{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{short description|Scottish sculptor}}
'''Martin Boyce''' (born 1967)<ref name=turner-guardian>{{cite news|author=Charlotte Higgins |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/dec/05/martin-boyce-turner-prize-winner |title=Martin Boyce wins Turner prize 2011 |work=The Guardian |date=5 December 2011 |accessdate=3 January 2016}}</ref> is a Scottish sculptor inspired by early 20th century modernism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.creativetimes.co.uk/articles/i-ll-always-be-turner-prize-nominated-martin-boyce |title=I'll always be 'Turner Prize-nominated Martin Boyce'. |work=Creative Times |accessdate=3 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628021630/http://www.creativetimes.co.uk/articles/i-ll-always-be-turner-prize-nominated-martin-boyce |archive-date=28 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=telegraph-turner>{{cite web|author=Anita Singh |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/turner-prize/8936816/Turner-Prize-2011-won-by-Scottish-sculptor-Martin-Boyce.html |title=Turner Prize 2011 won by Scottish sculptor Martin Boyce |work=The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=3 April 2014}}</ref>
Boyce was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire<ref name=turner-guardian/> and educated at Holy Cross High School in Hamilton.<ref name="Scotsman 17Nov2002">{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/art-of-the-matter-1-1379225 |title=Art of the matter |work=Scotland on Sunday |date=17 November 2002 |accessdate=3 January 2016}}</ref> He studied at the Glasgow School of Art, graduating with a BA in environmental art in 1990, then a MFA in 1997.<ref name=tanyabonakdar-bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/artists/martin-boyce/series-works_3 |title=Martin Boyce: biography |publisher= Tanya Bonakdar Gallery |accessdate=3 January 2016}}</ref> He lives in Glasgow with his wife and children.<ref name=mirror-turner/>
Boyce won the 2011 Turner Prize for his installation ''Do Words Have Voices'', displayed at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.<ref name=turner-guardian/> The installation is a recreation of a park in autumn.<ref name=telegraph-turner/><ref name=mirror-turner>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/12/05/turner-prize-winner-martin-boyce-shrugs-off-streaker-in-a-tutu-gatecrashing-his-big-night-115875-23613072/ |title=Turner Prize winner Martin Boyce shrugs off streaker in a tutu gatecrashing his big night – Mirror Online |work=Daily Mirror |date=5 December 2011 |accessdate=3 April 2014}}</ref>
==Books== * ''Martin Boyce: When Now is Night'', Princeton Architectural Press, 2015 ({{ISBN|978-1616894030}})
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==External links== *[http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/artists/martin-boyce/series-works_3 Martin Boyce – Tanya Bonakdar Gallery] *[http://www.themoderninstitute.com/artists/3/selected-solo-exhibitions Martin Boyce – The Modern Institute]
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