Marian Goodman Gallery

Richard Deacon

(Welsh, b. 1949)

Richard Deacon

Alphabet I(ndigo), 2012

Richard Deacon

Double Talk, 1987

Richard Deacon

Infinity #24, 2004

Richard Deacon

Table D, 1998

Biography

Timeline

1949: Born in Bangor, Wales
1968 - 1969: Somerset College of Art, Taunton
1969 - 1972: St Martins School of Art, London
1974 - 1977: Royal College of Art, London
1977 - 1978: Chelsea School of Art, London (part-time)
1987: Awarded Turner Prize, London
1994: Visiting Professor, London Institute (Chelsea School of
1996: Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres, Ministry of Culture, France
1998: Elected as a member of the Royal Academy CBE award
2004: Will-Grohmann-Preis, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
: Lives and works in London

Exhibitions

2012 - 2013: CAC Málaga, Málaga, Spain (solo)
2010 - 2011: Auswertung der Flugdaten: Die Kunst der 80er. Eine Düsseldorfer Perspektive, K21 Ständehaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
: The Missing Part, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
2010: Brave New World: From the Perspective of Mudam Collection Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
: The Inside http://www.galeriethomasschulte.de New Art Centre, Salisbury, UK (solo)
: Collection XXVI: The Artefactum years, MHKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
: The Missing Part, MAMCS Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France (solo)
2009: Add & Subtract, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany
: Siamese Connection, Distrito 4, Madrid, Spain
: Heavy Metal. Die unerklärbare Leichtigkeit des Materials, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
: On the Rocks. Richard Deacon & Bill Woodrow, Bloomberg SPACE, London
: Figura Humana y Abstracción, Würth Museo La Rioja, Agoncillo, Spain
: Richard Deacon - North, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Kopenhagen, Denmark (solo)
: And so it goes: Richard Deacon, Merlin James and Heather & Ivan Morison, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, Wale
: Richard Deacon: Seven Works, Mad. Sq. Art, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA (solo)
: Richard Deacon: Border Traffic, Fondation Maeght, St-Paul, France (solo)
2008: XXème Biennale Internationale de Céramique Contemporaine, Musée National Picasso La Guerre et la Paix, Vallauris, France, 28 June – 17 November
: Richard Deacon, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, USA (solo)
: Orinoco", Richard Deacon and David Ward, New Art Centre, Salisbury, England
: And so it goes. Fel ‘na mae, Artists from Wales at the 52nd International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia
: Personals, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, England (solo)
: Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (solo)
: Richard Deacon, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
2007: Courtyard and Skyroom, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA, USA (solo)
: How Much Does Your Mind Weigh, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin (solo)
2006: Lead Astray: Shared Sculptures by Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth, England
: Letze Runde / Last Call, Richard Deacon, Jonathan Lasker, Juan Uslé, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
: The Size of It, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany (solo)
: New Drawings, The Drawing Gallery, London, England (solo)
: Henry Moore: Epoche und Echo, Sechs Jahrzehnte englischer Bildhauerei im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
: Infinity x 2, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France (solo)
: Out of Order, Tate St Ives, Cornwall (solo)
2005: Range, Lisson Gallery, London, England (solo)
: The Size of It, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland (solo)
2004: Beyond the Clouds, L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, California, USA (solo)
: Richard Deacon, Marian Goodman, New York, USA (solo)
: Slippery when wet, distritocu4tro - Galerie de Arte, Madrid, Spain (solo)
: InnenAußen. Sechs Positionen - drei Dimensionen. Die Robert-Jacobsen-Preisträger der Stiftung Wirth, Crailsheimer Kunstfreunde, Stadtmuseum im Spital Crailsheim, Museum Würth Künzelsau, Germany
: Lead Astray: New Shared Sculptures (Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow), New Art Centre Sculpture Park, Salisbury, England; Palácio Nacional de Quelez, Quelez, Portugal
: Sculpture, L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, California, USA
2003 - 2004: Other Criteria, Henry Moore Institute, Yorkshire, England (solo)
: Distritocuatro, Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain
: Blast to Freeze: British Art in the 20th Century, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
: AC: Richard Deacon Made in Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (solo)
: Independence, South London Gallery, London, England
: Richard Deacon, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria (solo)
: Richard Deacon á l'atelier Brancusi, Passage de la mer rouge, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
: New Bases, Galerie de/di/bY, Paris, France (solo)
2003: UW84DC, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2002 - 2003: Blast to Freeze: British Art in the 20th Century, Kunstmuseum, Wolfburg, Germany
: Summer Programme: New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Salisbury, England
: Richard Deacon: Continent, Galerie Arlogos, Paris (solo)
: Imagine you are standing here in front of me, The Caldic Collection in the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2002: Life is Beautiful, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK
: Lisson Gallery, London (solo)
: Richard Deacon, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (solo)
2001: This Side of Paradise, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
: Field Day: Sculpture from Britain, Tapei Fine Art Museum, Japan
: Sculpture Conemporaine: Œuvres de la Collection Frac Rhône-Alpes de l’Institut d’art contemporain, Substances, Lyon
: Full moon, Stedelijk Museum, The Netherlands
: From Beuys to Hirst: art works form the Deutsche Bank collection,
: Signatures of the Invisible, London Institute, London
: Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland (solo)
2000: Contemporary art at the Millenium Dome, London (solo)
1999: No Stone Unturned, Kunstkeller, Liestal, Germany (solo)
: New World Order, Tate Gallery, Liverpool (solo)

Literature

2002: Blast to Freeze. British Art in the 20th century, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, ISBN 3-7757-1248-8
: Sculpture at Goddwood: a vision for twenty-first century British sculpture, edited by Sue Hubbard, ISBN 0-9537794-2-4
: 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
: Between the two of us: Henk Visch
2001: fig-1, published in association with Tate: The Art Magazine, 2001
: Richard Deacon, Gutspark Bockel
: Field Day: Sculpture from Britain", Tapei Fine Art Museum, Japan
1999: Breaking the Mould, British Art of the 1980s and 1990, The Weltkunst Collection, London
: Vision. 50 years British creativity, Thames & Hudson. Texts by David Sylvester, David Hockney, Melvyn Bragg, Michael Crig-Martin, Nicholas Serota
: New World Order/Richard Deacon, Tate Gallery Liverpool, UK (Out of Print)