Alex Katz (n. Brooklyn, 24 de Julho de 1927) é um pintor e americano.
Biografia Alex, filho de um comerciante e de uma actriz de teatro, cedo se interessou pela arte comercial. Estudou na Woodrow wilson Vocational High School de Queens, na Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture em Nova Iorque e mais tarde obteve uma bolsa na Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, em Skowhegan, Maine.
Katz casou com Jena Cohen em 1950 e em segundas núpcias com Ada, médica e investigadora.
A sua obra sofreu influências do movimento da pop art'' do qual fez parte.
Tendo conhecido Paul Tayler (coreógrafo), acabou por fazer diversas cenografias para diversos espetáculos.
Obra <small> 1952 – Paisagem Invernal (óleo sobre tela 61 cm x 61 cm) <small> 1958 – Irving e Lucy (óleo sobre tela 152,4 cm x 152,3 cm) <small> 1955 – Homem com Cão (Collage 10,1 cm x 15,2 cm) <small> 1955-1956 – Amo da Estrada (Collage 11,4 cm x 17,7 cm) <small> 1957 – Três Pessoas (Collage 10,1 cm x 15,2 cm) <small> 1957 – Baía ao Entardecer (Collage 10,1 cm x 15,2 cm) <small> 1959 – Campos de Arandos n.º 1 (Collage 35,5 cm x 45,2 cm) <small> 1959 – Figura Adormecida (Collage 11,4 cm x 16,5 cm) <small> 1958 – Ada na Água (Collage 12,7 cm x 20,3 cm) <small> 1960 – O Vestido de Preto (óleo sobre tela 181,5 cm x 212 cm) <small> 1962 – Vista (óleo sobre tela 76,2 cm x 101,5 cm) <small> 1968 – Descolagem (óleo sobre alumínio 172 cm x 457 cm x 119,4 cm) <small> 1959 – Blackic a Andar (óleo sobre tabuleiro recortado, quatro figuras 27,3 cm x 41,2 cm) <small> 1959 – Ada Ada (recortável, óleo sobre alumínio 99 cm x 56 cm) <small> 1969 – Ada Com Nariz (recortável, óleo sobre alumínio 181,5 cm x 183 cm) <small> 1968 – Rudy e Edwin (recortável, óleo sobre alumínio 122 cm x 110,5 cm x 10,1 cm) <small> 1980 – Ada e Alex (óleo sobre tela 152,4 cm x 183 cm) <small> 1956 – Camurcine de Malha (óleo sobre massonite 61 cm x 45,7 cm) <small> 1962-1963 – Ao Passar (óleo sobre tela 183 cm x 203,2 cm) <small> 1969 – Auto-retrato com Óculos de Sol (óleo sobre tela 243,8 cm x 183 cm) <small> 1963 – Ada Com Óculos de Sol (óleo sobre tela 127,6 cm x 203,2 cm) <small> 1968 – Impala (óleo sobre tela 183 cm x 277 cm) <small> 1968 – Alex (recortável, óleo sobre alumínio 181,5 cm x 47 cm x 11,4 cm) <small> 1967 – Ada e Vincent (óleo sobre tela 241,3 cm x 183 cm) <small> 1963 – O Sorriso Vermelho (óleo sobre tela 200 cm x 291,5 cm) <small> 1965 – Ada ao Contrário (óleo sobre tela 130,2 cm x 161,2 cm) <small> 1982 – O Casaco Vermelho (óleo sobre tela 244 cm x 122 cm) <small> 1966 – Malmequeres Violeta n.º 2 (óleo sobre tela 274,3 cm x 193 cm) <small> 1965 – Lírios Brancos (óleo sobre tela 236,2 cm x 202 cm) <small> 1969 – Domínio Privado (óleo sobre tela 289,5 cm x 617 cm) <small> 1972 – Guarda-Chuva Azul (óleo sobre tela 244 cm x 365,7 cm) <small> 1979 – Noite – William Dunas (óleo sobre tela. Quatro telas, cada 122 cm x 152,4 cm) <small> 1983 – Pas de Deux (óleo sobre tela 335 cm x 975 cm) <small> 1984 – Eleuthra (óleo sobre tela 305 cm x 670,5 cm) <small> 1986 – Último Olhar (óleo sobre tela 198,2 cm x 457 cm) <small> 1990 – Chance (óleo sobre tela 208,2 cm x 325 cm) <small> 1965 – O Cocktail (óleo sobre tela 183 cm x 243,8 cm) <small> 1963-1964 – A Companhia de Dança de Paul Taylor (óleo sobre tela 213,5 cm x 243,8 cm) <small> 1974 – Quinta-Feira à Noite (óleo sobre tela 183 cm x 365,7 cm) <small> 1981 – Hiroshi e Marsha (óleo sobre tela 183 cm x 244 cm) <small> 1975 – Alpendre (óleo sobre tela 183 cm x 244 cm) <small> 1976 – Embarcadouro do Ferry de Islesboro (óleo sobre tela 198,2 cm x 213,4 cm) <small> 1983 – Nas Bancadas (óleo sobre tela 305 cm x 505 cm) <small> 1960 – Luna Park (óleo sobre tela 101,5 cm x 76,2 cm) <small> 1988 – Uma Árvore no Inverno (óleo sobre tela 320 cm x 305 cm) <small> 1987 – Manhã no Soho (óleo sobre tela 320 cm x 244 cm) <small> 1987 – Noite II (óleo sobre tela 320 cm x 244 cm) <small> 1990 – Sem Título (óleo sobre tela 167,5 cm x 228,5 cm) <small> 1990 – Black Brook 11 (óleo sobre tela 254 cm x 383,5 cm) <small> 1990 - Black Brook 10 (óleo sobre tela 320 cm x 244 cm)
