Richard Deacon (b. 1949) studied at Somerset College of Art, Taunton (1968-69), St Martins School of Art, London (1969-72) and the Royal College of Art, London, (1974-77). Deacon's first one-man show was held in 1978 at The Gallery, London.   This led to a string of solo exhibitions, both nationally and internationally, notably at the Riverside Studios (1984), Tate Gallery, London (1985), the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1988) and the Tate Gallery, Liverpool (1999).   He has exhibited at the Lisson Gallery, London, since 1983, and at Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, since 1986. Deacon has participated in many key group exhibitions throughout the world since 1981.

Richard Deacon won the Turner Prize in 1987 and the Robert Jakobsen Prize, Museum Wurth, Kunzelsau, Germany in 1995.   In 1997 he was awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, France, and in 1998 was elected a Royal Academician. Deacon was made CBE in 1999.

Courtesy of Lisson Gallery, London.