Education & Awards

Bradford College of Art, First Class Diploma with Honours

Royal College of Art

Teaching position, Maidstone College of Art, Kent 

Teaching position, University of Iowa

Teaching position, University of Colorado Boulder

Teaching position, University of California, Los Angeles and Berkeley

Teaching position, Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg

First Prize, Guiness Award for Etching, Royal College of Art, London

Junior Section Prize, John Moores Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Gold Medal, Royal College of Art, London

Graphic Prize, Paris Biennale

First Prize, 8th International Exhibition of Drawings and Engravings, Lugano

Purchase Prize, 6th International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Ljubjana, Yugoslavia
International Print Biennale

First Prize, John Moores Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Gold Medal, 6th Norwegian International Print Biennale

Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Bradford, England

Skowhegan Award for Graphics

Shakespeare Prize, Alfred Toepfer Siftung F.V.S., Hamburg, Germany

Kodak Photography Book Award for Cameraworks

Elected Associate Royal Academician, Royal Academy of Arts, London

Infinity Award for Art, International Center of Photography, New York

Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles

Honorary Degree, San Francisco Art Institute

Associate Member, Academie Royale des Sciences, Palais des Academies, Brussels, Belgium

Inducted into International Best-Dressed List Hall of Fame, Vanity Fair

Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Certificate of Excellence for David Hockney: A Retrospective, American Institute of Graphic Arts Book Show

First Place for David Hockney: A Retrospective, 1988 Museum Publications Competition, American Association of Museums

Progress Medal, Royal Photographic Society, London

Praemium Imperiale for Painting, Japan Art Association, Tokyo

Artist Honoree, Creative Business Leader Awards, West Hollywood Marketing Corporation, City of West Hollywood

Commitment to Life IV Award, AIDS Project Los Angeles

Burning Bush Award, University Women of the University of Judaism, Los Angeles

Elected Royal Academician, Royal Academy of Arts, London

Distinguished Honoree, National Arts Association, Los Angeles

Distinguished Artist Award, The Music Center, Los Angeles

Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Art, London

Appointed to the Board of Trustees, American Associates of the Royal Academy Trust, New York

Los Angeles International Art Award, Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles Convention Center

First Annual Award for Achievement, Archives of American Art, Los Angeles

Angel Art Honor, Project Angel Food, Los Angeles

Annual Governor’s Award for the Arts from California Governor Pete Wilson, California Arts Council, Los Angeles

Honorary Doctorate, University of Oxford

Pacific Design Center Award, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood

Crystal Achievement Award, AIDS Project, Los Angeles

Order of the Companions of Honour, Birthday Honours List of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Green Room Award for Stage Design in Opera for Die Frau ohne Schatten, Performing Arts Museum, Melbourne

Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Kulturpreis der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie, Germany’s highest award in the field of photography

Second Annual Mario Tamayo Award for Outstanding Dedication in the Visual Arts, presented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles

Charles Wollaston Award, The Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, London

Commendation by California Governor Gray Davis for efforts on behalf of People Living with HIV/AIDS, Pet Art Celebrity Auction of Art & Photography, Hollywood

Freedom of the City of Bradford Award, University of Bradford, England

Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Leeds, England

British Book Design and Production Award for Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters 

Grierson Award (Best Documentary on the Arts) for the BBC Omnibus Film David Hockney’s Secret Knowledge, London

Special 150th Anniversary Medal, Royal Photographic Society, London

Medal of Academic Honor and Career Award, Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence Biennale

Honorary Degree, Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence

Rosa d’Oro Award presented by Yves Saint Laurent, Palermo, Italy

Sir Banister Fletcher Prize for Hockney’s Portraits and People

Orthopaedic Ward at the Yorkshire Clinic in West Yorkshire named “The Hockney Ward” in recognition of David Hockney’s association with West Yorkshire

Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Yale University, New Haven

Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Cambridge, England

Order of Merit, New Year’s Honours List of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

State of California Hall of Fame, inducted by Governor Jerry Brown

San Francisco Opera Medal

Lifetime of Artistic Excellence Award, The Black Alumni of Pratt, Pratt Institute

Distinguished Service to Art, The Critics' Circle, London

Lifetime Achievement Award for Printmaking, Her Majesty Queen Sonja Art Foundation, Norway