Solo Books and Catalogues:
- ‘Warszawa’ book: solo photographs of Warsaw, texts: Tadeusz Pioro & Andrzej Sosnowski (Wig-press 2005)
- ‘Thirteen’ book: solo photographs, texts: thirteen writers (Do-Not Press 2002)
- ‘Interstice’ solo exhibition catalogue (British Council 2002)
- ‘Faces of Mathematics’ book: solo photographs, texts: subjects & Nick Gilbert (Panoptika 2001)
- ‘Equivalents’ solo exhibition catalogue (Gallery FF 2001)
- ‘Liquid City’ book: solo photographs of London, texts: Iain Sinclair (Reaktion 1999)
- ‘The Teratologists’ book: solo studio photographs & text (Panoptika 1998)
Solo exhibitions:
2006
- ‘London’: University of Cambridge, UK
2005
- ‘Warszawa’: wizyTUjaca Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
- ‘Faces of Mathematics’: London Mathematical Society, London
- ‘A Place of Futures’, videos & reading, University of Liége, Belgum
2004
- ‘Lost Land’: St Margret Gallery, Chevannes, France.
2003
- ‘Faces of Mathematics’: University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
2002
- ‘Interstice’: British Council, Prague, Czech Republic
2001
- ‘Equivalents’: Gallery FF, Lodz, Poland
- ‘Fields of the Invisible’: Kont Gallery, Lublin, Poland
- ‘The Teratologists’: Standpoint Gallery, London
- ‘Faces of Mathematics’: Oxford University Museum of Natural History, UK
2000
- ‘Morphing By The Second’: The Book Art Museum, Lodz, Poland
- ‘London: Meridian Hotel’, Heathrow Airport, London
- ‘Fractions of a Fugue Glass’: The New Foundry, London
1999
- ‘Liquid City IV’: London Spa, London
- ‘Liquid City III’: Beyond Words, Edinburgh, Scotland
- ‘Liquid City II’: 291 Gallery, London
1998
- ‘Liquid City’: The Clerk’s House, London
1997
- ‘Grain’: Optic Gallery, London
1996
- ‘Records of State’: The Artery, London
- ‘Sub-Second’: Studio 13, Llanidloes, Wales
- ‘Resite’: MBA Agency, London
1995
- ‘Journeys to an Empty Room’: The Artery, London
- ‘Still’: The Eureka Gallery, London
1994
- ‘Authors of Shame’: Bridewell Theatre, London
- ‘Beneath A Leaded Sky’: Photofusion, London
1993
- ‘Recognition of Shadows’: Cambridge Darkroom, UK
1992
- 'Treves’ Mantle’: Camerawork Printroom, London
- ‘Memories of Nothing’: Islington Arts Factory, London
- ‘Insiders’: Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv, Israel
1990
- ‘Last States’: Jan Van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, NL
Forthcoming Books:
- ‘Underground’: solo photographs with text by Rod Mengham (Reaktion Books 2008)
- ‘London Dead’: solo photographs with text by Ed Glinert (HarperCollins 2008)
Group exhibitions / video showings selection:
2007
- ‘Control|Print’: Sea Gallery, London
- ‘Upper Silesian Art Festival’: Katowice, Poland.
2006
- ‘Urban Underworld’: University of Cambridge, UK
2004
- ‘La Jeune Poésie Anglaise Contemporaine’: Salle Jean Dame, Paris, France
- ‘BirkBeck Poetics Conference’: London, UK
- ‘Ars Poetica’: Bratislava, Slovakia
2003
- Cargo, Shoreditch, London, UK
- Studio, Hartlepool, UK
- Lemontree, Aberdeen, UK
- Roadmender, Northampton, UK
- Boardwalk, Sheffield, UK
- Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, UK
2002
- ‘video/poetry’: Cafe Monmartre, Prague, Czech Republic.
