Anish Kapoor - Awards

Awards

Kapoor represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, 1990, where he was awarded the Premio Duemila. The following year, he won the prestigious Turner Prize. Kapoor was elected Royal Academician in 1999 and has been awarded Honorary Fellowships by the London Institute and Leeds University (1997), University of Wolverhampton (1999) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (2001). In October 2011 Kapoor was presented with the Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo City.

In 2012, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour.

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