Galerie Hubert Winter

Ian Hamilton Finlay

www.ianhamiltonfinlay.com

www.littlesparta.org.uk

1925

born in Nassau, Bahamas.

returned to Scottland as a kid.

1963

debuting of his first poetry volume of concrete poetry titled Rapel

1966

settled in Stonypath in the South of Scotland, which is now called Little Sparta

1987

honorary doctorate of the University of Aberdeen.

1993

honorary doctorate of the University of Edinburgh.

2006

died on 03.26.2006.

Ausstellungen

1967

International Exhibition for Concrete Poetry, Brighton Festival.

1968

Axiom Gallery, London.

1970

Retrospective Ian Hamilton Finlay and Wild Hawthorn Press
Ceolfrith Bookshop Gallery, Sunderland.

1972

Retrospektice
Scottish National Galllery of Modern Art.

1977

Collaborations
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge.

Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture
Battersea Park, London.

Serpentine Gallery, London.

1979

Crates Event
SAC-Büros at Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.

1980

Sacred Grove
 Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands.

1980-81 

Nature Over Again After Poussin 
(touring exhibition).

1983

Sculpture Show
Hayward Gallery, London.

1984

Skulpturen
Merian Park, Basel.

1985

Kriegsschatz & Little Sparta
Espace Rameau-Chapelle Sainte-Marie, Nevers.

1987

Documenta VIII, Kassel.

1988

SkulpturenRepublik
 (Curator H.Winter), Wiener Festwochen, Vienna.

1989

Paperworks
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna.

1990

Idylls
Victoria Miro Gallery, London.

A Wartime Garden, Graeme Murray, Edinburgh.

Von der Natur in der Kunst
 (Kurator Peter Weiermair), Wiener Festwochen, Vienna.

1991

Metropolis
Gropius Bau, Berlin.

Poet of the Woodland
Galerie Stadtpark, Krems.

1992

Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main.

1993

Die Sprache der Kunst
Kunsthalle, Vienna.

1996

Schwere-Los
OÖ Landesgalerie, Linz und Ludwig Museum, Budapest.

2006

Ian Hamilton Finlay: The Graphic Work
Kewenig Galerie, Cologne (Solo)

IAN HAMILTON FINLAY
Stampa, Basel (Solo)

2007

Ian Hamilton Finlay & Cerith Wyn Evans
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (Solo)

The Sonnet is a Sewing-Machine for the Monostich
Victoria Miro Gallery, London (Solo)

2008

Ian Hamilton Finlay - Druckgraphik
 Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen (Solo)

Neoclassicism — A Noble Arrow
Galerie Judin, Berlin (Solo)

2009

Ian Hamilton Finlay: The Graphic Work
Kewenig Galerie, Palma (Solo)

Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (Solo)

Camouflage
 David Nolan Gallery, New York (Solo)

Artists Rooms: Sailing Dinghy
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (Solo)

2010

Ian Hamilton Finlay
City Arts Centre, Edinburgh (Solo)

2011

Definitions
 Victoria Miro Gallery, London (Solo)

Mean Terms
 Galleria Massimo Minimi, Brescia (Solo)

2012

ARTIST ROOMS: Ian Hamilton Finlay
Tate Modern, London (Solo)

30th São Paulo Biennal
São Paulo

Twilight Remembers
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (Solo)

Inter artes et naturam, Galerie Judin, Berlin (Solo)

2013

Ian Hamilton Finlay
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (Solo)

Ian Hamilton Finlay: Poet, Artist, Revolutionary
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (Solo)

Ian Hamilton Finlay: Ring of Waves
David Nolan Gallery, New York (Solo)

2014

Beauty and Revolution: The Poetry and Art of Ian Hamilton Finaly
Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (Solo)

Terra Mare
Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut (Solo)

Ian Hamilton Finlay: Arcadian Revolutionary and Avant-Gardener

deCordova Sculpture Park Museum, Lincoln (Solo)

2015

Ian Hamilton Finlay 1789 1794
Victoria Miro Gallery, London (Solo)

2016

St Paul’s Cathedral
London

Ian Hamilton Finlay: Neoclassicism and Revolution
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (Solo)

Ian Hamilton Finlay: Early Works (1958 – 1970)
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (Solo)

2017

BARK BARQUE BAROQUE
Kunstparterre, Munich (Solo)

Ian Hamilton Finlay
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna (Solo)

2018

The Garden Became My Study
David Nolan Gallery, New York (Solo)

A Man of Letters
Florence Loewy, Paris (Solo)

Jacob's Ladder
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (Solo)

2021

Marine
City Arts Centre, Edinburgh (Solo)

Awards

1985 

nominated for the Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London.

1987

Honorary Doctorate by the Universität Aberdeen.

1993

Honorary Doctorate by the Heriot-Watt Universität Edinburgh.

1999

Honorary Doctorate by the Universität Dundee.

2002

Awarded Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 
in the New Year's Honours.

Awardred Scottish Horticultural Medal
 by the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society

2003

Awarded Scottish Arts Council Creative Scotland Awards