Thomas Houseago
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Thomas Houseago is a British contemporary artist. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and also has American citizenship.[1][2] Much of his work has been figurative sculpture, often on a large scale, in plaster, bronze or aluminium; his large plaster Baby was included in the Whitney Biennial in 2010. He has also made architectural installations.[3]
Houseago grew up in Leeds in West Yorkshire, where his mother was a teacher.[2] He did his foundation year at Jacob Kramer College in Leeds, and in 1991 went to Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.[3][4][5] He then studied at De Ateliers in Amsterdam, where he came into contact with figurative artists such as Marlene Dumas, Thomas Schütte and Luc Tuymans.[4] He lived for eight years in Brussels before moving to Los Angeles in 2003.[4][6][5] Donald and Mera Rubell, art collectors from Miami, bought several of his works in 2006.[6] His large plaster Baby was included in the Whitney Biennial in 2010,[3] and in 2011 L'Homme Pressé, a tall bronze figure of a walking man, was installed in front of Palazzo Grassi on the Grand Canal in Venice during the Biennale.[7][8]
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- ↑ Suzanne Muchnic (March 15, 2017), Over the Wall: Thomas Houseago's Latest Works Engage Builders, Breakers, and Climbers. ARTNews.
- 1 2 Kelly Crow (December 7, 2012). Searching for the Next Art-World Star. Wall Street Journal. Archived December 24, 2014.
- 1 2 3 Ted Loos (November 6, 2014). Leaving the Monsters Behind: Thomas Houseago’s Long Road to 'Moun Room'. New York Times.
- 1 2 3 Jonathan Griffin (August 17, 2012). Thomas Houseago’s sacred monsters. Financial Times. Archived August 19, 2016.
- 1 2 Susan Morgan (January 31, 2018). Gagosian Inside the Healing L.A. Studio of Artist Thomas Houseago, Where Ghosts (and Brad Pitt) Roam. W Magazine.
- 1 2 Jori Finkel (January 2, 2011). Sculptor Thomas Houseago's shape-shifting world. Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Jori Finkel (June 2, 2011). Notes from the Venice Biennale: Thomas Houseago's can't-be-missed sculpture at Palazzo Grassi. Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ John Batten (July 9, 2016). Gagosian Hong Kong shows first paintings of much collected sculptor Thomas Houseago. Hong Kong: Post Magazine.