Mark Wallinger

Born in 1959 in Chigwell, he studied at the Chelsea School of Art and later at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he went on to tutor from 1986.

Mark Wallinger is one of the UK’s leading contemporary artists. Having previously been nominated for the Turner Prize in 1995, he won in 2007 for his installation ‘State Britain’. His work ‘Ecce Homo’ (1999–2000) was the first piece to occupy the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square. He represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2001. ‘Labyrinth' (2013), a major and permanent commission for Art on the Underground, was created to celebrate 150 years of the London Underground. In 2018, the permanent work ‘Writ in Water’ was realised for the National Trust to celebrate Magna Carta at Runnymede, and ‘The World Turned Upside Down’ was unveiled in 2019 for the London School of Economics.

He has exhibited widely, while his works are held in several public collections including the Tate Gallery in London, Museum of Modern Art in New York and Centre Pompidou in Paris. 

Mark Wallinger lives and works in London, England.