Born in Wakefield/GB
Slade School of Fine Art, London 1986-1990
Lives and works in London and Alicudi/I
Turner Prize winner, 2001

 Exhibitions

2004    Kunsthaus Baselland, 'Strategies of Desire', cur. Sabine Schaschl-Cooper, Muttenz/CH
2004    Serpentine Gallery, 'State of Play', cur. Rochelle Steiner, London/GB
2004    Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris/F
2004    Udjadowski Castle, 'Martin Creed', cur. Pawel Polit, Warsaw/PL
2003    Kunsthalle Bern, cur. Bernhard Fibicher, Bern/CH
2003    Languedoc-Roussillon, 'Beaucoup de Bruit pour Rien', cur. Emmanuel Lattreille, Montpellier/F (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/I
2003    Galerie Analix Forever, 'SMALL THINGS', Geneva/CH
2003    Kunstverein, 'Adorno', Frankfrut/
2003    Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 'Skulpur 03', Salzburg/A
2003    Kunstverein, 'Soundsystem', Salzburg/A
2003    Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, 'Shine', Rotterdam/NL
2002    Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, 'BOYCE - CREED - SALA - SASNAL', Cologne/D
2002    Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 'The Young and the Hung', Salzburg/A
2002    Collection Haubrok, 'No Return', Mönchengladbach/D
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/I
2002    Charlottenborg, 'My Head is on Fire but my Heart is full of Love', Copenhagen, DK
2002    The Museum of Modern Art, 'Tempo', New York NY
2002    Alberto Peola Arte contemporanea, 'A large piece of furniture partially obstructing a door', Turin/I
2002    Alberto Peola Arte contemporanea, 'A large piece of furniture partially obstructing a door', Turin/I
2002    The Wrong Gallery, New York NY
2001    Tate Britain 'Art Now: Martin Creed, Turner Prize 2001', London/GB
2001    Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, 'The lights off', Cologne/D
2001    Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich/D (with Anri Sala)
2001    Camden Arts Centre, 'Martin Creed Works', cur. Godfrey Worsdale, London/GB
2001    Sankt Peter, 'Work No. 252', Cologne/D
2001    Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton/CDN
2001    Micromuseum for Contemporary Art, 'Work No. 265', Palermo/I
2001    Tate Britain, 'Turner Prize 2001', London/GB
2001    Yokohama Museum, 'Space-Jack!', cur. Yukie Kamiya, Yokohama/J
2001    Brighton University Art Gallery, 'Makeshift', cur. David Green, Brighton/GB
2000    Whitechapel Art Gallery, 'Protest and Survive', London/GB
2000    Fondazione Pistoletto, 'A casa di... ', cur. Giacinto di Pietrantonio, Biella/I
2000    Tate Britain, 'Intelligence: New British Art 2000', London/GB
2000    Shed im Eisenwerk, '...Sabotage... ', Frauenfeld/CH
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/GB
2000    Kunstraum Innsbruck, 'The invisible Touch', Innsbruck/GB
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
1999    Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1999    Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1999    Art Metropole, Toronto/CDN
1999    Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris/F
1999    Cabinet Gallery, London/GB
1999    The Portico, 'Work No. 203', London/GB
1999    Space 1999, 'Work No. 160', London/GB
1999    Alberto Peola Arte Contemporanea, Turin/I
1999    Galerie Krinzinger, 'Limit Less, Aktuelle Britische Kunst', cur. Matthew Higgs, Vienna/A
1999    Museum of Contemporary Art, '54x54x54', London/GB
1999    291 Gallery, 'Porcupines/Arthinking', cur. Graham Higgin, London/GB
1999    California College of Arts and Crafts, 'Searchlight: Consciousness at the Millenium', San Francisco CA
1999    Or Gallery, 'Getting the Corners', cur. Matthew Higgs, Vancouver/CDN
1999    ICA, 'Nerve', London/GB
1999    ICA, 'Nerve', London/GB
1999    Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London/GB
1999    Centre regional d’art contemporain, 'Ainsi de suite 3 (Teil II)', cur. Sabine Schaschl, Sete/F
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/D
