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Martin Creed    (British, 1968)

 Martin Creed - Work No. 489, Pen drawings (Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.)) h: 21 x w: 29.7 cm / h: 8.3 x w: 11.7 in
Martin Creed
Work No. 489, Pen drawings 2005
 
 Martin Creed - Work No. 492, Ships comin in (Video/Film)
Martin Creed
Work No. 492, Ships comin in 2005
 
 Martin Creed - Work No. 549 (Sculptures) h: 243 x w: 243 x d: 121.5 cm / h: 95.7 x w: 95.7 x d: 47.8 in
Martin Creed
Work No. 549 2006
 

Biography
1968 Born in Wakefield/GB
1986 - 1990 Slade School of Fine Art, London
1990 - 2001 Lived and worked in London
2001 Turner Prize winner
lives and works in Alicudi, Italy

Exhibitions
2006 Hauser & Wirth, Zurich (solo)
2006 How to Improve the World. 60 years of British Art, Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London
2006 Surprise, Surprise, ICA London
2006 Strange, I’ve seen that face before, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
2006 Good Vibrations – Visual arts and Rock music, Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienna
2006 Into Me/Out of Me, P.S.1 MoMA, New York
2006 Martin Creed – Big dogs, MC, Los Angeles
2006 Nichts, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main
2006 As if by Magic, Art School Palestine, Bethlehem Peace Center, Bethlehem
2006 Other Rooms, Other Voices: Contemporary Art from the FRAC Collections, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2006 Concrete Language, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
2006 I (Ich) / Performative Ontology, Secession, Vienna
2005 Down – Up, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York (solo)
2005 Feeling strangely fine, Galeria Estrany / De la Mota, Barcelona
2005 In Concert, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
2005 Experiencing Duration, Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon 2005
2005 Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (solo)
2004 Kunsthaus Baselland, 'Strategies of Desire', cur. Sabine Schaschl-Cooper, Muttenz
2004 Serpentine Gallery, 'State of Play', cur. Rochelle Steiner, London
2004 Work No. 360: Half the Air in a given space, Johnen Galerie, Berlin (solo)
2004 Hauser & Wirth, London (solo)
2004 Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
2004 Udjadowski Castle, 'Martin Creed', cur. Pawel Polit, Warsaw
2003 Kunsthalle Bern, cur. Bernhard Fibicher, Bern (solo)
2003 Languedoc-Roussillon, 'Beaucoup de Bruit pour Rien', cur. Emmanuel Lattreille, Montpellier (with Marylene Negro)
2003 GBE Modern, 'Work No. 300', New York NY
2003 The British School at Rome, 'Work No. 289 ', cur. Christiana Perrella, Rome
2003 Cezary Bodzianowski, Martin Boyce, Rafal Bujnowski, Martin Creed, Slawomir Elsner, Stefan Hablützel, Candida Höfer, Marko Lulic, Thomas Ruff, Wilhelm Sasnal, Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
2003 Kunstverein, 'Adorno', Frankfurt
2003 Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 'Skulpur 03', Salzburg
2003 Kunstverein, 'Soundsystem', Salzburg
2003 Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, 'Shine', Rotterdam
2003 Galerie Analix Forever, 'SMALL THINGS', Geneva
2002 Alberto Peola Arte contemporanea, 'A large piece of furniture partially obstructing a door', Turin
2002 The Wrong Gallery, New York NY
2002 Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, 'BOYCE - CREED - SALA - SASNAL', Cologne
2002 Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 'The Young and the Hung', Salzburg
2002 Collection Haubrok, 'No Return', Mönchengladbach, Germany
2002 CCAC, 'Rock my World: Recent Art and the Memory of Rock’n’Roll', San Francisco CA
2002 Wolverhampton Gallery, 'Strike', Wolverhampton, GB
2002 Vista Mare associaione culturale, 'On/Of', Pescara, Italy
