Richard Hamilton
Born 1922 in London
Painter and Graphic-Artist of Pop-Art
British, 20th century
 
Curriculum Vitae
1955Study at the Royal Academy Schools and the Slade School of Art, London
1956Production of the collage: Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? This composition of illustrated catalogues becomes the focal point of the British pop-art und shows Hamiltions favorite themes: mass media, mass consumption, mass idoles
1957 – 1961Teaching activity at Royal College of Art, London
1965Starts with the reconstruction of Marcel Duchamp: Le Grand Verre
1966Organizes the retrospective of Duchamp at the Tate Gallery, London
1968documenta 4, Kassel
1970Receives the Talens Prize International, Amsterdam
1977documenta 6, Kassel
1979First retrospective at the Tate Gallery, London and at the Kunsthalle, Bern
1982Publication of his scripts, notes and documents at Thames and Hudson in London
1983Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
1984Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
1985Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
1986Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles
1988Turner Prize, London
1989Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
1990Studio Marconi, Milan
1992Waddington Graphics: A print retrospective, London
199345. Biennale Venice
1997documenta 10, Kassel
1998Greene Naftali Gallery: Super Freaks, New York
1999Museum of Contemporary Art: Examining Pictures, Chicago
2000Sprengel Museum: Aller Anfang ist MERZ, Hannover
2001Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst: Double Vision, Leipzig
2002Neues Museum Weserburg: Fluxus und Freunde 2002, Bremen
2003 Kunsthalle Wien: Attack!Kunst und Krieg in den Zeiten der Medien, Vienna;
Museum Ludwig Köln: Richard Hamilton, Cologne
2004Irish Museum of Modern Art: High Falutin, Dublin
2004 / 2005Museum & Art Gallery Birmingham: Art and the 60s: This Was Tomorrow, Birmingham
2005Tate Liverpool: SUMMER OF LOVE, Liverpool
2006MUMOK Wien: Review, Vienna
2006 / 2007MACBA Barcelona: Galería Cadaques, Barcelona
2007 Kunst-Werke Berlin: INTO ME/OUT OF ME, Berlin;
Kunstforum Halle: SOUND ZERO, Halle;
Max-Beckmann-Prize/Frankfurt/Main
Richard Hamilton lives in New York.