Richard DEACON

(1949~)

British artist for objects and installations who lives and works in New York and London | 1949 born in Bangor, Wales | 1974-77 studies at the “Royal College of Art”, London | 1977/78 receives a degree in art history and philosophy at “Chelsea School of Art”, London | 1977~ guest lecturer in London, Sheffield, Amsterdam, Vienna and Jerusalem | 1978/79 stays in USA, time of his artistic turning point | 1999 professor at the “École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts” in Paris; appointed “Commander of the Order of the British Empire” | 2009 professor at the “Kunstakademie Düsseldorf” | 2010 becomes member of the “Academy of Arts” in Berlin