
Tony Cragg Sculptures and Drawings
The Buchmann Galerie is delighted to present an exhibition by Tony Cragg as part of Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025, in which over 250 drawings by the English sculptor will be contrasted with sculptures from his Industrial Nature series.
The exhibition will explore Tony Cragg's ongoing interest in the nexus between industrial materials and organic forms, demonstrating an intrinsic and multifaceted dialogue between the natural and the man-made. The layered, curvilinear forms of the works evoke the dynamism and movement observed in nature, while embodying a distinctly mechanical aesthetic. The surfaces, sometimes smooth and polished, sometimes weathered and textured, emphasise the interplay between organic impermanence and industrial permanence.
A celebrated sculptor with an international profile, Tony Cragg has received a substantial number of accolades, including the Turner Prize, the Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture, the Japan Art Foundation Award, and an honorary knighthood from the British monarchy. He is a Royal Academician in the UK, elected to that position for his contributions to art.
The Buchmann Gallery has represented Tony Cragg since 1983; this is the gallery’s 28th solo exhibition with the artist. The Buchmann Gallery also represents Tony Cragg’s drawing archive.
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Tony Cragg
Born 1949 in Liverpool. Lives and works in Wuppertal, Germany.
2009 - 2013 | Director of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
2002 | Professorship for sculpture at UdK Universität der Künste, Berlin Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin |
1994 | Member of the Royal Academy, London |
1979 | Professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
1973 - 1977 | Royal College of Art |
1968 - 1972 | Gloucestershire College of Art and Design, Cheltenham und Wimbledon School of Art |
1966 – 1968 | Lab Technician at the National Rubber Producers Research Association |
2017 |
Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, International Sculpture Center |
2016 |
Knight Bachelor of the British Empire |
2013 |
Chaire de Création Artistique, Collège de France Rheinischer Kulturpreis, Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland |
2012 | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st Class Artist's Medal of Honor of the Hermitage, Russia |
2009 | Honorary doctor of the Royal College of Arts |
2007 | Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture, The Japan Art Foundation |
2005 | 1st Prize for Best Sculpture, 2. Biennale Beijing |
2002 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
2001 | Honorary Fellowship John Moores University, Liverpool Shakespeare-Prize |
1992 | Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres |
1989 | Von-der-Heydt-Prize, Wuppertal |
1988 | Turner Prize British Representative at the 43rd Venice Biennale |