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Cathy Wilkes (born 1966) is a Northern Irish artist who lives and works in Glasgow. She makes sculpture, paintings, and installations. She was the recipient of the Inaugural Maria Lassnig Prize in 2017 and was commissioned to create the British Pavilion in Venice in 2019.
Wilkes was born in Dundonald near
Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch. Retrieved 14 May 2008. Her works often feature items from daily life or items of a domestic nature, such as baking parchment, cups, plates and biscuits. Wilkes represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale in 2005, and will be representing the United Kingdom at the 2019 event. In 2008, Wilkes received a
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Turner Prize 2008 at the TateGuardian exhibition review
– A review of her exhibition from 2001 in the Transmission Gallery.
Art Monthly exhibition review
– A review of her exhibition in 2008 in Milton Keynes. {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkes, Cathy 1966 births Living people Artists from Belfast British women artists Sculptors from Northern Ireland Bâloise Prize winners Irish contemporary artists Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art Alumni of Ulster University Artists from Northern Ireland
Life and work
Wilkes was born in Dundonald near Belfast
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. She attended Glasgow School of Art
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA; gd, Sgoil-ealain Ghlaschu) 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, an ...
from 1985 to 1988, and subsequently completed an MFA at the University of Ulster
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in 1992. She lives and works in Glasgow
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."Cathy Wilkes"Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch. Retrieved 14 May 2008. Her works often feature items from daily life or items of a domestic nature, such as baking parchment, cups, plates and biscuits. Wilkes represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale in 2005, and will be representing the United Kingdom at the 2019 event. In 2008, Wilkes received a
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) ...
nomination in the "Sculpture, film, sound, performance" category. In 2017, Wilkes received the Inaugural Maria Lassnig Prize.
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Xavier Hufkens
Xavier Hufkens gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded by Belgian art dealer Xavier Hufkens (b. 1965). The gallery has three locations in Brussels and represents an international roster of some forty emerging, mid-career and established art ...
, BrusselsTurner Prize 2008 at the Tate
– A review of her exhibition from 2001 in the Transmission Gallery.
Art Monthly exhibition review
– A review of her exhibition in 2008 in Milton Keynes. {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkes, Cathy 1966 births Living people Artists from Belfast British women artists Sculptors from Northern Ireland Bâloise Prize winners Irish contemporary artists Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art Alumni of Ulster University Artists from Northern Ireland