Saturday, May 30, 2015

Mark Titchner

Mark Titchner (born 1973) is an English artist and a nominee for the 2006 Turner Prize[1] He lives and works in London, United Kingdom (UK).

Contents

 
  • 1 Early life
  • 2 Art career
  • 3 Exhibitions
  • 4 See also
  • 5 References
  • 6 External links

Early life


Art career
[edit]Titchner was born in Luton. He graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, in 1995.
Titchner was nominated for the Turner Prize for a solo show at the Arnolfini, Bristol, in which he displayed the sculptural installation "How To Change Behaviour (Tiny Masters Of The World Come Out)".[2] The Tate Gallery described his work in the following manner:
... hybrid installations furthered his exploration into systems of belief. Working across a wide range of media, including light boxes and extraordinary hand-carved contraptions, his work continues to interweave a vast array of references from heavy metal lyrics to philosophy.[2]
In 2007 he was included in the 52nd Venice Biennale exhibiting in Ukraine's Pavilion, A Poem about an Inland Sea. A solo exhibition Run, Black River, Run followed at BALTIC, Gateshead early in 2008.[3]
His book WHY AND WHY NOT was published by Bookworks in 2004.[4]
In 2003 he had a solo show Be Angry but Don't Stop Breathing[5] as part of the Art Now series at Tate Britain.[6]
In 2011, he had a solo show "Be True to Your Oblivion" at The New Art Gallery Walsall. This exhibition formed part of Capsule's Home of Metal project, a huge cultural project to establish Birmingham and the Black Country as the home of heavy metal.
He was the Art Gallery of Ontario's Artist-in-Residence from September to October 2012.[7]
His work is held in the permanent collections of the South London Gallery,[8] the United Kingdom Government Art Collection[9] and the Tate.[10]

Exhibitions

  • We Were Thinking of Evolving (2003), Vilma Gold, London
  • Electric Earth (2003), International British Council touring show
  • The Galleries Show (2002), Royal Academy, London
  • Playing amongst the Ruins (2001), Royal College of Art, London
  • City Racing (A Partial History) (2001), ICA, London

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