- ‘Zoopraxiscope video showing’: CCCP, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK
2001
- ‘Atopos’: The Poznanski Factory, Lodz, Poland
- ‘The Written Word is a Lie’: The Horse Hospital, London, UK
- ‘Cambridge Conference of Contemporary Poetry’, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK
- ‘Haiku’: Oxo Tower, London UK
2000
- ‘Contemporary Writers: National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
- ‘50 Years of Biomedical Sciences’: solo portraits commission, NIMR, London, UK
- ‘Korper’: Manuela Höfer Gallery, London, UK
- ‘A Single Place’: Place 38, Paris, France
1999
- ‘Walking Rodinsky’ “The Claybury Inferno”: Sheraz Hotel, Brick Lane, London, UK
- ‘Unlimited Access - Un Phantoms’: The Clerk’s House, London, UK
1998
- ‘Turning the Page’: Picture House Centre For Photography, UK
- ‘Un Phantoms’: Un Phantoms, Symondsbury Manor, Dorset, UK
- ‘London Voices’: Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
- ‘Hand-Held Visions’: Watershed Cinema, Bristol, UK
- ‘Die Lampe’: Innenstrasse, Berlin, Germany
- ‘Peoples Choice Photo 98 The Reading Room, Scarborough, UK
- Manuela Höfer Gallery, London, UK
1997
- ‘Lights Out’: Slaughterhouse Gallery, London, UK
- ‘Jago & Out’: Jago Gallery, London, UK
1996
- ‘Life/Live’: Musee d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
- ‘Hidden Heart of Hackney’: Gallery 64 London, UK
- ‘Words & Pictures’: Issue 6, Limited Edition artists’ book, UK
- ‘One Humour’: The Institution of Rot, London, UK
- ‘City Within’: Spitalfields, London, UK
- ‘90-5=95’: The Artery, London, UK
1995
- ‘Acceleration’: Rue du la Lune, Paris, France
- ‘In Territory’: Spitalfields, London, UK
1994
- ‘Footfalls Echo in the Memory’: 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, N Y, USA
- ‘Rodinskyís Place’: The Heritage Centre, Princelet St., London, UK
- ‘Plan’: P.C.I.A., Ann Arbor, MI., USA
- ‘Opening Titles’: University of Windsor, Ont., Canada
- ‘Photoshow II’: Lebel Building, Windsor, Ont., Canada
1993
- ‘Earth’: South Bank Photography Show, London, UK
- ‘R.U.O. Film Festival’, Reading UK
- ‘Artseen’: UoW, Windsor, Ont., Canada
- ‘Photoshow’: Lebel Building, Windsor, Ont., Canada
1992
- ‘East South’: Whereby Read Gallery, Canterbury, UK
- ‘Icon’: South Bank Photography Show, London, UK
- ‘Residues’: Cheltenham College of Art, Cheltenham, UK
1991
- ‘Myth America’: University of North Dakota, USA
- Studio 13, Libertyville, Ill., USA
- ‘Contact’: South Bank Photography show, London, UK
1990
- La Scoula Britannica, Rome,Italy
- ‘Relationships’: University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
1989
- Shaffytheatre, Amsterdam, NL
- Kijkhuis, Den Haag, NL
- Jan Van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, NL
- ‘A.V.E. film festival’ Festival, Arnam, NL
1988
- Gloucester Museum & Art Gallery, & tour: Gloucestershire, UK
Books and Catalogues - collections:
- ‘The World’s Top Photographers: Nudes’ book: also inc. Bourdin, Rankin, Rheims (RotoVision 2005)
- ‘London - From Punk to Blair’ book: image & prose collection (Reaktion 2003)
- ‘FABS: 1999-2002’ catalogue of Fabs Association organised exhibitions (Fabs 2003)
- ‘The Nude’ book: international photographers also inc. Bill Brant & Ralph Gibson (RotoVision 2001)
- ‘Erotica’ book: international photographers (Robinson 2001)
- ‘Cutting It Fine’ solo images ‘Soho Soho’ resteraunt; text: A. Parkinson & J. Green (Cape 2001)
