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Richard Deacon Biography
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1949 |
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Born in Bangor, Wales
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1968 - 1969 |
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Somerset College of Art, Taunton
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1969 - 1972 |
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St Martins School of Art, London
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1974 - 1977 |
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Royal College of Art, London
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1977 - 1978 |
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Chelsea School of Art, London (part-time)
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1987 |
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Awarded Turner Prize, London
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1994 |
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Visiting Professor, London Institute (Chelsea School of
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1996 |
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Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres, Ministry of Culture, France
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1998 |
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Elected as a member of the Royal Academy CBE award
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2004 |
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Will-Grohmann-Preis, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
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Lives and works in London
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Add & Subtract, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany
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2009
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Siamese Connection, Distrito 4, Madrid, Spain
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2008
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XXème Biennale Internationale de Céramique Contemporaine, Musée National Picasso La Guerre et la Paix, Vallauris, France, 28 June – 17 November
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2008
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Richard Deacon: Border Traffic, Fondation Maeght, St-Paul, France (solo)
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2008
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Richard Deacon: Seven Works, Mad. Sq. Art, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA (solo)
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2008
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Richard Deacon, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, USA (solo)
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2008
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Richard Deacon - North, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Kopenhagen, Denmark (solo)
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2008
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Figura Humana y Abstracción, Würth Museo La Rioja, Agoncillo, Spain
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2008
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And so it goes: Richard Deacon, Merlin James and Heather & Ivan Morison, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, Wale
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2008
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On the Rocks. Richard Deacon & Bill Woodrow, Bloomberg SPACE, London
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2008
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Heavy Metal. Die unerklärbare Leichtigkeit des Materials, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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2007
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Courtyard and Skyroom, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA, USA (solo)
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2007
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Richard Deacon, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
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2007
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How Much Does Your Mind Weigh, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin (solo)
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2007
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Personals, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, England (solo)
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2007
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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (solo)
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2007
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And so it goes. Fel ‘na mae, Artists from Wales at the 52nd International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia
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2007
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Orinoco", Richard Deacon and David Ward, New Art Centre, Salisbury, England
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2006
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Lead Astray: Shared Sculptures by Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth, England
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2006
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Letze Runde / Last Call, Richard Deacon, Jonathan Lasker, Juan Uslé, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
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2006
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The Size of It, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany (solo)
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2006
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New Drawings, The Drawing Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2005
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Range, Lisson Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2005
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The Size of It, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland (solo)
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2005
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Infinity x 2, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France (solo)
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2005
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Out of Order, Tate St Ives, Cornwall (solo)
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2005
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Henry Moore: Epoche und Echo, Sechs Jahrzehnte englischer Bildhauerei im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
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2004
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Beyond the Clouds, L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, California, USA (solo)
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2004
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Richard Deacon, Marian Goodman, New York, USA (solo)
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2004
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Slippery when wet, distritocu4tro - Galerie de Arte, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2004
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InnenAußen. Sechs Positionen - drei Dimensionen. Die Robert-Jacobsen-Preisträger der Stiftung Wirth, Crailsheimer Kunstfreunde, Stadtmuseum im Spital Crailsheim, Museum Würth Künzelsau, Germany
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2004
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Lead Astray: New Shared Sculptures (Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow), New Art Centre Sculpture Park, Salisbury, England; Palácio Nacional de Quelez, Quelez, Portugal
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2004
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Sculpture, L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, California, USA
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2003 - 2004
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Other Criteria, Henry Moore Institute, Yorkshire, England (solo)
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2003
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UW84DC, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2003
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Richard Deacon á l'atelier Brancusi, Passage de la mer rouge, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
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2003
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Richard Deacon, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria (solo)
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2003
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New Bases, Galerie de/di/bY, Paris, France (solo)
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2003
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AC: Richard Deacon Made in Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2003
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Blast to Freeze: British Art in the 20th Century, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
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2003
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Independence, South London Gallery, London, England
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2003
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Distritocuatro, Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain
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2002 - 2003
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Blast to Freeze: British Art in the 20th Century, Kunstmuseum, Wolfburg, Germany
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2002
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Life is Beautiful, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK
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2002
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Lisson Gallery, London (solo)
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2002
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Richard Deacon: Continent, Galerie Arlogos, Paris (solo)
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2002
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Summer Programme: New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Salisbury, England
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2002
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Imagine you are standing here in front of me, The Caldic Collection in the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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2001
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This Side of Paradise, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
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2001
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Field Day: Sculpture from Britain, Tapei Fine Art Museum, Japan
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2001
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Sculpture Conemporaine: Œuvres de la Collection Frac Rhône-Alpes de l’Institut d’art contemporain, Substances, Lyon
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2001
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Full moon, Stedelijk Museum, The Netherlands
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2001
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From Beuys to Hirst: art works form the Deutsche Bank collection,
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2001
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Signatures of the Invisible, London Institute, London
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2001
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Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland (solo)
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2001
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Richard Deacon, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (solo)
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2000
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Contemporary art at the Millenium Dome, London (solo)
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1999
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No Stone Unturned, Kunstkeller, Liestal, Germany (solo)
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1999
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New World Order, Tate Gallery, Liverpool (solo)
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| Literature |
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2002
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Blast to Freeze. British Art in the 20th century, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, ISBN 3-7757-1248-8
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2002
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Sculpture at Goddwood: a vision for twenty-first century British sculpture, edited by Sue Hubbard, ISBN 0-9537794-2-4
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2002
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Imagine you are standing here in front of me, The Caldic Collection in the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam. (cat.) Essays by Boris Groys and Sven Lütticken, interview with the collector by Brooke Alexander
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2002
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Between the two of us: Henk Visch
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2001
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fig-1, published in association with Tate: The Art Magazine, 2001
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2001
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Richard Deacon, Gutspark Bockel
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2001
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Field Day: Sculpture from Britain", Tapei Fine Art Museum, Japan
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1999
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Breaking the Mould, British Art of the 1980s and 1990, The Weltkunst Collection, London
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1999
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Vision. 50 years British creativity, Thames & Hudson. Texts by David Sylvester, David Hockney, Melvyn Bragg, Michael Crig-Martin, Nicholas Serota
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1999
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New World Order/Richard Deacon, Tate Gallery Liverpool, UK (Out of Print)
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