Martin Creed
Martin Creed was born in 1968 in Wakefield, England. From the age of three he lived in Glasgow, Scotland. Between 1986 and 1990 he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London. After art school he lived and worked in London until 2001, when he moved to Alicudi, Italy. In 2001 he was the winner of the Turner Prize.
He currently lives and works in London and Alicudi.
Selected Writings on Martin Creed
- THE LIGHTS OFF © Barry Humphries 2005
- WORK NO. 227: THE LIGHTS GOING ON AND OFF Maurizio Cattelan, 2004
- JOHN O'REILLY 1995
Selected Writings by Martin Creed
- Alicudi 2006
- If you're lonely Work No. 470, 2005
- I don't know what I want to say... 2001
Selected Interviews
- Listen to The Monocle Weekly's interview with Martin (0:36:14)
- Listen to Martin talking and playing new songs on Radio New Zealand, 06 October 2015
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Watch SHOWstudio's interview with Martin filmed by Nick Knight, December 2014
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Watch Martin being interviewed by Mikel Toms, 31 January 2013
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Watch Martin talking about The Scotsman Steps and singing 'The Staircase Song'
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Reef Younis interviews Martin for Loud & Quiet Magazine. Photo by Phil Sharp., August 2012
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Creed Invites Britain to Play With Him, Ring Bells, by Farah Nayeri, Bloomberg, 26 June 2012
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Turner Winner Creed Ignores Jokes, Rings in Olympics, by Farah Nayeri, Bloomberg, 26 June 2012
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Talking about music and dance; interview in Vancouver with Nardwuar the Human Serviette (interview at 1:14:39)
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Talking to Fanny Kiefer, 18 May 2011
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Talking to Will Gompertz, 20 January 2011
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On BBC Breakfast, 25 January 2011
Talking to Paul Morley, 30 January 2011
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Performance of Thinking/Not Thinking for The Observer, 31 January 2011
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'Mothers' on Vernissage TV, 23 January 2011
Oliver Basciano interviews Martin Creed for ArtReview during rehearsals for Work No. 1020, 13 October 2009
- Installation Documentary by Chris Keenan for Ikon Gallery, 2008
- Tate Britain's interview with Martin Creed on Work No. 850, 2008
- Pippa Hale of The Northern Art Prize interviews Martin Creed at Leeds Met's School of Contemporary Art and Graphic Design, 17 January 2008
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RTE Television's The View interviews Martin Creed, 30 October 2007
- Dazed Digital, Inside Art: Martin Creed, interviewed by Freire Barnes, 9 July 2007, www.dazeddigital.com
- Radio New Zealand's Saturday Morning programme Interview with Kim Hill Saturday, 07 October 2006, 35' 39"
- "Twenty (More) Questions" interview by Corinna Durland, The Wrong Times, Issue 1, 2004
- Blow and Suck: Martin Creed interviewed by Jérôme Sans
- Live, Palais de Tokyo / Éditions Cercle d'Art, 2004
- Martin Creed interviewed by Chris Coombes for Tate Magazine Issue 27, 2001
- 20 Questions published in Untitled; interview with Martin Creed; text introduction by Matthew Higgs, 1998