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The artist: Biography

Born in Bombay in 1954.

Kapoor moved to London in 1973 to study art.

He has lived and worked there since then. A graduate of Hornsey College of Art and Chelsea School of Art and Design, Kapoor’s first solo exhibition took place at Patrice Alexandra, Paris, in 1980. Kapoor’s international reputation was quickly established. He represented Great Britain at the 44th Venice Biennale in 1990 and won the Premio Duemila for the Best Young Artist. The following year, he won the prestigious Turner Prize.

He has exhibited extensively worldwide, most recently at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, 2009, the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, MAK in Vienna and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.

This touring exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is his first large-scale solo exhibition in Spain.

1954 Born, Bombay, India
1977-78 Chelsea School of Art, London
1990 Premio Duemila for Best Young Artist in the Venice Biennale
1991 Turner Prize
1997 Awarded Honorary Doctorate at the London Institute
2001 Awarded an Honorary Fellowship at Royal Institute of British Architecture
2003 Awarded CBE

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