Cathy Wilkes shortlisted for the 2008 Turner Prize

Artist’s Biography:

Cathy Wilkes is one of four artists shortlisted for this years Turner Prize. Her installations are formally precise and contemplative. Wilke's work is composed using an eloquent and complex visual vocabulary and characterised by the direct invocation of daily human experience.

Cathy Wilkes was born in Belfast in 1966 and now lives and works in Glasgow. She creates sculptural work, often using shop mannequins.

"Through rigorous, highly charged arrangements of commonplace objects and materials, Wilkes has developed an articulate and eloquent vocabulary that touches on issues of femininity and sexuality," The Tate explains.

"Richly suggestive, elliptical, and movingly understated, Wilkes's work makes you feel time, see mood, touch space," describes The Guardian.

Image: Installation view: Selective Memory: Scotland and Venice, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 2005. 2005
Courtesy of the Artist, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow. © Cathy Wilkes. Photo: Ruth Clark Photography

Portrait: Cathy Wilkes
© Lauschmann

Artist’s Statement:

Wilkes has created a new room-sized sculpture which presents a highly-charged arrangement of readymades, sculptures, found objects and manipulated images.

Cathy Wilkes shortlisted for the 2008 Turner Prize