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//Biog.//
- Known as: British sculptor
- Born: 15 August 1949, Bangor, Wales, UK
Richard Deacon lives and works in London. He has undertaken many commissioned projects including Just Us – Ocean Plaza, Fuxingmennei St, Beijing, China in 2000.
From the late 1970s to early 1990s, he was a visiting lecturer in sculpture at various art schools around the country.
Dateline:
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1968-69: Studies at Somerset College of Art, Taunton
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1969-72 Studies at St Martin’s School of Art, London
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1974-77: Studies at the Royal College of Art, London
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1978: Studies part time at Chelsea School of Art, London. Solo exhibition at The Gallery, Brixton, London
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1984: Solo exhibition at the Riverside Studios
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1985: Solo exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London
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1987: Wins the Turner Prize
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1989-93: Visiting lecturer at Ateliers 63, Haarlem and Amsterdam
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1990: Solo exhibitions at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo;
Marion Goodman Gallery, New York;
Mala Galerija, Moderna Galerija, Ljublijana
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1991: Solo exhibition at Museum Haus Lange and Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld
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1992-present: Visiting Professor at Chelsea School of Art and the London Institute
Solo exhibitions at Lisson Gallery, London;
Musee d’Art Moderne, Villeneuve d’Ascq.;
Marion Goodman Gallery, New York;
Museum der Stadt, Waiblingen
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1993: Solo exhibitions at Galerie Arlogos, Nantes and
Kunstverein Hannover & Orangerie, Herrenhauser Garten, Hannover
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1994: Solo exhibition at Customs House, South Shields
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1995: Wins the Robert Jakobsen Prize, Museum Wurth, Kunzelsau, Germany. Solo exhibitions at L A Louver, Los Angeles and the Lisson Gallery, London
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1995-96: Guest Professor, Hochschule fur Angewande Kunst, Vienna
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1996: Solo exhibition at MACCSI, Caracas
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1996-present: Advisor to Rijksakademie van Beelden Kunsten, Amsterdam
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1997: Awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, France. Solo exhibitions at the Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and
Musee Departmentale de Rochechouart, Rochechouart
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1998: Guest lecturer, MA Programme, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. Solo exhibitions at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London and Galerie Arlogos, Paris. Elected a Royal Academician
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1999: Solo exhibition at the Tate Gallery Liverpool. Made CBE
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1999-present: Professor at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts
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2000: Solo exhibitions at the Fig.1, London and
L A Louver, Los Angeles
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2001: Solo exhibitions at the DCA, Dundee, Scotland and
PS1 New York
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2004: Solo exhibitions at the New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery and Marian Goodman, New York
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2005: Solo exhibitions at the Doris Freedman Plaza, New York and
Lisson Gallery, London
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2006: Solo exhibition at the Drawing Gallery, London
//Mailing Address//
Richard Deacon, RA
c/o Lisson Gallery
67 Lisson Street
London
NW1 5DA
United Kingdom
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