Technician: Laboratory of Nat. Rubber Producers Research Assoc.
1968 - 1972
Attended Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham and Wimbledon School of Art
1973 - 1977
Attended Royal College of Art
1978
Taught at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
1979
Professorship at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
1985
Turner-Prize (Shortlist), London, England
1988
Representative of Great Britain 43 Venice Biennale Turner-Prize, London, England
1989
Von-der-Heydt-Prize
1992
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
1994
Member of the Royal Academy, London, England
1996
Honorary Professorship, Budapest, Hungary
1988 - 2001
Professor at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany
1989 - 2001
Co-Director at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany
2001
Professorship at the Universität der Künste (UdK), Berlin, Germany Shakespeare Prize, Alfred-Toepfer-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany Honorary Degree Award of Doctor of the University of Surrey, England Honorary Fellowship John Moores University, Liverpool, England
2002
Piepenbrock Prize for Sculpture, Berlin, Germany Professor of Sculpture at Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
2005
Prize for non-Chinese artists, 2.Biennale Peking
2007
Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association
2009
Director of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
Lives and works in Wuppertal, Germany
Exhibitions
2009 - 2010
The Collector‘s Eye, Museum Würth, Künzelsau
2009
Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen (solo)
2009
Second Nature, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany (solo)
2009
15 Years of Collecting - Against the Grain, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
2009
Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
2009
aus/gezeichnet/zeichnen, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2009
Buchmann Galerie, Agra/ Lugano (solo)
2009
Second Nature, Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Salzburg, Austria
Strange Bodies: Figurative Works from the Hirshhorn Collection, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington
2008
Zerbrechliche Schönheit, Glas im Blick der Kunst, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany Ambition d´art, Institute d´art contemporain, Villeurbanne Tony Cragg versus F.X. Messerschmidt, Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria Tony Cragg, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo) Depot VBVR, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, Netherlands (solo) Ambition d´art, Institute d´art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France Zerbrechliche Schönheit. Glas im Blicj der Kunst, Museum Kunst Palast Duesseldorf, Germany
2007
Stopover, Samuelis Bumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld Fondazione Stelline, Milan (solo) Das Potential der Dinge, Zeichnungen und Skulpturen, Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg (solo) Marian Goodman, New York (solo) Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago de Chile (solo) Fondacion Cultural Plaza Mulato Gil de Castro, MAVI, Chile (solo) Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamm, Sweden (solo) Tony Cragg 1995-2006, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru (solo)
2006
H2 – Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg Sculptures, Lisson Gallery London (solo) Das Potential der Dinge: Zeichnungen und Skulpturen, Adk-Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany; Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen Magdeburg, Magdeburg, (cat.) (solo) Sculptures, CCR - Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires (solo) Tony Cragg - Sculptures, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin (solo) Revelation, The Lowry, Manchester (solo) Galerie Jirí Svestka, Prague (solo) Piazza d `Armi, Olympic Games Torino 2006, Turin Akademie der Künste, Berlin Folkwang Atoll, Kultfabrik München, Munich Morandi and Themes in Contemporary British Art, Abbot Hall, Kendal On earth's face. Körperlandschaften, Museum für angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
2005
Prize for non-Chinese artists, 2.Biennale Peking familiae, Neues Museum, Staatl. Museum für Kunst u. Design, Nuremberg (solo) Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pittura e Spazio, (with Lawrence Carroll, John Chamberlain, Mimmo Paladino), Buchmann Skulpturenprojekte & Kunsthandel, Agra/ Lugano Intersezioni: Cragg Fabre Paladino al Parco Archeologico di Scolacium, (Catanzaro) Contemporary Voices, Museum of Modern Art, New York Contemporanea, Fundacion Juan March, Madrid Henry Moore - Epoche und Echo - Englische Bildhauerei im 20. Jahrhundert,Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall Effervescence Musée des Beaux Arts, Angers Kunstakademie Düsseldorf figur / skulptur, Sammlung Essl – Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg UdK Berlin - Fakultät Bildende Kunst, Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur, Berlin
