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Biografia Martin Creed

Martin Creed was born in 1968 in Wakefield, England. From the age of three he lived in Glasgow, Scotland. Between 1986 and 1990 he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London. After art school he lived and worked in London until 2001, when he moved to Alicudi, Italy. In 2001 he was the winner of the Turner Prize.

He currently lives and works in London and Alicudi.

Exhibition - solo

2006

Hauser & Wirth, Zürich

2005

The lights going on and off, Comptoir du Nylon, Brussels
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Lachen, Saint Peter's Church, Cologne
The lights off, ACCA, Melbourne
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Gavin Brown's Enterprise Corp., New York

2004

Work No. 360, Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Hauser & Wirth, London
TWG @ CCA, Centre for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan
Work No. 330, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (curated by Pawel Polit)

2003

Martin Creed, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (curated by Bernhard Fibicher)
Beaucoup de Bruit pour Rien, (with Marylene Negro) Frac Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier (curated by Emmanuel Lattreille)
Work No. 300, GBE (Modern), New York
Work No. 289, The British School at Rome, Rome (curated by Cristiana Perrella)
SMALL THINGS, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva

2002

A large piece of furniture partially obstructing a door, Alberto Peola Arte Contemporanea, Turin
The Wrong Gallery, New York

2001

The lights off, Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
Work No. 265, Micromuseum for Contemporary Art, Palermo (curated by Paolo Falcone)
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton

2000

MARTINCREEDWORKS, Camden Arts Centre, London (curated by Godfrey Worsdale)
Work No. 252, Saint Peter's Church, Cologne
Arte all 'Arte, Arte Continua, San Gimignano (curated by Gilda Williams and Roberto Pinto)
Art Now: Martin Creed, Tate Britain, London
The Lights Going On And Off, Gavin Brown's Enterprise Corp., New York
MARTINCREEDWORKS, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (and toured to Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds and Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool) (curated by Godfrey Worsdale)
Work No. 225, Times Square / 42nd St, New York (commissioned by Public Art Fund)

1999

Mark Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
Art Metropole, Toronto
Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris
Cabinet, London
Work No. 203, The Portico, London (curated by Ingrid Swenson)
Work No. 160, Space 1999, London (curated by Matthew Higgs)
Alberto Peola Arte Contemporanea, Turin (curated by Gail Cochrane)

1998

Galerie Analix B & L Polla, Geneva

1997

Galleria Paolo Vitolo, Milan
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
The British School at Rome, Rome

1995

Galerie Analix B & L Polla, Geneva
Galleria Paolo Vitolo, Milan
Camden Arts Centre, London
Javier Lopez Gallery, London

1994

Cubitt Gallery, London (Part 3 of 'Weekenders', curated by Matthew Higgs)
Marc Jancou Gallery, London

1993

Work No. 78, Starkmann Limited, London

Selected exhibitions - group

2006

Of mice and men, 4. berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst, Berlin (curated by Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni and Ali Subotnick)
Freeplay, Ha Gamle Prestegard, Stavanger, Norway
The Sublime is Now, Franz Gertsch Museum, Burgodorf, Switzerland
Haubrokshows: Sounds of Silence, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Berlin
Reality, Odense 10'55, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark
Joy, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Big Bang: Destruction and Creation in 20th Century Art, Centre Pompidou, Paris

2005

Light Art from Artificial Light, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
The Art of White, The Lowry, Salford
Ambiance — Des Deux Côtes du Rhin, K20 Kunstsammlung, Düsseldorf
L'humanité mise à nu et l'art en frac, même, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Encore, Büyük Londra Oteli, Istanbul
General Ideas — Rethinking Conceptual Art 1987-2005, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco
Expérience de la Durée, Biennale d’Art Contemporain, Lyon (curated by Nicolas Bourriaud and Jérôme Sans)
Drunk vs. Stoned 2, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise Corp., New York
Narrow Focus, Tranzit, Prague (curated by Vít Havránek)
Reimagine: Oeuvres du Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon
Monuments for the U.S.A., CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (curated by Ralph Rugoff)
Size Matters: Exploring Scale in the Arts Council Collection, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire (and touring in the U.K.)
Popisme, Episode IV, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Tours (curated by Frank Lamy)
Feeling strangely fine, Galeria Estrany, Barcelona

