Tony Cragg
He was born in 1949 in Liverpool, Great Britain. He lives and works in Wuppertal, Germany.
Studies
1969-1970 Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham
1970-1973 Wimbledon School of Art
1973-1977 Royal College of Art
Awards (selection)
2014 Honorary citizenship of the city of Wuppertal
Honorary Doctor of Azerbaijan
2013 Sparkassen Kulturstiftung Rheinland Cultural Prize
Chair of artistic creation, French College
He was awarded the 2012 Federal Cross of Merit
Honorary Fellowship of the University of the Arts London
Cologne Fine Arts Award
2009 Honorary Doctor of the Royal College of Arts
2007 Praemium Imperiale
2002 Piepenbrock Sculpture Award
1988 Turner Prize
Teaching activity
2009 Rector of the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts, DE
2005 Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts London, UK
2001 Honorary Professor at John Moores University, Liverpool
Professor at the Universität de Künst (UDK) in Berlin
1996 Honorary Professor in Budapest, HU
1988 Professor at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts
1978 Lecturer at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts, DE
Tony Cragg
Born in 1949 in Liverpool, Great-Britain
Lives and works in Wuppertal, Germany
| 1966-1968 | Lab Technician at the National Rubber Producers Research Association |
| 1969-1970 | Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham |
| 1970-1973 | Wimbledon School of Art |
| 1973-1977 | Royal College of Art |
| 1976 | Professor L"Ecole des Beaux Arts de Metz |
| 1977 | Moved to Wuppertal Beginning of Exhibitions |
| 1978-1988 | Teaching at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf |
| 1979 | 1st Solo Exhibition at the Lisson Gallery |
| 1988 | British Representative at the 43rd Venice Biennale, Turner Prize |
| 1988-2001 | Professorship at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf |
| 1989-2001 | Co-Director at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
| 1989 | Von-der-Heydt-Prize |
| 1992 | Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres |
| 1994 | Royal Academician |
| 1996 | Honorary Professorship Budapest |
| 2001 | Professorship at the Universität der Künste (UdK), Berlin Honorary Fellowship John Moores University, Liverpool Akademie der Künste, Berlin |
| 2002 | CBE Piepenbrock Preis für Skulptur |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2018 | Roots and Stones, Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan |
| 2017 | Esculturas y dibujos, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana Tony Cragg. Unnatural Selection, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt |
| 2016 | Tony Cragg Djurgarden, Stockholm Tony Cragg Retrospctive: Parts of the World, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal Tony Cragg Sculpture, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko Sculptures, Gallery Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Pantin Tony Cragg, Hermitage Museum Saint Petersburg |
| 2015 | Tony Cragg, The Benaki Museum, Athens Walks of Life, Gothenburg International Sculpture Exhibition 2015, Gothenburg Tony Cragg, ADAA, New York Dialogo con il duomo Tony Cragg, Expo Milan 2015 Tony Cragg Sculpture, Buchmann Lugano, Lugano |
| 2014 | Tony Cragg, Musée d´Art Moderne, St. Etienne Walks of Life, Madison Square Park, New York In cooperation with the Salzburg Foundation, Villa Kast Salzburg, AT |
| 2013 | Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg Accurate Figure, Marais, Paris |
| 2012 | Museo d'Arte, Villa Ciani, Lugano Marian Goodmann Gallery, New York, USA Shanghai Himalayas Art Museum Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover The State Hermitage, St. Peterburgs Againts the Grain, Ernst Barlach Haus Sculptures and Drawings, CAFA Art Museum (China) Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing) |
| 2011 | Figure out/ Figure in, Musee du Louvre, Paris Seeing Things, Nascher Sculpture Center, Dallas Tonny Cragg in 4D From Flux to Stability, International Gallery of Modern Art, Venice “IN 4D“, Meran Arte Lauben, Lauben Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 2010 | Lisson Gallery, London Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Ca Pesaro, Venice Second Nature, Sculpturepark, Waldfrieden, Wuppertal Buchmann Box, Berlin Gallery Andersson, Umea |
| 2009 | Knoll Galerie, Vienna |
| 2008 | Tony Cragg - F. X. Messerschmidt, Belvedere, Vienna |
| 2007 | MAVI, Chile Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2006 | Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prag Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf Krefelder Kunstverein, Buschhüterhaus, Krefeld Buchmann Galerie, Berlin Lisson Gallery, London Foundation Louis Moret, Martigny, Schweiz Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro, Italy Thomas Cohn Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brazil Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umea, Sweden Akademie der Künste, Berlin Kloster unserer lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany |
