Biography
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1930
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Born in London
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1944-63
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Studied architecture and building work (at Brixton Technical School, 1944-46)
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1964
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Included in 'Responsive Eye' at MoMA, New York
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1965
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Prizewinner at Tokyo Biennale; first solo exhibitions
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1967
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Began his 'Target' series of paintings
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1968
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Set up SPACE, with Peter Townsend and Bridget Riley
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1970
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Produced 'Colour Ballet', pairing music and pure colour
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1971
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Invited to Berlin by the DAAD, where he took up residence
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1972
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Made a sound piece for the Donaueschinger festival
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1973
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Collaborated with York Höller on ‘Light Ballet’ for the Bordeaux Festival
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1974
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Worked with the composer Mario Bertoncini in Haus-am-Waldsee
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2009
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Retrospective at the Redfern Gallery, London
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Selected solo exhibitions
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1965
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McRoberts and Tunnard Gallery, London
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1968
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1970
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Trinity College, Dublin
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1972
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Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
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1978
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Akademie der Künste, Berlin
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1981
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Galerie in Zentrum, Berlin
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1983
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1987
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Stadtmuseum Norrköping, Sweden
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1990
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Galerie Ann Westin, Stockholm
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1994
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Neuberger Museum of Art, New York
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1997
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The Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague
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2004
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Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London
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2008
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Kelly Ross Fine Art, Blandford Forum, Dorset
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2009
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Redfern Gallery, London
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Selected group exhibitions
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1964
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McRoberts and Tunnard Gallery, London, ‘Seven 64’
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1965
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, 'The Responsive Eye'
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1969
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Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo
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1970
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The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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1975
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Helsinki Taidenhalli, Alvar Aalto Museo, Tampere, ‘Britanniasta 75’
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1977
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Royal Academy of Arts, London, 'British Painting 1952-1977'
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1977
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Tate Gallery, London, 'Silver Jubilee Exhibition of British Painting'
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1982
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Alte Oper, Frankfurt, ‘Spielraum-Raumspiel Exhibition’
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1987
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Copenhagen, Gronningen Group, ‘Annual Exhibition’
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1993
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Barbican Arts Centre, London, ‘The Sixties Art Scene in London’
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1998
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Royal Academy, Stockholm, ‘Charged Light’
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2004
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Tate Britain, London, 'Art & the Sixties: This was Tomorrow'
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2005
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Tate Liverpool touring exhibition, ‘Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era’
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2008
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Centre Pompidou, Paris, ‘Traces du Sacré’
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2013
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Grandpalais, Paris, 'Dynamo: A Century of Light and Movement in Art 1913-2013'
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2016
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Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 'Electronic Superhighway'
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2018
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Kunsthal, Rotterdam, 'Action-Reaction: 100 Years of Kinetic Art'
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Selected collections
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Arts Council Collection, London
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Arts Council of Northern Ireland
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Atheneum Art Museum, Finland
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Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
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Birmingham Museums Trust
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Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
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British Council Collection, London
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Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
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Government Art Collection, London
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Leicestershire County Council Artworks
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Kirklees Museums and Galleries
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Middlesbrough Museum of Modern Art
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Museum of Drawings, Lund, Sweden
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Museum of Modern Art, Prague
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Nagasaki Museum, Japan
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University of Lancaster
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St Louis Art Museum
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Tate
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Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
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Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada
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