2002 Charlottenborg, 'My Head is on Fire but my Heart is full of Love', Copenhagen
2002 The Museum of Modern Art, 'Tempo', New York NY
2001 Tate Britain, 'Turner Prize 2001', London
2001 Yokohama Museum, 'Space-Jack!', cur. Yukie Kamiya, Yokohama, Japan
2001 Brighton University Art Gallery, 'Makeshift', cur. David Green, Brighton
2001 Tate Britain 'Art Now: Martin Creed, Turner Prize 2001', London
2001 Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, 'The lights off', Cologne
2001 Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (with Anri Sala)
2001 Camden Arts Centre, 'Martin Creed Works', cur. Godfrey Worsdale, London
2001 Sankt Peter, 'Work No. 252', Cologne
2001 Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
2001 Micromuseum for Contemporary Art, 'Work No. 265', Palermo
2000 Gavin Brown's Enterprise, 'Work No. 227', New York NY
2000 Times Square, 'Work No. 225', New York NY (Project of the Public Art Fund)
2000 Southampton City Art Gallery, 'Martin Creed Works', Southampton, GB
2000 Whitechapel Art Gallery, 'Protest and Survive', London
2000 Fondazione Pistoletto, 'A casa di... ', cur. Giacinto di Pietrantonio, Biella, Italy
2000 Tate Britain, 'Intelligence: New British Art 2000', London
2000 Shed im Eisenwerk, '...Sabotage... ', Frauenfeld, Switzerland
2000 Exit Art, 'Collector’s Coice', New York NY
2000 'The British Art Show 5', cur. Pippa Coles, Matthew Higgs and Jacqui Poncelet, Edinburgh
2000 Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, 'Don’t worry', London
2000 Kunstraum Innsbruck, 'The invisible Touch', Innsbruck, Austria
1999 Galerie Krinzinger, 'Limit Less, Aktuelle Britische Kunst', cur. Matthew Higgs, Vienna
1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, '54x54x54', London
1999 291 Gallery, 'Porcupines/Arthinking', cur. Graham Higgin, London
1999 California College of Arts and Crafts, 'Searchlight: Consciousness at the Millenium', San Francisco
1999 Or Gallery, 'Getting the Corners', cur. Matthew Higgs, Vancouver
1999 ICA, 'Nerve', London
1999 Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London
1999 Centre regional d’art contemporain, 'Ainsi de suite 3 (Teil II)', cur. Sabine Schaschl, Sete/F
1999 Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
1999 Art Metropole, Toronto
1999 Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris
1999 Cabinet Gallery, London
1999 The Portico, 'Work No. 203', London
1999 Space 1999, 'Work No. 160', London
1999 Alberto Peola Arte Contemporanea, Turin
1998 Galerie Analix B & L Polla, Geneva
1998 Spacex Gallery, 'Lovecraft', cur. Martin McGeown and Toby Webster, Exeter, GB
1998 Gavin Brown's enterprise, 'Not Today' New York NY
1998 Wiensowski & Harbord, 'Imitating Christmas', cur. Jen Hoffmann, Berlin
1998 11th Biennale of Sydney, 'every day', cur. Jonathan Watkins, Sydney
1998 Titanik, 'Proper: Blind Date 1', cur. Paula Toppila, Turku, Finnland
1998 Whitechapel Art Gallery, 'Speed', cur. Jeremy Millar, London
1998 Kunsthalle, 'Crossings', cur. Cathrin Pichler, Vienna
1998 Galerie Praz-Delavallade, 'Camouflage 2000', Robert Garnett, Paris
1998 South London Gallery, 'Lovecraft', cur. Martin McGeown and Toby Webster, London
1998 Cabinet Gallery, 'Sunday', cur. Matthew Higgs, London
1998 Galleria Paolo Vitolo, 'An Idea of Art / Art and Life', Milan
1998 Todd Gallery, 'Not Nothing', London
1997 'Dimensions Variable', Helsinki and Stockholm
1997 Galerie de l'Ancien College, 'Laure Genillard - Une selection et une collection', Chatellerault
1997 CCA, 'Lovecraft', cur. Martin McGeown and Toby Webster, Glasgow
1997 Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, GB
1997 Up & Co., 'Superstore de Luxe No.1', cur. Sarah Staton, New York NY
1997 Art Metropole, 'Answer Affirmative or Negative', Toronto
1997 Galerie Mot & van den Boogaard, cur. Macha Roesink, Brussels
