Richard Deacon

Richard Deacon

(b. Bangor, Wales, 1949. Lives and works in London.)

Richard Deacon studied at the Somerset College of Art, Taunton, England; St. Martin's College of Art, London; Royal College of Art, London; and the Chelsea School of Art, London. Deacon has exhibited internationally at such institutions as the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (1987); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1988); the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1989); and the Kunstverein, Hannover (1993). He participated in Documenta IX (1992) and the 2006 Glasgow International. A major traveling exhibition of large-scale work opened at the Museum Artrium in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, in 2005. Short listed for the Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London in 1984, he received the prize in 1987, and in 1996 he was the recipient of the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres from the Ministry of Culture, France.

RECENT SOLO SHOWS

2010
Richard Deacon: The Missing Part, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasbourg, France, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
2009
Richard Deacon: Dead Leg, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2008
Richard Deacon: Border Traffic, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul, France
Richard Deacon, Stedelijk Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
2007
Personals, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England

RECENT GROUP SHOWS

2010
Le Meilleur des Mondes, MUDAM – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand–Duc Jean, Luxembourg
2009
Im Blick des Sammlers, Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
2008
And So it Goes: Wales at the Venice Biennale of Art 2007, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
2007
Contrepoint 3, de la Sculpture, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

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Richard Deacon Exhibitions

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Richard Deacon Publications

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Image and Idol: Medieval Sculpture
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