Terry Fox
34 TURNS
1943-2008
born in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
1962 Rome, Accademia di Belle Arte. Painting.
1963-67 San Francisco. Amsterdam. Painting.
1968 Paris. Switch from painting to street performances.
1969 San Francisco. First time working in the field of concept art, e.g. Project "Public Theatre", San Francisco.
1970 First solo exhibition and performance at the Reese Palley Gallery, San Francisco. "Isolation Unit", Performance with Joseph Beuys, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
1971 "National Endowment for the Arts" - grant. First time working with video. First time working with sound as a sculptural medium, e.g.. "Action in a Tower room" Documenta Kassel.
1971-78 Sculptures, drawings, environments and performances based on the theme of the Chartres labyrinth.
1976 First performances with piano pages "552 Steps through 11 Pairs of String". Since then numerous performances with Pianoseiten in USA and Europe (with Simone Forti the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio, New York, among others).
1982-83 Guest of the Berlin Artists' Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Since 1984 ongoing work in the fields of drawing, sculpture, sound installations, often by incorporating language and text.
1995 Jackson Pollock grant, New York.
Since 1996 he has lived and worked in Cologne
Numerous solo exhibitions, exhibition participation in exhibitions, performances and publications since 1967.