Wolfgang Tillmans

Biography
Wolfgang Tillmans is a German artist who lives and works in London and Berlin. He was first recognized in the early 1990s for his affecting and unconventional images of friends and other young people in his social circle. Since then Tillmans’s subject matter has broadened combining portraits, still-lifes and landscapes with abstract and sculptural photographic works hung in carefully considered wall installations. This fusion of different photographic practices and a continuous production of artist books is spurred by his personal experiences of life and a strong political engagement. He won the Turner Prize in 2000.
Why I wanted to become a Tate Trustee
Information to come
Appointment Information
Appointed by: Prime Minister: 20 July 2009
Appointment Term Expires: 19 July 2014
Other Membership:
- Collection Committee
- Tate Britain Council
Declaration of Members' Interests between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011
Employment1
Artist
Directorships of companies2
nil
Membership of non-profit making organisations3
nil
Shareholding4
nil
Connections between Trustees and others connected with Tate5
An exhibition of my work at the Serpentine Gallery, which took place 26 June–19 September 2010, was sponsored by the LUMA Foundation (Maja Hoffmann’s charity).
Any other interests6
nil
Signed and Dated by Wolfgang Tillmans on 20 April 2011
Notes:
- Employment, remunerated trade, profession, public office or consultancy
- Directorships of companies, both public and private, both remunerated and unremunerated
- Membership of non-profit making organisations, clubs or associations and professional bodies which have significant dealings with Tate or whose activities could relate to Tate's work
- Names of companies and organisations in which the member or his/her family or associates has a controlling interest or shares or securities and which could be involved in the supply of goods or have business dealings with Tate
- This includes commercial interests with other Trustees, Tate’s lawyers (Withers; Linklaters; Brachers) and Tate’s auditors (National Audit Office; RSM Bentley and Grant Thornton).
- Trustees are advised to declare anything which a member of the public, knowing the facts, might reasonably think is significant and relevant.
