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Michael Craig-Martin
2023
polished steel reliefs with spray paint
68.6 x 88.7 x 0.5 cm
Auflage: 20


















▶VITA
- lebt und arbeitet in London
- 1941geboren in Dublin, Irland.
- 1959Studium Englische Literatur und Geschichte, Fordham University, New York, NY.
- 1961Studium Kunst und Arichtektur (BA), Yale University, New Haven, CT.
- 1964Studium Kunst und Architektur (MFA), Yale University, New Haven, CT.
- 1966Umzug nach Großbritannien
- 1974Lehrauftrag am Goldsmith’s College School of Art, London.
- 1989Artist Trustee Tate Gallery, London.
- 1994Lehrauftrag am Goldsmith’s College School of Art, London.
- 2015Buchveröffentlichung “On Being an Artist“
- 2016bis heute: Mitglied der Royal Academy of Art, London.Ritterschlag durch Königin Elisabeth II.
▶AUSSTELLUNGEN
Einzelausstellung
- 2022Here and Now: Selected work from 1973 to 2021, Seoul Arts Centre Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul
- 2021Michael Craig‑Martin: All Things Considered, Reflex Gallery, AmsterdamMichael Craig‑Martin, Krakow Witkin Gallery, BostonTransitional Objects, Carling Dalenson Gallery, Stockholm
- 2020Cornucopia Galactica, W1 Curates, Oxford Street, London
- 2019Sculpture, Gagosian Gallery, LondonMichael Craig‑Martin: Present Sense, The Gallery at Windsor, Florida
- 2017Quotidian, Alan Cristea Gallery, LondonMichael Craig-Martin: All in All, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul
- 2016Michael Craig-Martin: Present Tense, Galerie Andres Thalmann, Zürich
- 2015Transience, Serpentine Gallery, LondonNOW, Himalayas Museum, Shanghai and The Hubei Museum of Art, ShanghaiMTV RE:DEFINE, Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, TexasMichael Craig-Martin, Gagosian Gallery, Hongkong
- 2014Michael Craig‑Martin at Chatsworth, Chatsworth, BakewellObjects of our Time, Alan Cristea Gallery, London
- 2013Less is Still More, Museum Haus Esters - Kunstmuseen Krefeld, KrefeldMichael Craig-Martin: Drawings 1967–1992, Recent Paintings and Prints., Galerie Andres Thalmann, Zürich
- 2012Alphabet by Michael Craig-Martin, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, RugbyMichael Craig-Martin: Drawings, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.Michael Craig-Martin: Prints and Drawings, Galerie I.D., Genf
- 2011Michael Craig-Martin. New Painting and Sculpture In the Gallery and the Sculpture Park, Roche Court, WiltshireDrawings, Alan Cristea Gallery, London
- 2010Michael Craig-Martin, Gagosian Gallery, AthenMichael Craig-Martin, The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, Texas
- 2009Michael Craig-Martin—New Works, Galerie Haas & Fuchs, BerlinMichael Craig-Martin, PKM Trinity Gallery, Seoul
- 2008Alphabets and Sunsets, Alan Cristea Gallery, LondonMichael Craig-Martin, The Columns, Seoul
- 2007A is for Umbrella, Gagosian Gallery, Britannia Street, London
- 2006Michael Craig-Martin, New Art Centre, WiltshireMichael Craig-Martin: Signs of Life, Kunsthaus Bregenz, BregenzMichael Craig-Martin (curated by Enrique Juncosa), Irish Museum of Modern Art, DublinClimate Change, Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble
- 2005ARP / CRAIG-MARTIN / ARP, Arp Museum, RemagenMichael Craig-Martin, Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin
- 2004Michael Craig-Martin: Surfacing, Milton Keynes Art Gallery, Milton KeynesDeconstructing Piero, Deconstructing Seurat, Folio, Alan Cristea Gallery, London
- 2003Workspace, Galerie Judin, ZürichEye of the Storm, Gagosian Gallery, West 24th Street, New York City, NY
- 2002Inhale/exhale, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
- 2001Landscapes, Douglas Hyde Gallery, DublinLiving, Sintra Museum of Modern Art, Berardo Collection, Sintra
- 2000Conference, Waddington Galleries, LondonMichael Craig-Martin, IVAM, Valencia
- 1999Michael Craig-Martin: And sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, Württembergischer Kunstverein, StuttgartModernStarts: Things, Museum of Modern Art, New York
- 1998Michael Craig-Martin, British Pavilion, Ibirapuera park, 24th International Bienal of Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, BrasilienMario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA
- 1997Innocence and experience, Waddington Galleries, LondonMichael Craig-Martin, Galerie Der Spiegel, KölnMichael Craig-Martin und Raymond Pettibon, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande, Düsseldorf
- 1995Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
- 1994Private space, public space, Centre Georges Pompidou, ParisWall paintings at the Villa Herbst, Museum Sztuki, Lodz
- 1993An oak tree, Galeria Foksal, WarschauAccommodating, British School at Rome, RomGalerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
- 1991Projects 27, Museum of Modern Art, New YorkDavid Nolan Gallery, New YorkMichael Craig-Martin, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Andre Malraux, Le Havre
- 1990Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
- 1989Michael Craig-Martin: A retrospective 1968-1989, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
- 1988Waddington Galleries, London
- 1987Zach Schuster Gallery, Miami, FL
- 1985Waddington Galleries, London
