The Anthropophagus!, Ed Atkins  (2010)

Ed Atkins (b. 1982, UK) works predominantly in HD video, drawing and writing to explore notions of materiality and corporeality. His recent project 'Death Mask' utilises the various conventions, technologies and histories of cinema to describe the experiences and experience of cadavers. He lives and works in London and holds a MA Fine Art from Slade School of Fine Art, University of London.

Education

MA, Slade School of Fine Art
BA (HONS) Central St. Martin’s

Selected Exhibitions and Screenings

2010

Death Mask, solo exhibition, Cabinet Gallery, London
A Killer Whale Breaching in Soft Focus, Transmission, Glasgow
New Contemporaries 2010, A Foundation, Liverpool; ICA, Lon- don
Death Mask 2, The Scent, etc., solo project, Limoncello, London
SPOILER, solo exhibition, Rhubaba, Edinburgh
Be Glad For the Song Has No End, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge
NOVEL / Something Blue: A Catalogue of Contemporary Erotica, Dependance, Brussels
Blockbuster, Central Reservation, Bristol
State of the Newly Incarnate Soul, Hidde Van Seggelen Gallery, London
The Plurality of One, Monitor, Rome
American Mountains, Auto Italia, London

2009

Screenings, Christopher Crescent, London
The Dark Show / And The Dark Show Returns as a Ghost, Wallis Gallery, FormContent, Paradise Row

Awards and residencies

2010
LUX Associate  Artists Programme

2010
Elephant Trust Grant
Boise Travel Bursary

2008
The Chelsea Arts Club Trust Special Project Award