biography of tony cragg

BIOGRAPHY OF TONY CRAGG
1949
Born in Liverpool
1966 - 1968
Lab Technician at the National Rubber Producers Research Association
1969 - 1970
Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham
1970 - 1973
Wimbledon School of Art (BA)
1973 - 1977
Royal College of Art (MA)
1976
Professor L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Metz
1977
Moved to Wuppertal
Begins exhibiting
1978 - 1988
Taught at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
1979
First One-Man Exhibition at the Lisson Gallery
1988
British Representative at the 43rd Venice Biennale
Turner Prize
1988 - 2001
Professorship at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
1989
Von-der-Heydt-Prize
1992
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
1994
Royal Academician (RA)
1996
Honorary Professorship, Budapest
2001 - 2006
Professorship at the Universität der Künste (UdK), Berlin
2001
Shakespeare Prize
2001
Honorary Degree Award of Doctor at the University of Surrey
Honorary Fellowship, John Moores University, Liverpool
Elected to the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2002
Commander of the British Empire (CBE)
Piepenbrock Prize for Sculpture
2005
Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts, London
1st Prize for the Best Sculpture at the Beijing Biennale
Arco 2005 A.E.C.A. (Asociación Espanola de Criticos de Arte)
2006
Professorship at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
2007
Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture
2008
Ehrenring of the City of Wuppertal
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
2009
BDA Honorary Member (Bund Deutscher Architekten)
Diventa Accademico di San Luca
Founder Member of the Class of Arts at the NRW Academy of Sciences and Arts
È Membro Regolare dell'European Academy
‘Goldene Schwebebahn’ Prize
Diventa dottore Onorario del Royal College of Arts
Viene nominato Rettore del Kunstakademie di Düsseldorf
Wuppertaler Stadtmarketingpreis
2010
Non-Chinese Artists Prize
2012
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse)
Medal of Honor from Hermitage, Russia
Honorary Fellow of the University of the Arts, London
Fine Art Award , Colonia and North-Rhine-Westfalia award “Germany At Its Best”
2013
Großer Kulturpreis der Sparkassenstiftung Rheinland 2013 (Culture Prize of the Savings
Bank )
Professorship in Création Artistique at the Collège de France
2014
Honorary Citizenship of the city of Wuppertal
Honorary Doctor of Azerbaijan
Lives and works in Wuppertal, Germany