- Royal College of Art Fashion Catalogue joint photography (RCA 2001)
- ‘The Society of Scottish Artists’ catalogue of group exhibition (1998)
- ‘Winter-New York’ post- group exhibition/performance publication (1996)
- ‘Blind Montage’ group catalogue ‘Great Britain Performances’ (So What 1992)
- ‘Masses Lacing Masses’ collab. with Anet Van Den Elzan (So What 1992)
Reviews / Articles selection:
- ‘Koikispass’ magazine “Marc Atkins: Trajectoire en noir et blanc” by pierre Duriot June 2006
- ‘The Liberal’ magazine “Atkins/Warsaw” February 2006
- ‘Co Jest Rane’ magazine “Warszawa” March 2005
- ‘Jedno Miasto’ magazine “Warszawa” March 2005
- ‘Tydzien’ magazine, Marc Atkins Fotographie, March 2005
- ‘Le Passant Ordinaire’ “Chambre Noir” story and images. Issue 49 July 2004
- ‘Pictured’ photo magazine 2 articles:”Les Amantes” & “Ten Speed Racer”Issue 6 November 2003
- ‘Pictured’ photo magazine 2 articles: “10 Speed Racer” & “Random House” Issue 3 July 2003
- ‘Works On Paper’ anthology of contemporary texts & images “Corners of the Eye” by D. Milne Jan 2003
- ‘Dwukropek’ arts magazine Poland “Marc Atkins” by Tadeusz Pioro Issue 2 December 2002
- ‘Art Monthly’ review of ‘Thirteen’ book July 2002
- ‘Performance Research’ review of solo exhibition at Gallery FF, Poland. Issue 7/2 2002
- ‘Porzucone twarze’ art magazine review solo exhibition Gallery FF, Poland January 2002
- ‘Desire’ magazine review of ‘Thirteen’ book Issue 42/2002
- ‘Daily Express’ review of ‘Thirteen’ book 1/6/2002
- ‘Litteraria Pragensia’ Czech Rep. review of solo exhibition at Gallery FF, Poland. Vol 11/22 2001
- ‘Negronia’ magazine Poland review of solo exhibition: Galeria Kont, Poland, by A. Olejarczyk Aug 2001
- ‘Fotographia’ photography magazine Poland review of solo exhibition at Gallery FF, Poland. August 2001
- ‘Bizarre’ ‘psychogeography’ June 2001
- ‘The Guardian’ review of solo exhibition at The Foundry, London, by Jonathan Jones 2/3/2000
- ‘Village Voice’ New York review of ‘Liquid City’ book by Simon Reynolds Sep 1999
- ‘TLS’ review of ‘Liquid City’ book by Anthony Rudolf 13/8/1999
- ‘New York Times’ review of ‘Liquid City’ book by Michael Hofmann 29/8/1999
- ‘London Magazine’ review of ‘Liquid City’ book by Stephen Garden 8/1999
- ‘Hotshoe International’ “Marc Atkins” Sep-Oct 1999
- ‘Time Out’ review of ‘Liquid City’ book “vanishing points” by Nicolas Royle 1-7/7/1999
- ‘Building Design’ review of ‘Liquid City’ book “Doing the Lambeth Walk” by Chris Hall 11/6/99
- ‘The Spectator’ review of ‘Liquid City’ book “The Poetry of Bricks and Mortar” by A. Barrow 12/6/99
- ‘New Statesman’ review of ‘Liquid City’ book “Spies Like Us” by Tristan Quinn 5/7/1999
- ‘R.I.B.A. Journal’ review of ‘Liquid City’ book. 6/1999
- ‘Independent on Sunday’ review of ‘Liquid City’ “Marks of Woe in the East End” by Jah Wobble 30/5/99
- ‘Blueprint’ ‘London: a story in Words and pictures’ by Joe Kerr 6/1999
- ‘Rising East’ ‘A Journey Through London’ by Annie Morrand volume 3/ no.3
- ‘The Brain’ ‘Liquid City’ by Paul McRandle volume 2/ issue 44
- ‘Evening Standard’ ‘Meandering through a city in meltdown’ by M. McGrath 17/5/1999
- ‘Uncut’ ‘The Falconer’ by Jenny Fabian Oct.1998
- ‘The Observer’ review of ‘Liquid City’ book Book Reviews by Stephanie Merritt 27/6/1999
- ‘Hotshoe International’ review of ‘Liquid City’ book. Read July-August 1999
