born in Nassau, Bahamas.
returned to Scottland as a kid.
debuting of his first poetry volume of concrete poetry titled Rapel
settled in Stonypath in the South of Scotland, which is now called Little Sparta
honorary doctorate of the University of Aberdeen.
honorary doctorate of the University of Edinburgh.
died on 03.26.2006.
International Exhibition for Concrete Poetry, Brighton Festival.
Axiom Gallery, London.
Retrospective Ian Hamilton Finlay and Wild Hawthorn Press
Ceolfrith Bookshop Gallery, Sunderland.
Retrospektice
Scottish National Galllery of Modern Art.
Collaborations
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge.
Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture
Battersea Park, London.
Serpentine Gallery, London.
Crates Event
SAC-Büros at Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.
Sacred Grove
Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands.
Nature Over Again After Poussin
(touring exhibition).
Sculpture Show
Hayward Gallery, London.
Skulpturen
Merian Park, Basel.
Kriegsschatz & Little Sparta
Espace Rameau-Chapelle Sainte-Marie, Nevers.
Documenta VIII, Kassel.
SkulpturenRepublik
(Curator H.Winter), Wiener Festwochen, Vienna.
Paperworks
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna.
Idylls
Victoria Miro Gallery, London.
A Wartime Garden, Graeme Murray, Edinburgh.
Von der Natur in der Kunst
(Kurator Peter Weiermair), Wiener Festwochen, Vienna.
Metropolis
Gropius Bau, Berlin.
Poet of the Woodland
Galerie Stadtpark, Krems.
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main.
Die Sprache der Kunst
Kunsthalle, Vienna.
Schwere-Los
OÖ Landesgalerie, Linz und Ludwig Museum, Budapest.
Ian Hamilton Finlay: The Graphic Work
Kewenig Galerie, Cologne (Solo)
IAN HAMILTON FINLAY
Stampa, Basel (Solo)
Ian Hamilton Finlay & Cerith Wyn Evans
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (Solo)
The Sonnet is a Sewing-Machine for the Monostich
Victoria Miro Gallery, London (Solo)
Ian Hamilton Finlay - Druckgraphik
Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen (Solo)
Neoclassicism — A Noble Arrow
Galerie Judin, Berlin (Solo)
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)
Ian Hamilton Finlay
City Arts Centre, Edinburgh (Solo)
Definitions
Victoria Miro Gallery, London (Solo)
Mean Terms
Galleria Massimo Minimi, Brescia (Solo)
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)
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)
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)
Ian Hamilton Finlay 1789 1794
Victoria Miro Gallery, London (Solo)
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)
BARK BARQUE BAROQUE
Kunstparterre, Munich (Solo)
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna (Solo)
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)
Marine
City Arts Centre, Edinburgh (Solo)
nominated for the Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London.
Honorary Doctorate by the Universität Aberdeen.
Honorary Doctorate by the Heriot-Watt Universität Edinburgh.
Honorary Doctorate by the Universität Dundee.
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
Awarded Scottish Arts Council Creative Scotland Awards