Life and Work
Guy Tarrant began making artworks in 1987. After graduating from Sheffield Hallam University in 1991 and later training to become a teacher Tarrant began to draw on his experiences within the education system. In his touring exhibition, God Save The Pupils Tarrant and artist Mercedes Phillips exhibited various found art objects confiscated from school children. These included unusual homemade weaponry, fashion items, defaced textbooks, toys and drugs. Other items in the show included a whisky bottle filled with urine which was given to a teacher as a leaving present, as well as various graffitied and vandalised school desks and doors.
The show involved liaisons with over 300 different London schools. It was exhibited at The Stephen Lawerence Gallery in Greenwich and the Dean Clough Gallery in Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Tarrant is also involved with community art and has worked on art projects with the mental health arts group Centerpieces. As Centrepieces project leader, he has received several art awards.
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