- 1984Waddington & Shiell Gallery, Toronto
- 1982Fifth Triennale India, Neu DelhiWaddington Galleries, London
- 1981Galerija Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb
- 1980Galeria Bama, Paris
- 1979Galeria Foksal, WarschauGaleria Akumlatory, PoznanOliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin
- 1978Galerie December, DüsseldorfMichael Craig-Martin: 10 works 1970-77 (Tour Australien 1978), Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
- 1977Oliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin
- 1976Michael Craig-Martin: Selected Works 1966-1975 (Tour Großbritannien 1977), Turnpike Gallery, Leigh
- 1974Galerie December, Münster
- 1971Arnolfini Gallery, BristolRichard Demarco gallery, Edinburgh
- 1969Rowan Gallery, London
Gruppenausstellung
- 2021London Calling: British Contemporary Art, Fundacion Bancaja, ValenciaIcons, Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain, Brüssel
- 2020Summer Exhibition 2020, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- 2019The Aerodrome, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
- 2018Home Futures, Design Museum, LondonDo I have to draw you a picture?, The Heong Gallery of Downing College, CambridgeSummer Exhibition 2018, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- 2015ArtZuid International Sculpture Route, AmsterdamSummer Exhibition 2015 (coordinated by Michael Craig-Martin), Royal Academy of Arts, LondonSleepless – The bed in history and contemporary art, 21er Hause, Wien
- 2014Post Pop: East Meets West, Saatchi Gallery, LondonWhat Marcel Duchamp Taught Me, Fine Art Society, LondonFIERCE CREATIVITY, Pace Gallery, New YorkLe Jardin Décomposé / Decomposed Garden, Gagosian Gallery, Le Bourget, Paris
- 2013New Acquisitions, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, EdinburghHoward Hodgkin – Michael Craig-Martin – Ian Davenport – Jessica Craig-Martin, Galerie Andres Thalmann, St. MoritzArt Everywhere, various locations, Vereinigtes Königreich
- 2011The Indiscipline of Painting, Tate St. Ives, St. IvesThe Moderns: The ‘60s and ‘70s, Irish Museum of Modern Art, DublinSmall, Medium, Large, Le Donjon de Vez, Vez
- 2010Art – Curated by Michael Craig-Martin, Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin
- 2009Istanbul Biennial. Antrepo No.3, Tobacco Warehouse, and Feriköy Greek School, IstanbulNorthern Print Biennale, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- 2008New Prints from the Royal College of Art Selected by Chris Orr RA, Royal Academy of Arts, LondonFor the Spirit-From the USB Art Museum, TokioLong Distance Information, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 2007Living In the Material World – Things In Art Of The 20th Century and Beyond, The National Art Center, Tokio
- 2006Hyperdesign, Shanghai Biennale, ShanghaiHow to Improve the World. 60 years of British Art, Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, LondonAs if by Magic, Bethlehem Peace Centre, Palästina
- 2005Painting the Edge, Gallery Hyundai, SeoulWorks on Paper, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
- 2004100 Artists See God (curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston), Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; travelled to Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
- 2002Passenger, Astrup Fearnley Museum, OsloBlast to Freeze. British Art in the 20th Century, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg
- 2001Lux Gallery, LondonYale School of Art and Architecture, New Haven, CT
- 2000Intelligence, New British Art 2000, Tate Britain, LondonDie scheinbaren Dinge., Haus der Kunst, MünchenVoilá le Monde dans la tête, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, ParisShifting ground, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
- 1998Jardin d’artiste, Musée Zadkine, ParisCluster Bomb, Morrison Judd, London
- 1997Treasure Island, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, LissabonFollow Me: British Art on the Lower Elbe, Buxtehude Museum, Stade
- 1996Un siècle de sculpture Anglaise, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris
- 1995The Adventure of Painting, Kunstverein, Düsseldorf & Kunstverein, StuttgartDrawing the line: reassessing drawing past and present (selected by Michael Craig-Martin), Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
- 1994Wall to Wall, Serpentine Gallery, London
- 1993Out of sight, out of mind, Lisson Gallery, LondonHere and Now, Serpentine Gallery, London
- 1990The Readymade Boomerang (curated by Rene Block), Sydney Biennale, Sydney
- 1988Starlit Waters: British Sculpture, on International Art 1968-1988, Tate Gallery, LiverpoolBritannica: Treinte Ans de Sculpture, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Andre Malraux, Le Havre
- 1987Vessel, Serpentine Gallery, London
- 1983New Art, Tate Gallery, London
- 1982Aspects of British Art Today, Metropolian Art Museum, Tokio
- 1981British Sculpture in the 20th Century, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
- 1979Un Certain Art Anglais (organised by ARC II and the British Council), Musée d’Art Moderne de to Ville de Paris, Paris
- 1977Documenta VI, Kassel
- 1973Art as Thought Process, Serpentine Gallery, London
- 19727 Exhibitions, Tate Gallery, London