Cathy Wilkes
born 1966
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Walk Through British Art: Sixty years
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Cathy Wilkes (born 1966) is an Irish artist from Northern Ireland who lives in Glasgow .She makes sculpture, paintings and installation. She won the Inaugural Maria Lassnig Prize in 2017, and was a nominee for a Turner Prize in 2008. Much of Wilkes work involves using human bodies/body part to interact with viewers. She is to represent Great Britain at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019, with a major solo exhibition of new work.
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Cathy Wilkes (We Are) Pro Choice
2008
Cathy Wilkes Daddy Resting
2009
Cathy Wilkes Untitled
2005
Cathy Wilkes Stag and Mister Komplex
2000
Cathy Wilkes Untitled (Possil, At Last)
2013
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Turner Prize Exhibition Talk: Dan Fox
The Turner Prize has played a huge part in raising the profile of contemporary British art around the world. Dan ...
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Turner Prize 2008: Fiona Bradley
Love it or hate it, the Turner Prize gets everyone talking. At this event Fiona Bradley, Director of Edinburgh's ...
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Cathy Wilkes: Turner Prize Nominee 2008
The Northern Irish artist makes sculpture, paintings and installations
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Inner worlds and outer realities: Cathy Wilkes
Former Turner Prize nominee Cathy Wilkes (b1966) has since the 1990s been making compelling installations and assemblages, often drawn from ...
The scene is set: Tate Britain New Displays I
Several displays this summer explore ways in which ideas surrounding performance have come to occupy a defining place in art ...
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