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:
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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