Biography - Awards and Honors

2023

Menschen in Europa Art Award, Munich, Germany [October 17, 2023]

Premio Galileo 2000 Award, Palazzo Vecchio Florence, Italy [May 19, 2023]

 

2022

Anniversary Medal for the completion of 200 years since the start of the Greek Revolution presented by the mayor of Hydra, Georgios Koukoudakis, Hydra, Greece [June 21, 2022]

Honorree, Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Groundbreaking Ceremony, Washington, D.C. [November 16, 2022]

 

2021

Renaissance Man of the Year Award presented by the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation USA, Florence, Italy [September 30, 2021]

U.S. Consulate General’s Award for Cultural Diplomacy presented by Consul General Ragini Gupta, Palazzo Tornabuoni, Florence, Italy [September 28, 2021]

 

2019

Made Honorary Professor of Sculpture of the Fine Arts Academy of Carrara, at the 250th anniversary celebration ceremony at the Academy of Fine Arts, Carrara, Italy [April 16, 2019]

 

2018

Honoree at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Gala, Washington, D.C. [May 12, 2018]

Honoree at the Art Production Fund’s Upbeat Benefit, New York, NY [March 12, 2018]

 

2017

Guest Editor-in-Chief, Die Welt Newspaper, Eighth Special Art Edition Supplement, Berlin, Germany [published November 16, 2017]

Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, York College of Pennsylvania, York, Pennsylvania

Made an Honorary Member of University of Oxford's Edgar Wind Society for Outstanding Contribution to Visual Culture, Oxford, England

First Artist-in-Residence at Columbia University’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute 

Honoree at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) Gala, Los Angeles, California

 

2016

French Institute Alliance Française's Trophée des Arts Gala Honored Jeff Koons with the Trophée des Arts Award, New York, NY [October 28th, 2016]

Threw ceremonial first pitch at York Revolution baseball game. Jeff Koons bobble heads were given away to 1,500 fans during the “Celebrate York” series, commemorating their 10th anniversary season, York, Pennsylvania [August 12, 2016]

 

2015

Honoree at Royal Academy America Gala, An 'RAted' Evening, New York, NY 

Honoree at the Riverkeeper’s Annual Fishermen’s Ball, New York, NY 

Presented keys to the city of Florence by mayor Dario Nardella at Palazzo Vecchio’s grand Sala dell’Udienza, Florence, Italy

Honoree at the National YoungArts Foundation's YoungArts Backyard Ball, Miami, Florida

Honoree at the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children 2015 Gala for Child Protection, New York, NY

 

2014

Academy of Achievement’s Golden Plate Award, 51st Annual International Achievement Summit, San Francisco, California

Honoree at the Citizens’ Committee for Children event, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

 

2012

State Department's Medal of Arts awarded by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Art in Embassies, Washington D.C. [awarded during 50th anniversary of the Art in Embassies Program, November 30, 2012]

Honoree at the Hermitage Museum Foundation's Annual Gala, The Hermitage Museum Foundation and Phillips de Pury, New York, New York

Honoree at the Annual Spring Benefit, Friends of the High Line, New York, New York

 

2011

Lotus Award of Distinction, The Lotus Club, New York, New York

Icon of Artistic Excellence Award, The Black Alumni of Pratt, Celebration of the Creative Spirit Benefit Dinner, New York, New York

Voice of Art Award, FEGS, New York, New York

Artist Icon Award in the Arts, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut

 

2010

Made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy, London, United Kingdom

Unveiling of RxArt Jeff Koons CT Scanner installation at Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, Illinois

 

2009

Received the award in the best "Exhibition Outside the United States" category for Jeff Koons Versailles, Rob Pruitt's First Annual
Arts Awards, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York [October 29, 2009]

The John Singleton Copley Award, The American Associates of the Royal Academy Trust, New York, New York

National Arts Club Medal of Honor, New York, New York

Maryland Institute College of Art Alumni Medal of Honor, Baltimore, Maryland

Governor's Awards for the Arts Distinguished Arts Award, York, Pennsylvania

 

2008

Honorary Doctorate, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Wollaston Award, Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom

 

2007

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, along with The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children,
developed the Koons Family International Law and Policy Institute for the purpose of combating global issues of child abduction
and exploitation

Promoted by President Jacques Chirac from Chevalier to Officier of the French Legion of Honor for his ongoing strengthening of
relations between France and the United States

Artist of the Year, American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art & Architecture, New York, New York

Louise T. Blouin Foundation Award for Creative and Cultural Achievement, Global Creative Leadership Summit, New York, New York

 

2006

Artistic Achievement Award, Americans For The Arts, Washington, D.C.

 

2005

Creative Patronage Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Elected to the American Academy for Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Honored by the Edwin Gould Services for Children and Families, Brooklyn, New York

 

2003

Museum of Fine Arts School Medal Award, Boston, Massachusetts

 

2002

Appointed to the Board of Directors, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, Alexandria, Virginia

Inducted to the Signet Society for Arts and Letters at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Received a Doctorate of Fine Arts, Honoris Causa, from The Corcoran, Washington, D.C.

Global Vision Award, Second Annual Hope Awards, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Alexandria, Virginia

Awarded the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, Skowhegan School of Arts, New York, New York

 

2001

Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, nominated by President Jacques Chirac and presented by Jean-Jacques Aillagon,
President of Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

 

2000

BZ Cultural Award from the City of Berlin, Germany

 

1999

Art Start for Children Award, Learning Through Art/The Guggenheim Museum Children’s Program, New York, New York