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Artists›Martin Creed

Martin Creed

British, 1968

WA-00032437

PaintingInstallation ArtContemporary

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ1385567 ULAN500123747

MoMA

Field Verification (5 fields)

3 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%✓
Primary mediumDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%
LocationArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/martin-creed
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/28505
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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No biography available for Martin Creed yet.

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Installation Art

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Victoria and Albert Museum Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (22)

Work No.1273

2012 · Poster

Victoria and Albert Museum

Work No. 1105

2011 · Acrylic paint on canvas

unconfirmed: 610 x 457 mm

Tate

Work No. 1104

2011 · Acrylic paint on canvas

unconfirmed: 610 x 457 mm

Tate

Work No. 1103

2011 · Oil paint on canvas

unconfirmed: 610 x 457 mm

Tate

Work No. 1102

2011 · Acrylic paint on canvas

unconfirmed: 610 x 457 mm

Tate

Work No. 890: DON’T WORRY

2008 · Neon lights

object: 505 x 500 x 60 mm

Tate

Work No. 944

2008 · 21 works on paper, ink

image, each: 297 x 210 mm

Tate

WattsOS

Work No. 965. Half the Air in a Given Space

2008 · purple balloons, multiple pieces

Diameter: 28 cm (11 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Work No. 837

2007 · Film, 35 mm, shown as video, 4 monitors, colour and sound

duration: 1min, 53sec

Tate

WattsOS

Work No. 341

2004 · Felt-tip pen and ink on seven pieces of paper

Each: 11 1/2 x 8 1/4" (29.2 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Work No. 327: A sheet of paper crumpled up and flattened out

2004 · Crumpled paper on paperboard

11 x 7 3/4" (27.9 x 19.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Work No. 328: A sheet of paper folded and unfolded

2004 · Folded paper

11 7/8 x 8 1/4" (30.2 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Work No. 301: A sheet of paper crumpled into a ball

2003 · Crumpled paper in plexiglass on wood pedestal

43 x 11 1/4 x 8 7/8" (109.2 x 28.6 x 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Work No. 309: A sheet of paper torn up

2003 · Torn paper in plexiglass on wood pedestal

43 x 11 1/4 x 8 7/8" (109.2 x 28.6 x 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Work No. 232: the whole world + the work = the whole world

2000 · Neon lights and metal

unconfirmed: 500 x 15500 mm

Tate

Work No. 233

2000 · Digital print on paper

unconfirmed: 260 x 210 mm

Tate

Work No. 227, The Lights Going On And Off

2000 · Electrical timer (frequency five seconds on/five seconds off)

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

Work No. 203: EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT

1999 · Neon lights

object: 500 x 13000 mm

Tate

Everything is Going to Be Alright

1999 · CD

cover: 4 7/8 × 5 5/8" (12.4 × 14.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I Can't Move

1999 · CD

cover: 4 7/8 × 5 5/8" (12.4 × 14.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nothing

1997 · CD

cover: 4 7/8 × 5 5/8" (12.4 × 14.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Work No. 117

1995 · Cassette tape

cover: 4 1/4 × 2 3/4" (10.8 × 7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

22 published of 31 catalogued · 27 with image

MoMA
10 publishedof 19 catalogued16 img
Tate
10 published10 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published
Victoria & Albert
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Work No. 965. Half the Air in a Given Space
2008 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Work No. 233
2000 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Work No. 944
2008 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Work No. 203: EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT
1999 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Work No. 1104
2011 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Work No. 1105
2011 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Work No. 837
2007 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Work No. 1102
2011 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Work No. 232: the whole world + the work = the whole world
2000 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Work No. 1103
2011 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements2

Installation Art Contemporary

Collections5

Museum of Modern Art Cleveland Museum of Art Victoria and Albert Museum Tate Sotheby's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Sotheby's

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