Graham Fagen
Individual
Roles
Artist, EducatorBiography
Graham Fagen (born 1966) is a Scottish artist living and working in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied sculpture at The Glasgow School of Art (1984-1988, BA) and Art and Architecture at the Kent Institute of Art and Design (1989-1990, MA). He is Professor of Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. He is one of the UK’s foremost contemporary artists, working across mediums including video, installation, sculpture, photography and text, to create works which explore history and culture. He is interested in how history and culture is created and how in turn this shapes and forms who we are or who we become. Common themes of his work have included Scotland and the transatlantic slave trade, war, plants, journeys, poetry and popular song, as a means through which to explore the varying forces impacting our contemporary culture and identity. In the UK, he has exhibited at institutions including Victoria & Albert Museum, Tate Britain and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. In 1999, he was invited by the Imperial War Museum, London to work as the Official War Artist for Kosovo. Internationally, he has exhibited at the Busan Biennale, South Korea and the Art and Industry Biennial, New Zealand and was international artist in residence at Artpace, San Antonio, USA. In 2015, he represented Scotland at the 56th Venice Biennale. He is represented by Matt’s Gallery, London.Artimage, 2024