Mark Titchner

Mark Titchner (born 1973) is an English artist and 2006 nominee for the Turner Prize. The Tate Gallery described his work in the following manner: ... hybrid installations furthered his exploration into systems of belief. Working across a wide range of media, including light boxes and extraordinary hand-carved contraptions, his work continues to interweave a vast array of references from heavy metal lyrics to philosophy. His book WHY AND WHY NOT was published by Bookworks in 2004.

In 2003, he had a solo show Be Angry but Don't Stop Breathing as part of the Art Now series at Tate Britain.

In 2011, he had a solo show "Be True to Your Oblivion" at The New Art Gallery Walsall. This exhibition formed part of Capsule's Home of Metal project, a huge cultural project to establish Birmingham and the Black Country as the home of heavy metal. He was the Art Gallery of Ontario's Artist-in-Residence from September to October 2012. He is regularly working in public (e.g. Blackpool in 2016, Manchester in 2017, Royal Bethlem Hospital London in 2019, Colchester in 2020) where his works reach a broad audience and attention.

His work is held in the permanent collections of The Arts Council, British Council, South London Gallery, the United Kingdom Government Art Collection and the Tate Gallery.

Exhibitions Mark Titchner (2014) CGP and Dilston Grove, London Be true to your Oblivion (2011) New Art Gallery Walsall Run, Black River, Run (2008) Baltic, Gateshead We Were Thinking of Evolving (2003), Vilma Gold, London Bag Lady! (2003), Cell Project Space, London Electric Earth (2003), International British Council touring show The Galleries Show (2002), Royal Academy, London Playing amongst the Ruins (2001), Royal College of Art, London City Racing (A Partial History) (2001), ICA, London

Selected public works

Me. Here. Now. (2018) London Bridge Station - Stainer Street Art commission What I want more than anything else, (2017) Various venues Hull, Wigan, Leigh & Burnley. Commissioned by FACT Beacon, (2016) The Hat Factory, Luton Live the life that you imagine, (2015) One St Peters Square, Manchester Our work is today together, (2015 ) Sceaux Gardens Estate, London (Commissioned by South London Gallery)