Agis CV with photos

MAURICE AGIS: Born London, 1931

1958/1962

1967

Studies

St.Martin’s School of Art, London (painting & sculpture)
Postgraduate studies on De Stijl, Ministry of Education, Holland

1962-64
1964-66

1967-73

Teaching

Bath Academy of Art
St.Martin’s School of Art
Nottingham College of Art
Winchester College of Art
London College of Design
Goldsmith College of Art, London

1960
1961
1967/68

1968,71-73
75,77-81
1981

Prizes, awards & commissions

Pratt Bequest of sculpture
Sainsbury of sculpture
The Ministery of Education Scholarship, Holland
Sikkens International Price, Amsterdam
Arts Council of Scotland

Arts Council of GB
Leyton House Hospital commission, London

1980,82,83
1983

1985
1987

GLC Arts and Recration Awards
The National Endowment for The Arts Commission, USA
City of Berlin Commission
International Contemporary Art Fair commission, Los Angeles, USA

1988
1989
1996

1997

World Fair of Brisbane commission, Australia
Arts Electronica International Festival
Copenhagen European city of Culture commission
RIBA (Royal Institute of Britih Architects) commission

1960-62
1961
1962

1968

Group Exhibitions

Young Contemporaries, London
London Group
Grabowski Gallery, London
Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Arts Council of Great Britain Travelling exhibition
Art&Architectura, Building Centre, London

1970

1993

Market 70, Central London Polythecnic
Blow up Travelling Exhibition, Arts Council of Great Britain
Sixties Scene, British Art 1958-70, Barbican Arts Centre, London
Sculptures in The Garden, Chelsea Arts Club, London

Combine-construct, with Gaby Agis & Company

1994
1995

1997

1980

Encounters, Atrium Gallery, London
Sculptures in the Garden, Chelsea Arts Club, London
Portable Architecture, RIBA, London

Solo Exhibitions, Permanent Sculptures & Mixed Events

Insideout, National Theatre, Oval Theatre, London

1981

1983

Insideout, Battersea Arts Centre, Barbican Arts Centre, London
Bracknell Arts Centre
Combine-Construct, Barbican Arts Centre, London
Air tube, Ice and Air Show, Lake George, New York State, USA
Combine-Construct, National Theatre, London
Lincoln Centre, New York, USA

1988

1990

1991

1992

2001

Clause 28, water sculpture, Glasgow Garden Festival, Scotland
Forget-me-not, stone & iron sculpture, Bow, London
Wings, stone & iron sculpture, Bedford Park, England
Solo sculpture exhibition, Talberg Taylor Gallery, Greewnich, London
Solo painting and sculpture exhibition, MDMA Gallery, London

Construction & exhibition of spaces

1.-Agis and Jones

From mid 60s to late 70s Maurice Agis and Peter Jones colaborated in the creation of abstract walk through spaces
1966 Spaceplace, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1967 Spaceplace, Museum Stedlijk, Amsterdan
In 1967 they received the Sikkens International Prize for "their conception of spacial structures and for their significance of those concepts in the urban environment"

1972

1973

1974
1975
1976
1977
1978

1979

Spaceplace towards Colourscape Village, Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Park, London; Sunderland Arts Center, Jarrow Arts Centre, Kendal Arts Centre, Nottingham Festival, Lancaster University, Exeter University Colourspace Village, Mapping Gallery, Shefield; Greenwich Festival, Kendal
Arts Centre, Stourbridge Arts Centre, Durham Arts Centre
Colourspace, Greenwich, Newcastle, Durham
Colourspace, Greenwich
Colourspace Travelling exhibition: Aberdeen, Glasgow, Egin, Scotland
Colourscape, Battersea Park, London
Colourspace on The Thames, travelling exhibition: Battersea Park, Blackheath Park and Bishops Park
Colourspace, National Theatre, South Bank, London

2.- Evolution of Colourspace

In 1980 Agis presented his first solo pneumatic sculpture Colourspace/Coloursound with music by Robin Maconie and dance by Gaby Agis & Company at the South Bank, London

1981

1982
1985
1986
1987

1988
1989

1990
1991

South Bank, London; Commonwealth Institute, London; Mapping Art Gallery, Sheffield, England; Lincoln Centre, New York, USA
Battersea Park, London
Berlin
Cologne and Hamburg, Germany
Essen, Bonn and Franckfurt, Germany
Barbican Arts Centre, London
International Contemporary Art Fair of Los Angeles, USA
World Expo 88, Brisbane, Australia
Birmingham, UK
Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
Glasgow, European City of Culture
Derby, UK
Ballerup, Denmark

1992 1993 1994 1995	Festival of Contemporary Music, Stravanger, Norway Summer Festival, León, Spain Museum of Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden Copenhagen, Denmark Randers, Denmark Mayfest, Glasgow, UK; Merseyside, Liverpool, UK; International Festival of Contemporary Music, Cheltenham, UK; Bishop Park and Shephers Bush, London
	3.- Evolution of Dreamspace
	Dreamspace I
1996 1997	K96 Travelling Exhibition: Copenhagen, Ihoj, Lyngby, Kolding, Horsens, Fredericia, Vejle and Evenbourgh, Denmark Wenington Green, Tower Hamlets and Shepherds Bush Green, Hammersmith and Fulham, London
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002	Dreamspace II Mile End Park, Tower Hamlets, London Weninton Green, Tower Hamlets, London Tall Ships, Greenock, Scotland Milton Keynes, England Dreamspace III Centro Borgo, Bologna, Italy Weninton Green, Tower Hamlets, London Sailsbury Festival, England The Mardi Gras, Finsbury Park, London The Docklands and Greenwich Festival, London Dreamspace IV Pau Gumbau, Castellón, Spain Mile End Park, London

Dreamspace	Maurice Agis		Visitors comments	Press cuttings
more about the event	Stephen Montague		Agis CV	credits