| 2005 | Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice, Italy Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, England Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris The Central House of Artists, Moscow Klüser Galerie, München Neues Museum Nürnberg Museum der Wahrnehmung, Graz Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris |
| 2004 | Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA Buchmann Galerie, Köln Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal Cass Sculpture foundation, West Sussex, UK |
| 2003 | Stadtliche Kunst und Austellungs Halle Bonn Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Malaga Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Roma Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris Galerie Chantal Crousel à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris |
| 2002 | Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem Galerie Epikur, Wuppertal Buchmann Galerie, Köln Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst, Detmold Bethmann Bank, Frankfurt Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona |
| 2001 | Bernier/Eliades, Athens Galerie Seitz, Berlin Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden Thomas Cohn Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brazil Tucci Russo Studio per l"Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice, Italy Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal, Wuppertal Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz Galeria Academia, Salzburg Somerset House, London Lisson Gallery, London Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umea, Sweden |
| 2000 | Tate Gallery, Liverpool Glyndebourne, England Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen I8 Galleri, Reykjavik, Iceland Holderbank, Holderbank (Switzerland) Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Bernd Klüser Galerie, München Muhka, Antwerp Model Arts Centr, Sligo Marian Goodman Gallery Karsten Greve Paris |
| 1999 | Sara Hildenin Taidemuseo, Tampere Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf Studio per l"arte Contemporanea Tucci Russo, Torre Pellice (Torino) Barmenia Versicherungen, Wuppertal Von-der-Heydt-Museum Wuppertal Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle Galleri Stefan Andersson, Sweden Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Galeria André Viana, Porto Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya / Tokyo Museum Het Kruithuis, ‚s-Hertogenbosch Buchmann Galerie, Köln Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart |
| 1998 | Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya Wellington City Gallery, Wellington Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris The Contemporary Art Center of Vilnius, Vilnius Marian Goodman Gallery, New York The Association of Latvian Art Museums, Riga Ulmer Museum, Ulm Galerie Seitz – von Werder, Berlin Tallin Art Hall, Tallin Commune di Siena, Siena Lenbachhaus, München Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem Lisson Gallery London |
| 1997 | Whitechapel Art Gallery, London Lisson Gallery , London Nationalgalerie Skopje Nationalgalerie Sofia Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota Nationalgalerie Bratislava Biennale Venedig, Venedig Bawag Fondation, Wien Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Seoul Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt Nationalgalerie, Ujazdowskie Castle, Warschau BEL, Banque Européenne, Luxemburg MACBA, Barcelona Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow Galerie Bernd Klüser, München Sennestadt GmbH, Bielefeld |
| 1996 | Henry Moore Foundation, Halifax Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris Müczanok Kunsthalle Budapest Middelheim Sculpture Park, Antwerpen Galerie im Park, Viersen "Wirbelsäule" a sculpture commissioned by Stadt Viersen "Zufuhr" a sculpture commissioned by Sparkasse Wuppertal "Wave Forms" a sculpture commissioned by the Battery Park Authority Galerie Mauroner, Salzburg "World Events" a sculpture commissioned by the IOC Freundeskreis Wilhelmshöhe e.V., Ettlingen Buchmann Galerie, Köln Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg Carin Delcourt van Krimpen, Amsterdam MNAM, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Atelier des Enfants, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Galerie Karsten Greve, Milano |
