1928
Born on 6th of August in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as Andrew Warhola
1945-49
Studies design at the Carnegy Institute of Technology in Pittsburg Graduates in Painting and Design
1949
Moves to New York, where he works as a commercial artist
1952
First important solo exhibition at Hugo-Gallery in New York entitled „Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote“
1956
Group exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
First artistic pictures
1962
Moves into „The Factory“, his studio Produces the first serigraphies Experiments with film and video First exhibition as a Pop Art artist
1968
Feminist activist Valerie Solanis, founder and sole member of SCUM, nearly kills him
1969
Foundation of “Interview” magazine
1978
Studies at the School of Visual Art, New York
1982
“Andy Warhol’s TV” runs on American cable TV
1986
His show „Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes“ is on air for the first time on MTV
1987
Warhol dies in New York
1989
The MoMA shows a retrospective exhibition of his works