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Anish Kapoor

Biography

Anish Kapoor is a sculptor. After studying at Hornsey College of Art and then the Chelsea School of Art, he went on to teach at Wolverhampton Polytechnic. His first solo exhibition was in Paris in 1980, and from that point he rapidly gained an international reputation, with a succession of one-man shows held annually throughout the world. He has represented Britain at the Paris and Venice Biennales, and won the Turner Prize in 1991. Examples of his work are seen in many public and private collections. He served on the board of Arts Council England from 1998 to 2002, and was elected Royal Academician in 1999. He lives and works in London.

Why I wanted to become a Tate Trustee

Information to come.

Appointment Information

Appointed by: Prime Minister

Appointment: 22 November 2005

Term expires: 21 November 2009

Other Membership:

Declaration of Members' Interests between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008

Employment1

Artist

Directorships of companies2

nil

Membership of non-profit making organisations3

nil

Shareholding4

nil

Connections between Trustees and others connected with Tate5

Lisson Gallery

Barbara Gladstone

Any other interests6

In 2003, before my term as a trustee, I offered to make an edition of one of my works, After Marsyas, which would be sold to help Tate raise funds. A second edition of this work was subsequently produced shortly after I was appointed to the Tate Board, and was sold by the Lisson Gallery in 2007. I understand that the financial gain from this sale was used to discount by £40,000 the price of a work by Art & Language bought by Tate from the Lisson Gallery in October 2007. This arrangement was noted by Trustees at the July 2007 Board meeting.

I was exhibited in the Turner Prize Retrospective Exhibition, Tate Britain (2 October 2007 - 6 January 2008), as a former Turner Prize Winner. This was noted at the September 2007 Board.

Signed and Dated by Anish Kapoor on 2 May 2008.

Notes:

  1. Employment, remunerated trade, profession, public office or consultancy
  2. Directorships of companies, both public and private, both remunerated and unremunerated
  3. Membership of non-profit making organisations, clubs or associations and professional bodies which have significant dealings with Tate or whose activities could relate to Tate's work
  4. Names of companies and organisations in which the member or his/her family or associates has a controlling interest or shares or securities and which could be involved in the supply of goods or have business dealings with Tate
  5. This includes commercial interests with other Trustees, Tate's lawyers (Withers; Linklaters; Brachers) and Tate's auditors (National Audit Office; Baker Tilly; Grant Thornton; AHL Ltd. RSM Bentley and Grant Thornton will act as Tate's internal Auditors from 1 April 2008).
  6. Trustees are advised to declare anything which a member of the public, knowing the facts, might reasonably think is significant and relevant.