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.
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.
Tim Etchells, Stopped Clock (Munich), 2015From the series Stopped Clocks, on-going since 2010. Archival Inkjet print, 81,2x101 cm. Courtesy VITRINE, London
Tim Etchells, Don’t Look Back, 2022Corten steel, 250x125x1,2 cm. Courtesy VITRINE, London.
Tim Etchells, From Behind, 2018Archival Inkjet prints, print: 26,63x21,6 cm / framed: 28,5x23,5 cm. Courtesy VITRINE, London. Ph. Jonathan Bassett.
Tim Etchells, Sweetest Music, 2019From the series Impossible to Concentrate.
Acrylic on archival paper. Unframed: 21x29.7cm. Courtesy Ebensperger, Berlin.
Tim Etchells, Too Much, 2019From the series Impossible to Concentrate.
Acrylic on archival paper. Unframed: 21x29.7 cm. Courtesy Ebensperger, Berlin.
Tim Etchells, Fade to Black, 2012Neon sign, 13x142 cm. Courtesy Ebensperger, Berlin and VITRINE, London.
Tim Etchells, Everything Up In The Air, 2021Neon sign, 130x430 cm. Courtesy Ebensperger, Berlin and VITRINE, London.
Tim Etchells, From The Other Side, 2022Neon sign on Dibond letter forms, 2900x180 cm.
Courtesy Ebensperger, Berlin and VITRINE, London.
Ph. Frank Reinhold
Tim Etchells, Things that Make the Heart Beat Faster, 2021Neon sign, 418x218 cm. Courtesy Ebensperger, Berlin and VITRINE, London. Ph. Andrea Pizzalis.
Tim Etchells, Revolution, 2010Neon Signs, 16x1820 cm. Courtesy Ebensperger, Berlin and VITRINE, London.
Tim Etchells, From Behind 3, 2018Archival Inkjet print, 26,63x21,6 cm/ framed: 28,5x23,5 cm. Courtesy VITRINE, London.
Tim Etchells, End of Story, 2012Neon sign, 17,5x95cm. Courtesy VITRINE, London and Ebensperger, Berlin. Ph: Asian Arts Theatre (Suhwan Park).
- Tim Etchells,
- Vlatka Horvat
- Ana Cardoso,
- Athanasios Argianas
Apr 14-16, 2023
VIP Preview Apr 13th
Established
Pav.3 – Booth 7
- Serena Vestrucci
Palazzo Merulana, Rome
Mar 25 – May 21, 2023
Curated by Joanna De Vos and Melania Rossi
- Ana Cardoso
MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology
Mar 29 – Sep 11, 2023
Curated by João Pinharanda
- Serena Vestrucci
PRIMO PIANO Palazzo Grillo
Mar 4 – Apr 8, 2023
Curated by Pierre Dupont with Anna Daneri
