masters degree in Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. It was here that he learned not only about design principles but also crafted the principles of his art practice. He studied a curriculum devised by Mies ven der Rohe, who also designed the core campus. Virgil Abloh was the Chief Creative Director and founder of Off-White between 2013 and 2021 and Artistic Director of Menswear at Louis Vuitton from 2018 to 2021...

Born in Rockford, Illinois, in 1980, Virgil Abloh was an artist, architect, engineer, creative director, and fashion designer. After earning a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he completed a Masters degree in Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. It was here that he learned not only about design principles but also crafted the principles of his art practice. He studied a curriculum devised by Mies ven der Rohe, who also designed the core campus. Virgil Abloh was the Chief Creative Director and founder of Off-White between 2013 and 2021 and Artistic Director of Menswear at Louis Vuitton from 2018 to 2021. He has collaborated with Vitra for the exhibition Twentythirtyfive and the “Spin-off” collection. Last summer, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago dedicated to his manifold practice a comprehensive exhibition entitled Figures of Speech. This exhibition was presented at the High Museum of Art Atlanta in 2020, and continued at the ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art – of Boston and at the Brooklyn Museum of New York. Conceived by Alaska Alaska, “a research-based design and creative service practice tooted in contemporary landscapes, essentially questioning design while designing ‘design’,” four «efflorescence» pieces were shown there: Bench 1, Bench 2, Round High Chair, and Mirror 2. In January 2020, «efflorescence» was his first exhibition in a gallery dedicated to contemporary design.

Photo credits: © 42myles

Solo Shows

Virgil Abloh  -
Solo Show

24 January - 02 March, 2020

Virgil Abloh  -
Solo Show

15 January - 10 April, 2020

Group Shows

Virgil Abloh  - Design Miami / Paris 2024
Fair

15 October - 20 October, 2024

Virgil Abloh  - TEFAF New York 2024
Fair

09 May - 14 May, 2024

Virgil Abloh  - VIRGIL ABLOH: ECHOSYSTEMS
Group Show

21 September - 28 October, 2023

Virgil Abloh  - Design Miami/ Basel 2023
Fair

12 June - 18 June, 2023

Virgil Abloh  - step by step
Group Show

16 September - 05 November, 2022

Virgil Abloh  - Design Miami/ Basel 2022
Fair

13 June - 19 June, 2022

Virgil Abloh  - TEFAF New York 2022
Fair

05 May - 10 May, 2022

Virgil Abloh  - fiac! 2021
Fair

20 October - 24 October, 2021

Virgil Abloh  - Design Miami / Basel 2021
Fair

20 September - 26 September, 2021

Virgil Abloh  - Art Paris Art Fair 2021
Fair

08 September - 12 September, 2021

Virgil Abloh  - artmonte-carlo 2021
Fair

15 July - 17 July, 2021

Virgil Abloh  - @home new chapter
Group Show

23 March - 08 May, 2021

Virgil Abloh  - @home
Group Show

12 December, 2020 - 22 March, 2021

Publications