Exposições <small> 1954 - Roko Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1957 - Roko Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1958 - The Sun Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts. <small> 1959 - Tanager Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1960 - Stable Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1961 - Stable Gallery, Nova Iorque <small> 1961 - Mili-Jay Gallery, Woodstock, Nova Iorque <small> 1962 - Tanager Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1962 - Martha Jackson Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1963 - Thibaut Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1964 - Fischbach Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1965 - Fischbach Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1965 - Fischbach Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1966 - David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles. <small> 1967 - Fischbach Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1968 - Fischbach Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1969 - Mont Chateau Lodge, West Virginia University, Morgantown. <small> 1969 - Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago. <small> 1970 - Fischbach Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1971 - Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. <small> 1971 - Traveled to The Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego <small> 1971 - Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul <small> 1971 - Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford <small> 1971 - Galerie Brusberg, Hannover <small> 1971 - Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago. <small> 1971 - Fischbach Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1971 - Fischbach Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1971 - Galerie Thelen, Cologne, West Alemanha <small> 1972 - Reed College Art Gallery, Portland, Oregon. <small> 1973 - Assa Galleria, Helsinquia, Finlândia. <small> 1973 - Marlborough Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1974 - The Picker Art Gallery, Charles A. Dana Creative Arts Center, Colgate University, Hamilton, Nova Iorque. <small> 1974 - Marlborough Godard Gallery, Toronto. <small> 1974 - Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. <small> 1974 - Whitney Museum of American Art, Nova Iorque. <small> 1974 - Traveled to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond <small> 1974 - Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City <small> 1974 - The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Califórnia <small> 1974 - University Gallery, University of Minnesota <small> 1974 - Indianapolis Museum of Art <small> 1975 - Marlborough Fine Art, Londres. <small> 1975 - Galerie Arnesen, Copenhaga. <small> 1975 - Galerie Marguérite Lamy, Paris. <small> 1975 - Marlborough Gallery Inc., Nova Iorque. <small> 1976 -Marlborough Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1976 - Marlborough Godard Gallery, Toronto. <small> 1976 - Benjamin Mangel Gallery, Bala Cynwyd, Pensilvânia. <small> 1977 - Fresno Arts Center and Museum, Califórnia. <small> 1977 - Traveled to Art Galleries, California State University, Long Beach <small> 1977 - Seattle Art Museum, <small> 1977 - Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canadá <small> 1977 - Galerie Roger d'Amécourt, Paris. <small> 1977 - Marlborough Galerie AG, Zurich <small> 1978 - Marlborough Gallery, Nova Iorque. " <small> 1978 - Richard Eugene Fuller Art Gallery, Beaver College, Glendale, Pensilvânia. <small> 1978 - Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto <small> 1978 - Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan. <small> 1978 - Hokin Gallery, Chicago. <small> 1978 - Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. <small> 1978 - Benjamin Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia. <small> 1978 - Wilcox Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pensilvânia. <small> 1979 - Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. <small> 1979 - Brooke Alexander Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1979 - Robert Miller Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1979 - Benjamin Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia. <small> 1979 - Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan. <small> 1980 - Hartnell College Gallery, Salinas, Califórnia. <small> 1980 - Traveled to University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Bárbara <small> 1980 - Marlborough Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1980 - The Queens Museum, Flushing, Nova Iorque. <small> 1980 - Fine Arts Gallery, State University of Nova Iorque, Stony