TONY CRAGG – BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Titles, prizes, awards

1988. “Special Mention” (Venice Biennale) and “Turner Prize“ at the 43rd Venice Biennale
1988-2001. Professorship at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
1989. Von-der-Heydt-Prize
1992. Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
1996. Honorary Professorship, Budapest
2001. Shakespeare Prize
Honorary Degree Award of Doctor of the University of Surrey
Honorary Fellowship, John Moores University, Liverpool
Elected to the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2002. Commander of the British Empire (CBE)
Piepenbrock Prize for Sculpture
2005. 1st Prize for Best Sculpture at the Beijing Biennale
Arco 2005 A.E.C.A. (Asociación Espanola de Criticos de Arte)
2006. Professorship at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
2007. Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture
2009. Rektor of the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf