TONY CRAGG
(b. 1949, Liverpool, England. Lives and works in Wuppertal, Germany.)
Tony Cragg studied at the Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham, the Wimbledon School of Art, London; and at the Royal College of Art, London. He participated in Documenta VII (1982) and VIII (1987) and the Venice Biennale (1997, 1988, 1986, and 1980). He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Cologne Fine Art Award (2012), Praemium Imperiale Award (2007), the Piepenbrock Award (2002) and the Turner prize, Tate Gallery, London (1988). He is currently the Director of the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Germany after having been professor there since 1988. Cragg has exhibited internationally at such institutions as the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (2011), the Musée du Louvre, Paris (2011), the Museo Serralves, Portugal (2004), the Tate Gallery, Liverpool (1999), and the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Belgium (1985).
RECENT SOLO SHOWS
2013
Tony Cragg, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
2012
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
2011
Tony Cragg, Seeing Things, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas
Tony Cragg in 4D From Flux to Stability, International Gallery of Modern Art, Venice, Italy
Tony Cragg, Sculptures and Drawings, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Tony Cragg: Figure Out, Figure In, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
2010
Tony Cragg, Borås Museum of Art, Borås, Sweden
2009
Tony Cragg, Museum Beelden am Zee, Scheveningen, Holland
Tony Cragg: Second Nature, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
2007
Tony Cragg Works, 1996-2006, MAVI, Chile
Tony Cragg, Lima Museum of Art, Lima, Peru
2006
Tony Cragg, Familiae, Neuesmuseum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Germany
RECENT GROUP SHOWS
2013
Sculpture at the Dusseldorf Art Academy, 1945 to Present, K20 Grabbeplatz, Dusseldorf, Germany
2012
Die Sammlung 1900-2011 - 11 Räume, 11 Jahrzehnte, 11 Interventionen, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria
Prism: Drawing from 1990 to 2012, The Museum of Contemporary Art / Museet for samtidskunst, Norway
This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
La Isla Del Tesoro - Arte Británico De Holbein A Hockney, Fundación Juan March, Madrid
A House of Leaves. First Movement, The David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
40 Years Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg, Salzburg
Prism: Drawing from 1990 to 2012, The Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo, Oslo
2011
KölnSkultur #6, Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne, Germany
Biomorph! – Hans Arp im Dialog mit aktuellen Künstlerpositionen, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany
Rudolf Steiner and Contemporary Art, DOX-Centre for Contemporary Art
2010
Le Meilleur des Mondes, MUDAM – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Quadriennale 2010 – Kunstgegenwärtig, Düsseldorf Quadriennale, Düsseldorf, Germany
2009
KölnSkulptur 4, Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne, Germany
Gastspiel, RLB Kunstbrücke, Innsbruck, Austria
2008
Tony Cragg versus F. X. Messerschmidt, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
30 ans de l'Institut d'art contemporain, L'Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
2007
An Incomplete World, Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
(b. 1949, Liverpool, England. Lives and works in Wuppertal, Germany.)
Tony Cragg studied at the Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham, the Wimbledon School of Art, London; and at the Royal College of Art, London. He participated in Documenta VII (1982) and VIII (1987) and the Venice Biennale (1997, 1988, 1986, and 1980). He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Cologne Fine Art Award (2012), Praemium Imperiale Award (2007), the Piepenbrock Award (2002) and the Turner prize, Tate Gallery, London (1988). He is currently the Director of the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Germany after having been professor there since 1988. Cragg has exhibited internationally at such institutions as the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (2011), the Musée du Louvre, Paris (2011), the Museo Serralves, Portugal (2004), the Tate Gallery, Liverpool (1999), and the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Belgium (1985).
RECENT SOLO SHOWS
2013
Tony Cragg, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
2012
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
2011
Tony Cragg, Seeing Things, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas
Tony Cragg in 4D From Flux to Stability, International Gallery of Modern Art, Venice, Italy
Tony Cragg, Sculptures and Drawings, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Tony Cragg: Figure Out, Figure In, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
2010
Tony Cragg, Borås Museum of Art, Borås, Sweden
2009
Tony Cragg, Museum Beelden am Zee, Scheveningen, Holland
Tony Cragg: Second Nature, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
2007
Tony Cragg Works, 1996-2006, MAVI, Chile
Tony Cragg, Lima Museum of Art, Lima, Peru
2006
Tony Cragg, Familiae, Neuesmuseum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Germany
RECENT GROUP SHOWS
2013
Sculpture at the Dusseldorf Art Academy, 1945 to Present, K20 Grabbeplatz, Dusseldorf, Germany
2012
Die Sammlung 1900-2011 - 11 Räume, 11 Jahrzehnte, 11 Interventionen, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria
Prism: Drawing from 1990 to 2012, The Museum of Contemporary Art / Museet for samtidskunst, Norway
This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
La Isla Del Tesoro - Arte Británico De Holbein A Hockney, Fundación Juan March, Madrid
A House of Leaves. First Movement, The David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
40 Years Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg, Salzburg
Prism: Drawing from 1990 to 2012, The Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo, Oslo
2011
KölnSkultur #6, Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne, Germany
Biomorph! – Hans Arp im Dialog mit aktuellen Künstlerpositionen, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany
Rudolf Steiner and Contemporary Art, DOX-Centre for Contemporary Art
2010
Le Meilleur des Mondes, MUDAM – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Quadriennale 2010 – Kunstgegenwärtig, Düsseldorf Quadriennale, Düsseldorf, Germany
2009
KölnSkulptur 4, Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne, Germany
Gastspiel, RLB Kunstbrücke, Innsbruck, Austria
2008
Tony Cragg versus F. X. Messerschmidt, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
30 ans de l'Institut d'art contemporain, L'Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
2007
An Incomplete World, Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
