Liverpool, 1949
Degrees:
1970 Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham
1973 Wimbledon School of Art (BA), 1977 Royal College of Art (MA)
Lives and Works in Wuppertal, Germany.
The sculptor Tony Cragg has emerged in late 1970 with a bold practice that questioned and tested the limits of a range of traditional sculptural materials such as bronze, steel, glass, wood and stone. Avoiding the manufacture of his works, Cragg has been known to combine contemporary industrial materials with the suggestion of the functional forms of trivial and antiques reaching sublime forms, sinuous, and torsion.
Website:
tony-cragg.com
Artwork:
Large Head, 2014
Statuario Marble
120x40x40 cm
Featured Exhibitions:
2018
Anthony Cragg: Human Nature at Istanbul Modern
TONY CRAGG: SIX SCULPTURES at Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia
„Tony Cragg – Roots and Stones“ im Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art
Awarded the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
2017
‘Tony Cragg: Roots & Stones’ at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Tony Cragg, “Sculptures” – Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm
Tony Cragg. Sculptures and Works on Paper – Ludwig Museum, Koblenz
Tony Cragg: Recent Sculptures at Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Tony Cragg: A Rare Category of Objects at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire
Tony Cragg in der Villa Schöningen, Berlin
Tony Cragg at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havanna, Kuba
Tony Cragg. Sculpture 3.2.17–8.5.17 at Wrocław Contemporary Museum
Tony Cragg. Unnatural Selection. Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt.02.12.2016 – 26.03.2017
Tony Cragg at MUDAM, Luxembourg
2016
Tony Cragg at Lisson Gallery, 1 October – 5 November 2016
Tony Cragg, “Tony Cragg at Djurgården” Stockholm, June 5 – October 28, 2016
Tony Cragg Restrospective: Parts of the World at Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal -19.04.2016-14.08.2016
Tony Cragg SCULPTURE – Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko
Tony Cragg. Sculptures and Drawings – Hermitage St. Petersburg; 02.03.2016 – 15.05.2016
Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Pantin Paris
2015
Glasstress 2015/Gotika. Collateral event of the 56th International Art exhibition/Biennale Art 2015 Galerie Buchmann, Berlin, 21.3. – 25.4.2015
Walks of Life 25. April 2015 – 25. Oktober 2015
Tony Cragg’s Skulptur “Runner” im Düsseldorfer Dreischeibenhaus
Kunstprojekt Krauthügel – Drei neue Skulpturen von Tony Cragg
Tony Cragg, dialogue with the Duomo
Tony Cragg – Projekt für die Synagoge Stommeln
Tony Cragg at Benaki Museum in Athens – 10/09/2015 – 08/11/2015
Tony Cragg World Economic Forum Davos
Tony Cragg Solo Show ADAA, New York
Sculpture, Pilane, Gothenburg International Sculpture Exhibition
Benaki Museum, Athens
Dialogo con il Duomo TONY CRAGG, Expo Milan 2015
Synagoge Stommeln, Pulheim
Honorary professorship Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2014
Tony Cragg Heydar Aliyev Art Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan
Tony Cragg Ravello, Italy
TONY CRAGG Walks of Life MAD. SQ. ART 2014, New York
Honorary doctor of Azerbaijan
Citizen of Honor of the City of Wuppertal
2013
Tony Cragg: Sculptures and Drawings, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
La Llotja Palma de Mallorca
Musée d’Art Moderne St. Etienne
Großer Kulturpreis der Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland 2013
Chaire de Création Artistique, Collège de France