William Tucker RA
Born: 28 February 1935
Elected RA: 27 May 1992
Category of Membership: Sculptor
William Tucker RA, Study for a Mother Goddess William Tucker studied art history at the University of Oxford from 1955 to 1958. After graduating he studied sculpture at the Central School of Art and Design, London and St. Martin’s School of Art from 1959 to 1960.
Tucker's early work was composed from simple geometric shapes and utilised industrial materials. Although these works were reminiscent of minimalism they suggested organic processes of growth. In the 1980s he returned to modelling, rather than constructing, his sculptures. The modelled sculptures remain abstract but suggest figurative and narrative content. Tucker now lives and works in the USA
Recent solo exhibitions
2006 Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, New York
2004 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California, USA
2003 Arts on the Point, Healey Library Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
2002 New York Studio School, New York
New York Studio School, New York
McKee Gallery, New York
2001 Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Tate Liverpool
2000 The Olson Gallery, Bethal College, St. Paul, Minessota, USA
1999 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
McKee Gallery, New York
1996 McKee Gallery, New York
1995 McKee Gallery, New York
1994 McKee Gallery, New York
1992 McKee Gallery, New York
1991 McKee Gallery, New York
1989 McKee Gallery, New York
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California USA
Public collections
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock AK
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Arts Council of Great Britain, London
British Council, London
British Museum, London
City of Bilbao, Spain
Contemporary Art Society, London
Florida International University, Miami, FL
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Hakone - Open Air Museum, Tokyo, Japan
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Leicester Education Authority, England
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Martin Z. Margulies Sculpture Park, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Holland
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY
Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Tate Gallery, London
University of California at Los Angeles
University of North Carolina, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Publications
William Tucker, Dore Ashton, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2001
William Tucker: Sculpture, Norbert Lynton, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1977
William Tucker, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1973
Contact details for further information
Email membershipoffice@royalacademy.org.uk
