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My Take
Martin Creed is my favorite kind of provocateur, the one who is far smarter than the prank lets on. Winning the Turner Prize with lights switching on and off in an empty room could read as a stunt, yet he made it stick in art history through sheer nerve. I love that he refuses a single label: artist, composer, performer, all at once. There's a generosity in his work, a quiet insistence that art doesn't have to be solemn to matter. And honestly, a piece simply declaring Everything Is Going to Be Alright has probably consoled more people than most galleries ever do. I'm a fan.
Overview
Martin Creed (born 21 October 1968) is a British artist, composer and performer. He won the Turner Prize in 2001 for exhibitions during the preceding year, with the jury praising his audacity for exhibiting a single installation, Work No. 227: The lights going on and off, in the Turner Prize show. Creed lives and works in London.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Martin Creed
- Name (Japanese)
- マーティン・クリード
- Reading
- まーてぃん・くりーど
- Born
- October 21, 1968 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Monkey
- Origin
- Wakefield, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- painter / draftsperson / sculptor / installation artist / conceptual artist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Turner Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Everything Is Going to Be Alright | — |
6. Links
Painter — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.