Richard Deacon
Richard Deacon
Like You Know, 2002
Glazed ceramic
80 x 135 x 114 cm
31 ½ x 53 ¼ x 45 in.
Richard Deacon's (b.1949) abstract forms have made him a distinguished figure in British sculpture since the 1980s and he is known for his mastery of a vast array of materials from marble to clay to stainless steel.
Notable upcoming exhibitions of Deacon's work include a solo presentation at Schloss Rheinsberg, Germany and show with Bill Woodrow at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, both due to open in 2021. Deacon won the Turner Prize in 1987, the fourth year of the award, further to his nomination in the inaugural year of the prize in 1984.
Richard Deacon was born in Bangor, Wales and has a BA from St Martin's School of Art, London, UK (1972) and an MA in Environmental Media from the Royal College of Art, London, UK (1977). Solo exhibitions include Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium (2017); San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, USA (2017); Prague City Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (2017); Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany (2016), Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (2015); Tate Britain, London, UK (2014); Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany (2011); Musée de la Ville de Strasbourg, France (2010); Portland Art Museum, Oregon, USA (2008); PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA (2001); Tate Gallery, Liverpool (1999); MACCSI, Caracas, Venezuela (1996); Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK (1989) and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA (1988). He represented Wales at the Venice Biennale, Italy (2007) and has participated in the Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy (2012), Glasgow International, UK (2006) and documenta 9, Kassel, Germany (1992). He was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres by the Ministry of Culture, France in 1996 and made a CBE in 1999.
Richard Deacon’s work was exhibited at the New Art Centre in Like You Know: Ceramic Works. Please contact us for more information on works by Richard Deacon.