1998    11th Biennale of Sydney, 'every day', cur. Jonathan Watkins, Sydney/AUS
1998    Titanik, 'Proper: Blind Date 1', cur. Paula Toppila, Turku/FIN
1998    Whitechapel Art Gallery, 'Speed', cur. Jeremy Millar, London/GB
1998    Kunsthalle, 'Crossings', cur. Cathrin Pichler, Wien/A
1998    Galerie Praz-Delavallade, 'Camouflage 2000', Robert Garnett, Paris/F
1998    South London Gallery, 'Lovecraft', cur. Martin McGeown and Toby Webster, London/GB
1998    Cabinet Gallery, 'Sunday', cur. Matthew Higgs, London/GB
1998    Galleria Paolo Vitolo, 'An Idea of Art / Art and Life', Milan/I
1998    Todd Gallery, 'Not Nothing', London/GB
1998    Galerie Analix B & L Polla, Geneva/CH
1997    Galleria Paolo Vitolo, Milan/I
1997    Victoria Miro Gallery, London/GB
1997    The British School at Rome, Rome/I
1997    'Dimensions Variable', Helsinki and Stockholm
1997    Galerie de l'Ancien College, 'Laure Genillard - Une selection et une collection', Chatellerault/F
1997    CCA, 'Lovecraft', cur. Martin McGeown and Toby Webster, Glasgow/GB
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/CDN
1997    Galerie Mot & van den Boogaard, cur. Macha Roesink, Brüssel/B
1997    CASCO, 'Snowflakes Falling on the International Dateline', Utrecht/NL
1997    Norwich Gallery, 'Imprint 93 (and other related ephemera)', cur. Matthew Higgs, Norwich/GB
1996    Musee d'Art Moderne, 'Life / Live', cur. Laurence Bosse and Hans Ulrich, Paris/F
1996    Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 'Against', London/GB
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/GB
1996    Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, 'East International', Norwich/GB
1996    Galleria Paolo Vitolo, 'Trace 1995-96', Milan/I
1996    Eisfabrik, 'weil morgen', cur. Stefan Kalmar, Hannover/D
1996    Castello di Rivara, 'Affinata', cur. Carolin Lindig, Turin/I
1996    Royal College of Art, 'try', London/GB
1996    Focal Point Gallery, 'Kiss This', Southend-on-Sea/GB
1996    The Rooms, 'Some Drawings: From London', cur. Kate Bernard, London/GB
1996    Three Month Gallery, 'A4 Favours', cur. Padraig Timoney, Liverpool/GB
1996    Bund, 'Banana Republic', London/GB
1995    Cubitt Gallery, 'Just Do It', cur. Stefan Kalmar, London/GB
1995    Laure Genillard Gallery, London/GB
1995    City Racing, 'Imprint 93 / City Racing', cur. Matthew Higgs, London/GB
1995    Anthony Wilkinson Fine Art, 'Unpop', cur. Bob and Roberta Smith, London/GB
1995    Three Rooms and a Kitchen, 'The Fall of Man', Pori/FIN
1995    Starkmann Ltd., 'In Search of the Miraculous', London/GB
1995    Viafarini, 'Fuori Fase', cur. Angela Vettese, Milan/I
1995    Jibby Beane, 'Multiple Choice', London/GB
1995    Frode, 'Snow Job', cur. Lionel Bovier, Geneva/CH
1995    Last order(s), 'My Darling Cicciolina... ', cur. Francesca Piovano, London/GB
1995    Galerie Analix B & L Polla, Geneva/CH
1995    Galleria Paolo Vitolo, Milan/I
1995    Camden Arts Centre, London/GB
1995    Javier Lopez Gallery, London/GB
1994    Cubitt Gallery, London/GB
1994    Marc Jancou Gallery, London/GB
1994    Rhizome, 'Conceptual Living', cur. Macha Roesink, Amsterdam/NL
1994    Marc Jancou Gallery, 'The Little House on the Prairie', London/GB
1994    Transmission Gallery, 'Modern Art', Glasgow/NL
1994    Cabinet Gallery, 'Imprint 93/Cabinet Gallery', cur. Matthew Higgs, London/GB
1994    Gio' Marconi, 'Domestic Violence', cur. Alison Jacques, Milan/I
1994    CCA, 'Art Unlimited: Multiples of the 1960s and 1990s', Glasgow/GB
1994    ISA, 'Potato', cur. Gary Thomas, Steve McIntyre and Alison Jacques, London/GB
1994    Todd Gallery, London/GB
1993    Lisson Gallery, 'Wonderful', Life London/GB
1993    Starkmann Limited, 'Work No. 78', London/GB
1992    Laure Genillard Gallery, 'Inside a Microcosm', cur. Gareth Jones, London/GB
1992    Transmission Gallery, 'Outta Here', cur. Douglas Gordon, Glasgow/GB
1991    Laure Genillard Gallery, London/GB
1991    Angel Row Gallery, cur. Mark Dey, Nottingham/GB
1989    The Black Bull, cur. Tess Jaray, London/GB

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

Southamton City Art Gallery (ed.), 'Martin Creed Works', Southamton: Southamton City Art Gallery, 2000 (exh.cat.)

Coles, Alex, 'Review', in: Art in America, New York, November 2000

Rindler, Lawrence (ed.), 'Searchlight: Consciousness at the Millennium', London: Themes & Hudson, 1999

Collings, Metthew (ed.), 'This is Modern Art', London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999

Patrizio, Andrew (ed.), 'Contemporary Sculpture in Scotland', Craftsman House (imprint of G&B International, Sydney), 1999 (exh.cat.)

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

Beech, Dave, 'Martin Creed', in: Art Monthly, London, no. 226, May 1999

Higgs, Matthew, 'Martin Creed: 20 Questions', in: Untitled, London, no. 18, Spring 1999

Lillington, David, 'Martin Creed', in: Metropolis M, Utrecht, April 1999

Jones, Jonathan, 'What’s so minimal about 15 000 balloons?', in: The Observer, London, March 14, 1999

Mclver, Brian, 'Meet the modern artist who admits his work in rubbish', in: Saturday Times, Glasgow, March 6, 1999

Obrist, Basualdo, Bonami, Cameron [et al.], 'cream – contemporary art in culture', London: Phaidon Press, 1998

Bingham, Juliet, Watkins, Jonathan, Spark, Joe, 'every day', Sydney: Biennale of Sydney Ltd, 1998

Groos, Ulrike, Müller, Markus, 'Make it Funky: Crossover zwischen Musik, Pop, Avantgarde und Kunst', Cologne: Oktagon Verlag, 1998

Cathrin, Pichler, 'Crossings. Kunst zum Hören und Sehen', Vienna: Kunsthalle Wien/Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1998 (exh.cat.)

Toppila, Paula, 'Proper (blind date) 1-3', Helsinki: Frame Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, 1998

Buck, Louisa, 'UK Artist Q&A' [interview], in: The Art Newspaper, London, no. 86, November 1998

Stephens, Craig, 'Live Scene: Owada', in: Revolver, Sydney, September 28, 1998

Collings, Matthew, 'Blimey. From Bohemia to Britpop', London: 21, 1997

Gallagher, Ann, 'Dimensions Variable – New Works for the British Council Collection', London: The British Council, 1997

Pigott, Hadrian, [et al.], 'Go into a shop and ask for nothing', in: very, New York, no. 2, 1997

Green, David, 'Minimal Interventions', in: Contemporary Visual Arts, London, no. 17, 1997

Wilson, Andrew, 'Band Art', in: Art Monthly, London, no. 210, October 1997

Archer, Michael, 'The Object of Art', in: Art Monthly, London, no. 208, July-August 1997

Kyriacou, Sotiris, 'Propositions', in: Art Monthly, London, no. 208, July-August 1997

Freedman, Carl, 'Generation W(eird)', in: The Guardian, London, May 27, 1997

Joliffe, Kira, 'The Idler Presents: owada', in: The Idler, London, no. 18, Spring 1997

Coles, Alex, 'Martin Creed – No Entry', in: Art + Text, Los Angeles, no. 56, February-April 1997

van den Boogaard, Oscar, 'zonder titel 1 T/M 4', in: Metropolis M, Utrecht, no. 1, February 1997

Rolo, Jane, Hunt, Ian (ed.), 'Bookworks – A Partial History and Sourcebook', London: Bookworks, 1996

Bosse, Laurence, Obrist, Hans Ulrich (ed.), 'Life/Live', Paris: Paris-Musées, Éditions des Musées de la Ville de Paris, 1996 (exh.cat)

Creed, Martin, 'Martin Creed: the whole world + the work = the whole world' artist’s book, text by: John O’Reilly], Geneva: Galerie Analix B&L Polla/London: Karsten Schubert Gallery, 1996

'Ace!', London: Arts Council of England, 1996

Frith Street Gallery, Karsten Schubert Gallery (ed.), 'From Figure to Object: A Century of Sculptors', London: Frith Street Gallery/Karsten Schubert Gallery, 1996 (exh.cat.)

Norwich Gallery, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (ed.), 'EAST International', Norwich: Norwich Gallery/Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, 1996 (exh.cat.)

Williams, Gilda, 'Martin Creed Tabula Rasa', in: Art Monthly, London, no. 195, April 1996

--, 'My Darling Cicciolina', London: FILEF, 1995

Piccoli, Cloe, 'Martin Creed', in: Flash Art Italia, Milan, December-January 1995-1996

Kent, Sarah, 'Sound&Vision', in: Time Out, London, August 30 – September 9, 1995

--, 'The Ruby Kelly Column', in: Art Review, London, vol. XLVII, June 1995

Lederman, Erika, 'Unlimited Works at Starkmann Limited', in: Art Monthly, London, no. 185, April 1995

Arts Council of England (ed.), 'Art Unlimited: Multiples of the 1960s and 1990s', London: Arts Council of England, 1994

O’Reilly, John, 'Art for Bart’s sake', in: The Modern Review, London, vol. 1, no. 16, August-September 1994

Searle, Adrian, 'Martin Creed and Sam Samore', in: Time Out, London, July 21-July 27, 1994

Collings, Matthew, 'Matthew Collings on some kind of sculpture show at Laure Genillard', in: City Limits, London, January 1992

'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

'EVERTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT. Work No. 207, 208, 209' [CD with 3 songs], London: The Pier Trust, 1999

'Martin Creed: Work No. 117' [audio cassette with text on inner sleeve by John O’Reilly], Milan: Paolo Vitolo, 1995

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