Tony Cragg, Biography
Born in Liverpool 1949. Lives and works in Wuppertal, Germany.
EDUCATION
2006–2014
Professorship at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
2009–2013
Rektor of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2001–2006
Professorship at the Universität der Künste (UdK), Berlin
1988–2001
Professorship at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
1978–1988
Taught at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
1976
Professor L’Ecole des Beaux Arts de Metz
1973–1977
Royal College of Art (MA)
1970–1973
Wimbledon School of Art (BA)
1969–1970
Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
▹ GSA Gallery, Stockholm
2021
▹ Houghton Hall, Norfolk
▹ Points of View, Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen
▹ Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
2020
▹ Points of View , One Vanderbilt, New York, Commission
▹ Zum Licht , Bergische Universität, Wuppertal, Commission
▹ Werdendes , Bundestag, Berlin, Commission
▹ Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg and Paris
▹ St. Agnes Kirche, Cologne
▹ Pilane, Tjörn island, Sweden
▹ Espécies Raras , MON, Curritiba, Brasil
▹ Points of View, Schlossmuseum Wolfenbüttel
2019
▹ Stacks, Lisson Gallery, London
▹ Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal
▹ Art Gallery Kula, Split
▹ Boboli Gardens, Florence
▹ Eden Roc, Cap d’Antibes
▹ Versus, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
▹ Skulpturen und Zeichnungen , Franz Marc Museum, Kochel
▹ Espécies Raras , MuBE, Sao Paulo
2018
▹ Roots and Stones, Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran
▹ Human Nature,Istanbul Modern, Istanbul
▹ Park Avenue, New York
▹ Ciutat de les Arts y les Ciencias, Valencia
▹ Endeless Form,Museo Nivola, Orani, Sardegna
▹ Museum Kunstpalast im Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf
▹ Wooson Gallery, Daegu, Korea
▹ Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
2017
▹ Tony Cragg: Roots & Stones at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
▹ Tony Cragg, Sculptures, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm
▹ Tony Cragg. Sculptures and Works on Paper – Ludwig Museum, Koblenz
▹ Tony Cragg: Recent Sculptures at Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
▹ Tony Cragg: A Rare Category of Objects at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire
▹ Tony Cragg in der Villa Schöningen, Berlin
▹ Tony Cragg at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havanna, Kuba
▹ Tony Cragg, Sculpture, Wrocław Contemporary Museum
▹ Tony Cragg. Unnatural Selection, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
▹ Tony Cragg at MUDAM, Luxembourg
2016
▹ Lisson Gallery, London
▹ Tony Cragg at Djurgården, Stockholm
▹ Tony Cragg Restrospective: Parts of the World at Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal
▹ Tony Cragg Sculpture, Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko
▹ Tony Cragg. Sculptures and Drawings at The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
▹ Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Pantin, Paris
2015
▹ Glasstress 2015/Gotika. Collateral event of the 56th International Art exhibition/Biennale Art 2015
▹ Galerie Buchmann, Berlin, 21.3. – 25.4.2015
▹ Walks of Life 25. April 2015 – 25. Oktober 2015
▹ Runner at Düsseldorfer Dreischeibenhaus
▹ Drei neue Skulpturen von Tony Cragg, Kunstprojekt Krauthügel, Salzburg
▹ Tony Cragg, dialogue with the Duomo, Duomo di Milano
▹ Tony Cragg – Projekt für die Synagoge Stommeln
▹ Tony Cragg at Benaki Museum in Athens – 10/09/2015 – 08/11/2015
▹ Tony Cragg World Economic Forum Davos
▹ Tony Cragg Solo Show ADAA, New York
▹ Sculpture, Pilane, Gothenburg International Sculpture Exhibition
▹ Benaki Museum, Athens
▹ Dialogo con il Duomo TONY CRAGG, Expo Milan 2015
▹ Synagoge Stommeln, Pulheim
2014
▹ Tony Cragg Heydar Aliyev Art Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan
▹ Tony Cragg Ravello, Italy
▹ Walks of Life MAD. SQ. ART 2014, New York
2013
▹ Tony Cragg: Sculptures and Drawings, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
▹ La Llotja Palma de Mallorca
▹ Musée d’Art Moderne St. Etienne
▹ Großer Kulturpreis der Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland 2013
▹ Chaire de Création Artistique, Collège de France
2012
▹ Museo d’Arte della Citta di Lugano
▹ British Council featured in China: CAFAM, Beijing; MOCA, Chengdu; HAM, Shanghai
▹ Ernst-Barlach-Haus, Hamburg
▹ Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
▹ Tony Cragg with Cass at Exhibtion Rd, London
2011
▹ Musée du Louvre, Paris
▹ MKM Küppersmühle, Duisburg
▹ National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
▹ Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
▹ Alto riconoscimento della Presidenza del Senato della Repubblica Italiana per la genialità del suo lavoro, Italy
2010
▹ Konstmuseum Boras, Sweden
▹ Ca’Pesaro, Venice
▹ Beijing, Prize for Non-Chinese-Artists 2010
2009
▹ Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen
▹ Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
2008
▹ Tony Cragg versus Franz Messerschmidt, Belvedere Wien
2007
▹ Fondacion Cultural Plaza Mulato Gil de Castro, MAVI, Chile
▹ ‘Das Potential der Dinge’, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
▹’Tony Cragg 1995-2006’, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
▹ Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
▹ Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy
