"remarkable" "a poet in a frenzy" 2016. Werner Herzog, filmmaker.

"undisciplined genius" 2004. "one of our most important artists" 2012. Brian Sewell art critic, writer and broadcaster.

Britain's most famous and controversial art critic.Boyd has shown work at a wide variety of galleries, events and venues, including Tate Online, FACT, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, The Lowry, Roundhouse, Urbis, Corsica Studios, The Bigger Picture with The Cornerhouse. A broad spectrum of Boyd's visual art and commercial work has been broadcast including music video channels, MTV, 4 Music, BBC 2, Channel 4 and Channel 5. He was joint winner of the Big Art Challenge UK Art Prize in 2004, a 6 part series on channel 5. A recipient of a Microwave award from FACT in 2004. In 2005 he provided a video in 40 Artists 40 Days, a special Tate Britain project supporting London's Olympic bid that brought the games to Britain in 2012.