Born in New Zealand, Boyd Webb studied art at Canterbury University before winning a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Art, London. He has exhibited widely internationally, with solo shows in amongst other public galleries, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and Auckland Art Gallery. He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1988.Webb’s work is held in major public and private collections in the UK, Europe, United States, Australia and New Zealand. The artist has lived and worked in England since 1972