▹ Nordiska Akvarellmuseet Skärhamn, Tjörn, Sweden
2006
▹ Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro, Italy
▹ ‘Das Potential der Dinge’, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
▹ Centro Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005
▹ Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, England
▹ The Central House of Artists, Moscow
▹ Neues Museum Nürnberg
▹ Arco 2005 A.E.C.A. (Asociación Espanola de Criticos de Arte)
2004
▹ Museu Serralves, Porto
2003
▹ Bibliothèque Nationale Francaise, Paris
▹ Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
▹ CAC Málaga, Malaga
▹ MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, Rom
2002
▹ Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg
▹ Piepenbrock Prize for Sculpture
2001
▹ Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
▹ Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz
2000
▹ Muhka, Antwerp
▹ Glyndebourne, England
▹ Tate Gallery, Liverpool
1999
▹ Von-der-Heydt-Museum Wuppertal
▹ Sara Hildenin Taidemuseo, Tampere
▹ Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
1998
▹ Lenbachhaus, München
▹ Tallin Art Hall, Tallin
▹ Commune di Siena, Siena
▹ The Association of Latvian Art Museums, Riga
▹ The Contemporary Art Center of Vilnius, Vilnius
1997
▹ MACBA, Barcelona
▹ National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Seoul
▹ Nationalgalerie, Ujazdowskie Castle, Warschau
▹ Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
▹ Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
▹ Biennale Venedig, Venedig
▹ Nationalgalerie Bratislava
▹ Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota
▹ Nationalgalerie Skopje
▹ Nationalgalerie Sofia
▹ Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1996
▹ Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
▹ Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
▹ Henry Moore Foundation, Halifax
1995
▹ Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
▹ Nationalgalerie Prag, Valdsteinská jízdarna v Praze, Prag
1994
▹ Kunstverein, St. Gallen
▹ Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento
▹ Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
1993
▹ ‘Tides and Time’ commissioned by the town of Bodo, Norway, Archimedes Screw’ commissioned by the town of ‘s-Hertogenbosch
▹ ‘Archimedes Screw’ commissioned by the town of ‘s-Hertogenbosch
1992
▹ IVAM Valencia
▹ Tramway, Glasgow
▹ Centre d’art Contemporain, Kerguéhennec
1991
▹ Washington Corcoran Museum
▹ Houston Contemporary Art Museum
▹ Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
▹ Wiener Secession, Wien
1990
▹ Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach
▹ The Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
▹ ‘Early Forms’ commissioned by the Houston Musem of Fine Arts
▹‘Early Forms’ commissioned by the Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
1989
▹ Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
▹ Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
1988
▹ British Representative at the 43rd Venice Biennale, ‘Menzione Speziale’ (Venice Biennale)
1987
▹ Hayward Gallery, London
▹ Documenta 8, Kassel
1986
▹ University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley
▹ The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn
▹ Venice Biennale
1985
▹ ARC, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
▹ Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, München
▹ Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel
▹ Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover
1984
▹ Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
▹ The Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1983
▹ Kunsthalle Bern
1982
▹ Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
▹ Le Nouveau Musée (NDLR), Lyon
▹ Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterloo
▹ Fifth Triennale India, New Delhi
▹ Documenta 7, Kassel
1981
▹ Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, St. Etienne
▹ Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
▹ Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
1980
▹ Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
▹ Kunst in Europa na ’68, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent
▹ Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1979
▹ Europa-Kunst der 80er Jahre, Stuttgart
▹ First One-Man Exhibition at the Lisson Gallery
AWARDS
2019
▹ Awarded the Badge of Honor of the the North Rhine Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2018
▹ Awarded the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
2015
▹ Honorary professorship Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2014
▹ Honorary doctor of Azerbaijan
▹ Citizen of Honor of the City of Wuppertal
2012
▹ Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st Class (Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse)
▹ Artist’s Medal of Honor of the Hermitage, Russia
▹ Honorary Fellow of University of the Arts London
▹ Cologne Fine Art Award
2009
▹ Honorary doctor of the Royal College of Arts
2007
▹ Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture
2005
▹ 1st Prize for Best Sculpture at the Beijing Biennale
2002
▹ Commander of the British Empire (CBE)
2001
▹ Shakespeare Prize
▹ Honorary Degree Award of Doctor of the University of Surrey
▹ Honorary Fellowship, John Moores University, Liverpool
▹ Elected to the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
1996
▹ Honorary Professorship, Budapest
1994
▹ Royal Academician (RA)
1989
▹ Von-der-Heydt-Prize
1988
▹ Turner Prize