ARTISTS PROFILE | SCULPTURE | PRINTS | DRAWINGS | COLLECTIONS | EXHIBITIONS | CATALOGUES | TEXTS | PRINT & ONLINE

  Born 1948 near Henley, Oxfordshire, UK

Lives and works in London and Hampshire

Education
1967-68Winchester School of Art, Winchester
1968-71St. Martin's School of Art, London
1971-72Chelsea School of Art, London
 
 
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-
 
 
Selected individual exhibitions
 
SHARED SCULPTURES: BILL WOODROW & RICHARD DEACON
2021Holtermann Fine Art, London
 
BILL WOODROW RICHARD DEACON WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT AND OTHER SHARED DRAWINGS
2021Ikon , Birmingham
 
BILL WOODROW - NEW SCULPTURES AND DRAWINGS
2018Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium
 
SPACE INVADER
2017MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina , Canada
 
FATA MORGANA, CROCKER LAND AND THE ODD SUPERIOR MIRAGE
2017Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
 
LOST
2016New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury, Wiltshire
 
WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT - SCULPTURES AND DRAWINGS
2015Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium
 
ON THE ROCKS. AGAIN, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
2014New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Roche Court, Salisbury, Wiltshire
 
BILL WOODROW RA
2013Royal Academy of Arts Burlington Gardens, London
 
REVELATOR
2012Lullin + Ferrari, ZĂĽrich, Switzerland
 
BILL WOODROW: SCULPTURES 1981-1988
2011Waddington Custot Galleries, London
 
LEAD ASTRAY, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
2008Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney
 
ON THE ROCKS, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
2008Bloomberg SPACE London, London
 
OSCILLATOR
2008Waddington Galleries, London
 
LEAD ASTRAY, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
2007Château MusĂ©e, Dieppe, France
 
BILL WOODROW: SCULPTURE
2006Waddington Galleries, London
 
LEAD ASTRAY, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
2006Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth
2005Bothy Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
2004New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Roche Court, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2004Palacio Nacional de Queluz, Oporto, Portugal
 
THE BEEKEEPER
2002Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
2001South London Gallery, London
2001Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
 
REGARDLESS OF HISTORY
2000Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London
 
MONOGRAPHIC ROOM
2000Tate Modern, London
 
SITTING ON HISTORY
1998British Library, London
 
ABOUT THIS AXIS, DRAWINGS 1990-1995
1997Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
 
SCULPTURES 1981-1997
1997Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
 
FOOLS' GOLD
1996Duveen Galleries, Tate Gallery, London
1996Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany
 
ABOUT THIS AXIS, DRAWINGS 1990-1995
1996Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
1995Camden Arts Centre, London
1995Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
 
’ONLY THE LONELY’ AND OTHER SHARED SCULPTURES a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
1994Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1993Chisenhale Gallery, London
1993Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
 
BILL WOODROW: SCULPTURE
1991XXI Bienal de Sâo Paulo, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil
 
EYE OF THE NEEDLE
1989Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre, France
1989Musée des Beaux-Arts, Calais, France
 
POINT OF ENTRY
1989Imperial War Museum, London
 
BILL WOODROW: POSITIVE EARTH NEGATIVE EARTH
1987Kunstverein, Munich, Germany
 
BILL WOODROW: SCULPTURE
1986Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
 
SHIP OF FOOLS’, DISCOVERY OF TIME
1986Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, USA
 
BILL WOODROW: SCULPTURE
1985Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
 
NATURAL PRODUCE, AN ARMED RESPONSE
1985Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA, USA
 
BILL WOODROW: SCULPTURE
1983Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1972Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
 
 
Selected group exhibitions
 
ESCALA: ESCULTURA 1945-2000
2023FundaciĂłn Juan March, Madrid, Spain
 
WITH US IN THE NATURE
2019Kröller-MĂĽller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
 
OBJECTS OF WONDER: BRITISH SCULPTURE FROM THE TATE COLLECTION 1950s - PRESENT
2019 PalaisPopulaire, Berlin, Germany
 