1997 CASCO, 'Snowflakes Falling on the International Dateline', Utrecht, Netherlands
1997 Norwich Gallery, 'Imprint 93 (and other related ephemera)', cur. Matthew Higgs, Norwich, GB
1997 Galleria Paolo Vitolo, Milan
1997 Victoria Miro Gallery, London
1997 The British School at Rome, Rome
1996 Musee d'Art Moderne, 'Life / Live', cur. Laurence Bosse and Hans Ulrich, Paris
1996 Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 'Against', London
1996 Design Institue, 'The Speed of Light, The Speed of Sound', cur. Jeremy Millar, Amsterdam/NL
1996 Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, 'Ace!', London/GB
1996 Karsten Schubert, 'A Century of Sculptors' Drawings', London
1996 Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, 'East International', Norwich
1996 Galleria Paolo Vitolo, 'Trace 1995-96', Milan
1996 Eisfabrik, 'weil morgen', cur. Stefan Kalmar, Hannover
1996 Castello di Rivara, 'Affinata', cur. Carolin Lindig, Turin
1996 Royal College of Art, 'try', London
1996 Focal Point Gallery, 'Kiss This', Southend-on-Sea/GB
1996 The Rooms, 'Some Drawings: From London', cur. Kate Bernard, London
1996 Three Month Gallery, 'A4 Favours', cur. Padraig Timoney, Liverpool
1996 Bund, 'Banana Republic', London
1995 Cubitt Gallery, 'Just Do It', cur. Stefan Kalmar, London
1995 Galerie Analix B & L Polla, Geneva
1995 Galleria Paolo Vitolo, Milan
1995 Camden Arts Centre, London
1995 Javier Lopez Gallery, London
1995 Laure Genillard Gallery, London
1995 City Racing, 'Imprint 93 / City Racing', cur. Matthew Higgs, London
1995 Anthony Wilkinson Fine Art, 'Unpop', cur. Bob and Roberta Smith, London
1995 Three Rooms and a Kitchen, 'The Fall of Man', Pori, Finnland
1995 Starkmann Ltd., 'In Search of the Miraculous', London
1995 Viafarini, 'Fuori Fase', cur. Angela Vettese, Mila
1995 Jibby Beane, 'Multiple Choice', London
1995 Frode, 'Snow Job', cur. Lionel Bovier, Geneva
1995 Last order(s), 'My Darling Cicciolina... ', cur. Francesca Piovano, London
1994 Rhizome, 'Conceptual Living', cur. Macha Roesink, Amsterdam
1994 Marc Jancou Gallery, 'The Little House on the Prairie', London
1994 Transmission Gallery, 'Modern Art', Glasgow
1994 Cabinet Gallery, 'Imprint 93/Cabinet Gallery', cur. Matthew Higgs, London
1994 Gio' Marconi, 'Domestic Violence', cur. Alison Jacques, Milan
1994 CCA, 'Art Unlimited: Multiples of the 1960s and 1990s', Glasgow
1994 ISA, 'Potato', cur. Gary Thomas, Steve McIntyre and Alison Jacques, London
1994 Todd Gallery, London
1994 Cubitt Gallery, London
1994 Marc Jancou Gallery, London
1993 Starkmann Limited, 'Work No. 78', London
1993 Lisson Gallery, 'Wonderful', Life London
1992 Laure Genillard Gallery, 'Inside a Microcosm', cur. Gareth Jones, London
1992 Transmission Gallery, 'Outta Here', cur. Douglas Gordon, Glasgow
1991 Laure Genillard Gallery, London
1991 Angel Row Gallery, cur. Mark Dey, Nottingham
1989 The Black Bull, cur. Tess Jaray, London

Literature
Martin Creed: “The Lights Off ”, (ex. cat.) Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2006
Martin Creed, (ex. cat.) Kunsthalle Bern, 2004
Martin Creed: the whole world + the work = the whole world, (ex. cat.) Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, 2004
My Head is on Fire but my Heart is Full of Love, (ex. cat.) The Modern Institute, Glasgow
Rock My World: Recent Art and the Memory of Rock ’n’ Roll, (ex. cat.) Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, 2002
Massimiliano Gioni, “Cuoghi e Fantasmi,” Carnet Arte #1, September / October 2003
Michele Maccarone, “Roberto Cuoghi / Michele Maccarone,” Sherman #1, February 2002
Museum Boijmans Von Beuningen (ed.), 'Shine: Wishful Fantasies and Visions of the Future in Contemporary Art', Rotterdam: Museum Boijmans Von Beuningen, 2003 (exh.cat.)
