Tony Cragg RA

Born: 9 April 1949, Liverpool, UK
Elected RA: 23 May 1994
Category of Membership: Sculptor

Tony Cragg studied at Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham from 1969 to 1970. He went on to study at Wimbledon School of Art, London from 1970 to 1973 and subsequently at the Royal College of Art, London from 1973 to 1977. In 1977 he moved to Wuppertal in Germany, and has taught at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf since 1978.

Tony Cragg RA in his studio Cragg’s first solo exhibitions were held in 1979 at the Lisson Gallery, London, at the Lützowstr Situation, Berlin and at the Künstlerhaus Weidenallee, Hamburg. The following year he had several solo shows in countries throughout Europe including the UK, France, Germany and Italy. His international reputation quickly spread, and many solo exhibitions of his work have been held annually in key venues throughout the world. Retrospective exhibitions have been held at the Tramway, Glasgow (1992) and at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1996).

Cragg was the British Representative at the 43rd Venice Biennale in 1988, the year that he won the Turner Prize. More recently, he was awarded the Shakespeare Prize in 2001.

He received his Professorship at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf in 1988 and was elected Royal Academician in 1994. In 1996 he received an Honorary Professorship in Budapest and in 2001 received a Professorship at the Hochschule der Künste (HdK), Berlin, an Honorary Degree Award of Doctor of the University of Surrey and an Honorary Fellowship from the John Moores University, Liverpool. Cragg lives and works in Wuppertal, Germany.

Recent solo exhibitions and commissions
2011 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
2010 Ca' Pesaro - Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna, Venice
Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Galeria Stefan Andersson, Umea, Sweden
Lisson Gallery, London
2009 Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
2008 Galeria Thomas Cohn, Sao Paulo
Galerie Buchmann, Berlin
Gallery Kenji Taki, Tokyo
Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
2007 Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin
Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels
2006 Lisson Gallery, London
2002 PSi, New York
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, New York
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 (Courtyard)
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 Européen, 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, Antwerp
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 Batterý 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 umení mestr Brna, Brno
Nationalgalerie Prag, Valdsteinská jízdarna v Praze, Prague
Galerie Hachmeister, Münster
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
Nova Sin, Prague
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, Turin
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, Niederlande
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 Museum of Fine Arts
Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin
Kanransha Gallery, Tokyo
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach
Galerie Klüser, München
Galerie Fischer, Düsseldorf
Valentina Moncada, Rome

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