MARCUS COATES

Marcus Coates lives and works in London. Coates’ vicarious experiences on behalf of others is an inquiry into the degrees to which we can understand, know and relate to the world. His work is often performative using a process of radical empathy as a motivation to create, examine and critique relational tools. He tests actual and perceived boundaries with individuals, communities and with other species. New ways of relating are proposed and often put into practice. His approach is often functional with a social and ecological impact in mind. His recent exhibitions include: The Directors, Artangel Commission, London, 2022; The Limits of Humanity, Musée de l’Homme, Paris, 2021; The World is in You, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 2021; Joseph Beuys and the Shamans, Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau, Germany 2021; The Animal that therefore I am, OCAT Institute, Beijing, China, 2020; The Land We Live In, The Land We Left Behind, Hauser & Wirth Somerset 2018; among others.