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Biography |
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1935 |
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Born in Cairo, Egypt (to English parents) |
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1955 - 1958 |
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Studies at Oxford University, England |
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1959 - 1960 |
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Studies at Central School of Art and Design and at St. Martin's School of Art, London |
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1962 - 1966 |
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Teaches at Goldsmith's College, London |
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1968 - 1970 |
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Receives Gregory Fellowship in Sculpture, Leeds University |
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1963 - 1974 |
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Teaches at St. Martin's School of Art, London |
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1976 |
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Teaches at University of West Ontario, Canada |
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1977 |
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Teaches at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada |
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1978 |
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Teaches at New York Studio School of Painting and Sculpture, New York |
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1980 - 1981 |
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Receives Guggenheim Fellowship |
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1978 - 1982 |
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Teaches at Columbia University, New York |
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1986 |
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Becomes American citizen |
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1986 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship |
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1991 |
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Receives Sculpture Center Award for Distinction in Sculpture |
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1993 |
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Appointed Co-Chairman of the Art Department of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |
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1995 |
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Receives Rodin-Moore Memorial Prize, Second Fujisankei Biennale, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan |
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1996 |
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Receives commission for large-scale sculpture for Bilbao, Spain |
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1999 |
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Receives award from New York Studio School, New York |
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Currently lives and works in Massachusetts |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 |
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British Visions: Modern and Contemporary Sculpture and Words on Paper, William H. Van Evey Gallery and Edward M. Smith Gallery, Davidson, North Carolina |
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2007 |
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Small Bodies, McKee Gallery, New York |
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2006 |
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William Tucker: Horses, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA |
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2006 |
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"Six Bronzes”, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River, NY (installation) |
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2006 |
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William Tucker: Drawings and Projects, Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY |
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2006 |
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Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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2005 |
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William Tucker: Recent Sculpture, McKee Gallery, New York |
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2005 |
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William Tucker: Maia, Studies for the Sculpture in Bilbao, MacClaren Art Center, Barrie, Ontario, Canada |
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2004 |
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The 179th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, New York |
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2004 |
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Around the World in Forty Years, ART in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. |
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2004 |
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William Tucker: Sculpture & Drawings, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco |
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2003 |
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Drawings by William Tucker, Arts on the Point, Healey Library Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston |
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2002 |
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William Tucker on State Street, Santa Barbara's State of the Art Gallery |
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2002 |
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Installation, State Street, Santa Barbara, CA |
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2002 |
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William Tucker: New Sculpture, McKee Gallery, New York |
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2002 |
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William Tucker: Drawings, New York Studio School, New York |
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2002 |
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Sculpture, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY |
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2002 |
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Tra-la-la: British Sculpture in the Sixties, Duveen Galleries, Tate Britain, London |
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2001 |
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The Sleep of Reason, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
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2001 |
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William Tucker, Tate Gallery, Liverpool |
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2001 |
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William Tucker, Bothy Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK (catalogue) |
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2000 |
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The Sleep of Reason, Bethel College, St.Paul, MN |
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2000 |
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The Sleep of Reason, The Olson Gallery, Bethal College, St. Paul, MN |
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1999 |
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco |
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1999 |
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McKee Gallery, New York |
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1999 |
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William Tucker: Drawings and Sculpture, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina |
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1997 |
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Retrospective, Yorkshire Sculpture Park England |
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1996 |
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American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Painting and Sculpture NYC |
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1995 |
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"Critical Mass", Yale University School of Art; The MAC New Haven, CT; Dallas, TX |
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1995 |
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"Body as Metaphor", Proctor Art Center, Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |
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1995 |
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"Six Sculptures", Organized by South Bank Centre Traveling exhibition |
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1995 |
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McKee Gallery NYC |
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1995 |
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"Sculpture Space: Celebrating 20 Years", Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Utica, NY |
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1994 |
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McKee Gallery NYC |
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1994 |
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American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters NYC |
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1994 |
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"Art Partners", Gallery at Park West Kingston, NY |
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1994 |
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"The Essential Gesture", Newport Harbor Art Museum Newport Beach, CA |
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1993 |
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"Hyper Cathexis: Layers of Experience", Stux Gallery; Robert Morrison Gallery NYC |
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1993 |
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"Artist in Residence", Amherst College Amherst, MA |
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1993 |
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"The Philosophers, Sculpture and Drawings 1989-1992", Maak Gallery London, England |
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1993 |
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Adelphi University Center Gallery Garden City, Long Island, NY |
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1992 - 1993 |
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"28th Annual Exhibition of Art on Paper", Weatherspoon Art Gallery University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
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1992 |
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"Ancient Sources: Contemporary Forms", Abington Art Center Jenkintown, PA |
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1992 |
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Williams Center for the Arts Lafayette College Art Gallery, Easton, PA |
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1992 |
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McKee Gallery NYC |
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1991 |
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David McKee Gallery NYC |
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland
Arkansas Art Center, 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, 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 |
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