Martin Boyce

born 1967

In Tate Britain

Clore Gallery Landscape

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Biography

Martin Boyce (born 1967) is a Scottish sculptor inspired by early 20th century modernism.

Boyce was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire and educated at Holy Cross High School in Hamilton. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art, graduating with a BA in environmental art in 1990, then a MFA in 1997. He lives in Glasgow with his wife and children.

Boyce won the 2011 Turner Prize for his installation Do Words Have Voices, displayed at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead. The installation is a recreation of a park in autumn.

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Artworks

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Martin Boyce from ‘Our Love is Like the Flowers, the Rain, the Sea and the Hours’

2002
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Martin Boyce Do Words Have Voices

2011
Martin Boyce Gate (We don’t meet here. We are always together first.)

2004
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Martin Boyce Remembered Skies

2017

On display at Tate Britain part of Tate Archive is 50
Martin Boyce Untitled

2009
Martin Boyce Suspended Fall

2005

Features

Clore Commission: Martin Boyce

Martin Boyce

The artist tells of the enduring influence on his work of Jan and Joël Martel's cubist sculptures
Sifting defunct modernism in search of something useful: New Modernism

Martin Herbert

‘New Modernism is rampant,’ argues Martin Herbert