1924-2005
Following study at the Slade School of Art in London in the mid 1940s Eduardo Paolozzi left for Paris. What he learnt there about existentialism, surrealism, collage and tribal art informed the rest of his career.
One of Britain's most inventive sculptors, Paolozzi was also an important printmaker.
Eduardo Paolozzi
1924
Born Leith, Scotland
1943
Edinburgh College of Art
1944 - 1947
Slade School of Art, London
1947 - 1950
Taught textile design at Central School of Art, London
1953
British Critics Prize
1955 - 1958
Taught sculpture at St. Martin's School of Art, London
1960
David E Bright Foundation award for best sculptor under 45, given at 30th Venice Biennale
1961
Watson F Blair prize by jury of 64th Annual American Exhibition in Chicago
1960 - 1962
Visiting professor on sculpture and basic design at Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg
1967
Purchase prize at International Sculpture Exhibition at Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York
First prize for Sculpture at Carnegie International Exhibition for Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Pittsburgh
1968
Visiting professor at University of California, Berkeley
1968
Lecturer in Ceramics at Royal College of Art, London
1974
Berlin, guest of the DAAD Künstlerprogramm
1975
Saltire Society award for ceiling panels and window tapestries, at Cleish Castle, Scotland, Mayor Gallery
1977
Professor in Ceramics at Fachhochschule, Cologne, Germany
1978
Commission award in closed competition of sculpture for European Patent Office, Munich, Germany
1980
First Prize in closed competition for development of Rhinegarten, Cologn, Germany
1981
Saltire Society award for cast aluminium doors, Hunterian Gallery, University of Glasgow
1983
Grand Prix d'Honneur, 15th International Biennale, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, at the Mayor Gallery
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004Paolozzi at 80, Dean Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 1988
Paolozzi Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London
1986
Eduardo Paolozzi Underground, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1984
Eduardo Paolozzi: Private Vision - Public Art, The Architectural Organization, London 1979Eduardo Paolozzi: Works in Progress, KKunstverein, K
1978
Eduardo Paolozzi, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
1977Paolozzi, Galerie Renate Fassbender, München, Germany
Paolozzi (print retrospective), Victoria and Albert Musuem, London
Paolozzi, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
1976Paolozzi Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (Scottish Arts Council)
Paolozzi Marlborough Fine Art, London
1975
Eduardo Paolozzi (retrospective), Nationalgalerie, West Berlin, Germany
Paolozzi, Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
Paolozzi, Ausstellung Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany
Paolozzi, Arts Council of Great Britain, touring exhibition
1974
Eduardo Paolozzi, Galerie Wentzel, Hamburg, Germany
Paolozzi, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany
1973
Eduardo Paolozzi, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and touring
1972
Eduardo Paolozzi, The Conditional Probability Machine, St Katharine's Gallery
1971
Eduardo Paolozzi: Retrospective, Tate Gallery, London
1970
Eduardo Paolozzi, Pollock Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1969
Eduardo Paolozzi, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Paolozzi, Galerie Mikro, West Berlin, Germany
Paolozzi, Goeteborgs Kunstmuseum, Germany
1968
Eduardo Paolozzi, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eduardo Paolozzi, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley
Paolozzi, Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Paolozzi, StKunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
1967
Eduardo Paolozzi, Hanover Gallery, London
Paolozzi, Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Holland
Paolozzi, Universal Electronic Vacuum, Alecto Gallery, London
Paolozzi, Pace Gallery, New York
1966
Eduardo Paolozzi: Recent Sculpture, Pace Gallery, New York
Paolozzi, Robert Fraser Gallery, London
Paolozzi, Scottish National Gallery of Art, Edinburgh
1965
Eduardo Paolozzi, Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Paolozzi, Sculptures, Collages, Graphics, Chelsea School of Art, London
Paolozzi: As is When, Editions Alecto, London
1964
Eduardo Paolozzi: Recent Sculpture and Collage, Robert Fraser Gallery, London
Paolozzi, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1963
Eduardo Paolozzi, Waddington Galleries, London
1962
Eduardo Paolozzi, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York1960Paolozzi, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York
1958
Eduardo Paolozzi: Sculpture, Hanover Gallery, London
1949
Eduardo Paolozzi: Drawings and Bas Reliefs, Mayor Gallery, London
1948
Eduardo Paolozzi: Recent Drawings, Mayor Gallery, London
1947
Eduardo Paolozzi: Drawings and Sculptures, Mayor Gallery, London
Group Exhibitions
2007
Physiognomy, Flowers Central, London
Moonstrip Empire News Portfolio, Flowers Central, London
2006
Collage & Construction, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury
2005
Heads, Flowers Graphics, London
Sculpture from the 1960s, Flowers Central, London
Projects: 1975 - 2000, Flowers East, London
2004
Bunk!, Flowers Central, London
Works on Paper and Collage, Flowers, New York
Bunk!, Flowers Central, London
Works on Paper and Collage, Flowers, New York
2000
Artificial Horizons and Eccentric Ladders, Flowers East Gallery, London
1979
The Development of an Idea, Glasgow League of Artists, Glasgow, Scotland and touring to Crawford Centre, University of St Andrews, Scotland; Talbot Rice Arts Centre, University of Edinburgh
1960
30th Venice Biennale; retrospective in British Pavilion, then touring to Belgrade, Paris, Bochum, Brussels, Oslo, Denmark, Amsterdam, Baden-Baden and Tübingen
Selected Collections
Government Art Collection, London
Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Museum of Modern Art Collection, New York
National Galleries of Scotland Collection, Scotland
National Portrait Gallery Collection, London
Tate Collection, London
Selected Publications
Cork, R., Eduardo Paolozzi: Underground, Weidenfeld Nicholson Illustrated, 1986
Herrmann, D., & Spencer, R., & Cork, R., St. John Wilson, J., (ed.), Eduardo Paolozzi: Projects 1975-2000, Flowers East, 2005
Paolozzi, E., Eduardo Paolozzi: Kopfe, Fels-Verlag, 1986
Paolozzi, E., Eduardo Paolozzi, Tate Gallery, 1971
Pearson, F., Paolozzi, National Galleries of Scotland, 1999
Posada, J., Mexican Popular Prints, Redstone Press, 1988