About Tacita Dean

Tacita Dean (b. 1965, Canterbury) is a British European artist who currently works in both Berlin and Los Angeles.

She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1998 and has since won the Hugo Boss Prize in 2006 and the Kurt Schwitters Prize in 2009 and was the recipient of the 2019 Cherry Kearton Medal and Award. Solo exhibitions include Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland (2020), The Fruitmarket Gallery, Scotland (2018) and  the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London (2011), among others.

Dean was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 2008 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2013.