Mat Collishaw
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Mat Collishaw is a contemporary British artist known for his provocative, often darkly beautiful works that explore themes of violence, mortality, and the power of images, and for being part of the Young British Artists generation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mat Collishaw canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8213974 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mat Collishaw Context triple: [Young British Artists, associatedPerson, Mat Collishaw]
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A.
James Collinson
James Collinson was a 19th-century English painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and early Victorian art circles.
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B.
Raymond Collishaw
Raymond Collishaw was a Canadian First World War flying ace and one of the highest-scoring fighter pilots of the conflict.
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C.
Clive Revill
Clive Revill is a New Zealand-born actor and voice actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including providing the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in the 1980 release of "The Empire Strikes Back."
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D.
Roger Collins
Roger Collins is a character in the Dark Shadows universe, typically portrayed as a wealthy and somewhat aloof member of the Collins family who becomes entangled in the supernatural events surrounding their ancestral estate.
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E.
Michael Foale
Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut renowned for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle and Mir, and for being one of the most experienced spacefarers in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mat Collishaw Target entity description: Mat Collishaw is a contemporary British artist known for his provocative, often darkly beautiful works that explore themes of violence, mortality, and the power of images, and for being part of the Young British Artists generation.
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A.
James Collinson
James Collinson was a 19th-century English painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and early Victorian art circles.
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B.
Raymond Collishaw
Raymond Collishaw was a Canadian First World War flying ace and one of the highest-scoring fighter pilots of the conflict.
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C.
Clive Revill
Clive Revill is a New Zealand-born actor and voice actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including providing the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in the 1980 release of "The Empire Strikes Back."
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D.
Roger Collins
Roger Collins is a character in the Dark Shadows universe, typically portrayed as a wealthy and somewhat aloof member of the Collins family who becomes entangled in the supernatural events surrounding their ancestral estate.
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E.
Michael Foale
Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut renowned for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle and Mir, and for being one of the most experienced spacefarers in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Young British Artist
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contemporary artist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn | London art scene ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Damien Hirst
NERFINISHED
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Tracey Emin NERFINISHED ⓘ YBA movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Collishaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary art
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installation art ⓘ photography ⓘ sculpture ⓘ video art ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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installation art ⓘ |
| givenName | Mat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.matcollishaw.com/ ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | Young British Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Mat Collishaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
darkly beautiful imagery
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exploration of mortality ⓘ exploration of the power of images ⓘ exploration of violence ⓘ provocative artworks ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All Things Fall
NERFINISHED
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Bullet Hole NERFINISHED ⓘ Insecticide series NERFINISHED ⓘ The End of Innocence NERFINISHED ⓘ The Garden of Unearthly Delights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | artist ⓘ |
| partOf | Young British Artists generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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historical trauma ⓘ media imagery ⓘ mortality ⓘ religion ⓘ spectacle ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
digital media
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light ⓘ photography ⓘ sculptural objects ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mat Collishaw Description of subject: Mat Collishaw is a contemporary British artist known for his provocative, often darkly beautiful works that explore themes of violence, mortality, and the power of images, and for being part of the Young British Artists generation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.