Background
Atkinson was born in Thurnscoe, near Barnsley, Yorkshire.
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Terry Atkinson
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In 1967, he began to teach art at the Coventry School of Art while producing conceptual 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 United Kingdom and in the United States is widely acknowledged. Atkinson stopped teaching at Coventry in 1973 and the following year left Art & Language.
He has since exhibited under his own name, including at the 1984 Venice Biennale.
As of 2003, Atkinson teaches art at the University of Leeds.
Achievements
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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 (1968-1974), two of the most influential collectives in contemporary Western art In 1985 he was nominated for the Turner Prize.
Membership
Art & Language.
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United Kingdom