[Marvin Gaye Chetwynds bat opera book]

Marvin Gaye Chetwynd was nominated 2012 for the Turner Prize. Known for her anarchic performances that draw widely from both high and low cultural sources such as Giotto and Star Wars, Chetwynd was selected to participate in ‘New Contemporaries’ 2004 at Coach Shed, Liverpool Biennial and Barbican Art Gallery, London. Recent solo exhibitions and major performances include The Monteverdi Gallery, Castiglioncello del Trinoro, Monteverdi, Italy, 2013; ‘Home Made Tasers’, New Museum, New York (NY), USA, 2011-12 and ‘Odd Man Out’, Sadie Coles, London, 2011. In 2014 she has solo exhibitions at Nottingham Contemporary, UK; Studio Voltaire, London; and Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow.