Phillip King's work is in around 40 major public collections around the world including the Tate Gallery, London and the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Was at one time an assistant to HenryMoore.

Dateline:

• 1945: Arrives in London

• 1954-57: Studies modern languages at Cambridge University

• 1957-58: Studies sculpture at St Martin's School of Art

• 1959-80: Teaches at St Martins School of Art

• 1964: Solo exhibition at the Rowan Gallery, London

• 1967-69: Trustee of the Tate Gallery

• 1968: Retrospective at the Whitechapel Art Gallery

• 1977: Elected ARA

• 1979-80: Professor of Sculpture at Hochschule der Künste, Berlin

• 1980-90: Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London

• 1981: Retrospective at the Hayward Gallery

• 1988: Elected RA

• 1990: Made Professor Emeritus at the Royal College of Art, London and Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy Schools, London

  Solo exhibitions at the Mayor Rowan Gallery, London and Grob Gallery, London

• 1992: Solo exhibitions at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield; Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim; Art Warehouse, London; MAAK Gallery, London

• 1993: Solo exhibitions at the Musée des Beaux-Arts André Malraux, Le Havre; Galerie Waszkowiak, Berlin; Le Prieure Saint Michel, Vimoutiers; La Filature, Nouvel Espace Culturel, Mulhouse

• 1994: Solo exhibition at the Observer Studio Exhibition, London

• 1995: Solo exhibition at the Galerie Waszkowiak/Walter Bischoff Galerie, Berlin

• 1997: Retrospectives at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield and the Forte de Belvedere, Florence

  Solo exhibition at the Forte de Belvedere, Florence

• 1998: Solo exhibition at the Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

• 1999: Made President of the Royal Academy

• 2001: Solo exhibitions at the Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London and the Garth Clark Gallery, New York

• 2002: Solo exhibition at the Place Gallery, Cavagnole, Italy

• 2003: Solo exhibition at Jesus College, Cambridge

• 2006: Solo exhibition at the Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

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