Richard Wilson
Born: 1953, London.
E-mail
richardwilson.sculptor@virgin.net.
Solo Exhibitions and Commissions
2003
Irons in the Fire
, Wapping Project, London (forthcoming)
Butterfly
, Wapping Project, London (forthcoming)
New commission CUBE, Manchester (forthcoming)
New commission, Galerie Valeria Belvedere, Milan (forthcoming)
Tumbleroom
, private commission for McDonald Egan’s new development by John McAslan & Partners, Deptford, London (forthcoming)
2002
Mappin Gallery, Sheffield
Leeds Metropolitan Gallery, Leeds
Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
2000
Turbine Hall Swimming Pool
, Clare College Mission Church, London
33’ 2”
, Gimpel Fils, London
1999
Hung Drawn and Quartered
, Ha’Mumche Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Pipe Dreams
, a work for the Architectural Association with After Image Film Production Company
1998
Hung, Drawn and Quartered
, Stadisches Museum, Zwickau, Germany
Drawings
, Otto Dix Haus, Gera, Germany
Irons in the Fire
, Globe Gallery, North Shields
Tate Christmas Tree
, Tate Gallery, London
1997
Ricochet (Going In / Off
), Château de Sacy, Picardie, France
1996
Room 6 Channel View Hotel
, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
Formative Processes
, Gimpel Fils, London
Jamming Gears
, Serpentine Gallery, London
1995
Galerie Klaus Fischer, Berlin
Galerie Valeria Belvere, Milan
1994
Watertable
, Matt’s Gallery, London
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle, Eire
Deep End
, LA/UK Festival, MOCA, Los Angeles
1993
A Space without Art
, Fernsehturm, Berlin
Installation
, Kunsterhaus Bethanien, Berlin
1992
Swift Half and Return to Sender
, Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste, Calais, France
1991
Lodger
, Valeria Belvedere, Milan, Italy
1990
All Mod Cons
, Edge Biennale, Newcastle upon Tyne
High Rise
, Great Britain/USSR, Kiev and Moscow
Take Away
, Centre of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
1989
Leading Lights
, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaederfabrik, Odense, Denmark
Sea Level
, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
, Matt’s Gallery, London
High-Tec
, Museum Of Modern Art, Oxford
High Rise
, São Paulo Biennale, Brazil
1987
20:50
, Matt’s Gallery, London
One Piece at a Time
, Installation inside the Tyne Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne (part of the TWSA Television national Exhibition)
Up A Blind Alley
, Trigon Biennale, Graz, Austria
Hot Live Still
, Art in Action, Plymouth Arts Centre
1986
Stoke Stack Lightning
, Stoke Garden Festival Commission, Stoke on Trent
Halo
, The Aperto, Venice Biennale, Italy
1985
Sheer Fluke
, Matt’s Gallery, London
Hopperhead
, Café Gallery
1983
Viaduct
, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
1978
12 Pieces
, Coracle Press Gallery, London
1976
11 Pieces
, Coracle Press Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2002
Thinking Big: 21st Century British Sculpture
, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
2001
Structurally Sound
, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City
Cultural Ties
, London
2000
Field Day
, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei
Double Vision
, Galerie fur Zeitgenossischekunst, Leipzig
Close Encounters of the Art Kind
, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Multiplication
, The British Council, touring to venues in Romania, Croatia, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Russia, 2001/3
1999
54 x 54
, Times Building, London
The Office of Misplaced Events (Temporary Annexe)
, Lotta Hammer, London
1998
Drawing Itself
, London Institute, London
25 years
, The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
C.A.S Art Market, London
1997
Dexion
, 50th Anniversary Sculpture Commission for NEC, Birmingham
1996
A Matter of Facts
, Kulturamt Munster, Munster, Germany
Mirades sorbre el Museu D’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
Islands
, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1995
Mitzpe Ramon Co-Existence Project
1994
Art Unlimited: Artist’s Multiples
, South Bank Touring Exhibition
1993
Museet for Samstidskunst, Oslo
Private
, Kunstwerk, Berlin
The Boatshow
, Café Gallery, London
Time Out Billboard Project
, London
1992
La Casa di Alice
, Gallery Mazzocchi, Parma, Italy
On Siat
, Museet for Samstidskunst, Oslo
Not Too Clear on the Viewfinder
, Sydney Biennale, Australia
Another World
, Mito Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Heatwave
, collaboration, Serpentine Gallery
1991
Saatchi Collection, London
1988
Made To Measure
, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
1987
Art Of Our Time
, The Saatchi Collection, The Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh
