Gavin Turk was born in 1967 in Guildford, Surrey. He attended the Royal College of Art from 1989-91 were he was infamously refused his MA degree certificate from the Royal College of Art for his final show in 1991 entitled Cave – a blue plaque similar to those used by English Heritage to commemorate the homes of notable figures from history. It was inscribed simply with the text, Borough of Kensington GAVIN TURK Sculptor worked here 1989-1991. Bestowed with instant notoriety, the work was purchased by Charles Saatchi and Turk has gone on to become one of Britain’s most successful Young British Artists of that generation. By making work that has a political element Turk makes us, the viewers, question our own position in society.