2004

Sur la Terre Comme au Ciel, Espace Paul Riquet, Béziers
Art News, Three Colts Gallery, London
None of the Above, Swiss Institute, New York (curated by John Armleder)
Artist's Favourites: Act II, ICA, London
Artist's Favourites: Act I, ICA, London
Strategies of Desire, Kunsthaus Basseland, Basel (curated by Sabine Schaschl-Cooper)
Art & Architettura, 1900-2000, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genova
State of Play, Serpentine Gallery, London (curated by Rochelle Steiner)
Live, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (curated by Nicolas Bourriaud and Jérôme Sans)
Russian Doll, MOT, London
Bad Behaviour: from the Arts Council Collection, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire (and touring in the U.K.)
Genesis Sculpture, Experience Pommery #1, Domaine Pommery, Reims
Café in Mito, Art Tower Mito, Mito
Optimo: Manifestations of Optimistm in Contemporary Art, Ballroom Marfa, Texas

2003

Adorno, Kunstverein, Frankfurt
Skulptur 03, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Soundsystem, Kunstverein, Salzburg
Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
Shine, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Thatcher, The Blue Gallery, London

2002

The Young And The Hung, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
No Return, Collection Haubrok, Mönchengladbach
Rock My World: Recent Art And The Memory Of Rock'n Roll, CCAC, San Francisco (curated by Ralph Rugoff)
Through a Sequence of Space, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
To Actuality, AR/GE Kunst Galerie Museum, Bozen (curated by Maia Damianovic)
Strike, Wolverhampton Art Gallery
ON/OFF, Vista Mare Associazione Culturale, Pescara
My Head is on Fire but my Heart is Full of Love, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Tempo, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

2001

Turner Prize 2001, Tate Britain, London
Nothing in the Main Hall, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö
Nothing, CAC Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
Works on Paper, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Rooseum Provisorium, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö
Space-Jack!, Yokohama Museum, Yokohama, Japan (curated by Yukie Kamiya)
White Light/White Noise, Mexico City (curated by Jimena Martin)
Art/Music: Rock, Pop, Techno, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (curated by Sue Cramer)
Makeshift, Brighton University Art Gallery, Brighton (curated by David Green)
Under Pressure, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tuscon, and Swiss Institute, New York

2000

Protest And Survive, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (curated by Matthew Higgs and Paul Noble)
A casa di..., Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella (curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio)
Intelligence: New British Art 2000, Tate Britain, London (curated by Charles Esche and Virginia Button)
...sabotage..., Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld (curated by Sabine Schaschl)
Collector's Choice, Exit Art, New York
The British Art Show 5, Edinburgh (and touring) (curated by Pippa Coles, Matthew Higgs and Jacqui Poncelet)
DON'T WORRY, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London (curated by Tamsin Dillon)
The Invisible Touch, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck (curated by Maia Damianovic)
Proper (Vilnius Date), CAC Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
The Invisible Touch, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck
Perfidy: Surviving Modernism, La Tourette, Eveux-sur-Arbresle, and Kettle's Yard, Cambridge

1999

Limit Less / Aktuelle Britische Kunst, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (curated by Matthew Higgs)
54 x 54 x 54, Museum of Contemporary Art, London
Dimensions Variable — Contemporary British Art, CAC Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
Porcupines / Arthinking, 291 Gallery, London (curated by Graham Higgin)
Searchlight: Consciousness at the Millenium, California College of Arts & Crafts, San Francisco (curated by Lawrence Rinder)
Getting the Corners, Or Gallery, Vancouver (curated by Matthew Higgs)
nerve, ICA, London (curated by Nerve Systems)
Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London
SERENDIPITY, Watou, Belgium (curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio)
Ainsi de suite 3 (deuxième partie), Centre Régional d'art contemporain, Sète (curated by Sabine Schaschl)

