Never before seen in public, this is a coffin for a fictional clown bedecked with 540 programmed fairground lights, and made precisely to fit the artist himself. Whether the piece is sad or funny, is entirely up to you!
Michael Trainor is a practising artist and PhD student at Edinburgh College of Art researching the history of ‘Creative Responses to Nuclear Weapons’ and developing new artworks and language that renew our ‘stuck’ relationship with them
He has been a professional artist and art commissioner for over 20 years with works including large scale interventions in the public realm, major exhibitions, art events and evolving projects with communities that unfold over many years.
He was Artistic Director and CEO of Arts Council England’s flagship ‘LeftCoast’ organisation in Blackpool (2013-17). During this tenure he conceived and lead the development of ART B&B – an artist designed hotel which opened in 2019 as a fully functioning community business re-investing back into local creative talent development and artistic commissioning.
He works across multiple media and practice methodologies depending on the nature of the idea to be realised.
He is a Clore Fellow.
