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Tony Cragg
Shortlisted: 1985, 1988

Cragg is one of a generation of British sculptors who achieved national and international acclaim during the 1980s. Like many of this group, Cragg focused on making objects from mundane materials. After moving to Wuppertal in West German in 1977, he produced a series of works from pieces of plastic and other discarded items. He made some into wall pieces, including several made in response to the inner city unrest he saw on a visit to Britain.

Tony Cragg was born in Liverpool, England in 1949. He studied at Wimbledon School of Art from 1969 to 1972, and then attended the Royal College of Art from 1973 to 1977. Cragg was first nominated for his notable contribution to the Hayward Annual in 1985; he won the Prize in 1988 for his exhibition as the British representative at the Venice Biennale.

This information has been taken from The Turner Prize: Twenty Years, by Virginia Button, Tate Publishing, 2003.

View Tony Cragg in the Tate Collection