COVER STORY : Bruce Nauman: An Artist’s Life

1941: Born Dec. 6, Fort Wayne, Ind.

1960: Enters University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he studies mathematics, physics and art.

1964-66: Initially a painter, abandons the medium after entering graduate school at UC Davis, begins working in performance, sculpture and film.

1966: Moves to San Francisco. First solo exhibition at Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles.

1968: First solo exhibition in New York at the Leo Castelli Gallery.

1969: Moves to Pasadena. Stages performance at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

1972: First solo museum exhibition, co-organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

1979: Completes “Studio Piece,” last work made in his Pasadena studio. Moves to Pecos, N.M., where he builds a studio.

1981: An overview of his work is organized by the Rijksmuseum Kroller Muller, Otterlo, the Netherlands.

1982: “Bruce Nauman: Neons” is organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art. The show inspires Nauman to focus again on neon.

1983: “Bruce Nauman: Dream Passage, Stadium Piece, Musical Chairs--Drei neue Arbeiten” is organized by the Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, West Germany.

1986: “Bruce Nauman Drawings/Zeichnunger 1965-1986” is organized by the Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, organizes “Bruce Nauman,” with works in all media.

1989: Establishes home and studio in Galisteo, N.M.

1993: Receives Wolf Prize in Arts-Sculpture, Herzlia, Israel.