Ed Atkins, born in 1982, is a British contemporary artist best known for his video works and poetry. He is currently based in Copenhagen. Atkins’ practice often employs hyper-real digital imagery and language to explore themes of embodiment, emotion, mortality, and existence, combining technological precision with intense psychological resonance. He was raised in Stonesfield, a small village outside Oxford, where his early exposure to art was shaped by his mother, an art teacher, and his father, a graphic artist. Atkins earned his bachelor’s degree from Central Saint Martins and completed his MA in Fine Art at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, in 2009. He has previously taught at Goldsmiths College in London and currently lectures at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg. Swiss curator Hans-Ulrich Obrist has described Atkins as “one of the great artists of our time.”