Axehead tony cragg biography
Tony cragg artist statement!
TONY CRAGG
1949 Born in Liverpool, UK
Lives and works in Wuppertal, Germany
EDUCATION
1973 - 1977 Royal College of Art (MA)
1970 - 1973 Wimbledon School of Art (BA)
1969 - 1970 Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham
1966 - 1968 Lab Technician at the National Rubber Producers Research Association
PRIZES AND AWARDS
2007 Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture, Japan Art Association
2005 Prize for Best Sculpture at the Beijing Biennale
2002 Piepenbrock Prize for Sculpture
2002 CBE
2001 Elected to the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2001 Honorary Fellowship, John Moores University, Liverpool
2001 Honorary Degree Award of Doctor of the University of Surrey
2001 Shakespeare Prize
1994 Royal Academician (RA)
1992 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
1989 Von-der-Heydt-Prize, Wuppertal
1988 Turner Prize
1985 Turner-Prize (Shortlist)
PROFESSORSHIPS
2005 Professorship at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
2005 Visiting Professorship at the University of the Arts, London
2001