Martin Creed

Martin Creed

male, 41 years old
Alumni of Slade School of Art, minimalist, David Cunningham, Work No. 227, the lights going on and off, Work No. 200, half the air in a given space, Turner Prize…TurnerPrizewinner
Martin Creed (born 1968) is an English artist noted for his works which hark back to the conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s. Creed was born in...
Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry

male, 49 years old
Alumni of the University of Portsmouth, The Times, Transgender and transsexual, Turner Prize, Royal Television Society, vase…TurnerPrizewinner
Grayson Perry, is an award-winning English artist, best known for his ceramics and cross-dressing. He has also worked in other forms, including...
Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst

male, 44 years old
Young British Artist, Lullaby Spring, Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London, Transgressive artist, YBA, Formaldehyde…TurnerPrizewinner
Damien Hirst (born June 7, 1965) is an English artist and the most prominent of the group that has been dubbed "Young British Artists" (or YBAs)....
Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

male, 40 years old
Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London, Turner Prize, Drumroll, deadpan, Alumni of Goldsmiths College, University of London, Chelsea College of Art and Design…TurnerPrizewinner
Steve McQueen (born 1969) is an English artist. He is best known for his films, but has worked in other forms also. He is a winner of the Turner...
Jeremy Deller

Jeremy Deller

male, 43 years old
Old Alleynian, Turner Prize, Installation art, English, Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art, installation…TurnerPrizewinner
Jeremy Deller (born 1966) is an English conceptual, video and installation artist. He is a Turner Prize winner.
Antony Gormley

Antony Gormley

male, 59 years old
Hampstead, Alumni of Slade School of Art, Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London, Old Amplefordian, Another Place, Crosby Beach…Turner Prize, TurnerPrizewinner
Antony Gormley was born in London in 1950. Upon completing a degree in archaeology, anthropology and the history of art at Trinity College,...
Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor

male, 55 years old
kapoor, Indian, Eastern, The Doon School, Chelsea, London, Western world…Turner Prize, TurnerPrizewinner
Anish Kapoor (born 1954) is a Turner Prize winning sculptor. Born in Bombay (Mumbai), India, Kapoor attended the Doon School, located in Dehra Dun,...
Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread

female, 46 years old
sculptor, The Turbine Hall, Installation artist, plaster, Alumni of Slade School of Art, ghost…Turner Prize, TurnerPrizewinner
Rachel Whiteread CBE (born 1963) is a British artist, best known for her sculptures, which typically take the form of casts, and first woman to win...
Chris Ofili

Chris Ofili

male, 41 years old
English of Nigerian descent, English born, Turner Prize, Young British Artist, Alumni of the Royal College of Art, English…TurnerPrizewinner
A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Manchester born Chris Ofili came to prominence in the early 1990s with his densely orchestrated paintings....
Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans

male, 41 years old
photography, German, Contemporary artist, artist, TurnerPrizewinner, portraiture
Wolfgang Tillmans (born August 15, 1968) is a German photographer. Born in Remscheid in Germany, Tillmans lived and worked in Hamburg at the end of...