| Timeline |
| 1925 |
Born in Texas |
| 1942 |
Studies pharmacy for a short time at the University of Texas |
| 1944 |
Serves in the U.S. Marines |
| 1947 |
Studies at the Kansas City Art Institute |
| 1948 |
Enrols at the Académie Julian, Paris |
| 1948 |
Studies under Joseph Albers at Black Mountain College |
| 1949 |
Collaborates with choreographer Merce Cunningham and composer John Cage, moves to New York, studies at the Art Students' League |
| 1952 |
Returns to Black Mountain College |
| 1953 |
Travels in France and Spain, exhibitions in Florence and Rome |
| 1954 |
Begins long association with Merce Cunningham Dance Company |
| 1960 |
Meets Marcel Duchamp |
| 1962 |
Awarded the Grand Prix at Ljubljana |
| 1964 |
Wins the Grand Prix at the Venice Biennale |
| 1970 |
Sets up the foundation Change Inc. for destitute artists |
| 1974 |
Travels to Israel and India |
| 1980 |
Retrospectives in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Munich and London |
| 1981 |
Photographs exhibited at the Centre Pompidou, Paris |
| 1989 |
Work goes on world tour |
| 1997 |
Huge career retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum |
