Simon Starling (born 30 May 1967) is an English conceptual artist who won the Turner Prize in 2005. He works across sculpture, film, photography and installation.
Early life Simon Starling was born on 30 May 1967 in Epsom, Surrey.
From 1986 to 1987, Starling studied photography and art at Maidstone College of Art. From 1987 to 1990, he studied at Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham. Then, from 1990 to 1992, he attended Glasgow School of Art.
Career From 1993 to 1996, Starling was a committee member of Transmission Gallery, Glasgow."Simon Starling: Under Lime". Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin. Exhibition Catalogue. Cologne: Walther König, 2009
In 1999, Starling was the first recipient of the Blinky Palermo Grant."Simon Starling". Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig. Exhibition Catalogue. 1999
In 2003,Starling represented Scotland at the 50th Venice Biennial.
In 2005, Starling won the Turner Prize with the work, Shedboatshed, for which he turned a wooden shed into a boat, sailed it down the Rhine and then turned it back into a shed.
Starling was a professor of art at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main.
Awards Starling has received and been shortlisted for several awards, including:
1999: Recipient – Blinky Palermo Grant. 2004: Shortlist – Hugo Boss Prize, Guggenheim. 2005: Winner – Turner Prize, Tate. 2007: Winner – Alumnus of the Year, Nottingham Trent University.
Exhibitions
Solo
YearTitleInstitutionLocationRef1998Moderna MuseetStockholmCamden Arts CentreLondon2000Museu SerralvesPorto2001Kunstverein HamburgHamburgVienna SecessionVienna2002Museum of Modern ArtSydneyPortikusFrankfurtHammer MuseumLos Angeles2005Kunstmuseum Basel Museum für GegenwartskunstBasel2007Städtischen Kunstmuseum zum Museum FolkwangEssen2008The Power PlantToronto2011Tate St IvesCornwall2012Thyssen-Bornemisza ContemporaryVienna2016Simon Starling: At TwilightJapan SocietyNew York2025 - 2026Simon Starling: Boat WorksAbbot HallKendal
Group
YearTitleInstitutionLocationRef2003Scottish pavilion, 50th Venice BiennialVenice
Collections
Starling's work is in several public collections, including:
Tate Modern, London Moderna Museet, Stockholm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Kröller Müller Museum, Netherlands San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Museum Folkwang, Essen
Personal life Starling lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin.
See also Turner Prize Conceptual art
References
Bibliography Interview with Fabian Stech in ANNUAL MAGAZINE No., 2012 p. 143-146. Dieter Roelstraete, Francesco Manacorda, Janet Harbord, Simon Starling, Phaidon Press, London, 2012.
Further reading
External links Elaine YJ Zheng: Simon Starling: 'A-A';B-B'' The Modern Institute: Simon Starling Turner Prize 2005: Simon Starling Guggenheim: Simon Starling Guardian interview (12/2005) frieze review (10/2005) Casey Kaplan: Simon Starling Franco Noero: Simon Starling Tate: TateShots: Simon Starling at Tate St Ives. 2011. Tate Papers: "Replication: Some Thoughts, Some Works" – Tate Research