Exhibitions and collections
Individual exhibitions
2025
Bill Woodrow: Landscape into Sculpture
elwes gallery, University of Gloucestershire, Park Campus, Cheltenham
2021
Jetsam Poetry: The Sculpture Of Bill Woodrow 1972-90
www.houldsworth.co.uk/viewing-room/28-jetsam-poetry-the-sculpture-of-bill-woodrow-1972-90-art-basel-ovr-pioneers/
2019
The Box
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
2018
Bill Woodrow - New Sculptures and Drawings
Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium
2017
Fata Morgana, Crocker Land and the odd Superior Mirage
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
Space Invader
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
2016
The Box
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
Lost
New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2018
Wherever I Lay My Hat - Sculptures And Drawings
Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium
2013
Bill Woodrow RA
Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington Gardens, London
2012
Arctic Dreams - New Sculptures and Drawings
Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium
Revelator
Lullin + Ferrari, Zürich, Switzerland
2011
Bill Woodrow: Sculptures 1981-1988
Waddington Custot Galleries, London
2009
Selected Sculptures and Drawings
Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium
2008
Oscillator
Waddington Galleries, London
Skulpturen und Zeichnungen
Lullin + Ferrari, Zürich, Switzerland
2007
Brood - Sculpture from the Beekeeper Series 1996-2007
Great Hall, Winchester
New Drawings
Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium
2006
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Waddington Galleries, London
2005
Celloswarm
Hammersmith Hospital, London (permanent) Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
2002
The Beekeeper
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
2001
Sitting on History
Midsummer Place, Milton Keynes (permanent)
2000
Monographic Room
Tate Modern, London
Regardless of History
Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London
In Awe of the Pawnbroker
New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury, Wiltshire
1999
Shadow of the Beekeeper
Lothbury Gallery, London
1998
Toxic Drawings
Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium
Sitting on History
British Library, London (permanent)
1997
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Sculptures 1981-1997
Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
About this Axis, Drawings 1990-1995
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
1996
Fools' Gold
Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany
Duveen Galleries, Tate Gallery, London
About this Axis, Drawings 1990-1995
Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Sitting on History
Kings Road, London (permanent)
1995
About this Axis, Drawings 1990-1995
Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
Camden Arts Centre, London
In Awe of the Pawnbroker
Oriel, Cardiff
1994
Chapter and Verse
Musée Ianchelevici, La Louvière, Belgium
Drawings
Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Brussels and Knokke, Belgium
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
Model Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland
1993
New Drawings
Quint Krichman Projects, La Jolla, USA
1992
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Brussels and Knokke, Belgium
1991
Bill Woodrow: Prints
Galerie für Druckgrafik, Zürich, Switzerland
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Galleria Locus Solus, Genoa, Italy
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
XXI Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
1990
Work for a Particular Day and Location
Camberwell Grove, London
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany
1989
Point Of Entry
Imperial War Museum, London
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Saatchi Collection, London
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Fred Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Mala Galerija, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
Eye of the Needle
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Calais, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre, France
1988
Christmas Tree
Tate Gallery, London
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
1987
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Cornerhouse, Manchester
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Lisson Gallery, London
Bill Woodrow: Positive Earth Negative Earth
Kunstverein, Munich, Germany
1986
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Galerie Nordenhake, Malmö, Sweden
Ship of Fools’, Discovery of Time
Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, USA
1985
Natural Produce, an Armed Response
Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, USA
Matrix, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Currents
I.C.A., Boston, USA
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, USA
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
1984
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Musée de Toulon, Toulon, France
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
art and project, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1983
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Locus Solus, Genoa, Italy
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Lisson Gallery, London
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Galleria Toselli, Milan, Italy
1982
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Galerie Lachowsky, Antwerp, Belgium
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Galerie t’Venster, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
St. Paul's Gallery, Leeds
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Galerie Eric Fabre, Paris, France
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Kunstausstellungen, Stuttgart, Germany
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Lisson Gallery, London
1981
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Galerie Wittenbrink, Regensburg, Germany
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
LYC Gallery, Banks, Cumbria
1980
Spring Programme
The Gallery, Acre Lane, London
1979
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Künstlerhaus, Hamburg, Germany
1972
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Selected group exhibitions
2025
Happy Now
Season 4 Episode 6, London
2024
Beyond Surrealism
Waddington Custot, London
2023
Escala: Escultura (1945-2000)
Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain
2018
Object Love
Museum de Hedendaagse Kunst de Domijnen, Sittard, Netherlands
De Calder à Koons, Bijoux d’Artistes
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
2017
Folkestone Triennial 2017
Folkestone
2016
Seeing Round Corners
Turner Contemporary, Margate
Profili del Mondo, Biennale Disegno Rimini
Rimini, Italy
2015-16
Making it: Sculpture in Britain 1977-1986
Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
Edinburgh Arts Centre, Edinburgh
2015
The noing uv it
Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2014
Sculptural Forms
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Keywords: Art Culture & Society in 1980’s Britain
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
Post Pop: East meets West
Saatchi Gallery, London
2013
Km/h - Utopies automobiles et Ferroviaires (1913-2013)