OBJECT LOVE
2018Museum de Hedendaagse Kunst de Domijnen , Sittard, Netherlands
 
FOLKESTONE TRIENNIAL 2017 [Images © Manuel Vason]
2017/18Folkestone
 
PROFILI DEL MONDO, BIENNALE DISEGNO RIMINI
2016Rimini, Italy
 
THE NOING UV IT
2015Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
 
MAKING IT: SCULPTURE IN BRITAIN 1977-1986
2015Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
 
SCULPTURAL FORMS
2014Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
 
KEYWORDS: ART CULTURE & SOCIETY IN 1980’S BRITAIN
2014Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
 
POST POP: EAST MEETS WEST
2014Saatchi Gallery, London
 
KM/H - UTOPIES AUTOMOBILES ET FERROVIAIRES (1913-2013)
2013Tour 46 et MusĂ©e du château des ducs de Wurtemberg, Belfort et MontbĂ©liard, France
 
A ONE DAY WALK
2013Kröller-MĂĽller Musem, Otterlo, Netherlands
 
SUR LA ROUTE...
2013Le Garage - Moteur d’Art Contemporain, Brive, France
 
BP WALK THROUGH BRITISH ART
2013 Tate Britain, London
 
FOURTH PLINTH: CONTEMPORARY MONUMENT
2012ICA, London
 
ONCE REMOVED: SCULPTURE’S CHANGING FRAME OF REFERENCE
2012Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, USA
 
MODERN BRITISH SCULPTURE
2011Royal Academy, London
 
SAVAGE MESSIAH
2011Rob Tufnell at 1 Sutton Lane, London
 
CAMULODUNUM
2011firstsite, Colchester
 
UNITED ENEMIES: THE PROBLEM OF SCULPTURE IN BRITAIN IN THE 1960’S AND 1970’S
2011Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
 
DAS FUNDAMENT DER KUNST
2010Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany
 
WHAT HAPPENS IF...?
2010Storey Gallery, Lancaster
 
BP BRITISH ART DISPLAYS 1960-2000
2010Tate Britain, London
 
GLI ANNI 80
2009Arengario e Serrone della Villa Reale, Monza, Italy
 
EARTH: ART OF A CHANGING WORLD
2009Royal Academy of Arts, London
 
IM BLICK DES SAMMLERS
2009Kunsthalle WĂĽrth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
 
DOMESTIC INCIDENTS
2006Tate Modern, London
 
ELDORADO
2006MUDAM, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
 
RAISED AWARENESS
2005Tate Modern, London
 
IN PRINT: PRINTS FROM THE PARAGON PRESS
2005National Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 
TURNING POINTS: 20TH CENTURY BRITISH SCULPTURE
2004Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
 
BLAST TO FREEZE: BRITISH ART IN THE 20th CENTURY
2003Les Abbatoirs, Toulouse, France
2002Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
 
FIELD DAY, SCULPTURE FROM BRITAIN
2001Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
 
NATURAL HISTORY
2001Yongsan Family Park, Seoul, Korea
 
FORJAR EL ESPACIO
1999Ivam Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain
1999Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Calais, France
1998Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
 
SEXTA BIENAL DE LA HABANA
1997Havana, Cuba
 
UN SIECLE DE SCULPTURE ANGLAISE
1996Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
 
FROM PICASSO TO WOODROW: RECENTLY ACQUIRED PRINTS AND PORTFOLIOS
1995Tate Gallery, London
 
ARTE AMAZONAS
1994Ludwig Forum fĂĽr Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
1993Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
1993Technische Sammlungen, Dresden, Germany
1992Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
1992Museu de Arte, Brasilia, Brazil
 
METROPOLIS
1991Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
 
BRITISH SCULPTURE SINCE 1965
1988Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
1987Museum of Contemporary Art/Peace Museum, Chicago, USA
1987Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
1987Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Harbor, USA
1987Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC, USA
 
DOCUMENTA 8
1987Kassel, Germany
 
AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF RECENT PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
1984Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
 
OBJECTS & SCULPTURE
1981Arnolfini, Bristol
1981I.C.A., London
 
 
using this site | web design | site map | contact | search |    all text and images © Bill Woodrow 2024