Anish Kapoor RA

Born: 12 March 1954, Bombay, India
Elected RA: 26 May 1999
Category of Membership: Sculptor

Anish Kapoor studied at Hornsey College of Art, London from 1973 to 1977 and at Chelsea School of Art, London from 1977 to 1978. He went on to teach at Wolverhampton Polytechnic in 1979 and in 1982 was Artist in Residence at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.

Anish Kapoor RA, Untitled 2006 Kapoor’s first solo exhibition was held at Patrice Alexandre, Paris in 1980. His international reputation was quickly established, with a string of solo shows being held annually in countries around the world. He represented Britain, along with Stephen Farthing and Bill Woodrow, in the Paris Biennale in 1982, and again in 1990 at the Venice Biennale, for which he was awarded Premio Duemila. The following year he won the Turner Prize Award. Kapoor’s work has also been included in many key international group exhibitions since 1974.

Anish Kapoor was elected Royal Academician in 1999 and has been awarded Honorary Fellowships by the London Institute and Leeds University (1997), University of Wolverhampton (1999) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (2001). He lives and works in London.

Recent solo exhibitions
2013 Whitworth Art Gallery
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2012-2013 Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2012 Lisson Gallery, London
2011 Manchester Art Gallery
2010 Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev
Guggenheim, Bilbao
Solomon R. Guggenheim Gallery, New York
2009 Royal Academy of Arts, London
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
MAK Exhibition Hall, Vienna, Austria
Lisson Gallery, London
2008 Kukje Gallery, Seoul
Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
2007 Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo
2006 Centre for Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Lisson Gallery, London
2004 Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
2003 Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
2002 Tate Modern, London
2001 Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Taidehalli, Helsinki
2000 Lisson Gallery, London
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California
fig-1, London
1999 Scai The Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
Andre Viana, Porto, Portugal
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
1998 Dobre Espacio, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela
Lisson Gallery, London
Gallery Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Hayward Gallery, London
CAPC, Bordeaux, France
La Chapelle de la Salpetriere, Paris
1996-7 Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne
1996 Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku, Finland
Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
1995-6 Prada Milanoarte, Milan
Lisson Gallery, London
1995 DePont Foundation, Tillburg
Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
1994 Mala Galerija, Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Museum of Modern Art, Slovenia
Kohji Ogura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan (in co-operation with the Lisson Gallery, London)
1993 Lisson Gallery, London
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
1992-3 San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla (toured to the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; The Power Plant, Toronto)
1992 Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid
Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles
1991 Palacio de Velazquez, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (organized in co-operation with The British Council)
Kunstverein Hannover (organized in co-operation with The British Council)
The Sixth Japan Ushimado International Art Festival, Ushimado, Japan
Feuerle Gallery, Köln
1990-1 Tate Gallery, London
Le Magasin, Centre National d’Art
Contemporain, Grenoble (organized in co-operation with The British Council)
1990 XLIV Biennale di Venezia, British Pavilion, Venice (organized by The British Council)
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York

Public collections
De Pont Foundation, Tillburg, Holland
Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Tate Gallery, London, Great Britain
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, USA
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
Fukuoka City Museum, Japan
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Weltkunst Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, USA
Musée St Pierre, Lyon, France
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA
Contemporary Art Society, London, Great Britain
National Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Holland
Fine Art Museum of San Francisco, USA
Leeds City Art Gallery, Great Britain
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Heide Park and Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Fundacio Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Moderna Galerija, Ljublijana, Slovenia
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA

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