Duncan Marquiss

Born: 1979, Dumfries

Based: Glasgow

Represented by: Dicksmith Gallery, London

Duncan Marquiss makes drawings and films which are mesmerizing in their presence and enchanting in their beauty, yet beneath them lies an altogether darker subtext. Marquiss often reverts to an iconography of the lycanthrope, the symbolic transformation of man into animal, and through it the becoming or return to a base and sublime state of raw drives and concerns. Marquiss will have a forthcoming solo show at The Changing Rooms, Stirling in 2007 and was a recent recipient of the Scottish Arts Council/Scottish Screen Artists Film and Video Award. He lives and works in Glasgow and is represented by Dicksmith Gallery, London.