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Willie Doherty

Northern Irish artist (born 1959)
Person human Q1542644

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1959
Place of birth
Derry
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom, Ireland[7][8]
Occupation
photographer, television producer, video artist, artist
Educated at
Ulster University[9]
Official website
williedoherty.com[14]
Work location
Berlin, Derry, County Donegal[15][16][17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright representative
reproduction right not represented by CISAC member, Willie Doherty[21][22]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Family name
Doherty[12]
Given name
Willie[13]
Has works in the collection
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, Tate, De Pont[23][24]
Member of
Aosdána[10]
Participant in
dOCUMENTA (13)[18]
Represented by
Kerlin Gallery[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Willie Doherty ar فيلي دوهرتي ja ウィリー・ドハティ
🔖 Identifiers · 51
ISNI
0000000078617255
VIAF cluster ID
96542783
Library of Congress authority ID
nr95002024
GND ID
119413515
ADAGP artist ID
willie-doherty-820136
ARTIC artist ID
54719
AbART person ID
49088
Aosdána ID
Visual-Arts/Doherty
Artcyclopedia artist ID
doherty_willie
Artist-info artist ID
8256
Artists in Canada record number
45451
Artnet artist ID
willie-doherty
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Artsy artist ID
willie-doherty
Benezit ID
B00300024
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
125265058
Bridgeman artist ID
41126
British Council artist ID
doherty-willie-1959
CONOR.SI ID
21273187
Christie's creator ID
19834
DACS ID (2022)
002083
DACS ID (former)
df585d85-c64e-418e-ba23-964bb389e3cc
DDB person (GND) ID
119413515
Discogs artist ID
2235363
Documenta archiv ID
1482
Europeana entity
agent/base/147847
FAST ID
350504
Fotografen.nl ID
222870
Freebase ID
/m/01dgy_
Grove Art Online ID
T096782
IdRef ID
060507098
Invaluable.com person ID
m5yqk0ghwe
Le Delarge artist ID
21533_artiste_DOHERTY_Willie
LibraryThing author ID
dohertywillie
Luminous-Lint ID
Willie__Doherty
MNCARS artist ID
doherty-willie
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
33646
MutualArt artist ID
EF12160FE29F68B1
NE.se ID
willie-doherty
NLA Trove people ID
1127355
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007500703005171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1430041
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
57253
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
309166
RKDartists ID
222870
SBN author ID
VEAV055547
Tabakalera ID
61384
Tate artist ID
willie-doherty-2732
Union List of Artist Names ID
500116194
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
313622
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdx6TwWpmVBWvKR7KP84q
Yale LUX ID
person/af9c827d-33dc-4b5a-807c-7319062c19cd

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 5
Museum of Modern Art, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Art Institute of Chicago, Tate, De Pont
Occupation 4
artist, photographer, television producer, video artist
Work location 3
Berlin, Derry, County Donegal
Country of citizenship 2
United Kingdom, Ireland
Copyright representative 1
Willie Doherty
Educated at 1
Ulster University
Family name 1
Doherty
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Aosdána
Participant in 1
dOCUMENTA (13)
Participated in 1
dOCUMENTA (13)
Place of birth 1
Derry
Sex or gender 1
male
← Copyright representative 1
Willie Doherty
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Summary

Born in Derry[1], he… he was born on January 1, 1959[2]. He worked as a photographer[3], television producer[4], video artist[5], and artist[6].

FAQs

Where was Willie Doherty born?

Born in Derry[1].

What did Willie Doherty do for work?

Willie Doherty worked as photographer[3], television producer[4], video artist[5], and artist[6].

Where did Willie Doherty go to school?

Willie Doherty was educated at Ulster University[9].

Related Entities

Ireland Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Museum of Modern Art Ulster University United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . workwithdata.com. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . aosdana.artscouncil.ie. Retrieved . aosdana.artscouncil.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . documenta.de. Retrieved . documenta.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . kerlingallery.com. Retrieved . kerlingallery.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . ADAGP directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Place of birth → Derry
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