Martin John Callanan

Martin John Callanan
Born	Martin John Callanan 1982 Solihull, West Midlands, England
Nationality	British
Education	Slade School of Fine Art
Known for	Digital art, installation art, Conceptual art, Performance art, Photography
Notable work	Departure of All, The Fundamental Units
Awards	FRSA, Philip Leverhulme Prize, The Leverhulme Trust Alumni of the Year

Martin John Callanan, FRSA (born 1982 in Solihull, West Midlands) is a British conceptual artist working in London and Scotland. He has lectured at the Slade School of Fine Art since 2008. Key exhibitions include White Cube Mason's Yard,Or Gallery, Berlin, Casal Solleric, Spain,Whitechapel Gallery, London,Imperial War Museum,International Film Festival Rotterdam and Whitstable Biennale. In 2013 Callanan was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize, an award for young academic researchers. Callanan is engaged to the artist Katie Paterson and lives in Berlin. Callanan currently works with the Bank of England, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Well known artworks include, "The Fundamental Units", a collaboration with the National Physical Laboratory imaging the world's lowest domination coins to massive scale using the latest microscopes.

I Wanted to See All of the News From Today, a web based program collecting front covers of newspapers from around the world, won an Honorary mention (best online project) at Live 2011 Grand Prix (Finland), and a finalist for both File Prix Lux (Brazil), and Screengrab 2010 Award, (Australia)

Callanan legally changed his name by deed poll from Martin John Callanan to Martin John Callanan in 2008 and again in 2012. The latter performance, which involved a magistrate visiting the gallery, took place at the London Open at the Whitechapel Gallery, London: curator Kirsty Ogg said "It highlights the fact that there is a particular bureaucratic process that we're all subject to but are not necessarily aware of".

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