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Marcus Coates

Country(activity based)：
UK
Genre：
Visual Art

Profile

Recent exhibitions include Altermodern: Tate Triennial, London, 2009, Lisson Presents 2, Lisson Gallery, London, 2008, Manifesta7, Trento, Italy, 2008

Forthcoming exhibitions: solo exhibition Kunsthale Zurich 2009, solo exhibition Tomio Koyama Gallery 2009 Tokyo, Sydney Biennial 2010, solo exhibition Milton Keynes Gallery UK 2010. Coates received the Paul Hamlyn Visual Arts Award 2008 and the Diawa Foundation Art Prize 2009. And was the Calouste Gulbenkian Artist in Residence in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, 2008. Coates is represented by Workplace Gallery, UK.

About works / performance

Performances that seek resolutions to questions from the public.

 

An aspect of Coates' work sees him as a 'useful social agent' or problem solver. Using his skills and position in society as an artist and his knowledge of British Wildlife he seeks resolutions to social issues for clients through non rational processes informed by the rituals of traditional cultures.

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photos by Elke Hartmann
Gulbenkian Foundation and Galapagos Conservation Trust Artist Residency
Marcus Coates is represented by Workplace Gallery, UK

 

 

 


 

 

 

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