Tim Head is a British

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 artist

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Born in London

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

Richard Hamilton (artist)

Richard William Hamilton, CH was a British painter and collage artist. His 1956 collage, Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?, produced for the This Is Tomorrow exhibition of the Independent Group in London, is considered by critics and historians to be one of the...

 and Ian Stephenson

Ian Stephenson

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. His contemporary students included Roxy Music

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 frontman Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry

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. In 1968 he went to New York City

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 where he worked as an assistant to Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg

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, and met Robert Smithson

Robert Smithson

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, Richard Serra

Richard Serra

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, Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse

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, Sol LeWitt

Sol LeWitt

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, John Cale

John Cale

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

Barry Flanagan

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 at St Martin's School of Art, London, in 1969. In 1971 he worked as an assistant to Robert Morris

Robert Morris (artist)

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 on his Tate Gallery

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 show. From 1971 to 1979 he taught at Goldsmiths College

Goldsmiths College

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, London. In 1987 Head won the 15th John Moores Painting Prize.

Head has exhibited widely internationally. His solo shows include MoMA

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, Oxford (1972); Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1974 and 1992); British Pavilion, Venice Biennale

Venice Biennale

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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 (1980); 'The British Art Show', Arts Council Tour (1984); 'Gambler', Building One, London (1990); and 'Live in Your Head: Concept and Experiment in Britain 1965-75', Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2000).

External links

• Tim Head Website
• Tim Head via British Council
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• Tim Head via Artcyclopedia
• Tim Head via Tate Collection