Anish Kapoor

Biography

Anish Kapoor (born 1954 in Mumbai) is a British-Indian sculptor based in London. He moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and studied at Hornsey College of Art and Chelsea School of Art. He first came to prominence in the early 1980s with sculptures covered in powdered pigment, and went on to explore the void through deep cavities and darkness, sculpted stone, and, from the mid-1990s, highly polished reflective surfaces in stainless steel. He represented Britain at the 1990 Venice Biennale, where he received the Premio Duemila, and won the Turner Prize in 1991. His major works include Marsyas at Tate Modern (2002), Cloud Gate in Chicago's Millennium Park (2006) and the ArcelorMittal Orbit in London (2012), and he has had major exhibitions at institutions including the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the Palace of Versailles. He was knighted in 2013.