Gavin was born in Guildford and live and works in London. From an English Heritage plaque memorializing his presence at art school to wry paintings of his own signature,
Gavin Turk has made a career from exploring the idea of originality in art. Paradoxically, this questioning has made him one of the most original of young British
artists, which has lead to his work being shown in such major public spaces as London’s
Tate Modern and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
| Selected Solo Exhibitions |
| 2000 |
Gavin Turk, fig-1, London
More Stuff, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2001 |
The Che Gavara Story, Residence in the East End of London |
| 2002 |
Copper Jubilee, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK
Gavin Turk Ouevre, Tate Britain Sculpture Court Display, London |
| 2003 |
Gavin Turk in the House, Sherborne House, Dorset
Gavin Turk: et in arcadio eggo, NewArt Centre Sculpture Park & Gallery,
Salisbury, UK
Gavin Turk, Galleri Veggerby, Copenhagen, Denmark
Spare Change, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Gavin Turk, Oki-ni, Savile Row, London |
| 2004 |
The Golden Thread, White Cube Gallery, London
Sculpture at Goodwood
Faces: A Print Portfolio by Gavin Turk, Paul Stolper, London
Gavin Turk: Faces Portfolio, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh, UK |
| 2005 |
Gavin Turk: White Elephant, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Gavin Turk: Melange, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
Ha ha ha!, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France |
| Selected Exhibitions |
| 2003 |
Bag Lady, Cell Project Space, London |
| 2004 |
Art 4 All, Tea Building, London
The Christmas Exhibition 2004, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh, UK
Chaim Soutine, Happy Sailor, London
Jewellery by Contemporary Artists, Louisa Guinness Gallery, London
Mike Kelley: The Uncanny, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Domestic (f)utility, New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Salisbury, UK
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Emotion Eins, Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichtal / Kunstverein Frankfurt,
Frankfurt, Germany
Printers Inc.: Recent British Prints, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester / Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Taunton / Park Gallery, Falkirk, UK
Paper Democracy. Contemporary Art in Editions on Paper, Edifício Cultura
Inglesa, São Paulo, Brazil
The (de) Construction of Living, Odapark Foundation, The Netherlands |
| 2005 |
London Calling: Y[oung] B[ritish] A[rtists] Criss-Crossed, Galleri Kaare
Berntsen, Oslo, Norway
The Stuff of Life, Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol / Laing
Gallery, Newcastle / National Gallery, London
25th Annual Series of the ICI New York Studio Events, New York
Summer Exhibition 2005, Royal Academy, London
Art Out of Place, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich, UK
Appearance, Whitehall Waterfront, Leeds, UK
M-City, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
My Beauty Picture Show, 21 Tudor Grove E9, London
Superstars! The Celebrity Factor, from Warhol to Madonna, Kunsthalle,
Wien, Vienna, Austria
The Drawing Show, Shangri-La Tattoo Parlour, London
Et Maintenant – What Now, Crac Alsace, Altkirch, France |
| 2006 |
Culture Bound, The Courtauld Institute, London
Youth of Today, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Theatre of Life-Rhetorics of Emotions, Lenbachhaus, Munich |
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