1998

Lovecraft, Spacex Gallery, Exeter (curated by Martin McGeown and Toby Webster)
Imitating Christmas, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin (curated by Jens Hoffmann)
every day, 11th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (curated by Jonathan Watkins)
Proper: Blind Date 1, Titanik, Turku, Finland (curated by Paula Toppila)
Speed, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (curated by Jeremy Millar)
Crossings, Kunsthalle, Vienna (curated by Cathrin Pichler)
Camouflage 2000, Galerie Praz Delavallade, Paris (curated by Robert Garnett)
Lovecraft, South London Gallery, London (curated by Martin McGeown and Toby Webster)
Not Today, Gavin Brown's Enterprise Corp., New York
Sunday, Cabinet Gallery, London (curated by Matthew Higgs)
Not Nothing, Todd Gallery, London
Delfina, London (curated by David Gilmore)
An Idea of Art/Art and Life, Galleria Paolo Vitolo, Milan
Crossings: Kunst Zum Hören und Sehen, Kunsthalle Wien (Karlsplatz, project space), Vienna

1997

Dimensions Variable, Helsinki & Stockholm (and touring)
Laure Genillard 'Une sélection et une collection', Galerie de l'Ancien Collège, Chatellerault
Lovecraft, CCA, Glasgow (curated by Martin McGeown and Toby Webster)
Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire
Thoughts, City Racing, London (curated by Carolina Grau)
Supastore de Luxe No. 1, Up & Co, New York (curated by Sarah Staton)
Imprint 93 (and other related ephemera), Norwich Gallery, Norwich (curated by Matthew Higgs)
Answer 'Affirmative' or 'Negative', Art Metropole, Toronto
Galerie Mot & Van den Boogaard, Brussels (curated by Macha Roesink)
Snowflakes Falling on the International Dateline, CASCO, Utrecht (curated by David Lillington)

1996

Life/Live, Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris (curated by Laurence Bosse and Hans Ulrich Obrist)
The Speed of Light, The Speed of Sound, Design Institute, Amsterdam (curated by Jeremy Millar)
Against, Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London
Ace!, Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London (and touring)
A Century of Sculptors 'Drawings', Karsten Schubert, London
East International, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
Tracce 1995-96, Galleria Paolo Vitolo, Milan
Some Drawings: From London, The Rooms, London (curated by Kate Bernard)
A4 Favours, Three Month Gallery, Liverpool (curated by Padraig Timoney)
Banana Republic, Bund, London ('Room' curated by Matthew Higgs)
try, Royal College of Art, London
Kiss This, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
weil morgen, Eisfabrik, Hannover (curated by Stefan Kalmar)
Affinata, Castello di Rivara, Turin (curated by Caroline Lindig)

1995

Snow Job, Forde, Geneva (curated by Lionel Bovier)
My Darling Cicciolina ..., last order(s), London (curated by Francesca Piovano)
Just Do It, Cubitt Gallery, London (curated by Stefan Kalmar)
Laure Genillard Gallery, London
Imprint 93/ City Racing, City Racing, London (curated by Matthew Higgs)
Zombie Golf, Bank, London
Unpop, Anthony Wilkinson Fine Art, London (curated by Bob and Roberta Smith)
Multiple Choice, Jibby Beane, London
The Fall of Man Three Rooms and a Kitchen, Pori, Finland
In Search of the Miraculous, Starkmann Ltd, London
Fuori Fase, Viafarini, Milan (curated by Angela Vettese)

1994

Art Unlimited: Multiples of the 1960s and 1990s, CCA, Glasgow (and touring)
Todd Gallery, London
Conceptual Living, Rhizome, Amsterdam (curated by Macha Roesink)
Potato, IAS, London (curated by Gary Thomas, Steve McIntyre and Alison Jacques)
Sarah Staton's Supastore Boutique, Laure Genillard Gallery, London
The Little House on the Prairie, Marc Jancou Gallery, London
Modern Art, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Imprint 93/Cabinet Gallery, Cabinet Gallery, London (curated by Matthew Higgs)
Domestic Violence, Gio' Marconi, Milan (curated by Alison Jacques)

1993

Wonderful Life, Lisson Gallery, London

1992

Inside a Microcosm, Laure Genillard, London (curated by Gareth Jones)
Outta Here, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow (curated by Douglas Gordon)
Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham (curated by Mark Dey)

1991

Laure Genillard Gallery, London
Angel Row Gallery Touring Show, Nottingham (curated by Mark Dey)

1989

The Black Bull, London (curated by Tess Jaray)