Martin Creed

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.

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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)

Origin

Wakefield, United Kingdom

Occupation

painter / draftsperson / sculptor / installation artist / conceptual artist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

Awards & achievements

• Turner Prize

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www.martincreed.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Creed
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1385567

Tags

• painter
• draftsperson
• sculptor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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