Tony Cragg est né à Liverpool en 1949.
Il vit et travaille en Allemagne à Wuppertal et enseigne à l'École des Beaux-Arts de Düsseldorf.

Sculpteur, Tony Cragg réalise aussi des dessins, des aquarelles et des estampes.

Ses oeuvres sur papier ne sont pas de classiques « dessins » de sculpteur, ni un moyen d'éclairer des problèmes plastiques ou de formuler une idée plastique préalable à la sculpture. Tony Cragg parle lui-même du « dessin comme processus de découverte » qui peut par ailleurs servir à une mise en condition émotionnelle dans le cadre d'un processus plastique, et qui conserve sa valeur propre.

Sélection d'expositions

2023
Cragg, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Allemagne
"Sculptures and Works on Paper", The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach, FL, USA

2022
"Tony Cragg. Transfer", Museo Novecento, Florence, Italie
"Sculpture: Body and Soul", ALBERTINA Museum, Vienne, Autriche
"Tony Cragg at Reggia di Venaria", Reggia di Venaria, Turin, Italie
"Tony Cragg: Made on earth, heart" – Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Danemark

2021
"In no time", Galerie Tucci Rosso, Torren Pelice, Italie
Sculptures, Galerie Buchmann, Berlin, Allemagne
Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Royaume-Uni
"Points of View", Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen, Pays-Bas

2020
"Points of View", Schlossmuseum Wolfenbüttel, Wolfenbüttel, Allemagne
"Inhabitants", Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
"Espécies Raras", MON Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brésil

2019
Art Gallery Kula, Split, Croatia
"Tony Cragg in Boboli Gardens", Uffizi Galleries, Florence, Italie
"Sculptures and Drawings", Franz Marc Museum, Kochel, Allemagne
"Tony Cragg – New Works", Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Allemagne

2018
"Tony Cragg – Roots and Stones", Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Téhéran, Iran
Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan, Iran
"Anthony Cragg im Ehrenhof", Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Allemagne
"Human Nature", Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turquie

2017
"Tony Cragg: A Rare Category of Objects", Yorshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK
Tony Cragg, Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
"Tony Cragg, Sculpture", Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw, Poland

2016
"Tony Cragg, Unnatural Selection", Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany
"Tony Cragg at Djurgåden", Stockholm, Sweden
"Tony Cragg: Parts of the World", Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
"Sculptures", Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, France
"Tony Cragg", Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

2015
"Tony Cragg",The Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
"Walks of Life", Gothenburg International Sculpture Exhibition 2015, Pilane Heritage Museum in collaboration with the Garden Society of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
"Tony Cragg", ADAA, New York, NY, USA
"Tony Cragg Skulptur", Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
"Dialogo con il Duomo TONY CRAGG", Expo Milan 2015, Milan, Italy
"TONY CRAGG Sculture", Buchmann Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland

2014
Tony Cragg, Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France
"Walks of Life", Madison Square Park, New York, NY, USA
"Three New Outdoor Sculptures", Salzburg Foundation, Salzbug, Austria
"Tony Cragg/Ravello", Ravello 'Festival 2014, Villa Rufolo piazzale Auditorium Niemeyer, Ravello, Italy
Tony Cragg, Heydar Aliyev Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan

2013
Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France
"Tony Cragg: Sculpture and Drawings", CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China ; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung City, Taiwan

2012
Tony Cragg, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
"Tony Cragg at Exhibition Road", Cass Sculpture Fondation, Chichester, UK
Sculptures and drawings, Galerie Klüser, Munich, Germany
Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu, China
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Nasher Sculpture cente, Dallas, Texas, USA
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Tony Cragg, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
"Matrix", Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
Museo D'Arte, Villa Ciani, Lugano, Switzerland

2011
Nasher Sculpture cente, Dallas, Texas, USA
"Akademos", MKM - Centre for Modern and Contemporray Art, Duisburg, Germany
Gow Langsford Gallery, Aukland, New Zealand
"It is, It isn't", Chiesa di San Cristoforo, Lucca, Italy
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Galeria Thomas Cohn, São Paulo, Brazil
"Seeing Things", Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
"Sculptures and Drawings", Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK
"It is, it isn't", Tucci Russo Contemporary Art Studio, Turin, Italy
Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
"New Sculptures", Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
"Dinge im Kopf", MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
"IN 4D", Kunst Meran, Meran, Switzerland
"Figure out / Figure in", Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

2010
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Boras Konstmuseum, Boras, Sweden
Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala, Sweden
"IN 4D dal fluire alla stabilità", Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Ca Pesaro, Venice, Italy
"Erstmalige Präsentation des Modells für eine Großplastik in Kaarst", Galerie Splettstößer, Kaarst, Germany
Buchmann Box, Berlin, Germany
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sculpture, Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umeå, Sweden
"Second Nature", Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Germany

2009
"Second Nature", Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
"Halluzination", Knoll Galerie Wien, Vienna, Austria
Tony Cragg, Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Germany
Buchmann Galerie, Lugano, Switzerland
Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, Netherlands
Galeria Taché, Barcelona, Spain
Kunstverein Heinsberg, Heinsberg, Germany
"Tony Cragg: Skulpturen und Zeichnungen", Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Salzburg, Austria

2008
Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet Skärhamn, Tjörn, Sweden
"Sculptures and watercolours", Galleri Andersson Sandström, Stockholm
"Tony Cragg - Aquatinta und Steindruck", Galerie Jordan Seydoux, Berlin, Germany
"Sculptures and Works on Paper", Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
"Tony Cragg, F. X. Messerschmidt", Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

2007
"Stopover", Samuelis Bumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany
Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago de Chile, Chile
"Das Potential der Dinge", Zeichnungen und Skulpturen, Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
"Sculptures", Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen Magdeburg, Magdeburg, German
"Sculptures, CCR" - Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Tony Cragg : Sculptures", Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
"Tony Cragg: Sculptures and Drawings", Tucci Russo Studio per L'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
Tony Cragg, Haunch of Venison, Zürich, Switzerland
Marion Goodman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
"Tony Cragg 1995-2006", Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima, Peru
"Material Thoughts", Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy
Veistoksia, Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki, Finland
"Tony Cragg: Sculptures and Drawings", Tucci Russo Studio Per L'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice, Italy

2006
Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany
Krefelder Kunstverein, Buschhüterhaus, Krefeld, Germany
Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Foundation Louis Moret, Martigny, Switzerland
Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro, Italy
Thomas Cohn Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umea, Sweden
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Kloster unserer lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany
Kenji Taki, Tokyo, Japan
Centro Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2005
Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain
Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice, Italy
Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, UK
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
The Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
Klüser Galerie, Munich, Germany
Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Museum der Wahrnehmung, Graz, Austria
Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris, France

2004
Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya/Tokyo, Japan
Buchmann Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Hans Knoll Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal