Born in 1955 Christopher Wool grew up in Chicago. Solo exhibitions of his work have been presented at institutions around the world, including Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne; Kunsthalle Bern; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Kunsthalle Basel; Institut Valencià d'Art Modern; Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg; Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and Art Institute of Chicago.