Artist, born in Epsom, Surrey, whose work focused on ideas of process and change. He researched architecture, objects and machines, plotting relationships between their development and social, geographical and historical context. This frequently involved turning originals into fakes and ready-mades into re-mades. Starling studied at Maidstone College of Art, 1986–7; Nottingham Polytechnic, 1987–90; and Glasgow School of Art, 1990–2. In 1999 he won the Blinky Palermo Prize, Leipzig; a Henry Moore Sculpture fellowship, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee; and a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award. He was included in numerous group shows in Britain and abroad. In 1999, Starling was artist-in-residence at Camden Arts Centre, which gave him a solo show, 2000–1.