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Biography - Tony Cragg

Born

1949 Liverpool England, Currently lives in West Germany.

Education

1968 Foundation Course at Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham
1972 Wimbledon School of Art
1977 Studied sculpture at the Royal College of Art
1977 Moved to Wuppertal, West Germany

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007 “Tony Cragg Works,” 1996-2006, MAVI, Chile
“Tony Cragg- Das Potential der Dinge,” Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
2006 “Tony Cragg – Sculptures” Buchman Galerie, Berlin Germany
“Revelation” The Lowry, Manchester U.K.
Galerie Jiri Svetska, Prague
2005 Familiae, Neues Museum, Staatl. Museum für Kunst u. Design, Nuremberg
2004 Buchman Galerie, Cologne Germany
Museum Serralves, Porto, Portugal
2003 “Tony Cragg: Recent Works,” Galerie Bernd Klüser, München
Marian Goodman Gallery
Biblioteque Nationale de France, Paris France
Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der BDR, Bonn Germany
Museum of Modern Art, Malaga Spain
2001 “Tony Cragg” Malmo Konsthall, Malmo Sweden
“Anthony Cragg Skulpturen” Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany
“Tony Cragg, Skulpturen und Papierbeiten” Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal, Germany
2000 “A New Thing Breathing: Recent Work by Tony Cragg” Tate Gallery Liverpool, England
Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne, England
Kunstverein Springhomlof, Neuenkirchen Germany
Holderbank, Holderbank Switzerland
MUHKA, Museum van Hedehaagse Kunst, Antwerp Belgium
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
1999 Vonderheydt Museum, Wuppertal Germany
Lenbachhaus, Stadtische Gallery, Munich Germany
Sara Hilden Art Museum
Tate Gallery Liverpool, England
1998 Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Lisson Gallery, London
1996 Tucci Russo, Turin, Italy
1993 Moderna Galerija Ljubljana
Lisson Gallery, London, England
Gallerry Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
1992 “Tony Cragg: Sculpture 1975-1990,” Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
Galerie Isy Brachot, Bruxelles, Belgium
1991 “Estampes,” Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris, France
“Tony Cragg,” Valentino Moncada, Rome, Italy
“Tony Cragg: Bronze, Stone, Porcelain, Plaster, Glass,”
Fred Hoffman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Tony Cragg: New Sculpture,” Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
“Tony Cragg Sculpture 1975-1990,” Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport CA
1990 “Investigations into Chaos,” Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
Crown Point Press, New York, NY
Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin, Italy
1989 Lisson Gallery, London
“Tony Cragg,” Galeria Atlantica, Portugal, Spain
“Tony Cragg New Sculpture,” Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
“Nieuwe e tsen,” Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nishimurz Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1988 Galerie Crousel‑Robelin, Paris, France
Galerie Buchman, Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Marga Paz, Madrid, Spain
Galeria Foksal, Warszawa
Venice Biennale, British Pavillion
“Artist in Residence,” Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
1987 Hayward Gallery, London
Antonio Tucci Russo, Torino, Italy
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Hannover Gesellschaft
Joost Declercq, Ghent
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
La Jolla Museum and Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland
MATRIX Show, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1985 Kunsthalle Waaghaus, Winterthur
Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich, Germany
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL
Lisson Gallery, London, England
Art & Project, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Palais des Beaux‑Arts, Brussels, Belgium
ARC, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
1984 Yarlow & Salzmann, Toronto, Canada
De Vleeshall, Middleburg, Netherlands
Louisiana, Museum of Modern Art, Kopenhagen, Denmark
Schellmann & Kluser, Munich, Germany
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
Kanransha Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Crousel‑Hussenot, Paris, France
Kolner Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Tucci Russo, Torino, Italy
1983 Lucio Amelio, Napoli, Italy
Marian Goodman, New York, NY
Kunsthalle Bern, Germany
Art & Project, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Thomas Cohn, Rio de Janeiro
Franco Toselli, Milano, Italy
Galerie Buchmann, St. Gallen
1982 Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
Kanrasha Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Marian Goodman, New York, NY
Nouveau Musee, Lyon, France
Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Buro Berlin, Germany
Schellman & Kluser, Munich, Germany
Lisson Gallery, London, England
Konrad‑Fischer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Kroller‑Muller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
1981 Schellmann & Kluser, Munich, Germany
Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint‑Etienne, France
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England
Nouveau Musée, Lyon, France
Front Room, London, England
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
Vacuum, Dusseldorf, Germany
1980 Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England
Konrad Fischer, Neubruckstrasse, Germany
Lisson Gallery, London, England
Chantal Crousel, Paris
Lutzowstrasse Situation, Berlin, Germany
Lucio Amelio, Napoli, Italy
Franco Toselli, Milano, Italy
Saman Gallery, Genova, Italy
1979 Lisson Gallery, London, England
Lutzowstrasse Situation, Berlin, Germany
Kunstlerhaus Weidenallee, Hamburg, Germany

