<div class='biography-intro'><p><a href="http://www.ianhamiltonfinlay.com">www.ianhamiltonfinlay.com</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.littlesparta.org.uk/">www.littlesparta.org.uk</a></p>
<h3 class="year">1925</h3>
<p>born in Nassau, Bahamas.</p>
<p>returned to Scottland as a kid.</p>
<h3 class="year">1963</h3>
<p>debuting of his first poetry volume of concrete poetry titled <em>Rapel</em><br></p>
<h3 class="year">1966</h3>
<p>settled in Stonypath in the South of Scotland, which is now called <em>Little Sparta</em><br></p>
<h3 class="year">1987</h3>
<p>honorary doctorate of the University of Aberdeen.</p>
<h3 class="year">1993</h3>
<p>honorary doctorate of the University of Edinburgh.</p>
<h3 class="year">2006</h3>
<p>died on 03.26.2006.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h2'><h2 class="category">Ausstellungen</h2>
<div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1967</h3>
<p>International Exhibition for Concrete Poetry, Brighton Festival.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1968</h3>
<p>Axiom Gallery, London.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1970</h3>
<p><em>Retrospective Ian Hamilton Finlay and Wild Hawthorn Press</em><br>Ceolfrith Bookshop Gallery, Sunderland.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1972</h3>
<p><em>Retrospektice</em><br>Scottish National Galllery of Modern Art.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1977</h3>
<p><em>Collaborations</em><br>Kettle's Yard, Cambridge.</p>
<p><em>Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture</em><br>Battersea Park, London.</p>
<p>Serpentine Gallery, London.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1979</h3>
<p><em>Crates Event</em><br>SAC-Büros at Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1980</h3>
<p><em>Sacred Grove</em><br> Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1980-81 </h3>
<p><em>Nature Over Again After Poussin </em><br>(touring exhibition).</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1983</h3>
<p><em>Sculpture Show</em><br>Hayward Gallery, London.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1984</h3>
<p><em>Skulpturen</em><br>Merian Park, Basel.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1985</h3>
<p><em>Kriegsschatz & Little Sparta</em><br>Espace Rameau-Chapelle Sainte-Marie, Nevers.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1987</h3>
<p>Documenta VIII, Kassel.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1988</h3>
<p><em>SkulpturenRepublik</em><br> (Curator H.Winter), Wiener Festwochen, Vienna.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1989</h3>
<p><em>Paperworks</em><br>Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1990</h3>
<p><em>Idylls</em><br>Victoria Miro Gallery, London.</p>
<p>A Wartime Garden, Graeme Murray, Edinburgh.</p>
<p><em>Von der Natur in der Kunst</em><br> (Kurator Peter Weiermair), Wiener Festwochen, Vienna.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1991</h3>
<p><em>Metropolis</em><br>Gropius Bau, Berlin.</p>
<p><em>Poet of the Woodland</em><br>Galerie Stadtpark, Krems.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1992</h3>
<p>Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1993</h3>
<p><em>Die Sprache der Kunst</em><br>Kunsthalle, Vienna.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1996</h3>
<p><em>Schwere-Los</em><br>OÖ Landesgalerie, Linz und Ludwig Museum, Budapest.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2006</h3>
<p><a href="https://kewenig.com/exhibitions/ian-hamilton-finlay-the-graphic-work"><em>Ian Hamilton Finlay: The Graphic Work</em></a><br>Kewenig Galerie, Cologne (Solo)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.stampa-galerie.ch/exhibitions/2006/$/IAN-HAMILTON-FINLAY/91"><em>IAN HAMILTON FINLAY</em></a><br>Stampa, Basel (Solo)</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2007</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.inglebygallery.com/exhibitions/585-ian-hamilton-finlay-cerith-wyn-evans/overview/"><em>Ian Hamilton Finlay & Cerith Wyn Evans</em></a><br>Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (Solo)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.victoria-miro.com/exhibitions/376/"><em>The Sonnet is a Sewing-Machine for the Monostich</em></a><br>Victoria Miro Gallery, London (Solo)</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2008</h3>
<p><em>Ian Hamilton Finlay - Druckgraphik</em><br> Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen (Solo)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.galeriejudin.com/2008-ian-hamilton-finlay-neoclassicism/"><em>Neoclassicism — A Noble Arrow</em></a><br>Galerie Judin, Berlin (Solo)</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2009</h3>
<p><a href="https://kewenig.com/exhibitions/ian-hamilton-finlay-the-graphic-work-2009"><em>Ian Hamilton Finlay: The Graphic Work</em></a><br>Kewenig Galerie, Palma (Solo)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.inglebygallery.com/exhibitions/632-ian-hamilton-finlay/overview/"><em>Ian Hamilton Finlay</em></a><br>Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (Solo)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.davidnolangallery.com/exhibitions/274-ian-hamilton-finlay-camouflage/"><em>Camouflage</em></a><br> David Nolan Gallery, New York (Solo)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/press/press-releases/artist-rooms-on-tour-art-fund-supported-scottish-government"><em>Artists Rooms: Sailing Dinghy</em></a><br>Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (Solo)</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2010</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/marine-ian-hamilton-finlay"><em>Ian Hamilton Finlay</em></a><br>City Arts Centre, Edinburgh (Solo)</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2011</h3>