- ‘Time Out’ on art magazines by Nicolas Royal 10-17/12/1997
- ‘Entropy’ ‘Marc Atkins in Profile’ by Gareth Evans Volume 1/ issue 1 1997
Images published - general books and catalogues:
- ‘Architecture Between Spectacle and Use’ Clark Art Institute 2006
- ‘Photographer’s Market’ W D Books 2006
- ‘Press Book / No.1’ Design catalogue The English Group 2005
- ‘D & AD’ Top British Designers Annual book 2005
- ‘London’ book: photography collection with text by Peter Ackroyd Random House 2003
- ‘Autopia’ book, edited by Joe Kerr and Peter Wollen Reaktion 2002
- ‘Rodinsky’s Whitechapel’ book by Rachel Lichtenstein Artangel 1999
- ‘Rodinsky’s Room’ book by R. Lichtenstein and I. Sinclair Granta 1999
- ‘Comparative Criticism’ book No. 19 ed. E.S. Shaffer, Cambridge University Press 1998
- ‘LOOP’ book - East London Artists ed. F. Lacroix & R. Thomson, Downtown Assignments 1998
- ‘Endgame. Art, Criticism & Theory’ book ed. Juliet Steyn, Pluto Press 1997
- ‘Allnighter’ book Image, story, poetry collection Pulp Fiction 1997
- ‘Many Years From Now’ Biography of Paul McCartney by Barry Miles Cape 1997
- ‘House-Rachel Whiteread’ catalogue Artangel 1995
- ‘Return of the Reforgotten’ catalogue: poetry festival, Royal Albert Hall 1995
- ‘Subversion in the Streets of Shame’ Catalogue Disobey 1994
- ‘Alive in Parts of this Century’ Book on Eric Mottram North & South 1994
- ‘Wazegoose’ Ontario Universities Review, Canada 1994
- ‘Contemporary Literary Criticism Year-book’ book Gale Research 1993 & 1998 & 2005
- ‘East South’ catalogue 1992
- British School at Rome, Scholars & ‘Ten Years’ B.S.R. catalogue 1989-91
Images published - magazines selection [see also Reviews / Articles]:
- ‘Frieze’ magazine UK
- ‘The London News Review’ magazine UK
- ‘Pictured’ UK
- ‘Le Passant Ordinaire’ Belgum
- ‘Performance Research’ UK
- ‘Sunday Life’ Australia
- ‘Prze Kroj’ Poland
- ‘Play’ The Times UK
- ‘Bizarre Magazine’ UK
- ‘Flux magazine’ UK
- ‘The Idler’ UK
- ‘The Observer Magazine’ UK
- ‘Gazeta de Matemática’ Portugal
- ‘Time Out’ UK
- ‘Building Design’ UK
- ‘The Spectator’ UK
- ‘Entropy’ UK
- ‘Eve’ UK
- ‘London Review of Books’ UK
- ‘Traveler Overseas’ USA
- ‘The Walrus Magazine’ Canada
- ‘Tate’ Tate Gallery magazine UK
- ‘The New Statesman & Society’ UK
- ‘Beat Scene’ UK
- ‘Vogue’ No. 10 Germany
- ‘Rolling Stone’ Germany
- ‘Szene Hamburg’ Germany
- ‘Dynamo’ Italy
- ‘Professional Photographer’ UK
- ‘London Book Review’ UK
- ‘Modern Painters’ UK
- ‘Blast First’ London UK
- ‘At Random’ New York
- ‘Hybrid’ UK
- ‘Brabants Dagbald’ N.L.li
- ‘Rapid Eye’ UKli
- Images also regularly used in UK newspapers : The Times’ ‘The Guardian’ ‘The Independent’ etc
Film / Television / Radio:
- “Radio 3” Poland interview March 2005
- “Kulturni tydenik” “Week in Culture” Czech Television 2002
- “Gyles Brandryth” LBC UK 2002
- “Radiozurnal” Radio 1, Czech Radio 2002
- “Vltava” Radio 3, Czech Radio 2002
- “London” Director Fred Taylor Discovery Channel 2000
- “Asylum” Film Director Chris Petit Channel 4/Illuminations 2000
- “Raw TV” Carlton Television UK
- “Brian Morden Show” Radio Scotland 27/5/1999
- “Arena” BBC 2 28/8/1999
- “Front Row” Radio 4 UK 21/5/1999
- “Giddion Coe Show” Greater London Radio UK 12/5/1999
- “The Falconer” Film Director Chris Petit Channel 4/Illuminations 1998
- “Bobbing for Hostesses” Film Director Derdre Logue Independent Canada 1994
