Monster Chetwynd Biography

Monster Chetwynd (f.k.a. Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Spartacus Chetwynd) was born in London and lives and works in Glasgow. She completed a BA in Social Anthropology and History, UCL, London (1995), followed by a BA in Fine Art, Slade School of Art/UCL, London (2000) and an MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London (2004).

In 2012 she was nominated for the Turner Prize. Recent solo exhibitions and major performances include those at Nottingham Contemporary, 2014; The Monteverdi Gallery, Castiglioncello del Trinoro, Monteverdi, Italy, 2013; Home Made Tasers, Studio 231, New Museum, New York, 2011–2012 and Odd Man Out, Sadie Coles, London, 2011. Her work has featured in numerous group exhibitions, including L’Almanach 14, Le Consortium, Dijon, France, 2014; Performance Now: The First Decade of the New Century, curated by Rose Lee Goldberg, various venues, USA, 2012–2014; Göteborg, International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Göteborg, Sweden (2013); Performa 13, New York (2013); Aquatopia, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK; Tate St Ives, St Ives, UK, 2013; Turner Prize, Tate Britain, London, 2012; Topsyturvy, de Appel, Amsterdam, 2012; British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, various venues, UK, 2010–2011. Later in 2014 Chetwynd will stage major solo presentations at Studio Voltaire, London; the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, and Tadeusz Kantor CRICOTEKA, Kraków, Poland, 2014.

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