| Biography |
| 1931 |
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Born in London, England. |
| 1939-45 |
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Childhood in Cornwall. |
| 1946-48 |
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Educated at Cheltenham Ladies College, Cheltenham, England. |
| 1949-52 |
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Goldsmiths College, London, England. |
| 1952-55 |
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Royal College of Art, London, England. |
| 1965 |
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Plays a leading role in the ground breaking exhibition ‘The Responsive Eye’ at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA. |
| 1968 |
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Wins the International Prize for Painting at the XXXIV Venice Biennale. She is the first British contemporary painter and the first woman ever to achieve this distinction. |
| 1971-73 |
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Undertakes numerous journeys throughout Europe to study the works of Old Masters at first hand, including Titian, Tiepolo, Grünewald, Altdorfer and Rubens. |
| 1974-77 |
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Divides her time between London and Cornwall. Visits Japan and India. |
| 1979-80 |
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Period of extensive travel, including a visit to Egypt to look at the ancient burial sites in the Nile Valley. |
| 1981 |
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Appointed a Trustee of the National Gallery in London and serves to 1988. She lectures both on her work and that of artists from the past. |
| 1993 |
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Honorary Doctor of the University of Oxford, England. |
| 1994 |
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Honorary Doctor of the University of Cambridge, England. |
| 1999 |
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In the New Year’s Honours, appointed a Companion of Honour. |
| 2000-01 |
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Co-curates Paul Klee exhibition with Robert Kudielka for the Hayward Gallery, London. |
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Bridget Riley continues to live and work in London, Cornwall and France. |
Selected solo exhibitions
| 1962 |
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Gallery One, London, England. |
| 1965 |
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Richard Feigen Gallery, New York, USA.
Feigen-Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles, USA. |
| 1966-67 |
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'Drawings’, Museum of Modern Art, New York, and toured to venues in the USA. |
| 1968 |
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Richard Feigen Gallery, New York, USA.
XXXIV Venice Biennale (with Philip King), British Pavilion, Italy; toured to Städische Kunstgalerie,
Bochum, Germany; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. |
| 1970-71 |
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‘Paintings and Drawings 1951-71’, Arts Council of Great Britain retrospective exhibition; touring to Kunstverein Hannover, Germany; Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland; Städische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany; Museo Civico, Turin, Italy; Hayward Gallery, London, England; National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic. |
| 1973 |
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‘Paintings and Drawings 1961-73’, Arts Council of Great Britain exhibition; toured to venues in the UK. |
| 1975 |
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Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA. |
| 1977 |
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Minami Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1978-80 |
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‘Works 1959-78’, British Council retrospective exhibition; touring to Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA; Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, Texas, USA; Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY, USA; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1990 |
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Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA.
Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1992-93 |
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‘Paintings 1982-1992’, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany; Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany; Hayward Gallery, London, England; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England.
'Works on Paper, 1982-92’, Karsten Schubert, London, England. |
| 1994 |
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'Six Paintings 1963-93 from the Collection’, Tate Gallery, London, England. |
| 1996 |
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‘Recent Paintings and Gouaches’, Waddington Galleries and Karsten Schubert, London, England.
‘Paintings and Gouaches 1980-1995’, Leeds City Art Gallery, England. |
| 1998-99 |
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‘Works 1961-1998’, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, England. |
| 1999 |
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‘Paintings from the 1960s and 1970s’, Serpentine Gallery, London, England.
‘Selected Paintings 1961-1999’, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany.
‘Works 1964-1992’, Robert Sandelson, London, England. |
| 2000 |
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‘New Paintings and Gouaches’, Waddington Galleries, London, England.
‘Paintings 1982-2000 and Early Works on Paper’, Pace Wildenstein, New York, USA.
'Works 1960s, 70s & 80s’, Robert Sandelson, London, England.
‘Paintings 1961-1985’, Dia Center for the Arts, New York, USA. |
| 2002 |
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‘New Works’, Museum Haus Esters and Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany.
Robert Sandelson, London, England. |
| 2003 |
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Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland.
Tate Britain, London, England. |
| 2004-5 |
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'Paintings and Preparatory Work 1961-2004’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia and City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand. |
| 2005 |
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‘Paintings and Preparatory Work 1959-2005’, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland.
‘Paintings and Studies 1963-2005’, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA.
‘Print Retrospective 1981-2005’, Galerie Schlegl, Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 2006 |
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‘Prints 1962-2005’, University of Exeter, England.
‘Paintings and Works on Paper 1960s to 1980s’, Narborough Hall, Norfolk, England. |
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