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007 “A Selection: 40 Artists from 30 years of exhibitions”, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
“KölnSkulptur 4” Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne, Germany
“An Incomplete World,” Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2006 “Super Vision,” The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Piazza d `Armi, Olympic Games Torino 2006, Turin
Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Morandi and Themes in Contemporary British Art, Abbot Hall, Kendal
On earth’s face. Körperlandschaften, Museum für angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
“The 80’s: A Topology of Sense,” Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal
2005 Contemporary Voices, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Contemporanea, Fundacion Juan March, Madrid
Henry Moore - Epoche und Echo - Englische Bildhauerei im 20. Jahrhundert,Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall
Effervescence Musée des Beaux Arts, Angers
figur / skulptur, Sammlung Essl – Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg
2004 Fundacao Serralves, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Porto
Treasure Island, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
Acquisitions Récents, Œuvres Contemporaines, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2003 Galerie Crousel, Paris
Bibliothèque Nationale Francaise, Paris
Galerie Seitz und Partner, Berlin
2002 Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona
Galerie Epikur, Wuppertal
2001 Somerset House, London
Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt
2000 Tate Gallery, Liverpool
Karsten Greve Paris
1999 Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
1998 “Collection of Yoon Ja and Paul Devautour,” Galerie Chantal
Crousel, Paris, France
1994 “Recent British Sculpture,” Centre for the Visual Arts, North Wales
1993 “Sculptures” Marc Blondeau Gallery, Paris, France
“Sculpture,” Leo Castelli, New York, NY
“Summer Group Show,” Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
Donald Young Gallery, Seattle, WA
Crousel-Robelin Bama, Paris, France
1992 “From Plastic Form to Printer’s Plate,” Oliver Art Center, California
College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
“The Frozen Leopard,” Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
“Mythologies contemporaines,” Galerie Mansart, Bibliotheque
Nationale, Paris, France
1991 A Group Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
“Distribution: Random and Deliberate,” Davis /McClain Gallery,
Houston, TX
“The 1991 Carnegie INternational Exhibition,” Pittsburg, PA
1990 Group Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
“Je Est Un Autre,” Galeria Comicos, Portugal
“Prints Made at Crown Point Press, Tate Gallery, London
Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“John Baldessari, Tony Cragg and John McCracken, Gallery
Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1989 “European Painting & Sculpture,” L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, CA
“Tony Cragg/Susana Solano,Etchings,” Firth Street Gallery, London, England
“Cragg, Gerz, Messager, Nordman, Polke,” Galerie Croisel-
Roselin/Bama, Paris, France
1988‑89 “Britanica: Vingt-cinq ans de Sculpture,” Musée des Beaux
Arts; Andre Malraux, Le Havre; Musée de l’Eveche, Evreux; École d’Architecture de Normandie, Rouen, France; Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, Germany
“Camouflage,” Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
“Subject: Object,” Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London, England
1988 “Summer Group Exhibition,” Valeria Belvedere, Milano, Italy
“Presentation & Propositions,” FRAC Rhone‑Alpes, Villa Du Parc
