Kenneth Armitage

Selected Biography

1916	Born in Leeds
1934-37	Leeds College of Art
1937-39	Slade School of Fine Art, London
1939-46	Served in the army
1946-56	Head of Sculpture, Bath Academy of Art, Corsham
1952	New Aspects of British Sculpture, XXVI Venice Biennale and British Council touring exhibition First solo exhibition, Gimpel Fils, London
1953-55	Gregory Fellow in Sculpture, Leeds University
1956	First Prize, International War Memorial Competition, Krefeld, West Germany
1958	Solo exhibition XXIX Venice Biennale, David E Bright Foundation Award, and the British Council touring exhibition
1959	Retrospective, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1962	First solo exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, London
1964	Visiting Professor, University of Caracas, Venezuela
1967-69	DAAD Fellowship (The German Academic Exchange Service) Berlin, West Germany
1969	Awarded CBE
1970	Visiting Professor, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA
1971-73	Visiting Lecturer, Royal College of Art, London
1972-73	Solo Arts Council touring exhibition
1974	Solo exhibition, Gallery Kasahara, Osaka and Tokyo, Japan
1974-c. 81	Tutor, Royal College of Art, London
1978	Included in Critic’s Choice, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
1980	Solo exhibition, Gimpel Fils, London
1985	Commision, British Embassy, Brasilia, Brasil Retrospective exhibition, Artcurial, Paris
1994	Elected Senior Royal Academician
1996	80th Birthday Survey, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
2001	Both Arms (2000) installed Millennium Square, Leeds Solo exhibition, Jonathan Clark Gallery, London
2002	Died in London