2004
Milliken Gallery, Stockholm (solo) Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya/Tokyo (solo) Galerie Knoll, Vienna (solo) Fundacao Serralves, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Porto Buchmann Galerie Cologne, Germany (solo) Treasure Island, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg Acquisitions Récents, Œuvres Contemporaines, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2003
Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich (solo) MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Rome (solo) CAC Málaga, Málaga (solo) Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn Galerie Crousel, Paris Bibliothèque Nationale Francaise, Paris Galerie Seitz und Partner, Berlin
2002
Buchmann Galerie, Cologne (solo) Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (solo) Galerie Epikur, Wuppertal Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona
2001
Buchmann Skulpturenprojeke und Kunsthandel, Agra/ Lugano (solo) Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz Galeria Academia, Salzburg (solo) Somerset House, London Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt
2000
Tate Gallery, Liverpool Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (solo) Karsten Greve Paris
1999
Buchmann Galerie, Cologne (solo) Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart (solo)
1998
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich Ulmer Museum, Ulm Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (solo) Galerie Seitz – von Werder, Berlin Commune di Siena, Siena
1997
At the Edge of the Landscape, Galeria Estrany De La Mota Barcelona, Spain MACBA, Barcelona (solo) Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich
1996
Buchmann Galerie, Cologne (solo) Atelier des Enfants, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (solo) Middelheim Sculpture Park, Antwerpen Henry Moore Foundation, Halifax
1995
Galerie Buchmann, Basel (solo) Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid Kunsthaus Bruno, Dum umení mestr Brna, Brno
1994
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Madrid, Spain Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes Nantes, France Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken Saarbrücken, Germany Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
1993
Art Against AIDS, Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice, Italy Archimedes Screw 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Knoll Galeria Budapest, Hungary Sommerausstellung Wasserburg/Inn Galerie Hachmeister Munich, Germany Galerie Buchmann Basel, Switzerland
1992
Tate Gallery Liverpool, England IVAM Valencia, Spain Galerie Buchmann Basel, Switzerland Musée Departemental d'art Contemporain Rochechouart, France Centre d'art Contemporain Kerguehennec Tramway Glasgow, Scotland CCA Glasgow, Scotland Isy Brachot Brussels, Belgium Thomas Cohn Sao Paulo, Brazil Galerie Tucci Russo Turin, Italy Lisson Gallery London, England Mala Galerija, Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
1991
51st Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburg, PA Wiener Secession Vienna, Austria (solo) Lisson Gallery London, England Marian Goodman New York, NY The Power Plant Toronto, Ontario, Canada Galerie Crousel-Robelin Paris, France Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, Netherlands Galerie Bernd Klüser Munich, Germany Houston Contemporary Art Museum Houston, TX Art & Project Amsterdam, Netherlands Washington Corcoran Museum Washington, D.C.
1990
Contempoary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL Crown Point Press San Francisco, CA Galerie Buchmann Basel, Switzerland (solo) Tucci Rosso Turin, Italy Karansha Tokyo, Japan (solo) Newport Harbour Art Museum Newport Beach, CA Galerie Bernd Klüser Munich, Germany Valentina Moncada Rome, Italy
1989
Marian Goodman, Marian Goodman New York, NY (solo) Konrad Fischer, Konrad Fischer Düsseldorf, Germany Kanransha Gallery, Kanransha Gallery Tokyo, Japan Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Düsseldorf, Germany Thomas Cohn, Thomas Cohn Rio de Janiero, Brazil Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, Netherlands
1988
Europa oggi. Arte contemporanea nell'Europa Occidentale, Museo d'arte contemporanea, Prato Prato, Italy Biennale Venice, Biennale Venice Venice, Italy Galerie Marga Paz, Galerie Marga Paz Madrid, Spain Galerie Buchmann, Galerie Buchmann Basel, Switzerland Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Galerie Crousel-Robelin Paris, France Foksal Gallery, Foksal Gallery Warsaw, Poland Lisson Gallery, Lisson Gallery London, England Silo, Silo Val de Valse Galerie Bernd Klüser, Galerie Bernd Klüser Munich, Germany