- “The Temptation of Sainthood” Film Director Simon Pummel Channel 4/Koninck 1993
- “The Late Show” BBC 1992
- “The Cardinal and the Corps” Film Director C. Petit Channel 4/Koninck 1992
- “Sverdid” Film Director Ben Brack Nederland 4 1988
Videography:
- 'Byam Shaw' (commission) 5:25 2007
- ‘Awake in a Room’ 3:15 2007
- ‘Quiet, This Still Air’ 6:20 2006
- ‘Your Concrete Arms’ 5:45 2005
- ‘A Place of Futures’ 6:20 2005
- ‘Orphée’ 3:50 2004
- ‘Scratch’ 50:00 2003
- ‘Space, space’ 1:30:00, 2003
- ‘Sounding Pole’ collab. Rod Mengham 4:00 2003
- ‘A Moments Tribute’ collab. Rod Mengham 6:00 2002
- ‘Bal’ collab. Rod Mengham 18:02 2001
- ‘Work in the Fields’ collab. Rod Mengham 4:00 2001
- ‘Such Days’ 12:04 1999
- ‘The Second Floor’ 27:00 1999
- ‘Rodinsky’s Mirror’, 30:00 1999
- ‘The Claybury Inferno’, 60:00 1999
- ‘Lacuna’ parts 1-10, total run time 60:00 1998
- ‘Through the Corner of an Eye’ 48:03 1998
- ‘Et Seqq.’, 12:00 1995
- ‘Trace’, 14:06 1995
- ‘Chemical Wedding’, 10:06 1994
- ‘Kissing Echo’, 2:07 1994
- ‘Ghost Muse’, 7:00 1994
- ‘A Further Silence’, 10:05 1993
- ‘Apply as time goes’, 8:07 1993
Sound works:
- ‘Last Days’ 15:00 2004
- ‘London Dec 29 1998’ 16:00 2004
- ‘Chemical Wedding’ 5:00 2003
- ‘Sylo’ 7:00 2002
- ‘Equasion’ 5:00 2001
- ‘Manifest’ - Un Phantoms CD 6:00 1999
- ‘Un Phantoms’-Un Phantoms CD 20:00 1998
- ‘Logos People’, 10:00 1996
- ‘Outsiders I, II & III’, each 6:00 1995
- ‘A line in the Dust’, 20:00 1994
- ‘Ghost’, 7:00 1994
- ‘The Peopled Streets’, 8:00 1994
Talks / Readings / performances:
- “The Story of the City” forum, talk and slide presentation, Royal Academy, London, 2007
- “Camera/Construct” conference, talk & slide presentation, UEL School of Architecture, London 2006
- “Przeobrazenia Co Sekunde” performance, The Book Art Museum, Lodz, Poland 2000
- Slide presentation, Royal College of Art, London 2000
- Slide presentation, Photographers Gallery, London 1999
- “Liquid City” slide presentation,The Old Operating Theatre, London 1999
- “Unlimited Access” performance, Un Phantoms, The Clerk’s House, London 1999
- “Marginalia” performance, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK 1999
- Slow Chocolate Autopsy reading, with I. Sinclair & D. McKeen: Books Etc. London 1998
- “Do Tongues” slide presentation, Arts Club, Brighton, UK 1997
- “The Peopled Streets” sound work: Cleveland Performance Art Festival, Ohio, USA 1997
- “Eating With The Fireflies” slide presentation, Birmingham National Exhibition Centre, UK 1997
- “London Heights” performance, River Thames at Southwark, London 1995
- The Sommerfeld Lecture: slide presentation, Cheltenham College of Art, UK 1995
- “Red Screams & Monochrome Blood” performance, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY 1994
- “Mnemonic Chambers” performance, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY 1994
- “At the Mouth of the Sibylline’s Cave” performance, Bridewell Theatre, London 1994
- “Replacement of Absence” performance, University of Windsor, Canada 1994
- Slide presentation, Photofusion Gallery, London 1994
- “Intwosides” performance, with Lisa Solomon, Chelsea School of Art, London 1993
- “The Haven” reading, J.T. Wing Building, Windsor, Canada 1993
- “Inter Alia” performance, J.T. Wing Building, Windsor, Canada 1993
- “Burning Characterless” performance, Central St.Martins School of Art, London 1992