Brook. <small> 1980 - Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto. "Alex Katz." <small> 1980 - Middendorf/Lane Gallery, Washington, D.C. <small> 1980 - Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta. <small> 1980 - Centro Colombo-Americano, Bogota, Colombia. <small> 1981 - Robert Miller Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1981 - Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Oregon. <small> 1981 - Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan. <small> 1981 - Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama. <small> 1981 - Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati. <small> 1981 - Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto. <small> 1981 - Middendorf/Lane Gallery, Washington, D.C. <small> 1982 - Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan. <small> 1982 - Marlborough Fine Art, Londres. <small> 1982 - John C. Stoller and Co., Minneapolis. <small> 1982 - Marlborough Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1982 - Brooke Alexander Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1982 - Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto. <small> 1982 - Hokin Gallery, Chicago. <small> 1983 - Marlborough Gallery Inc., Nova Iorque. <small> 1983 - Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, Flórida. <small> 1983 - Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan. <small> 1983 - Texas Gallery, Houston. <small> 1983 - Harcus Gallery, Boston. <small> 1984 - Robert Miller Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1984 - Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee. <small> 1984 - Benjamin Mangel Gallery, Filadélfia. <small> 1984 - Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles. <small> 1984 - The Picker Art Gallery, Charles A. Dana Creative Arts Center, Colgate University, Hamilton, Nova Iorque. <small> 1985 - Houghton Gallery, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Nova Iorque. <small> 1985 - Robert Miller Gallery, Nova Iorque. " <small> 1985 - Marlborough Fine Art, Tokyo. <small> 1985 - William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Rockland, Maine. <small> 1985 - Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine and Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine. <small> 1985 - Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston. <small> 1985 - Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Kansas. <small> 1986 - Whitney Museum of American Art, Nova Iorque. <small> 1986 - Traveled to the Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Flórida <small> 1986 - Marlborough Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1986 - Erika Meyerovitz Gallery, San Francisco. <small> 1987 - Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, Flórida. <small> 1987 - Robert Miller Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1987 - Galerie Inge Baecker, Colónia <small> 1988 - The Brooklyn Museum, Nova Iorque. <small> 1988 - Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris. <small> 1988 - Marlborough Gallery, Nova Iorque. <small> 1988 - Massimo Audiello. <small> 1988 - The Seibu Museum of Art, The Seed Hall, Tokyo, Japan. <small> 1988 - Traveled to Parco Studio, Osaka, Japão <small> 1988 - The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio. <small> 1988 - Elizabeth Galasso Fine Art, Ossining, Nova Iorque. <small> 1988 - Erika Meyerovitz Gallery, San Francisco. <small> 1989 - Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan. <small> 1989 - Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona. <small> 1989 - Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munique, West Alemanha. <small> 1989 - Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston. <small> 1989 - Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles. <small> 1990 - Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, Flórida. <small> 1990 - Fandos Galeria de Arte Moderna, Valência, Espanha. <small> 1990 - Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, West Alemanha. "Alex Katz." <small> 1990 - Orlando Museum of Art, Flórida <small> 1990 - Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Canadá <small> 1990 - North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh. <small> 1990 - Traveled to The Newark Museum of Art, New Jersey <small> 1990 - J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky <small> 1990 - Institute of Contemporary Arts, Londres.