1987
Hayward Gallery, Hayward Gallery London, England Corner House, Corner House Manchester, England Tucci Russo, Tucci Russo Turin, Italy Kanransha Gallery, Kanransha Gallery Tokyo, Japan Marian Goodman, Marian Goodman New York, NY
1986
Galerie Buchmann Basel, Switzerland (solo) Joost Declercq, Joost Declercq Ghent, Belgium The Brooklyn Museum, The Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, NY Marian Goodman, Marian Goodman New York, NY University Art Museum, University Art Museum University of California, Berkeley, CA Geward, Geward Ghent, Belgium La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art La Jolla, CA Pierre Huber, Pierre Huber Genf Konrad Fischer, Konrad Fischer Düsseldorf, Germany
1985
Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (solo) Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst Munich, Germany(solo) Donald Young Gallery, Donald Young Gallery Chicago, IL Lisson Gallery, Lisson Gallery London, England Art & Project, Art & Project Amsterdam, Netherlands Palais des Beaux-Arts, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, Belgium ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Paris, France Galerie Bernd Klüser, Galerie Bernd Klüser Munich, Germany Kestner-Gesellschaft, Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover, Germany
1984
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebaek, Denmark Schellmann & Klüser Munich, Germany Marian Goodman New York, NY Kanransha Gallery, Kanransha Gallery Tokyo, Japan Crousel-Hussenot Paris, France Kölnischer Kunstverein Cologne, Germany Tucci Russo Turin, Italy Yarlow & Salzmann, Toronto, Ontario, Canada De Vlesshal Middleburg, Netherlands
1983
Lucio Amelio Naples, Italy Marian Goodman New York, NY Kunsthalle Bern Bern, Switzerland Art & Project Amsterdam, Netherlands Thomas Cohn Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Galerie Buchmann, Galerie Buchmann St. Gallen, Germany Franco Toselli Milan, Italy
1982
Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Germany Kanransha Gallery Tokyo, Japan Nisshin Gallery Tokyo, Japan Marian Goodman New York, NY Nouveau Musée Lyon, France Chantal Crousel Paris, France Schellmann & Klüser Munich, Germany Lisson Gallery London, England Konrad Fischer Düsseldorf, Germany Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller Otterloo, Netherlands
1981
Schellmann & Klüser Munich, Germany Musée d'Art et d'Industrie St. Etienne, France Whitechapel Art Gallery London, England Nouveau Musée Lyon, France Front Room London, England Von der Heydt Museum Wuppertal Vacuum Düsseldorf, Germany
1980
Arnolfini Gallery Bristol, England Konrad Fischer Düsseldorf, Germany Lisson Gallery London, England Chantal Crousel Paris, France Lützowstraße Situation Berlin, Germany Lucio Amelio Naples, Italy Franco Toselli Milan, Italy Saman Gallery Genoa, Italy
Tony Cragg, Akvereller / Watercolours, 152 pages, english/ swedish, with texts by Bera Nordal and Kay Heymer, Hrsg. nordiska akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn/Sweden
2005
“UdK Berlin: Professorinnen und Professoren der Fakultät Bildende Kunst”, Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft e.V., Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, (exh.cat.)
2003
“Tony Cragg, Signs of Life”, Selected Essays from 1981 to 2003, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 2003, monography incl. works from 1971 – 2003, 552 pages, (exh.cat.)
2001
“Anthony Cragg”, Essay by Peter Anselm Riedel ( German / English ), edited by Ingrid Mössinger und Beate Ritter, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, June 24 – September 2, 2001, Published at E.A.Seemann Verlag, Chemnitz 2001, (exh.cat.)
2000
A new thing breathing, recent work by Tony Cragg”, Various essays, e.g. Lewis Biggs, Tate Gallery Liverpool March 17 – June 4, 2000, Tate Gallery Publishing Ltd
1999
Tony Cragg, New Works”, Photoessay by Philip Sayer and introduction, interview by Isabel Carlisle, Royal Academy of Arts London, (cat.)
1999
“Tony Cragg, Atelier: Wuppertal, Plastiken und Zeichnungen der 90er Jahre”. Essay by Sabine Fehlemann, Josef Beutelmann, Katja Blomberg and Ulrich Krempel, Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal May 30 – July 18, 1999 (exh. cat.)
1998
Anthony Cragg”, Essays by Helmut Friedel, Susanne Gaensheimer and Ulrich Wilmes and selected writings from 1981 bis 1998, Lenbachhaus München July 15 - September 20, 1998
1997
“Tony Cragg”, Interview by Yoshihisa Otani, Masahiro Aoki and Tony Cragg edited by Tomoaki Kitagawa, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, March 25 – June 22, 1997, (exh.cat.)
1997
“Tony Cragg, Sculptures on the Page”, Whitechapel Art Gallery London, January 10 – March 9, 1997, The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
1996
“Tony Cragg”, Essays by Germano Celant and Anna Costatini, Edizioni Charta, Milano, (cat.)
