Tim Head (born 1946) is a British

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Biography

Born in

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, Head studied at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1965 to 1969, where his teachers included Richard Hamilton and

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. His contemporary students included

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. In 1968 Head went to

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, where he worked as an assistant to

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, and met

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and others. Head studied on the Advanced Sculpture Course run by Barry Flanagan at

Saint Martin's School of Art Saint Martin's School of Art was an art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's became part of ...

, London, in 1969. In 1971 he worked as an assistant to Robert Morris on his

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show. From 1971 to 1979 he taught at Goldsmiths College, London. In 1987 Head won the 15th

John Moores Painting Prize The John Moores Painting Prize is a biennial award to the best contemporary painting, submission is open to the public. The prize is named for Sir John Moores, noted philanthropist, who established the award in 1957. The winning work and short-lis ...

for his work "Cow Mutations". Head has exhibited widely internationally. His solo shows include MoMA, Oxford (1972); Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1974 and 1992);

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(1980); ICA, London (1985); and Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany, and touring (1995). He has taken part in group shows including ''Documenta VI'', Kassel (1977); ''British Art Now: An American Perspective'', Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, and

Royal Academy, London The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...

(1980); ''The British Art Show'', Arts Council Tour (1984); ''Gambler'', Building One, London (1990);''Live in Your Head: Concept and Experiment in Britain 1965-75'', Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2000);Kimmelman, Michael (29 April 2003). "Critic's Notebook; London Is Agog Over Art, Especially Saatchi's" ''

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''; and ''The Indiscipline of Painting''

Tate St. Ives Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, England, exhibiting work by modern British artists with links to the St Ives area. The Tate also took over management of another museum in the town, the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture ...

touring to Warwick Art Centre (2011/12).

References

External links

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Tim Head
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Head, Tim English artists English contemporary artists Alumni of Newcastle University 1946 births Living people Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art Academics of Goldsmiths, University of London