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1972
Born in Leeds, England

1990-91
Jacob Kramer Foundation College, Leeds

1991-94
BA, Central St. Martin’s School of Art

1994-96
De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2001-02
Committee Member for the NICC-Bruxel lecture series, Brussels


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011
The Beat of the Show, Inverleith House, Edinburgh
All Together Now, L&M Arts, Los Angeles

2010
What Went Down, Modern Art Oxford and the Ashmolean Museum; Museum Abteiburg, Mönchengladbach; Centre International d’Art et du Paysage, Île de Vassiviere
Thomas Houseago: The Moon and the Stars and the Sun, Michael Werner Gallery, New York

2009
Ode, Galleria Zero, Milan
TWOFACETWO: Aaron Curry & Thomas Houseago, VW (VeneKlasen/Werner), Berlin
There’s a Crack in Everything, That’s How the Light Gets in Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Two Face, with Aaron Curry, Ballroom Marfa

2008
Serpent, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
When the Earth Fucks With Space, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
Bastards, Herald St., London

2007
A Million Miles Away, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster, Glasgow

2004
Art Brussels, with Xavier Hufkens
Public Commission for Hoofdorp, Haarlemmermeer

2003
Thomas Houseago, I Am Here, Selected Sculptures 1995-2003, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium

2002
Xavier Hufkens, with Amy Bessone, Brussels
Commission for the City of Harderwijk
Commission for the Briljantlaan, Utrecht

2000
Something to Be, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam

1998
Sculpture Commission, Almere, (Mondriaan Stichting, Praktijkbureau)

1997
Commission for De Nederlandsche Bank library, Amsterdam

1996
Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam
Mum’s Tattoo, with Matthew Monahan, curated by Luc Tuymans, Si en La, Antwerp


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
Hauser & Wirth Outdoor Sculpture, Southwood Garden, St. James’s Church, London

2011
American Exuberance, Rubell Family Collection, Miami
We Will Live, We Will See, Zabludowicz Collection, London
Flowers for Summer, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London
The World Belongs to You, Punta della Dogana, Venice

2010
Statuesque, City Hall Park, New York; Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
2010: The Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

2009
Beg Borrow and Steal, The Rubell Family Collection, Miami
California Maximalism, Nyehaus, New York
In-finitum, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
Thomas Houseago, Dieter Roth, André Thompkins, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster, Glasgow
Construct and Dissolve, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich
The Craft of Collecting, Museum of Contemprary Art, Chicago
Beaufort03. Art by the Sea, Blankenberge, Belgium

2008
Black Swan: A Sculpture Show, organized by Aaron Curry and Thomas Houseago, Michael Werner Project Space, London
Academia: Qui es-tu?, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris
KABUL 3000. Love among the cabbages, Galleria Zero, Milan
Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner, Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Sonsbeek 2008, Museum for Moderne Art, Arnhem, The Netherlands

2007
Strange Events Permit Themselves the Luxury of Occurring, curated by Steven Claydon, Camden Arts Center, London
Sculptors’ Drawings: Ideas, Studies, Sketches, Proposals, and More, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Personal Belongings – Contemporary Sculpture from Los Angeles, Sabine Knust Galerie Maximilian Verlag, Munich

2006
Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, The Rubell Family Collection, Miami
Making and Finding, The Foundation To-Life, Mount Kisco, New York
Transformers, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The Glass Bead Game, Vilma Gold Project Space, Berlin

2005
Both Ends Burning, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
Six Outdoor Projects, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York

2003
Passie in Beeld, ruimtelijk werk uit de collectie van de Nederlandsche Bank, Maliebeeld, The Hague
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam

2002
Stedelijk Museum in De Nieuwe Kerk, Beelden/Sculpture 1947-2002, curated by Rudi Fuchs, Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam

2001
Rondom Jheronimous Bosch, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

1999
Glad IJs, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Werk boven de bank, Archipel, Apeldoorn

1998
Morning Glory, De Ateliers, Amsterdam
Summer Show, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
Acquisitions 1997, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam

1997
New Acquisitions, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Thomas Houseago lives and works in Los Angeles