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Born: 20 October 1937, York, UK
Elected ARA: 18 May 1983
Elected RA: 26 June 1991
Category of Membership: Sculptor
John Wragg studied at York School of Art from 1953 to 1956 and subsequently at the Royal College of Art, London from 1956 to 1960. He went on to teach at Chelsea School of Art from 1961 until 1990.
John Wragg RA, 'Waiting to Know', 2012 Wragg’s first solo exhibitions were held at the Hanover Gallery, London in 1963, 1966 and 1970, and at Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris in 1968. He has continued to enjoy solo shows throughout the UK, including Bridge Street Gallery, Bath (1982), Quinton Green Fine Art, London (1985) and England & Co, London (1994). Wragg has also featured in many key group shows throughout Britain, Europe and the United States. These include the 'Open Air Sculpture Exhibition', at Battersea Park, London (1966), 'Pittsburgh International', in the United States (1967), and 'Biennale di Scultura di Arese', in Milan (1980).
Wragg received a Sainsbury Award in 1960, and in 1966 was winner of Sainsbury Sculpture Competition, resulting in the commission of a work for King’s Road, Chelsea. He won an Arts Council Major Award in 1977 and the Chantrey Bequest in 1981. Wragg was elected Royal Academician in 1991 and a Member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1996. Wragg lives and works in Wiltshire.
Recent solo exhibitions
2012 Hilton Fine Art, Bath
2010 Chapel Row Gallery, Bath
2002 Hotbath Gallery, Bath
2000 Handel House Gallery, Devizes
1997 Courcoux & Courcoux, Stockbridge
1996 Devizes Museum Gallery
1995-6 L’Art Abstrait, London
1994 England & Co., London
Devizes Museum Gallery
Public collections
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Tate Gallery, London
Arts Council of Great Britain
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Contemporary Art Society
Wellington Art Gallery, New Zealand
National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Contact details for further information
Email membershipoffice@royalacademy.org.uk