- “Such Lands” performance, with Anet Van Den Elzan, live arts festival, Den Bosch, NL 1992
- “A Hole of Glass” performance, “Time Being” live arts festival, Cheltenham, UK 1992
- “Triangulation” performance, The White Chapel, London 1992
- “Through the Debris” performance, La Scoula Britannica, Rome 1990
- “Repletion, Isolation, Stagnation” performance, Jan Van Eyck Akademie, NL 1989
- “Finally Lost” performance, Grays Farm, Dorset, UK 1989
- “Max” performance, Cheltenham College of Art, UK 1987
Professional Client List:
- CSM/Byam Shaw School of Art, London www.csm.arts.ac.uk (link opens in new page)
- Central St. Martins School of Art, London
- Royal College of Art, London
- British School at Rome
- Vaughan Oliver / V23
- Jamie Keenan, UK
- Jon Grey, UK
- Ghost Design, London
- Namara Design, London
- Studio Tonne, UK
- Morphosis, New York
- Atelier Dominique Toutain, France
- 4AD
- Polydor Ltd.
- The Red Flag Recordiing Co.
- D&AD
- 30 Hertz Records / Jah Wobble, London
- Maestro Productions, New York
- Illumination Films, London
- Koninck Productions Ltd., London
- Bill Drummond (Writer / Musician)
- The Independent, UK
- News International
- Sunday Telegraph, UK
- The Observer, UK
- Chris Petit (Film Director / Writer)
- Disobey, London
- EPSRC
- King Mob, London
- University of Windsor, Ont., CDA
- Albin-Michel, Paris
- Ambo | Anthos, Amsterdam
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London
- C. Bertelsmann, Germany
- Cambridge University Press, UK
- The Do-Not Press, London
- Edition Rivages, Paris
- Edition Métailié, Paris
- Edition du Seuil, Paris
- Equipage, Cambridge, UK
- Fontein, Amsterdam
- Granta Publications, London
- HarperCollins Publishers, London
- Headline Books, London
- Little Brown Book Group Ltd, London
- The Mondadori Group, Milan
- Nautalus Books, Berlin
- No Exit Press, London
- North and South, London
- The Orion Publishing Group ltd, London
- Pan MacMillan, London
- Penguin Books, London
- Profile Books,UK
- Random House Group Ltd, London, New York & Toronto
- Reaktion books, UK
- Reed publishing, London
- Sacker & Walburg, London
- Serpent's Tail Ltd, London
- Simon and Schuster, UK
- Time Warner, London
- Van Gennep, Amsterdam
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Ballantine, New York
- Basic Books , New York
- Gale Research Inc. , Detroit
- HarperCollins Publishers , London, New York & Toronto
- Key Porter Books, Toronto
- Knopf,Inc. , New York
- Penguin Group, London, New York & Toronto
- Recorded Books Inc., USA
- SoHo Press , New York
- Viking , New York
- W.W.Norton Books , New York
- V & A magazine
- Vogue, Berlin
- Time Out magazine, London
- Idler magazine, London
- Blueprint magazine, London
- Pictured magazine
- Dynamo magazine, Rome
- Entropy magazine, UK
- Prze Kroj magazine, Poland
- Modern Painters magazine, London
- Rolling Stone, Berlin
- Select magazine, London
- Sunday Life magazine, Australia
Web-sites:
- www.marcatkins.com
- www.panoptika.net
- www.galeriaff.com
- www.ma.hw.ac.uk/~nick/fom.html
Background:
1994-2003
- Lived in London, UK
1993-94
- Lived & travelled in North America
1990-93
- Lived in London, UK
1989-90
- Lived in Rome, Italy
Art education:
1988-89
- Jan Van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, N.L. - MFA
1985-88
- Cheltenham College of Art & Technology, UK - B.A. Hons: First Class
1984-85
- Stafford College of Art & Design, UK - Foundation: Distinction
