Marc Quinn
Bio
1964
born in London
1985
graduated from Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
2001
Awarded the Charles Wollaston Award at the Royal Academy of Arts, UK
Lives and works in London
Collections
Berardo Museum, Lisbon
Center Georges Pompidou, Paris
Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Städtische Galerie Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Tate Britain, London
Selected solo exhibitions
1988
Bronze Sculpture. Jay Jopling / Otis Gallery, London
1990
Bread Sculpture. Galerie Marquardt, Paris; Middendorf Gallery, Washington
1991
Out of Time. Jay Jopling / Grob Gallery, London
1993
Marc Quinn. Galerie Jean Bernier, Athens
1994
Marc Quinn. Jay Jopling / Art Hotel, Amsterdam
1995
Emotional Detox: The Seven Deadly Sins. Tate Gallery, London
1997
Infra-slim Spaces. Gallery to the Center of Ordinary Mystery at NaUKMA, Kiev
1998
Incarnate. Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
1999
Marc Quinn. Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
2000
Marc Quinn. Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
Marc Quinn. Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
2001
A Genomic Portrait. National Portrait Gallery, London
2002
Marc Quinn. Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
2003
The Overwhelming World of Desire (Phragmipedium Sedenii). Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
2004
The Overwhelming World of Desire (Paphiopedilum Winston Churchill Hybrid). Tate Britain, London
Flesh. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
2005
Fourth Plinth. Trafalgar Square, London
Chemical Life Support. White Cube, London
2006
Marc Quinn. MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome
Recent Sculptures. Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
2007
XXY. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
Marc Quinn. DHC / ART Fondation pour l’art contemporain, Montreal, Canada
Marc Quinn. Parco e Museo di Scolacium, Catanzaro, Italy
2008
Evolution. White Cube, London
Selected group exhibitions
1990
Hands. Grob Gallery, London
1991
Modern Masters. Grob Gallery, London
1992
Biennale of Sydney. Sydney, Australia
British Art. Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
1993
Real. Vienna Secession, Vienna
Young British Artists II. Saatchi Collection, London
1994
Life is too much. Galerie des Archives, Paris
1995
Faith, Hope, Charity. Kunsthalle, Vienna
1996
Thinking Print. Books to Billboards 1980-1995. Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1997
Sensation. Royal Academy of Arts, London; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA
1998
A Portrait of Our Times: An Introduction to the Logan Collection. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
1999
Presence. Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
2000
Spectacular Bodies: The Art and Science of the Human Body from Leonardo to Now. Hayward Gallery, London
2001
Give & Take. Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2002
Thinking Big: Concepts for 21st Century British Sculpture. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
2003
Fourth Plinth Proposal. National Gallery, London
Statements 7. La 50 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2004
5th Gwangju Biennal. Gwangju, South Korea
Art of the Garden. Tate Britain, London
2005
Raised Awareness. Tate Modern, London
Bock mit Inhalt. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2005-2006
Contemporary Photography and the Garden - Deceits & Fantasies. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury; Parrish Art Museum, New York; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma; Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, United States
2006
Aftershock: Contemporary British Art 1990-2006. Guangdong Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea
2007
Reflection. PinchukArtCentre, Kiev
Triennale di Milano. Milan, Italy
2008
Love. National Gallery, London
Genesis. Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
