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Joe Tilson Biography
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Joe Tilson was born in London in 1928. From 1944 to 1946 he worked as a carpenter and cabinet maker, and then served in the R.A.F. (1946 to 1949). He studied at St. Martin's School of Art (1949 to 1952) and at the Royal College of Art, London (1952 to 1955) where he received the Rome Prize, taking him to live in Italy in 1955. He returned to London in 1957, and from 1958 to 1963 he taught at St Martin's School of Art, and subsequently at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London and The School of Visual Arts, New York. In 1961 he was represented at the Paris Biennale.
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His awards include the Gulbenkian Foundation Prize (1960) and the Grand Prix d'Honneur, Biennale of Ljubljana (1996). He was elected Royal Academician in 1991 (ARA 1985) and lives and works in London and Cortona, Tuscany.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Alan Cristea Gallery, London (solo)
Gatti, Modena, Italy
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2008
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"Tilson in Murano," Bugno Gallery, Venice
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2007
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Waddington Gallery, London
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2006
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"Eye on Europe," MOMA, New York
Menhir Arte Contemporanea, La Spezia, Italy
Palazzo Doria, Loano, Italy
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2004
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"Art & The 60s: This Was Tomorrow," Tate Britain, London
Beaux Arts, London
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2003
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University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA
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2002
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Retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (Sackler Galleries)
"New Paintings," Beaux Arts, London
"Greek and Italian Imagery," Alan Cristea Gallery, London
"Conjunctions," Menhir Arte Contemporanea, La Spezia, Italy
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2001
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Castlebasso, Abruzzo
Giņ Marconi, Milan
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK
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2000
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Galleria Comunale d'Arte, Cesena
Civica Pinacoteca "Amedeo Modigliani," Follonica
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1999
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Castello Doria, Porto Venere
"Conjunctions," Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
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1996
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Mestna Gallery, Ljubljana
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1995
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Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, (solo)
Alan Cristea Gallery, London
Theo Waddington Fine Art, London
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1991
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Plymouth City Museum, (solo)
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1990
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Cortona Centro Culturale Fontanella Borghese, Rome, (solo)
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1984
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Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
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1979
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Vancouver Art Gallery
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1964
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Boyman's Museum, Rotterdam, (solo)
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1962
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Marlborough Gallery, (solo)
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| Literature |
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2002
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Mel Gooding, "Tilson 2002: Pop To Present"
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| Links to further information |
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