Martin Creed was born on 21 October 1968 and is a British artist, composer and performer.
17 Facts About Martin Creed
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Martin Creed won the Turner Prize in 2001 for exhibitions during the preceding year, with the jury praising his audacity for exhibiting a single installation, Work No 227: The lights going on and off, in the Turner Prize show.
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Martin Creed moved with his family to Glasgow at age 3 when his silversmith father got a job teaching there.
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Martin Creed's parents were Quakers, and he was taken often to Quaker meetings.
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Martin Creed attended Lenzie Academy, and studied art at the Slade School of Art at University College London from 1986 to 1990.
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Martin Creed's work has often excited controversy: a visitor threw eggs at the walls of Creed's empty room as a protest against the prize, declaring that Creed's presentations were not real art and that "painting is in danger of becoming an extinct skill in this country".
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In recent years Martin Creed has been exhibiting paintings in nearly every exhibition he has done.
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Martin Creed designed a work for Victoria Beckham's store on Dover Street in Mayfair, London in 2015.
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Martin Creed continues to exhibit work internationally and regularly gives talks and plays live with his band.
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In 2011, Martin Creed was commissioned by Fruitmarket Gallery to make a work as part of the restoration of the historic Scotsman Steps in Edinburgh.
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In 2012, Martin Creed was the first artist to participate in the long-term programme of artist-conceived restaurants at Sketch, London.
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Together with a series of paintings and wall drawings, Martin Creed specifically created Work No 1343 where every single piece of cutlery, glass, chair and table was different and brought together a mix of the mass-produced and hand-crafted, from classic antiques to contemporary design from all around the world.
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The Vinyl Factory worked with Martin Creed to produce a limited edition of the release which featured hand-painted covers by Martin Creed.
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Martin Creed is much loved by Franz Ferdinand - regular attendees at his gigs and co-producers on his album 'Mind Trap' - as well as Moshi Moshi label-mates Slow Club.
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In July 2016, Martin Creed released a new album entitled Thoughts Lined Up.
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Martin Creed decided to stop making paintings and instead to think about what it meant, and why he wanted to make things.
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Martin Creed says that he makes art works not as part of an academic exploration of 'conceptual' art, but rather from a wish to connect with people, 'wanting to communicate and wanting to say hello'.