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 works, sometimes in collaboration with Michael Baldwin. In 1968 they, together with
Harold Hurrell and 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.
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.
Atkinson stopped teaching at Coventry in 1973 and the following year left Art & Language.
Recognition and representation in collections
In 1985 he was nominated for the
Turner Prize and exhibited a series of paintings, including The Stone Touchers I.
Atkinson's work is held in many collections, including the
Tate Gallery.
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