Born in Leeds, England, 1972
Jacob Kramer Foundation College, Leeds, England, 1990 – 1991
St. Martin’s School of Art, London, England, 1991 – 1994
De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1994 – 1996
Lives and works in Los Angeles CA
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Hauser & Wirth London, England,
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, ‘Thomas Houseago: Hermaphrodite’, Norwich, England
Hauser & Wirth Outdoor Sculpture Southwood Garden, St.James’s Church, ‘Hauser & Wirth Outdoor Sculpture: Thomas Houseago’, London, England
2011
Inverleith House, ‘The Beat of the Show (Indoor Sculpture)’, Edinburgh, Scotland
Inverleith House, ‘The Beat of the Show (Outdoor Sculpture)’, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Centre International d’Art et du Paysage de l’Ile de Vassivière, ‘What Went Down’, Vassivière, France
Museum Abteiberg, ‘What Went Down’, Mönchengladbach, Germany (Travelling exhibition)
L & M Arts, ‘All Together Now’, Los Angeles CA
2010
Rennie Collection, ‘Amy Bessone and Thomas Houseago’, Vancouver, Canada
Modern art Oxford and the Ashmolean Museum, ‘What Went Down’, Oxford, England (Travelling exhibition)
Galerie Michael Werner, ‘The Moon and the Stars and the Sun’, New York NY
2009
Galleria Zero, ‘Ode’, Milan, Italy
Veneklasen/Werner, ‘TWOFACETWO: Aaron Curry & Thomas Houseago’, Berlin, Germany
Contemporary Fine Arts, ‘There’s a Crack in Everything, That’s How the Light Gets In’, Berlin, Germany
Ballroom Marfa, ‘Two Face’ (with Aaron Curry)’, Marfa TX
2008
David Kordansky Gallery, ‘Serpent’, Los Angeles CA
Xavier Hufkens, ‘When Earth Fucks with Space’, Brussels, Belgium
Herald Street, ‘Bastards’, London, England
2007
The Modern Institute, ‘A Million Miles Away’, Glasgow, Scotland
2003
S.M.A.K., ‘Thomas Houseago, I am Here, Selected Sculptures 1995 – 2003’, Ghent, Belgium
2002
Xavier Hufkens, ‘Thomas Houseago, Amy Bessone’, Brussels, Belgium
2000
Galerie Fons Welters, ‘Something to Be’, Brussels, Belgium
1996
Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Si en La, ‘Mum’s tattoo’ (with Matthew Monahan), Antwerp, Belgium
Group Exhibitions
2011
Rubell Family Collection / Contemporary Arts Foundation, ‘American Exuberance’, Miami FL
Musée des Augustins / Musée de Beaux – Arts de Toulouse, Cour de l’Hôtel Saint – Jean (DRAC Midi – Pyrénées), ‘Le Printemps de Septembre à Toulouse’, Toulouse, France
Zabludowicz Collection, ‘Well Will Live, We Will See’, London, England
Michael Werner Gallery, ‘Flowers for Summer’, New York NY
Park de Oude Warande, ‘Lustwarande (4th International Sculpture Exhibition) ‘, Tilburg, Netherlands
The Granary, ‘Not on Your List and Not Present’, Litchfield County CT
The Saatchi Gallery, ‘Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture’, London, England
Palazzo Grassi, ‘The World Belongs to You’, Venice, Italy
Punta della Dogana, Francois Pinault Foundation, ‘In Praise of Doubt’, Venice, Italy
Nasher Sculpture Center, ‘Statuesque’, Dallas TX
2010
David Roberts Art Foundation, ‘More Pricks than Kicks’, London, England
MOCA, ‘The Artist’s Museum’, Los Angeles CA
City Hall Park / Public Art Fund, ‘Statuesque’, New York NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Whitney Biennial 2010’, New York NY
Zabludowicz Collection, ‘The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place’, London, England
2009
Rubell Family Collection / Contemporary Arts Foundation, ‘Beg Borrow and Steal’, Miami FL
Nyehaus, ‘California Maximalism’, New York NY
Galerie Sabine Knust, ‘Construct and Dissolve: Works on paper from artists from Los Angeles’, Munich, Germany
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, ‘I giovani che visitano le nostre rovine non vi vedono che uno stile’, Turin, Italy
The Modern Institute, ‘Thomas Houseago, Dieter Roth, André Thomkins’, Glasgow, Scotland
MuHKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, ‘All That Is Solid Melts Into Air’, Antwerp, Belgium
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘The Craft of Collecting’, Chicago IL
‘Beaufort03:Art by the Sea’, Blankenberge, Belgium
2008
Michael Werner Project Space, ‘Black Swan: A Sculpture Show’ (organized by Aaron Curry and Thomas Houseago), London, England
Chapelle de l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, ‘Academia: Qui es-tu? ‘, Paris, France
Galleria Zero, ‘Kabul 3000 (Love among the cabbages) ‘, Milan, Italy
Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, ‘Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner’, Berlin, Germany
Museum for Modern Art, ‘Sonsbeek 2008: Grandeur’, Arnhem, Netherlands
2007
Camden arts Centre, ‘Strange Events permit themselves the Luxury of Occurring’, London, England
Angles Gallery, ‘Sculptor’s Drawings: Ideas, Studies, Sketches, Proposals, and More’, Los Angeles CA
Galerei Sabine Knust, ‘Personal Belongings – Contemporary Sculptures from Los Angeles’, Munich, Germany
2006
Rubell Family Collection, ‘Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection’, Miami FL
The Foundation T-Life, ‘Making and finding’, Mount Kisco NY
Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, ‘Transformers’, Reno NV
Vilma Gold Project Space, ‘The Glass Bead Game’, Berlin, Germany
2005
David Kordansky Gallery, ‘Both Ends burning’, Los Angeles CA
L.I.U., ‘Six Outdoor Projects’, New York NY
2003
Maliebeeld, ‘Passie in Beeld, ruimtelijk werk uit de collectie van de Nederlandsche Bank’, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2002
Nieuwe Kerk , ‘Stedelijk Museum in De Nieuwe Kerk, Beelden/Sculpture 1947-2002’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2001
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, ‘Rondom Jheronimous Bosch’, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1999
Stedelijk Museum, ‘Glad IJs’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Archipel, ‘Werk boven de bank’, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
1998
De Ateliers, ‘Morning Glory’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Xavier Hufkens, ‘Summer Show’, Brussels, Belgium
De Nederlandsche Bank, ‘Acquisitions 1997’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
Stedelijk Museum, ‘New Acquisitions’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