Tour 46 et Musée du château des ducs de Wurtemberg, Belfort et Montbéliard, France
One Day Walk
Kröller-Müller Musem, Otterlo, Netherlands
Sur la Route…
Le Garage - Moteur d’Art Contemporain, Brive, France
BP Walk through British Art
Tate Britain, London
2012
Fourth Plinth: Contemporary Monument
ICA, London
2011
Modern British Sculpture
Royal Academy, London
Savage Messiah
Rob Tufnell at 1 Sutton Lane, London
Camulodunum
firstsite, Colchester
United Enemies: The Problem of Sculpture in Britain in the 1960’s and 1970’s
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
2009
Gli Anni 80
Arengario e Serrone della Villa Reale, Monza, Italy
Earth: Art of a Changing World
Royal Academy of Arts, London
Im Blick des Sammlers
Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
2006
Domestic Incidents
Tate Modern, London
Eldorado
MUDAM, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2005
Raised Awareness
Tate Modern, London
In Print: Prints from the Paragon Press
National Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2004
Turning Points: 20th Century British Sculpture
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2002-3
Blast to Freeze: British Art in the 20th Century
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Les Abbatoirs, Toulouse, France
2001
Field Day, Sculpture from Britain
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Natural History
Yongsan Family Park, Seoul, Korea
1998-99
Forjar el Espacio
Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain
Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Calais, France
1997
Sexta Bienal de la Habana
Havana, Cuba
A Ilho do Tesouro
Centro de Arte Moderna Jose de Azeredo Perdigao, Lisbon, Portugal
1996
Un Siècle de Sculpture Anglaise
Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
1995
From Picasso to Woodrow: Recently Acquired Prints and Portfolios
Tate Gallery, London
1994
Contemporary Art Tsurugi ‘94
Tsurugi, Japan
1992-94
Arte Amazonas
Museu de Arte, Brasilia, Brazil
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Technische Sammlungen, Dresden, Germany
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
1992
Biennale of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
1991
Metropolis
Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, German
1987
British Sculpture since 1965
Museum of Contemporary Art/Peace Museum, Chicago, USA
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Harbor, USA
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC, USA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
Documenta 8
Kassel, Germany
British Art of the 1980’s
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Sara Hildénin Taidemuseo, Tampere, Finland
1985
Space Invaders
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
1984
An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1983-84
Transformations
XVIII São Paulo Bienal, São Paulo, Brazil
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
1982
Aperto 82, Biennale di Venezia
Venice, Italy
XII Biennale de Paris
Paris, France
1981
Objects & Sculpture
ICA, London
Arnolfini, Bristol
1972
[Drawing]
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1971
El Arte como Idea en Inglaterra
CAYC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Collaborative Exhibitions
2022
Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon: Shared Sculptures
Holtermann Fine Art, London
2021
Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon: Shared Drawings
Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium
Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon: “We Thought About it a Lot” and other shared drawings
Ikon, Birmingham
Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon: Shared Drawings
Holtermann Fine Art, London
2016
From the Rocks, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium
Don’t Start, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
Ocean Studios, Plymouth
2014
On the Rocks. Again, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury, Wiltshire2008
On the Rocks, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
Bloomberg SPACE, London
Lead Astray, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney
2007
Lead Astray, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
Château Musée, Dieppe, France
2006
Lead Astray, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth
2005
Lead Astray, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
Bothy Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
2004
Lead Astray, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
Palacio Nacional de Queluz, Oporto, Portugal;
New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2001
Lead Astray, shared sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
1999
Shared Sculptures, a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
FIAC, Paris, France
1994
‘Only the Lonely’ and other Shared Sculptures a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Brussels and Knokke, Belgium
1993
‘Only the Lonely’ and other Shared Sculptures a collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth;
Chisenhale Gallery, London
Collections
The Higgins, Bedford
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
University of Warwick, Coventry
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum, Leamington Spa
Leeds City Art Galleries, Leeds
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Arts Council of England, London
British Council, London
British Library, London
British Museum, London
Imperial War Museum, London
Government Art Collection, London
Tate Gallery, London
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Southampton Art Gallery, Southampton
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Canada
Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montréal, Canada
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
FRAC Picardie, Amiens, France
Musées de Ville d’Angers, Angers, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Calais, France
Musée d'Art et d’Histoire, Chambery, France
FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, France
FRAC Rhöne-Alpes, Lyon, France
Centre Pompidou ,Paris, France
FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville les Rouen, France
Musée de Toulon,Toulon,France
IMMA, Dublin, Ireland
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
Yongsan Family Park, Yongsan-Gu, Seoul, Korea
MUDAM, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, Netherlands
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
City Art Gallery,Auckland,New Zealand
National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
Ajuntament de Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA,
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Indianapolis Museum, Indianapolis, IN, USA
The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KT, USA
Yale Universlty Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, USA
Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, USA
Further information
Exhibitions + collections
An extensive overview of Bill Woodrow's solo and group exhibitions, plus collections that include his work.
Selected texts
A selection of texts by or about Bill Woodrow, along with a previously unpublished interview.
The Sculpture of Bill Woodrow
The first comprehensive study of the sculptural work of Bill Woodrow, and provides a full visual survey of his work from the late 1960s to the early 2010s. Published by Lund Humphries, 2013.