Martin Boyce (born 1967) is a Scottish sculptor inspired by early 20th century modernism. Boyce was born in

Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Hamilton (; ) is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It sits south-east of Glasgow, south-west of Edinburgh and north of Carlisle. It is situated on t ...

and educated at Holy Cross High School in Hamilton. He studied at the

Glasgow School of Art The Glasgow School of Art (GSA; ) is a higher education art school based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering undergraduate degrees, post-graduate awards (both taught and research-led), and PhDs in architecture, fine art, and design. These are all awa ...

, graduating with a BA in environmental art in 1990, then a MFA in 1997. He lives in

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with his wife and children. Boyce won the 2011

Turner Prize The Turner Prize, named after the English painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist. Between 1991 and 2016, only artists under the age of 50 were eligible (this restriction was removed for the 2017 award). ...

for his installation ''Do Words Have Voices'', displayed at the

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (also known simply as (the) Baltic, stylised as BALTIC) is a centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It hosts a frequently changing variety ...

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. The installation is a recreation of a park in autumn.

Books

* ''Martin Boyce: When Now is Night'',

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, 2015 ()

References

External links

Martin Boyce – Tanya Bonakdar GalleryMartin Boyce – The Modern Institute
1967 births Living people Scottish sculptors Scottish male sculptors Turner Prize winners People from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire People educated at Holy Cross High School, Hamilton Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art Sculptors from Glasgow Scottish contemporary artists {{UK-sculptor-stub