Brian Catling RA (b. 1948)
Brian Catling RA (b. 1948)
Brian Catling RA is a sculptor who also writes poetry, makes installations and performance pieces. Recently he has been writing novels and making small egg tempera portraits of cyclopses.
Catling was born in London in 1948. He studied at the East London Polytechnic (BA), followed by the Royal College of Art (MA). He is currently a fellow of Linacre College, Oxford and Professor of Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art, University of Oxford.
Catling is a multi-media artist whose practice has encompassed sculpture, painting, performance, video making and poetry. He has been exhibiting his work internationally since 1975.
Profile
Born: 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom
Nationality: British
Elected RA: 9 December 2015
Gender: Male
Preferred media: Sculpture, Performance, Painting, and Poetry
Works by Brian Catling in the RA Collection
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I am obsessively engaged in the collision of separate activities that sometimes fuse together in a hybrid event – they being the writing of poetry, the constructing of sculptural installation and the action of performance.
Brian Catling
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Gallery
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Brian Catling RA, Cyclops, series, 2013.
![Brian Catling RA, Wilderness Cyclops]()
Brian Catling RA, Wilderness Cyclops, 2008.
![Brian Catling RA, Quill Two]()
Brian Catling RA, Quill Two, 2011.
![Brian Catling RA, Antix (installation view)]()
Brian Catling RA, Antix (installation view), 2005.
![Brian Catling RA, Fallen Bow]()
Brian Catling RA, Fallen Bow, 2010.
![Brian Catling RA, Fallen Bow]()
Brian Catling RA, Fallen Bow, 2010.
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Brian Catling RA: Selected CV
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Selected solo exhibitions
2011 Quill Two, Matt’s Gallery, London, (offsite: disused church in Dilston Grove)
2010 Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool (as part of the biennale)
2008 Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
1999 ICA London
1996 South London Gallery
1989 Museum of Modern Art, Oxford -
Selected performances
2011 SMART Amsterdam, Muesumnaght
Freud Museum, London
2010 Night & Day, Modern Art, Oxford
To be present, Amsterdam
2003 A certain turbulence, Reykjavik Contemporary Art Museum
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