biography of Richard DEACON (1949)

Personal data

Birth : 1949 - Bangor, Wales (United Kingdom)
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United Kingdom - Wales (United Kingdom)

Address

London, United Kingdom

Education

1970 – 1973 : St. Martin’s School of Art – Charing Cross Road – London, United Kingdom
1974 – 1977 : RCA Royal College of Art (MA Environmental Media) – Kensington Gore – London, United Kingdom

Professional data

Work and Life

1993:He made the costumes and the set of the ballet “Factory”, by choreographer Hervé ROBBE in Paris, France.
Also lives and works in Paris, France.

Prizes

1987

1987 : Turner Prize – London, United Kingdom
Context: Turner Prize Exhibition (1987)

Other professions

Professor
ENSBA Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts – 14 rue Bonaparte – Paris, France

Work

Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Metal - Sculpture, wood - Steel
Drawing-Watercolor :

Works

Breed
Date of creation : 1989
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : wood
Supports : hardboard-aluminium
 
A Rod For My Own Back
Date of creation : 1989
Medium : Steel
Process : collage
Size : 174 x 162 x 49 cm
 
Art for Other People No.14
Date of creation : 1984
Medium : Metal
Size : 67 x 20 inch
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2008

Portland Art Museum – Oregon City OR, United States
01/26/2008 – 05/11/2008

2005

Tate Gallery St Ives – Saint Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom
05/27/2005 – 10/25/2005

2003

Galerie Thomas Schulte – Berlin, Germany
09/12/2003 – 11/01/2003

2002

Richard Deacon, Continent
Galerie Arlogos – Paris, France
06/04/2002 – 07/20/2002

Richard Deacon
Lisson Gallery – London, United Kingdom
03/14/2002 – 04/27/2002

2001

Richard Deacon: Sculpture
DCA Dundee Contemporary Arts – Dundee, Scotland (United Kingdom)
04/2001 – 06/2001

Richard Deacon
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
10/14/2001 – 02/10/2002

1999

Tate Liverpool – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
1999

1997

New Work
Marian Goodman Gallery – New York NY, United States
02/20/1997 – 03/29/1997

1989

Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
1989

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Distrito 4 – Barbara de Braganza 2 – Madrid, Spain

ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : ColletPark – 203 bis rue St. Martin – Paris, France

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Distrito 4 – Barbara de Braganza 2 – Madrid, Spain

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Distrito 4 – Barbara de Braganza 2 – Madrid, Spain

Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Galerie Thomas Schulte – Mommsenstrasse 56 – Berlin, Germany

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States

FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom

Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States

ART2002 – The 14th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/16/2002 – 01/20/2002
Represented by : Dinaburg Arts – 8th floor 49 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States

Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte contemporanea
Quartiere Fieristico – Bologna BO, Italy
01/25/2001 – 01/29/2001
Represented by : Wachters Sabine – Golvenstraat 11 – Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galeria Alejandro Sales – Julian Romea, 16 – Barcelona, Spain

Contests

1987

Turner Prize Exhibition
Tate Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1987

Group exhibitions

2004

Lead Astray – New Shared Sculptures by Bill Woodrow & Richard Deacon
Sculpture Park and Gallery – Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
02/01/2004 – 05/03/2004

2003

Sculptures et Dessins
Arsenal – Soissons, France
06/27/2003 – 08/31/2003

Options Sculpture
Carré d’Art – Musée d’art contemporain – Nîmes, France
05/06/2003 – 08/31/2003

The Inspirator
Distrito 4 – Madrid, Spain
04/03/2003 – 05/24/2003

2002

Signatures of the Invisible
Centre d’Art Contemporain – Geneva GE, Switzerland
2002 – 05/12/2002

Life is Beautiful
Laing Art Gallery – Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom
02/09/2002 – 04/07/2002

2001

Sculpture Contemporaine
Les Subsistances – Lyon, France
11/23/2001 – 01/20/2002

Mélanges
Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d’Art Contemporain – Bignan, France
06/30/2001 – 09/09/2001

2000

New Millenium Experience
Millenium Dome – London, United Kingdom
2000 – 2001

1998

A Space Between
Margarete Roeder Gallery – New York NY, United States
09/09/1998 – 10/08/1998

1997

Skulptur Projekte in Münster, n°3
Münster in Westfalen, Germany
1997

1992

Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992

1988

Starlit Waters
Tate Liverpool – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
1988

1987

A quiet revolution : British sculpture since 1965
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1987

Skulptur Projekte in Münster, n°2
Münster in Westfalen, Germany
06/14/1987 – 10/04/1987

1985

Biennale de Paris
Maison de la Villette – Paris, France
1985

1984

The British Art Show 2
Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
11/02/1984 – 06/30/1985

The British Art Show 2
Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
11/02/1984 – 06/30/1985

The British Art Show 2
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
11/02/1984 – 06/30/1985

The British Art Show 2
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
11/02/1984 – 06/30/1985

1982

Aperto 82 – Biennale di Venezia, n°40
Venice VE, Italy
1982

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Periodicals

2002

Richard Deacon
in: Guide Sourcebook to the U.S. Art World – Art in America n° 8 p. 27
New York NY, United States
2001-2002

PRADEL Jean-Louis
in: Beaux Arts Magazine n° 217 p. 34
Paris, France
06/2002

COLIN Anne – Richard Deacon
in: Art Press n° 280 p. 72
Paris, France
06/2002

Legals