--, 'Dancing with myself', in: Work, Art in Progress, Trento, no. 7, October-December 2003, pp. 14-15, ill.
Higgs, Matthew, 'Martin Creed', in: Work, Art in Progress, Trento, no. 7, October-December 2003, pp. 20-21, ill.
Bradley, Will, Bretton-Meyer, Henriette, Webster, Toby, 'My Head is on Fire but my Heart is Full of Love', Copenhagen: Charlottenborg Udstillingbygning/Glasgow: The Modern Institute, 2002 (exh.cat.)
CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (ed.), 'Rock My World: Recent Art and the Memory of Rock’ n’ Roll' [text by: Ralph Rugoff, Ann Powers, Matthew Higgs], San: Francisco: CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, 2002 (exh.cat.)
Herkenhoff, Paolo, Marcoci, Roxana, Basilio, Miriam, 'Tempo', New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2002 (exh.cat.)
Reindl, Uta, 'Review', in: Tema Celeste, Milan, April 2002, p. 92
Sans, Jerome, 'On Stage', in: The Curator’s Egg, no. 3, 2002
Pinto, Roberto, Williams, Gilda (ed.), 'Arte All’Arte – V edizione 2000', Roma: Gli Ori/San Gimignano: Arte Continua, 2001
Kamiya, Yukie (cur.), 'Space-Jack!', Yokohama: Yokohama Museum of Art, 2001 (exh.cat.)
Bush, Kate, 'London Field', in: Artforum, New York, vol. XXXIX, no. 1, September 2001, p. 85
McGee, John, 'Space-Jack!', on: http://metropolis.japantoday.com/tokyoart/392/tokyoartinc.htm, Tokyo, 2001
Searle, Adrian, 'Appalling Fascination of a Career-enhancing Competition', in: The Guardian, London, May 31, 2001
Button, Virginia, Esche, Charles (ed.), 'Intelligence. New British Art 2000', London: Tate Publishing, 2000
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Coles, Alex, 'Review', in: Art in America, New York, November 2000
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Di Pietrantonio, Giacinto, Mandelinck, Gwy, 'Serendipiteit', Watou Poeziezomer, 1999
--, 'A message to our readers', in: The Art Newspaper, London, no. 98, December 1999
Buck, Louisa, 'London Calling by Louisa Buck', in: The Art Newspaper, London, no. 98, December 1999
Meenaghan, Tony, 'Q: Is this a screwed up piece of paper or the star of new art exhibition? A: BOTH’', in: The Mirror, London, November 12, 1999
Cara, Page, 'This Crumpled Sheet of A4 is a Work of Art', in: The Daily Record, Glasgow, November 12, 1999
Mark, Lisa Gabrielle, 'Frash Heir', in: C, International Contemporary Art Publication, Toronto, no. 63, September 1999
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van den Boogaard, Oscar, 'zonder titel 1 T/M 4', in: Metropolis M, Utrecht, no. 1, February 1997
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--, 'My Darling Cicciolina', London: FILEF, 1995
Piccoli, Cloe, 'Martin Creed', in: Flash Art Italia, Milan, December-January 1995-1996
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--, 'The Ruby Kelly Column', in: Art Review, London, vol. XLVII, June 1995
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'I don’t know what I want. Work No. 320' [CD with 1 song], London: Serpentine Gallery, 2004
'I Can’t Move' [CD with 7 songs], Toronto: Art Metropole, 1999
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