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Hamish Fulton is a British walking artist, who has been making works based on the experience of individual walks since 1972. Arguing that “walking is an art form in its own right,” Fulton translates his walks into photographs, drawings and wall texts. Although only Fulton himself experiences the walk itself, his works allow the beholder to engage with his experience. In the past, his walks have had him travel extensively to more than 25 countries around the world, covering more than 12,000 miles.

Hamish Fulton (b. 1946, London, UK) lives and works in Canterbury. His work has been shown extensively around the world. Important solo exhibitions include Turner Contemporary (2012), Museion (2005), Tate Britain (2002), Museu Serralves (2001), Serpentine Gallery (1991), Stedelijk van Abbemuseum (1985), Centre Georges Pompidou (1981), Kunstmuseum Basel (1975) and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (1973). Major group exhibitions include Documenta (1977; 1982), the Bienal de Arte Paiz in Guatemala City (2016), Schaulager, Basel (2015), MOCA, Los Angeles (2012), Royal Academy of Arts, London (2011), CAPC – Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux (2002), Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney (2000) and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2000).

A walk has a life of its own and does not need to be materialised into an artwork. An artwork may be purchased but a walk cannot be sold.

Hamish Fulton

Biography

Education

  • 1964 – 1966

    Hammersmith College of Art, London, UK

  • 1966 – 1968

    St. Martin's School of Art, London, UK

  • 1958 – 1969

    Royal College of Art, London, UK

Walks

  • 1969 – present

    England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Lapland, Iceland, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, The United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Nepal, Bolivia, India, Australia, Japan, Argentina, Chile, Tibet

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2021

    Hamish Fulton, Centro Galego De Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Insignificant Insect ?, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany

  • 2020

    Walking In Relation To Everything, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland

  • 2019

    A Walking Artist, Galeria Bergamin & Gomide, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    This Is Not Land Art, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria

    Mountain Skyline, Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

    A Decision To Choose Only Walking, Parafin, London, UK

    A Walking Artist, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany

  • 2018

    Hamish Fulton, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway

    Walking Between Walks, Kestle Barton, Cornwall, UK

    Walking on the Iberian Peninsula, Bombas Gens Centre d'Art, Valencia, Spain

  • 2017

    Unlike A Drawn Line A Walked Line Can Never Be Erased, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy

    Walking without a Smartphone, Häusler Contemporary München, Munich, Germany

  • 2016

    A Decision To Choose Only Walking, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland

    Walking on and off the Path, The Cerezales Antonino y Cinia Foundation, Léon, Spain

  • 2015

    Wells Of Dee, Galleri Riis, Stockholm, Sweden

    Inside Outside, espaivisor, Valencia, Spain

  • 2014

    Walking Transformation, Villa Merkel, Esslingen Am Neckar, Germany

  • 2013

    CRAC, Sète, France

    Maureen Paley, London, UK

    Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brazil

  • 2012

    Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK

  • 2009

    Chomolungma, Häusler Contemporary, Munich, Germany

  • 2008

    Kora, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway

  • 2007

    Geronimo Homeland, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX, USA

    Christine Burgin Gallery, New York, NY, USA

  • 2005

    Keep Moving, Museion – Museum for modern and contemporary art, Bolzano, Italy

  • 2004

    Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland

  • 2002

    Tate Britain, London, UK

    Placing one foot in front of the other, Bawag Foundation, Vienna, Austria

  • 2001

    Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal

  • 2000

    Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada

    Patrick De Brock, Knokke, Belgium

  • 1999

    Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

    Palais Thurn Und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria

  • 1998

    Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany

    Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy

    Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK

  • 1996

    Second Floor, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Musée de Valence, Valence, France

    Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan (with Roger Ackling)

    Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland

  • 1995

    Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

    Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany

  • 1994

    Galleria Luis Serpa, Lisbon, Portugal

  • 1993

    Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK

    Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy

  • 1992

    Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany

    Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway

    Ivam Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain

  • 1991

    Galeria Weber Alexander y Cobo, Madrid, Spain (with Richard Long)

    Serpentine Gallery, London, UK

    Kanransha Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

  • 1990

    Selected Walks 1969-1989, organized by the Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA

  • 1988

    Domaine de Kerguehennec, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Locminé, France

  • 1986

    Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy (with Ulay and Marina Abramovic)

  • 1985

    John Weber Gallery, New York, NY, USA

    Hamish Fulton 1975-85, retrospective exhibition organised by the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

  • 1982

    Orchard Gallery, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK

  • 1981

    Massimo Valsecchi, Milan, Italy

    Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

  • 1980

    Galerie Gillespie de Laage, Paris, France

    Graeme Murray Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

  • 1979

    Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK (with Gerhard Richter)

    Art & Project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • 1978

    Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany

  • 1977

    Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY, USA

  • 1976

    Sperone Westwater Fischer, New York, NY, USA

    I.C.A., London, UK

    Hester van Roijen Gallery, London, UK

    Robert Self Gallery, Newcastle, UK

  • 1975

    Galerie Rolf Preisig, Basel, Switzerland

    Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland

  • 1974

    Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy

    Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK

  • 1973

    Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Galleria Sperone-Fischer, Rome, Italy

    Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

    Art & Project- M.T.L., Antwerp, Belgium

  • 1972

    Art & Project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK

    Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

  • 1971

    Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

    Galleria Sperone, Turin, Italy

Selected Public Collections

  • Australia

    Australian National Gallery, Canberra

  • Austria

    Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna

  • Canada

    National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

    University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge

    Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

  • France

    Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble

    Musée St. Pierre, Lyon

    FRAC, Rennes

  • Iceland

    National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík

  • Japan

    Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo

    National Museum, Osaka

    Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama

  • Norway

    KODE Art Museum, Bergen

  • Mexico

    Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City

  • Switzerland

    Kunstmuseum, Basel

    Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva

  • The Netherlands

    Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

    Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

  • UK

    Tate Gallery, London

    Victoria and Albert Museum, London

    British Council, London

    National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

  • US

    Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

    The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

    The Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY

    Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA

    Princeton Art Gallery, Princeton, NJ

    Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

    Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA

    Eastman House, Rochester, New York, NY