Marc Atkins

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Marc Atkins

Marc Atkins is an English artist, photographer, filmmaker and poet, born in 1962, best known for his photography of cities and nudes, also commercially for music album and book covers.

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Background

Atkins attended Staffordshire College of Art and Design, gaining a Distinction; Cheltenham School of Art, receiving a First Class Honours Degree (in sculpture), followed by Postgraduate Studies at the Jan Van Eyck Academie, [1] Netherlands (in performance, video, film and photography). After spending the subsequent year in Rome, he returned to London.

He then moved to Canada where he became assistant professor at the University of Windsor, Ontario, during which time he travelled across North America. Since then, Atkins has lived and worked in London, but has also spent extended periods of time in Rome, New York, Warsaw and Paris.

Atkins has presented his work at lectures and conferences in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Atkins' work has been exhibited and published in books, magazines and newspapers, including Le Passant Ordinaire. [2]

Alongside his artistic practice, Atkins has undertaken commercial photography, producing album artwork, book-jackets, and video commissions. Several of his photographic portraits are held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. [3]

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Exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ "Art education". marcatkins.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Journey to an Empty Room". Le Passant Ordinaire. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
  3. ↑ "NPG Profile". National Portrait Gallery.
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