website. Exhibitions Exhibitions of his work have been presented at museums and institutions worldwide, including solo exhibitions at the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, Paris; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York; Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel; Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington; among others. His works are in the permanent collection of many museums including MoMA, New York. Commissioned projects include works for the Science Museum in London and the Seattle Central Library; and the first commissioned installation and performance work for the Colosseum and Temple of Venus and Roma, Rome, Italy. Complete List of Solo Exhibitions Complete List of Group Exhibitions Selected awards 1979, 1985, 1987, 1993 Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts 1981–82, 1989–90 Fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation 1986, 1990 Fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1995 the Leone d'Oro Prize for Sculpture at the Venice Biennale 1998 a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Award 2000 the Kurt Schwitters Preis 2005 Honorary Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa of The University of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poland 2011 Honorary Degree from Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington Life chronology 1951-1968 Born April 4, 1951, in Santa Monica, California. Grows up in Redondo Beach surfing and skateboarding. National skateboard champion in 1964; performs in the Cannes Film Festival prize winner, Skaterdater (1965). At 15 meets the artist Anthony Park, who encourages him to take up welding and sculpture. Takes first dose of LSD. Stepfather builds him a small studio in the backyard. 1969 Moves to New York State and attends summer session at the Art Students League in Woodstock, New York. Supports himself with various odd jobs, mostly washing dishes. 1970-72 Studies independently with the painter Bruce Dorfman. Encounters the work of composers La Monte Young and Terry Riley. After seeing the "New York Painting and Sculpture 1940 – 1970" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, makes a series of mixed media constructions using copper coated steel welding rod, wire mesh, canvas and enamel. Experiments extensively with sound generating steel rod constructions and electronically generated sounds. First solo exhibition at the Polari Art Gallery in Woodstock, New York. 1973 First experiments with video through Woodstock Community Video in Woodstock, New York. Assists with local cable TV in exchange for equipment use; becomes acquainted with the Videofreeks and