Willie Doherty was born in 1959 in Derry, Northern Ireland, and lives in County Donegal. His solo exhibitions include the Dallas Museum of Art (2009), Lenbachhaus, Munich (2007), the Renaissance Society, Chicago (1999), and Tate Liverpool (1998). He has participated in the Biennale di Venezia (2007, 2005, 1993) and the Bienal de São Paulo (2003). In 1994 and 2003, Doherty was shortlisted for the Turner Prize.
