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Giuseppe Penone
Shortlisted: 1989

Penone is one of only two non-British artists to have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize; his inclusion in 1989 was part of a move to draw attention to the significant increase in the amount of work by foreign artists being shown in Britain. Penone has an international reputation; he has been associated with the Arte Povera movement in Italy since 1969; his work is also linked to Land art and Process art.

Helicodial tree 1988 Tree: 30 x 30 x 800 cm Fondo Rivetti, Turin © the artist Photo: Tate Photography

Giuseppe Penone was born in Garessio Ponte, Piedmont, Italy in 1947. From 1966 to 1968 he studied at Academia di Belle Arti in Turin. In 1989 his work was commended for his exhibitions at the Arnolfini Gallery, and at the Dean Clough Arts Foundation.

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

View Giuseppe Penone in the Tate Collection