Editing Terry Atkinson

{{Short description|English artist}}
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'''Terry Atkinson''' (born 1939) is an English artist.
==Career==
Atkinson was born in [[Thurnscoe]], near [[Barnsley]], Yorkshire.  He lives in Leamington Spa, England with his wife, artist Sue Atkinson, with whom he has frequently collaborated. In 1967, he began to teach art at the [[Coventry School of Art]] while producing [[conceptual art|conceptual]] works, sometimes in collaboration with Michael Baldwin. In 1968 they, together with [[Harold Hurrell]] and [[David Bainbridge (artist)|David Bainbridge]] who also taught at [[Coventry]], formed [[Art & Language]], a group whose influence on other artists both in the UK and in the United States is widely acknowledged.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.flashartonline.com/article/art-language/|title=Art & Language|date=4 December 2015|work=Flash Art|access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/culture/stories/2003/04/art-and-language.shtml|title=BBC – Coventry and Warwickshire Culture – Art and Language|publisher=BBC|access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.artnet.com/market/art-language-philippe-meaille-french-chateau-310458|title=Largest Art & Language Collection Finds Home|date=23 June 2015|work=artnet News|access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref> Atkinson was founder-member (with colleagues [[John Bowstead]], Roger Jeffs and Bernard Jennings) of the group Fine-Artz (1963), and (with David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin and Harold Hurrell) of the group Art & Language (1968–74), two of the most influential collectives in contemporary Western art.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Crow|first=Thomas|date=30 November 2017|title=Art by the Many: London Style Cults of the 1960s|url=http://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-7/london-style|journal=British Art Studies|issue=7|doi=10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-07/conversation|issn=2058-5462|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lanchestergalleryprojects.org.uk/artist/terry-atkinson/|title=Lanchester Gallery Projects {{!}} Artists {{!}} Terry Atkinson|website=lanchestergalleryprojects.org.uk|access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref>

Atkinson stopped teaching at [[Coventry]] in 1973 and the following year left [[Art & Language]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frieze.com/article/terry-atkinson|title=Terry Atkinson|website=frieze|access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref> He has since exhibited under his own name, including at the 1984 [[Venice Biennale]].

==Recognition and representation in collections==
In 1985 he was nominated for the [[Turner Prize]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/pictures/0,8542,1062817,00.html|title=20 years of Turner prize-winners index|website=The Guardian|access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref> and exhibited a series of paintings, including The Stone Touchers I.
Atkinson's work is held in many collections, including the [[Tate Gallery]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Search results|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/search?q=terry%20atkinson|website=Tate|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
*Information from [http://www.chateau-montsoreau.com/wordpress/fr/accueil/ Château de Montsoreau-Museum of contemporary] 
*[http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/turner-prize-1985/turner-prize-1985-artists-terry-atkinson information from Tate Britain website]
* [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/25936/lang/1 Terry Atkinson in Artfacts.Net]
* [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/5548/lang/1 Art & Language in Artfacts.Net]
*[http://yaleunion.org/atkinson/]
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[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:British conceptual artists]]
[[Category:People from Thurnscoe]]
[[Category:English contemporary artists]]
[[Category:Art & Language]]