<p><em><a href="https://www.victoria-miro.com/exhibitions/418/">Definitions</a></em><br> Victoria Miro Gallery, London (Solo)</p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.galleriaminini.it/exhibition/mean-terms/">Mean Terms</a></em><br> Galleria Massimo Minimi, Brescia (Solo)</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2012</h3>
<p><em><a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern/display/artist-rooms-ian-hamilton-finlay">ARTIST ROOMS: Ian Hamilton Finlay</a></em><br>Tate Modern, London (Solo)</p>
<p><em>30th São Paulo Biennal</em><br>São Paulo</p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.inglebygallery.com/exhibitions/2656-ian-hamilton-finlay-twilight-remembers/overview/">Twilight Remembers</a></em><br>Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (Solo)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.galeriejudin.com/2012-ian-hamilton-finlay-inter-artes-et-naturam/">Inter artes et naturam</a>, Galerie Judin, Berlin (Solo)</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2013</h3>
<p><em><a href="https://arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/ian-hamilton-finlay/">Ian Hamilton Finlay</a></em><br>Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (Solo)</p>
<p><em><a href="https://galleryofmodernart.blog/portfolio/ian-hamilton-finlay-artist-poet-and-revolutionary/">Ian Hamilton Finlay: Poet, Artist, Revolutionary</a></em><br>Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (Solo)</p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.davidnolangallery.com/exhibitions/117-ian-hamilton-finlay-ring-of-waves/">Ian Hamilton Finlay: Ring of Waves</a></em><br>David Nolan Gallery, New York (Solo)</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2014</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/beauty-and-revolution-the-poetry-and-art-of-ian-hamilton-finlay/"><em>Beauty and Revolution: The Poetry and Art of Ian Hamilton Finaly</em></a><br>Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (Solo)</p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.sfeir-semler.com/galleryartists/ian-hamilton-finlay/work">Terra Mare</a></em><br>Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut (Solo)</p>
<p><em><a href="https://thetrustees.org/content/ian-hamilton-finlay/"><em>Ian Hamilton Finlay: Arcadian Revolutionary and Avant-Gardener</em></a><br></em><br>deCordova Sculpture Park Museum, Lincoln (Solo)</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2015</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.victoria-miro.com/exhibitions/474/"><em>Ian Hamilton Finlay 1789 1794</em></a><br>Victoria Miro Gallery, London (Solo)</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2016</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.victoria-miro.com/news/427"><em>St Paul’s Cathedral</em></a><br>London</p>
<p><em>Ian Hamilton Finlay: Neoclassicism and Revolution</em><br>Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (Solo)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.inglebygallery.com/exhibitions/6447-exhibition-ian-hamilton-finlay-early-works-1958/overview/"><em>Ian Hamilton Finlay: Early Works (1958 – 1970)</em></a><br>Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (Solo)</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2017</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.kunstparterre.de/archiv/2017-Finlay.html"><em>BARK BARQUE BAROQUE</em></a><br>Kunstparterre, Munich (Solo)</p>
<p><a href="https://galeriewinter.at/en/exhibitions/ian-hamilton-finlay/"><em>Ian Hamilton Finlay</em></a><br>Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna (Solo)</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2018</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.davidnolangallery.com/exhibitions/65-ian-hamilton-finlay-the-garden-became-my-study/"><em>The Garden Became My Study</em><br></a> David Nolan Gallery, New York (Solo)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.florenceloewy.gallery/en/expositions/presentation/17/a-man-of-letters"><em>A Man of Letters</em></a><br>Florence Loewy, Paris (Solo)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.inglebygallery.com/exhibitions/7065-jacob-s-ladder/overview/"><em>Jacob's Ladder</em></a><br>Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (Solo)</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2021</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/marine-ian-hamilton-finlay"><em>Marine</em></a><br>City Arts Centre, Edinburgh (Solo)</p>
</div>
</div><div class='wrap-h2'><h2 class="category">Awards</h2>
<div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1985 </h3>
<p>nominated for the Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1987</h3>
<p>Honorary Doctorate by the Universität Aberdeen.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1993</h3>
<p>Honorary Doctorate by the Heriot-Watt Universität Edinburgh.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">1999</h3>
<p>Honorary Doctorate by the Universität Dundee.</p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2002</h3>
<p>Awarded <em>Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire </em><br>in the New Year's Honours.</p>
<p>Awardred <em>Scottish Horticultural Medal</em><br> by the <em>Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society</em><br></p>
</div><div class='wrap-h3'><h3 class="year">2003</h3>
<p>Awarded <em>Scottish Arts Council Creative Scotland Awards</em><br></p></div></div>