1986
Sculptors Drawings
, Ikon Gallery (touring show)
The Elements
, Bookworks, Milton Keynes (touring show)
1984
British Artists Books
, Atlantis Gallery, London
1983
Pagan Echoes
, Riverside Studios Gallery, London
Clifftop Sculpture Park
, Portland, Dorset
Four Artists
, Galerie Hoffman, Germany
1982
Paper Works
, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
South Bank Show
, Coracle Press Gallery, London
1981
Romance Science Endeavour
, Portsmouth City Arts Gallery
Bookworks
, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
1980
Wind Instruments
, Coracle Press Gallery, London
Portsmouth/Duisberg Link Exhibition
, Lehmhruch Museum, Duisberg
1979
Sculptural Views
, Waterloo Gallery, London
1978
Coracle Press in Amsterdam
, Galerie da Costa
1977
Miniatures
, Coracle Press Gallery, London
1976
Whitechapel Open Exhibition
, Whitechapel Gallery
1975
The London Group
, Camden Arts Centre
Public Works
2002
Final Corner
, World Cup Project, Fukuroi City, Japan
2001
Off Kilter
, Millennium Square, Leeds
2000
Set North for Japan
(74¾33’ 2”), Echigo Tsumari Project, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
2000
Slice of Reality
, North Meadow Sculpture Project, Millennium Dome, London
1999
Over Easy
, The Arc, Stockton
1994
Entrance to the Utility Tunnel
, Tachikawa Public Art Project, Tokyo
Performance Works
1985
Once Upon a Time in the West End
, a performance assisting PD Burwell, Covent Garden
1983
Started performance work with Anne Bean and Paul Burwell as the
Bow Gamelan Ensemble
. Performances in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Holland, USA and Japan. Recordings released through the Pulp music label and Audio Arts
Choronzon
, a performance assisting PD Burwell, Covent Garden
Publications
2001
Field Day
, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Double Vision
, Galerie fur Zeitgenossischekunst
Multiplication
, The British Council
Richard Wilson
, Merrell Publishers, London
Thinking Big: 21st Century British Sculpture
, Sculpture at Goodwood
2000
Turbine Hall Swimming Pool,
Café Gallery, London
Cultural Ties
, Westzone
1998
Hung, Drawn and Quartered
, Stadtisches Museum, Zwichau
1996
Mirades (sorbre el Museu)
, Museu D’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
Jamming Gears
, Serpentine Gallery, London
Islands
, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1995
Deep End
, The British Council & MOCA Los Angeles
1994
Watertable
, 45 rpm record commissioned by Arts Council Collection & National Touring Exhibition for Art Unlimited
1993
In Site: New British Sculpture
, Threshold No 9, Jan 1993, Museet for Samstidskunst, Oslo
Another World
, Mito, Japan
Richard Wilson
, DAAD, Berlin
Christmas card for London Arts Board
1990
Edge 90
[Art & Life in the Nineties] (Mediamatic Vol. 4#4/ Summer 1990)
Great Britain/USSR
, The Showroom, London
1989
Richard Wilson
, Matt’s Gallery, London; Arnolfini, Bristol; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1987
TSWA 3D Catalogue
, Trigon 87, Graz, Austria
1986
Heat wave
, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
The Elements
, Bookworks, London
1985
Sheer Fluke
, Matt’s Gallery, London
1980
Wind Instruments
, Coracle Press, London
1978
12 Pieces
, Coracle Press, London, Edition 150
Television Programmes
2003
History of British Sculpture
, Channel 5 (forthcoming)
2002
Richard Wilson
, TheEYE, Illuminations Television video
1989
The Late Show: Matt’s Gallery-The Making of “She Came in Through the Bedroom Window”
(R. Klassnik & R. Wilson) for BBC2
1988
Alter Image
, a programme about 20:50 made by After Image for Channel 4
1987
Richard Wilson
. A half hour television programme made by Central Television about the work of Richard Wilson
Collections
Public collections including Weltkunst Collection @ IMMA, Dublin; Boise; The British Museum; Government Art Collection; Arts Council of England Collection; British Council Collection; Ulster Museum, Belfast; Leeds Museums & Galleries; Centre of Contemporary Art, Warsaw; Museet for Samstidskunst, Oslo.
Private & corporate collections in the UK, USA, Italy, Spain, Australia, Germany including the Saatchi Collection; British Land Corporation collection; Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Collection and Colección Bergé, Madrid.
Residencies, Fellowships and Awards
2003
Maeda Visiting Artist, The Architectural Association, London
2002-2004
Henry Moore Fellowship in Sculpture, University of East London
1992
DAAD Residency Berlin
1989
Nominated, The Turner Prize
1988
Nominated, The Turner Prize
Education
1974-1976
Reading University (M.F.A.)
1971-1974
Hornsey College of Art (Dip A.D)
1970-1971
London College of Printing (Foundation)