Michael Craig-Martin (Dublin, Ireland, 1941) attended Fordham University, New York (1959-1961) and Yale University (BA, 1963; MFA, 1966). He returned to Europe in the mid 60s, becoming a primary figure in British conceptual art, and by teaching at Goldsmiths College School of Art, London, (1974-1988;1994-2000) he became influential on a generation of his students, including Gary Hume, Sarah Lucas, and Damien Hirst, who became known as the Young British Artists. His works are held in major collections world-wide.

"I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects – a chair, a shoe, a book, a Judd – and compose them like sentences."

The artist traversed several mediums but made the shift to painting in the 1990s. The precise, exacting outlines are produced by carefully layering tape and paint, while the colour choices result from his artistic acumen. All paintings are made with acrylic on aluminium in Craig-Martin’s dynamic hallmark style. Additionally, since 2011 the artist has been exploring powder-coated steel sculptures that are monumental in size. Appearing like thin lines in the air, they resemble large line drawings.

Craig-Martin lives and works in London, UK.