Timeline

1941

Born in Sheffield, England (UK)

1962 - 1965

Studied painting and philosophy at The Royal College of Art, London

1965 - 1967

Studied painting, sculpture and philosophy at Yale University, New Haven

1965

A.R.C.A (1st Class) from The Royal College of Art, London

1967 - 1973

Lecturer, Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham

1967

M.F.A. from Yale University

1973 - 1978

Senior Lecturer, then Professor, Department of Film and Photography, Polytechinic of Central London

1976 - 1977

US/UK Bicentennial Arts Exchange Fellow, New York

1978 - 1979

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Fellow, Berlin

1980

Picker Professor, Colgate University

1986

Artist in Residence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1987

Distinguished Visiting Scholar, State University of New York, Binghamton

1988 - 1995

Professor of Art History, University of California, Santa Cruz

1988

Artist in Residence, Adelaide Festival of the Arts, Adelaide, Australia

1989

International Artist in Residence, Film in the Cities, Saint Paul, Minnesota

1993

Artist in Residence, I.ME.RE.C (Institut Méditerranéen de Recherche et de Création), Marseille, France

1995 - 2001

Professor of History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz

1997

Soros Foundation Center for Culture and Communication, Budapest, Hungary

2000

Robert Gwathmey Chair in Art and Architecture, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York

Since 2001

Millard Professor of Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London, and Professor Emeritus of History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz

Lives and works in Somerset and Paris