“De Verzameling,” Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen
1987‑88 “Edinburgh International,” Royal Scottish Academy
1987 “Anderer Leute Kunst,” Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld Juxtapostions, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island, NY
“Documenta,” Kassel
“Drawing,” Kanrasha Gallery, Tokyo
“A Quiet Revolution: British Sculpture Since 1965,” San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, CA
1986 “Beuys zu Ehren” (Armin Zweite), Stadtische Galerie im
Lenbachhaus, Munich
“Spuren, Skulpturen und Monumente ihrer prazisen Reise,”
Kunsthaus Zurich
“Englische Bildhauer,” Galerie Harald Behm, Hamburg
1985 “Aureola Borealis,” Oslo, Norway
Turner Prize exhibiton of shortlisted artists, Tate Gallery, London, England
“7000 Eichen,” Kunsthalle, Tubingen
“… Mobel ‑ Objecte und Installation… ,” von der
Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
18th Biennale of Antwerpen, Germany
“Alles und noch viel mehr,” Kunsthalle Bern, Germany
“Anniottanta,” Galeria communale d’arte moderne, Bologna, Italy
“The British Show,” Perth; Brisbane; Sydney, Australia
“Hayward Annual 1985,” Hayward Gallery, London, England
1984 “Sol‑Mur,” Musee des Beaux‑Arts, Rouen, France
“Plastique et Plasticiens,” Ziem, Martigues
“Tilt l’Art a l’Oeuvre,” Nantes
Biennale of Sydney, Australia
“An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture,”
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
“Histoire de Sculpture,” Cadillac et Ville Neuve, d’Ascq
“Skulptur im 20 Jahrhundert,” Merian Park, Basel, Switzerland
“Anzinger, Cragg, Lavier,” Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
“The British Art Show,” Birmingham, Southampton, Edinburgh, Scotland
“ROSC,” The Guiness Hop Store, Dublin, Ireland
1983 “Truc et Troc, Lecons des Chose,” l’ARC, Paris
“A Pierre et Marie, une exposition du traveau,” Paris
“Terremoto,” Napoli
“Sculpture‑1983,” Rotterdamse Kunststichting
“Boltanski, Cragg, Cucchi, Disler, McLean, Sherman” Crousel‑
Hussenot, Paris
“The Sculpture Show,” Hayward Gallery, London
Biennial de Sao Paulo
“M Merz, T Cragg, B Woodrow,” Museo del Sannio, Benvenuto
“Ars ‘83,” Kunstmuseet Ateneum, Helsinki
“Summer Show,” Kanransha Gallery, Tokyo
“Figures and Object,” John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
“La Trotola di Sirio,” Centre d’Art Contemporain, Syracusa
“New Art,” Tate Gallery, London
1982 “Aspects of British Art Today,” Metropolitan Museum Tokyo
Indian Triennale, New Delhi, India
“De la Catastrophe,” Geneve, Centre d’Art Contemporain
“Art and Architecture,” ICA, London
“Neue Skulptur,” Nachst St Stephan, Wien
Documenta 7, Kassel
“British Sculpture Now,” Kunsthalle, Luzern
“Leçons des Choses,” Bern, Chambery, Chalon, Paris
“Kunst im offentlichen Raum,” Musee Savoisien, Chambery
“Kunst wird Material,” Nationalgalerie, Berlin
“New Sculpture Exhibtion,” Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
1981 “Enciclopedia,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Modena
“Through the Summer,” Lisson Gallery, London
“The Motor Show,” Front Room. London
“British Sculpture in the 20th Century,” Whitechapel Gallery, London, England
1980 “B Meadows at the Royal College of Art,” Cambridge Triennale, Milano, Italy
“A Perspective,” Basel, Switzerland
“Aperto ‘80,” Biennale Venice
“Kunst in Europa na ‘86,” Museum for Hedendagse Kunst, Ghent
1979 Lisson Gallery Summer Show, London
“Europa ‑ Kunst der 80er Jahre,” Stuttgart
1978 “JA‑NA‑PA,” Paris, France
1977 Lisson Gallery, London, England
Fine Arts Building, New York, NY
“RCA Degree Show,” London, England
“Silver Jubilee Sculpture Show,” Battersea Park
1976 École des Beaux‑Arts, Metz, France
1975 Brunel University, Uxbridge, England
RCA Gulbenkian Hall, London, England

