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Richard Wright
British artist
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- Awards And Honors:
- Turner Prize (2009)
Richard Wright (born June 26, 1960, London, England) is a British painter and installation artist who creates directly on gallery walls his intricately detailed and visually arresting abstract paintings. Each of his works is site-specific and temporary, emphasizing the essential fragility and ephemeral nature of his art. In 2009, Wright won Britain’s renowned Turner Prize for contemporary art. Wright moved with his family from London to Scotland at a young age. He attended Edinburgh College of Art (B.A., 1982), and in the early part of his career he produced traditional figurative paintings on canvas. In the late 1980s, however, he ...(100 of 462 words)