Scharf often uses images from the animated cartoons popular during his childhood, such as The Flintstones and The Jetsons. In 2001, he released a cartoon of his own ‘The Groovenians’ of which there was only one episode.
Scharf was a key figure in the East Village art scene of the 1980s with shows at Fun gallery in 1981 and Tony Shafrazi in 1984, before seeing his work embraced by museums, such as the Whitney, which selected him for the 1985 Whitney Bienniale.
He did the album covers of The B-52's in the mid-80s. In 1995, Scharf designed a room at the Tunnel nightclub in New York.
Scharf was friends with the graffiti artist Keith Haring and appears in the documentary ‘The Universe of Keith Haring’. In 2004, he appeared in The Nomi Song, a documentary about his friend, opera singer and new wave star Klaus Nomi.
Scharf has had featured exhibits at the Monterrey Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami Center for the Fine Arts, and The Queens Museum of Art. Scharf is represented by New York City’s Paul Kasmin Gallery, which also represents Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, David Hockney, Morris Louis, Al Held, and others.
1983 The Fun's Inside
1983 The Idea Falls
1983-84 Juicy Jungle
1984 The Days of Our Lives
1984 When Worlds Collide
1985 Op Bop
1988 Obglob
1998 Felix on a Pedestal
2003 Squabs
2003 Zrobz
2005 Free Fuel
2006 Ketchup (detail)
2006 Pump N' Go
2007 Sonho Molhado
2008 Chocolate Frosted With Sprinkles
2008 Hot Dog
2008 Hurdy Gurdy
2008 Smiling Spermy Spiralies
2009 Nike Stages
2010 Mural on Bowery and Houston, N.Y.
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