Tim Etchells

Tim Etchells (UK, 1962) lives and works between London and Sheffield. His practice shifts between the gallery and the public site, live performance and experimental fiction and is concerned with issues of contemporary identity, our relation to fiction and the media as well as with the limits of representation, especially in respect of language. Across the wide range of his work he uses strong, simple and sometimes comical means to get to serious ideas. Etchells has produced major commissions for public space internationally.

His works has been presented in museums, galleries, biennales and fairs, including La Triennale di Milano; Tate Modern, London; Hayward Gallery, London; Gasworks, London; Bloomberg SPACE, London; Turner Contemporary, Margate; BALTIC, Gateshead; Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth; Kunsthalle Wein, Vienna; Kunstverein Braunschweig; Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz; Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana; Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow; Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone; Gothenburg International Biennial; Manifesta 7, Rovereto, among others.

The artist has worked in a variety of contexts, notably as the leader of the world-renowned Sheffield-based performance group Forced Entertainment and in collaboration with a wide range of musicians, artists and performance makers including Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods, Marino Formenti, Taus Mahakacheva, Vlatka Horvat, Ant Hampton, Aisha Orazbayeva and Elmgreen & Dragset. Etchells is currently Professor of Performance and Writing at Lancaster University.