Selected Bibliography

2005 “UdK Berlin: Professorinnen und Professoren der Fakultät Bildende Kunst”, Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft e.V., Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, (exh.cat.)
2003 “Tony Cragg, Signs of Life”, Selected Essays from 1981 to 2003, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 2003, monography incl. works from 1971 – 2003, 552 pages, (exh.cat.)
2001 “Anthony Cragg”, Essay by Peter Anselm Riedel ( German / English ), edited by Ingrid Mössinger und Beate Ritter, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, June 24 – September 2, 2001, Published at E.A.Seemann Verlag, Chemnitz 2001, (exh.cat.)
2000 “A new thing breathing, recent work by Tony Cragg”, Various essays, e.g. Lewis Biggs, Tate Gallery Liverpool March 17 – June 4, 2000, Tate Gallery Publishing Ltd
1999 “Tony Cragg, Atelier: Wuppertal, Plastiken und Zeichnungen der 90er Jahre”. Essay by Sabine Fehlemann, Josef Beutelmann, Katja Blomberg and Ulrich Krempel, Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal May 30 – July 18, 1999 (exh. cat.)
“Tony Cragg, New Works”, Photoessay by Philip Sayer and introduction, interview by Isabel Carlisle, Royal Academy of Arts London, (cat.)
1998 Anthony Cragg”, Essays by Helmut Friedel, Susanne Gaensheimer and Ulrich Wilmes and selected writings from 1981 bis 1998, Lenbachhaus München July 15 - September 20, 1998
1997 “Tony Cragg, Sculptures on the Page”, Whitechapel Art Gallery London, January 10 – March 9, 1997, The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
“Tony Cragg”, Interview by Yoshihisa Otani, Masahiro Aoki and Tony Cragg edited by Tomoaki Kitagawa, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, March 25 – June 22, 1997, (exh.cat.)
1996 “Tony Cragg”, Essays by Germano Celant and Anna Costatini, Edizioni Charta, Milano, (cat.)
1994 Decter, Joshua, “Spirogyia,” Art Forum, April 1994
Goodman,Jonathan, “Quentin Crisp meets Bunuel,” Art News, April 1994.
1989 Susan Tallman, “Laboratory Still Lives: 35 Prints by Tony
Cragg,” Arts Magazine, February, 1989, pp.17‑18.
Felver, Christopher, “Artist in Close Up, Art International, Winter, 1989, p. 44.
1987 Mary Rose Beaumont, “Beyond Tradition: Sculpture Since Caro,”
20th Century British Art and Design, Febuary.
1986 Ted Snell, “Revelance Strikes a Blow for the British,” review
of the British Show, Art Gallery of WA, Festival of Perth, The Australian, 21 February.
1984 William Feaver, “The New British Sculpture,” Art News, January, Vol. 83, No. 1.
1981 Germano Celant, “Tony Cragg and Industrial Platonism,”
Artforum, November

Public Collections (prints)

The Tate Gallery, London, England
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Estée Lauder Collection, New York, NY

Awards

2005 Prize for Non-Chinese Artist, Biennale Peking
1988 Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London, England