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Biography |
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1967 |
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Born in Guildford, Scotland, UK |
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1991 |
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Graduated, Royal College of Art |
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Lives and works in London |
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Awards |
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Jack Goldhill Sculpture Prize |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 |
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Citadel 1. Front room/Killing room, David Risley Gallery, London |
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2007 |
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The Freak Show, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon |
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2007 |
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Galerie Trafó, Budapest |
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2007 |
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Timer.01: Intimacy, Triennale Bovisa, Milan |
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2007 |
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Pure, Sean Kelly, New York |
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2007 |
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Draw, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough |
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2007 |
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GAVIN TURK: ‘Me as Him’, Riflemaker, London (solo) |
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2007 |
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The Negotiation of Purpose, GEM Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hague; MAGASIN Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble (solo) |
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2006 |
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Waste not, Want not, Galleri Veggerby, Copenhagen (solo) |
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2006 |
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The Font Project, Fine Art Society, London (solo) |
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2006 |
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Last Year in Eggenberg (The Paradise Show), Schloss Eggenberg, Graz (solo) |
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2006 |
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In the darkest hour there may be light: Works from Damien Hirst’s murderme collection, Serpentine Gallery, London |
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2006 |
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Summer Exhibition 2006, Royal Academy, London |
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2006 |
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Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
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2006 |
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Darkness Visible, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull |
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2006 |
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World Cup, 39, London |
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2006 |
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In Between, Galeria Presenca, Porto |
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2006 |
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Space Cavern Expérience Pommery 3, Cave pommery, Reims |
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2006 |
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Stage of Life – Rhetorics of Emotion, Lenbachhaus, Munich |
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2006 |
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Youth of Today, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt |
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2006 |
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William Ling Fine Art, 18 Fremont Street, London |
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2006 |
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Culture Bound, The Courtauld Institute, London |
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2005 |
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Et Maintenant - What Now, Crac Alsace, Altkirch |
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2005 |
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The Drawing Show, Shangri-La tattoo Parlour, London |
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2005 |
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Superstars! The Celebrity Factor. From Warhol to Madonna, Kunsthalle wien, Vienna |
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2005 |
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My Beauty Picture Show, 21 Tudor Grove E9, London |
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2005 |
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M-City, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria |
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2005 |
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Appearance, Whitehall Waterfront, Leeds |
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2005 |
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Art Out of Place, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich |
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2005 |
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Summer Exhibition 2005, Royal Academy, London |
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2005 |
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London Calling. Y[oung] B[ritish] A[rtists] Criss-Crossed, Galleri Kaare Berntsen, Oslo |
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2005 |
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Ha ha ha!, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris (solo) |
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2005 |
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Melange, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (solo) |
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2005 |
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White Elephant, Sean Kelly, New York (solo) |
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2005 |
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25th Annual Series of the ICI New York Studio Events, New York |
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2005 |
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The Stuff of Life, Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol / Laing Gallery, Newcastle / National Gallery, London |
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2004 |
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Chaim Soutine, Happy Sailor, London |
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2004 |
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The Christmas Exhibition 2004, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh |
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2004 |
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Art 4 All, Tea Building, London |
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2004 |
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The (de) Construction of Living, Odapark Foundation, The Netherlands |
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2004 |
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Paper Democracy. Contemporary Art in Editions on Paper, Edifício Cultura Inglesa, São Paulo |
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2004 |
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Printers Inc.: Recent British Prints, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester / Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Taunton / Park Gallery, Falkirk |
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2004 |
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Emotion Eins, Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichtal / Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt |
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2004 |
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Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London |
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2004 |
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Gavin Turk: Faces, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh (solo) |
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2004 |
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Faces: A Print Portfolio by Gavin Turk, Paul Stolper, London (solo) |
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2004 |
