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Born 1948 near Henley, Oxfordshire, UK
Lives and works in London and Hampshire
Education
1967-68 | Winchester School of Art, Winchester |
1968-71 | St. Martin's School of Art, London |
1971-72 | Chelsea School of Art, London |
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Honorary and Foreign Distinctions
Represented Britain at the Biennales of Sydney 1982, Paris 1982, 1985, Sâo Paulo 1983, 1991
Finalist Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London, 1986
Winner Anne Gerber Award, Seattle Museum of Art, USA, 1988
Trustee of the Tate Galleries 1996-2001
Elected to the Royal Academy of Arts 2002
Trustee of the Imperial War Museum 2003-2011
Governor of the University of the Arts London 2003-2008
Chair of the Roche Court Educational Trust, New Art Centre, Salisbury 2011-
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Selected individual exhibitions
| | SHARED SCULPTURES: BILL WOODROW & RICHARD DEACON | 2021 | Holtermann Fine Art, London | | | BILL WOODROW RICHARD DEACON WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT AND OTHER SHARED DRAWINGS | 2021 | Ikon , Birmingham | | | BILL WOODROW - NEW SCULPTURES AND DRAWINGS | 2018 | Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium | | | SPACE INVADER | 2017 | MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina , Canada | | | FATA MORGANA, CROCKER LAND AND THE ODD SUPERIOR MIRAGE | 2017 | Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London | | | LOST | 2016 | New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury, Wiltshire | | | WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT - SCULPTURES AND DRAWINGS | 2015 | Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium | | | ON THE ROCKS. AGAIN, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon | 2014 | New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Roche Court, Salisbury, Wiltshire | | | BILL WOODROW RA | 2013 | Royal Academy of Arts Burlington Gardens, London | | | REVELATOR | 2012 | Lullin + Ferrari, ZĂĽrich, Switzerland | | | BILL WOODROW: SCULPTURES 1981-1988 | 2011 | Waddington Custot Galleries, London | | | LEAD ASTRAY, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon | 2008 | Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney | | | ON THE ROCKS, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon | 2008 | Bloomberg SPACE London, London | | | OSCILLATOR | 2008 | Waddington Galleries, London | | | LEAD ASTRAY, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon | 2007 | Château MusĂ©e, Dieppe, France | | | BILL WOODROW: SCULPTURE | 2006 | Waddington Galleries, London | | | LEAD ASTRAY, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon | 2006 | Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth | | 2005 | Bothy Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield | | 2004 | New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Roche Court, Salisbury, Wiltshire | | 2004 | Palacio Nacional de Queluz, Oporto, Portugal | | | THE BEEKEEPER | 2002 | Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea | | 2001 | South London Gallery, London | | 2001 | Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield | | | REGARDLESS OF HISTORY | 2000 | Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London | | | MONOGRAPHIC ROOM | 2000 | Tate Modern, London | | | SITTING ON HISTORY | 1998 | British Library, London | | | ABOUT THIS AXIS, DRAWINGS 1990-1995 | 1997 | Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland | | | SCULPTURES 1981-1997 | 1997 | Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia | | | FOOLS' GOLD | 1996 | Duveen Galleries, Tate Gallery, London | | 1996 | Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany | | | ABOUT THIS AXIS, DRAWINGS 1990-1995 | 1996 | Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast | | 1995 | Camden Arts Centre, London | | 1995 | Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston | | | ’ONLY THE LONELY’ AND OTHER SHARED SCULPTURES a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon | 1994 | Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium | | 1993 | Chisenhale Gallery, London | | 1993 | Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth | | | BILL WOODROW: SCULPTURE | 1991 | XXI Bienal de Sâo Paulo, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil | | | EYE OF THE NEEDLE | 1989 | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre, France | | 1989 | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Calais, France | | | POINT OF ENTRY | 1989 | Imperial War Museum, London | | | BILL WOODROW: POSITIVE EARTH NEGATIVE EARTH | 1987 | Kunstverein, Munich, Germany | | | BILL WOODROW: SCULPTURE | 1986 | Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh | | | SHIP OF FOOLS’, DISCOVERY OF TIME | 1986 | Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, USA | | | BILL WOODROW: SCULPTURE | 1985 | Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland | | | NATURAL PRODUCE, AN ARMED RESPONSE | 1985 | Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA, USA | | | BILL WOODROW: SCULPTURE | 1983 | Museum of Modern Art, Oxford | | 1972 | Whitechapel Art Gallery, London | |
