Tim
Etchells Concept and choreography

Tim Etchells is a UK-based artist and writer whose work straddles performance, visual art and fiction. He lives and works between London and Sheffield and has produced internationally significant commissions for public spaces that have been shown in museums, galleries, biennials and exhibitions including Tate Modern, Hayward Gallery, Gasworks and Bloomberg SPACE, London, UK; Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK; BALTIC, Gateshead, UK; Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth, UK; Kunsthalle Wein, Vienna, AT; Kunstverein Braunschweig, DE; Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz, DE; Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana, SI; Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, PL; Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone, UK; Gotenburg International Biennale, SE; Manifesta 7, Rovereto, IT; Frieze Sculpture, London, UK; Perf4m ARTISSIMA, Turin, IT; and FIAC, Palais De Decouverte, Paris, FR. Etchell's works are represented in international private and public collections. His performance 'Moving Words' (2019) was recently acquired by the Tate, UK. Etchells has worked in a variety of contexts, notably as director of the world-renowned Sheffield performance group Forced Entertainment and in collaboration with numerous musicians, artists and performers including Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods, Marino Formenti, Taus Mahakacheva, Vlatka Horvat, Ant Hampton, Aisha Orazbayeva and Elmgreen & Dragset. Etchell's monograph on contemporary performance and forced entertainment, 'Certain Fragments' (Routledge 1999), has been highly acclaimed. His recent publications include 'Endland' (And Other Stores, 2019), 'Vacuum Days' (Storythings, 2012) and 'While You Are With Us Here Tonight' (LADA, 2013). He was awarded the Manchester Fiction Prize in 2019. Etchells was the 2008 Tate / Live Art Development Agency 'Legacy: Thinker In Residence' award winner, 2014 Lisbon City Artist and was honoured with the prestigious Spalding Gray Award in February 2016. Under his direction, Forced Entertainment received the 2016 International Ibsen Award for its pioneering contribution to contemporary theatre and performance.