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Biography |
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1943 |
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Born in London |
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1962 - 1963 |
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The Ground Course, Ealing School of Art |
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1965 |
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Editor and publisher of "Control Magazine" |
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1972 - 1973 |
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Director of the Centre of Behavioural Art, Gallery House, London |
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1979 - 1980 |
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D.A.A.D. Fellowship, West Berlin |
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1990 |
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Convenor of the Symposium, "Art Creating Society," Museum of Modern Art, Oxford |
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1991 |
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"Stephen Willats Printed Archive" established at Victoria and Albert Museum |
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Lives and works in London |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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7 x 14: Jubiläumsausstellung, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany |
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2009 |
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Die Moderne als Ruine: Eine Archäologie der Gegenwart, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria |
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2008 |
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Soziale Diagramme. Planning Reconsidered, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (group) |
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2008 |
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Manifesta 7 - Trentino / Tyrol, Rovereto, Italy (group) |
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2008 |
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The Architecture of Stephen Willats, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany (solo) |
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2008 |
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Democratic Mosaics and Conceptual Towers, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo) |
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2008 |
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Person to Person/ People to People, Milton Keynes Gallery, Buckinghamshire, UK (solo) |
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2008 |
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Sammlung/Collection, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2008 |
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Be(com)ing Dutch, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands |
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2008 |
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The Art of Participation, San Francsico Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA |
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2007 |
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The Speculative Diagram, CASCA, Utrecht, Netherlands (solo) |
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2007 |
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Person to Person. People to People. Stephen Willats, Milton Keynes Gallery, Central Milton Keynes, Great Britain |
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2007 |
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Stephen Willats. Just between People, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany (solo) |
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2007 |
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The Secret Public. The last days of the British Underground 1978- 1988, ICA-Institute of Contemportary Arts, London |
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2007 |
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What does the jellyfish want?, Museum Ludwig Köln, Cologne, Germany |
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2007 |
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Beyond the Wall, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany |
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2006 |
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Stephen Willats Multiple Clothing: Message - Interaction - Exchange (1965-1998), Tate Modern, London |
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2006 |
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Wie die Welt ist und wie sie sein könnte: Stephen Willats, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Germany |
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2006 |
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From My Mind to Your Mind, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
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2006 |
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Going Home, MOT International, London |
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2006 |
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Art Link, Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden |
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2006 |
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Medium Fotografie, Galerie Stampa, Basel, Switzerland |
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2005 |
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Stephen Willats-Street Talk Amsterdam, LUMEN TRAVO, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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2005 |
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Kritische Gesellschaften, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany |
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2004 |
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Engagierte Kunst, Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nuremburg, Germany |
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2004 |
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Berlin Biennale, Berlin |
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2004 |
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Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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2004 |
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L´Air du Temps - collection printemps/été 2004, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zürich |
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2003 |
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Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zurich |
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2003 |
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Personal Encounters in your Imagination, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
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2003 |
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Random Networks, ARTLAB 27 at Imperial College, London |
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2003 |
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Liverpool Biennal of Contemporary Art, Liverpool |
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2002 |
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In Portraiture Irrelevance is Ugliness, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany |
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2002 |
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Through your symbolic world, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
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2002 |
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Blast to Freeze: Britische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany |
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2000 |
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Macro To Micro, Gallery Laure Genillard, London |
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2000 |
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Live in your Head, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London |
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2000 |
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Macro to Micro, Gallery Laure Genillard, London |
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1999 |
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Multichanel Vision, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany |
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1998 |
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Random Encounter, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton |
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1998 |
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Blind Date With Reality, Galerie Bandstetter & Wyss, Zurich |
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1997 |
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Between Me And You, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough |
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1996 |
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Du Hasard A l'Accord, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris |
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1995 |
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A State Of Agreement, Galerie Franck & Schulte, Berlin |
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1995 |
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Living together, Tramway Visual Arts, Glasgow, Scotland |
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1995 |
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Writing on the wall, Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland |
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1995 |
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Writing on the Wall, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany |
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1994 |
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Multiple Clothing, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany |
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1994 |
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Fateful combinations, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy |
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1994 |
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Museum Mosaic, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, England |
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1994 |
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Random Life, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
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1994 |
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Private Journeys, Heston Farm Estate, The Comunity Hall, Fenton House, Biscoe Close, Heston, Middlesex, West London |
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1994 |
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Into the infrastructure, Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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1994 |
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Taking The Short Cut, St. Church Hall, Roydon/Essex, England |
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1993 |
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Buildings and People, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany |
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1993 |
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Multiple Clothing, Institute of Contemporary Art, London |
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1993 |
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Meta Filter - A State of Agreement, The Tate Gallery, London |
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1993 |
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Buildings and people - Berlin, 1979 - 1993, Goethe Institut, London |
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1992 |
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Signs of Living, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France |
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Literature |
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2000 |
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"Art and Social Function" (Reprint of 1976 original) Elipsis, London |
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2000 |
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"Multiple Clothing", Walther Konig, Köln |
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2000 |
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Spring Art and Social Foundation. "Stephen Willats." Reprint of book first published in 1976 by Ellipsis. London. September. |
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1998 |
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"Random Encounter", Southampton Art Gallery |
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1997 |
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"The Art Museum in Society. Collected Writings", Middlesbrough Art Gallery |
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1996 |
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"Between Buildings and People", Academy Editions, London |
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