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Selected group exhibitions
| | ESCALA: ESCULTURA 1945-2000 | 2023 | Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain | | | WITH US IN THE NATURE | 2019 | Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands | | | OBJECTS OF WONDER: BRITISH SCULPTURE FROM THE TATE COLLECTION 1950s - PRESENT | 2019
| PalaisPopulaire, Berlin, Germany | | | OBJECT LOVE | 2018 | Museum de Hedendaagse Kunst de Domijnen , Sittard, Netherlands | | | FOLKESTONE TRIENNIAL 2017
[Images © Manuel Vason] | 2017/18 | Folkestone | | | PROFILI DEL MONDO, BIENNALE DISEGNO RIMINI | 2016 | Rimini, Italy | | | THE NOING UV IT | 2015 | Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway | | | MAKING IT: SCULPTURE IN BRITAIN 1977-1986 | 2015 | Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield | | | SCULPTURAL FORMS | 2014 | Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester | | | KEYWORDS: ART CULTURE & SOCIETY IN 1980’S BRITAIN | 2014 | Tate Liverpool, Liverpool | | | POST POP: EAST MEETS WEST | 2014 | Saatchi Gallery, London | | | KM/H - UTOPIES AUTOMOBILES ET FERROVIAIRES (1913-2013) | 2013 | Tour 46 et Musée du château des ducs de Wurtemberg, Belfort et Montbéliard, France | | | A ONE DAY WALK | 2013 | Kröller-Müller Musem, Otterlo, Netherlands | | | SUR LA ROUTE... | 2013 | Le Garage - Moteur d’Art Contemporain, Brive, France | | | BP WALK THROUGH BRITISH ART | 2013
| Tate Britain, London | | | FOURTH PLINTH: CONTEMPORARY MONUMENT | 2012 | ICA, London | | | ONCE REMOVED: SCULPTURE’S CHANGING FRAME OF REFERENCE | 2012 | Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, USA | | | MODERN BRITISH SCULPTURE | 2011 | Royal Academy, London | | | SAVAGE MESSIAH | 2011 | Rob Tufnell at 1 Sutton Lane, London | | | CAMULODUNUM | 2011 | firstsite, Colchester | | | UNITED ENEMIES: THE PROBLEM OF SCULPTURE IN BRITAIN IN THE 1960’S AND 1970’S | 2011 | Henry Moore Institute, Leeds | | | DAS FUNDAMENT DER KUNST | 2010 | Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany | | | WHAT HAPPENS IF...? | 2010 | Storey Gallery, Lancaster | | | BP BRITISH ART DISPLAYS 1960-2000 | 2010 | Tate Britain, London | | | GLI ANNI 80 | 2009 | Arengario e Serrone della Villa Reale, Monza, Italy | | | EARTH: ART OF A CHANGING WORLD | 2009 | Royal Academy of Arts, London | | | IM BLICK DES SAMMLERS | 2009 | Kunsthalle WĂĽrth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany | | | DOMESTIC INCIDENTS | 2006 | Tate Modern, London | | | ELDORADO | 2006 | MUDAM, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | | | RAISED AWARENESS | 2005 | Tate Modern, London | | | IN PRINT: PRINTS FROM THE PARAGON PRESS | 2005 | National Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | | | TURNING POINTS: 20TH CENTURY BRITISH SCULPTURE | 2004 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran | | | BLAST TO FREEZE: BRITISH ART IN THE 20th CENTURY | 2003 | Les Abbatoirs, Toulouse, France | | 2002 | Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany | | | FIELD DAY, SCULPTURE FROM BRITAIN | 2001 | Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan | | | NATURAL HISTORY | 2001 | Yongsan Family Park, Seoul, Korea | | | FORJAR EL ESPACIO | 1999 | Ivam Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain | | 1999 | Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Calais, France | | 1998 | Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain | | | SEXTA BIENAL DE LA HABANA | 1997 | Havana, Cuba | | | UN SIECLE DE SCULPTURE ANGLAISE | 1996 | Jeu de Paume, Paris, France | | | FROM PICASSO TO WOODROW: RECENTLY ACQUIRED PRINTS AND PORTFOLIOS | 1995 | Tate Gallery, London | | | ARTE AMAZONAS | 1994 | Ludwig Forum fĂĽr Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany | | 1993 | Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany | | 1993 | Technische Sammlungen, Dresden, Germany | | 1992 | Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janiero, Brazil | | 1992 | Museu de Arte, Brasilia, Brazil | | | METROPOLIS | 1991 | Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany | | | BRITISH SCULPTURE SINCE 1965 | 1988 | Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA | | 1987 | Museum of Contemporary Art/Peace Museum, Chicago, USA | | 1987 | Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA | | 1987 | Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Harbor, USA | | 1987 | Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC, USA | | | DOCUMENTA 8 | 1987 | Kassel, Germany | | | AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF RECENT PAINTING AND SCULPTURE | 1984 | Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA | | | OBJECTS & SCULPTURE | 1981 | Arnolfini, Bristol | | 1981 | I.C.A., London | |
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