Artist

Marc Quinn

Portrait of Marc Quinn
Portrait of Marc Quinn

British, b. 1964

Marc Quinn is a British Contemporary Abstract artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Marc Quinn was born in London.

Marc Quinn (born 8 January 1964) is a British contemporary visual artist whose work includes sculpture, installation, and painting. Quinn explores "what it is to be human in the world today" through subjects including the body, genetics, identity, environment, and the media. His work has used materials that vary widely, from blood, bread and flowers, to marble and stainless steel.

Quinn has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Sir John Soane's Museum, the Tate Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Fondation Beyeler, Fondazione Prada, and South London Gallery. The artist was a notable member of the Young British Artists movement. Quinn exhibits internationally.

He was awarded the commission for the first edition of the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in 2004, for which he exhibited Alison Lapper Pregnant. Quinn's frozen self-portrait series made of his own blood, Self (1991–present) was subject to a retrospective at Fondation Beyeler in 2009. Quinn lives and works in London.

Works by Marc Quinn

Collections represented

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