Tony CRAGG

(1949~)

English visual artist living in Germany where he was rector of the “Kunstakademie Düsseldorf” until 2013 | 1949 born in Liverpool | 1973 studies at the “Royal College of Art” in London | 1976 starts teaching position at the “École des Beaux-Arts” in Metz, France | 1976 moves to Wuppertal, Germany | 1977 lives for two years in complete seclusion | 1979 re-emerges on the art scene with the work “New Stones, Newton’s Tones” | 1980s represents at international exhibitions: “documenta 7” and “documenta 8” in Kassel; five “biennials” in Venice, São Paulo and Sydney | 2007 honoured by Praemium Imperiale for sculpture of the Imperial House of Japan | 2012 receives the “1st Class Order of Merit” in Germany