| 1995 | Kunst auf der Zugspitze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Galerie Buchmann, Basel OTTO, Bologna Tucci Russo Studio per l"Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice (Torino) Galerie Buchmann, Basel Kunsthaus Bruno, Dum umenà mestr Brna, Brno Nationalgalerie Prag, Valdsteinská jÃzdarna v Praze, Prag Galerie Hachmeister, Münster Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem Nova Sin, Prag |
| 1994 | Marian Goodman, New York Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes Effe Arte, Lecco Stadtgalerie, Saarbrücken "Daily Bread" commissioned by Neustadt Wien Galérie Crousel-Robelin, Paris Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg Galerie Bernd Klüser, München Kunstverein, St. Gallen |
| 1993 | "Archimedes Screw" commissioned by the town of 's-Hertogenbosch Knoll Galéria, Budapest Studio Barnabo, Venice "Tides and Time" commissioned by the town of Bodo, Norway Ganserhaus, Wasserburg/Inn Galerie Hachmeister, Münster Galerie Buchmann, Basel |
| 1992 | IVAM Valencia Galerie Buchmann, Basel Musée departemental d'art contemporain, Rochechouart Centre d'art Contemporain, Kerguéhennec Group of four sculptures, commissioned by the Landeszentralbank, Düsseldorf Tramway, Glasgow CCA, Glasgow Isy Brachot, Brüssel Thomas Cohn, Sao Paulo Galleria Tucci Russo, Torino Lisson Gallery, London Mala Galerija, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana |
| 1991 | Wiener Secession, Wien Lisson Gallery, London Marian Goodman, New York The Power Plant, Toronto Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris Werkstatt Kollerschlag, Kollerschlag Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven Galerie Klüser, München Houston Contemporary Art Museum Art & Project, Amsterdam Washington Corcoran Museum |
| 1990 | Crown Point Press, San Francisco Galerie Buchmann, Basel "Early Forms" commissioned by the Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal "Early Forms" commissioned by the Houston Musem of Fine Arts Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin Kanransha Gallery, Tokyo Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach Galerie Klüser, München Galerie Fischer, Düsseldorf Valentina Moncada, Roma |
| 1989 | Marian Goodman, New York Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf Kanransha Gallery, Tokyo "Ordovician Pore" commissioned by the Walker Art Center Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf Tate Gallery, London Thomas Cohn, Rio Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 1988 | Venice Biennale Galerie Marga Paz, Madrid Galerie Klüser, München Galerie Buchmann, Basel Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris Foksal Gallery, Warsaw Lisson Gallery, London Silo, Val de Vesle |
| 1987 | Hayward Gallery, London Corner House, Manchester Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin Kanransha Gallery, Tokyo Marian Goodman, New York |
| 1986 | Galerie Buchmann, Basel Joost Declercq, Ghent The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Marian Goodman, New York University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley "Raleigh" commissioned by the Tate Gallery Gewad, Ghent La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California Pierre Huber, Genf Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf |
| 1985 | Kunsthalle Waaghaus, Winterthur Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, München Donald Young Gallery, Chicago Lisson Gallery, London Art & Project, Amsterdam Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Galerie Bernd Klüser, München Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover |
| 1984 | Yarlow & Salzmann, Toronto De Vleeshal, Middelburg, Holland Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark Schellmann & Klüser, München Marian Goodman, New York Kanransha Gallery, Tokyo Crousel-Hussenot, Paris Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln Tucci Russo, Torino |
| 1983 | Lucio Amelio, Naples Marian Goodman, New York Kunsthalle Bern Art & Project, Amsterdam Thomas Cohn, Rio de Janeiro Galerie Buchmann, St. Gallen Franco Toselli, Mailand |
| 1982 | Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe Kanransha Gallery, Tokyo Nisshin Gallery, Tokyo Marian Goodman, New York Nouveau Musée, Lyon Büro Berlin, Berlin Chantal Crousel, Paris Schellmann & Klüser, München Lisson Gallery, London Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterloo |
| 1981 | Schellmann & Klüser, München Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, St. Etienne Whitechapel Art Gallery, London Nouveau Musée, Lyon Front Room, London Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal Vacuum, Düsseldorf |
| 1980 | Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf Lisson Gallery, London Chantal Crousel, Paris Lützowstr. Situation, Büro Berlin, Berlin Lucio Amelio, Naples Franco Toselli, Mailand Saman Gallery, Genova |
| 1979 | Lisson Gallery, London Lützowstr. Situation, Berlin Künstlerhaus Weidenallee, Hamburg |