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The Golden Thread, White Cube, London; Sculpture at Goodwood (solo) |
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2004 |
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Domestic (f)utility, New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Salisbury |
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2004 |
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Mike Kelley: The Uncanny, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool |
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2003 |
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Bag Lady, Cell Project Space, London |
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2003 |
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The Art of Reinvention, Hotbath Gallery, Bath |
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2003 |
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Sculpture, London Institute Gallery, London |
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2003 |
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Artlab Especial, Mobile Home, London |
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2003 |
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Group Show, Mobile Home, London |
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2003 |
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FRESH: Contemporary British Artists in Print, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh |
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2003 |
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The Square Show, Bloomberg Space, London |
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2003 |
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Identity, Ecology Pavilion, Mile End Park, London |
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2003 |
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Gavin Turk, Galleri Veggerby, Copenhagen (solo) |
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2003 |
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Gavin Turk, Oki-ni, Savile Row, London (solo) |
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2003 |
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Gavin Turk: et in arcadia eggo, New Art Centre Sculpture Park & Gallery, Salisbury (solo) |
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2003 |
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Gavin Turk In The House, Sherborne House, Dorset (solo) |
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2003 |
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Spare Change, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (solo) |
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2003 |
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Independence, South London Gallery, London |
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2003 |
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Coollustre, Collection Lambert en Avignon |
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2003 |
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Let’s See the Nature in You, Pepperton Gallery, London |
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2002 |
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Gavin Turk: Oeuvre, Tate Britain Sculpture Court Display, London (solo) |
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2002 |
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Copper Jubilee, The New Art Gallery, Walsall (solo) |
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2002 |
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It’s Unfair, Museum de Pavilijeons, Netherlands |
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2002 |
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Face Off, Kettles Yard, Cambridge |
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2002 |
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Second Skin. Historical Life Casting and Contemporary Sculpture, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds |
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2002 |
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Hommage an Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Galerie Krinzinger, Wien |
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2002 |
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Remix: Contemporary Art and Pop. Tate Liverpool |
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2001 |
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Heart of Glass, Mirror, London |
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2001 |
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Art-Tube 01, Café De Paris, London |
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2001 |
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East Wing Collection, No. 5. Courtauld Institute of Art, London |
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2001 |
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Printers inc., The Gallery, Stratford- upon-Avon, England |
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2001 |
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The Colony Room Club 2001. A Space Oddity, A22 Projects, London |
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2001 |
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The Che Gavara Story, Residence in the East End of London (solo) |
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2001 |
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Abbild. Recent Portraiture and depiction, Steirisc[:her:]bst, Landesmuseum, Graz |
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2001 |
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Teeth and Trousers, Ideal House, London |
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2001 |
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Tattoo Show, Modern Art, London |
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2001 |
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Summer Exhibition 2001, Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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2001 |
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Mind the Gap, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm |
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2001 |
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The Saatchi Gallery eyestorm Collection, The Saatchi Gallery, London |
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2001 |
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Please Disturb Me, Great Eastern Hotel, London |
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2001 |
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Dead, The Roundhouse, London |
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2001 |
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Century City, Tate Modern, London |
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2001 |
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Insider Trading: profit without honour, Mandeville Hotel, London |
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2000 |
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More Stuff, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (solo) |
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2000 |
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Gavin Turk, fig-1, London (solo) |
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2000 |
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In Memoriam, The New Art Gallery, Walsall |
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2000 |
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Conversation, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes |
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2000 |
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Ever get the feeling you’ve been…, A22 Projects, London |
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2000 |
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Warning shots. Contemporary art exploring themes of conflict and violence, Royal Armories Museum, Leeds |
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2000 |
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Out There, White Cube², Hoxton Square, London |
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2000 |
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Ant Noises, Saatchi Gallery, London |
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2000 |
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White Ass European Cowboys, Rob Malasch / Galerie Serieuze Zaken, Amsterdam |
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2000 |
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Art at the Dome, Greenwich, London |
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2000 |
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Psycho, Anne Faggionato, London |
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