Ian Hamilton Finlay

(British, 1925–2006)

five finials by ian hamilton finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Five Finials, 1999

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12/1794 by ian hamilton finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay

12/1794, 1994

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swallow by ian hamilton finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Swallow, 1999

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head of the dead marat by ian hamilton finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Head of the Dead Marat, 1991

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l'etoile dans l'etable by ian hamilton finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay

L'etoile dans l'etable, 1976

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Biography

Timeline

1925
Born in Nassau, Bahamas. Moved to Glasgow, Scotland as a child
1950
Moved to Edinburgh
1961
Founded The Wild Hawthorn Press with Jessie McGuffie
1962
Founded the periodical ‘Poor. Old. Tired. Horse.’offset at the Wild Hawthorn Press.
1966
Moved to Stonypath in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, where he immediately set about creating the world-famous garden ‘Little Sparta’
1979 - 1984
Founded the Saint – Just Vigilantes and planned and took part in the First Battle of Little Sparta, February 4, 1983 (between Strathclyde Region and Little Sparta)
1985
Shortlisted for the Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London
1987
Awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of Aberdeen
1993
Awarded Honorary Doctorate from the Heriot-Watt University, Glasgow
1999
Awarded honorary professorship from the University of Dundee

Exhibitions

2018
Ian Hamilton Finlay Selected Exhibitions in 2018:
Ian Hamilton Finlay: “The garden became my study,” David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Thinking Machines, Fondazione Prada, Venice, Italy
TWENTY, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2017
Ian Hamilton Finlay Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Ian Hamilton Finlay, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria (solo exhibition)
Concrete Poetry: Words and Sounds in Graphic Space, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Creating the Countryside, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK
Ian Hamilton Finlay exhibition and talk, Ilkley Literature Festival, UK
2016
Ian Hamilton Finlay Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, UK (solo exhibition)
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Neoclassicism and Revolution, Pallant House Gallery, Chirchester, UK (solo exhibition)
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Early Works (1958 – 1970), Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo exhibition)
George Grosz: Politics and His Influence, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
Words, Words, Words, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Richmond, Australia
Protest, Victoria Miro, London, UK
I still believe in miracles: Celebrating 30 years of Inverleith House, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, Scotland
2015
Three Sailboats, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Germany (solo)
Ian Hamilton Finlay | 1789 1794, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Evening, Galerie Stampa, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
2014
Terra Mare, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon (solo)
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Arcadian Revolutionary and Avant-Gardener, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, USA (solo)
2013
Ring of Waves, David Nolan Galley, New York, USA (solo)
Artist Rooms: Ian Hamilton Finlay, Nature Over Again After Poussin 1979- 1980, The Park Gallery, Falkirk, Scotland (solo)

Literature

2007
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Remembrance, Professor Stephen Bann, Wild Hawthorn Press, Little Sparta, Victoria Miro Gallery
2004
Fleur de l’Air – A Garden in Provence, Ian Hamilton Finlay and Pia Simig, Wild Hawthorn Press
Art of the Garden – The Garden in British Art 1800 to the Present Day, Tate Publishing
2003
Little Sparta – The Garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay, Jessie Sheeler, photographs by Andrew Lawson, Frances Lincoln Ltd
2002
Ian Hamilton Finlay – Maritime Works, Tate St.Ives, Cornwall
2000
Ian Hamilton Finlay, Concrete Poetry, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
1998
Ian Hamilton Finlay: A Proposal for the Grounds of the Serpentine Gallery, Little Sparta, Wild Hawthorn Press
1997
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Prints 1963 – 1997, PAHLKE, Rosemarie E., SIMIG, Pia, ed. Museum am Ostwall Dortmund, Statsgalerij Heerlen and Galerie Stadtpark Krems, Cantz Verlag
1995
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Works in Europe 1972-1995 Werke in Europa, , HUNT, John Dixon, GILONIS, Harry, -SIMIG, Pia, ed, Ostfildern, Cantz Verlag
Wood Notes Wild - Essays on the Poetry and Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay, edited by Alec Finlay , Paragon, Edinburgh