Tim Etchells (b. 1962, United Kingdom) is an artist and a writer that lives and works in the United Kingdom. He has worked in a wide variety of contexts, notably as the leader of the world-renowned performance group Forced Entertainment and in collaboration with a range of visual artists, choreographers and photographers. His work spans performance, video, photography, text projects, installation and fiction.

In recent years Etchells has exhibited widely in the context of visual arts, with solo shows at Gasworks and Sketch (London), Bunkier Sztuki (Krakow), Galerije Jakopič (Ljubljana) and Künstlerhaus Bremen. His work has appeared in the biennials Manifesta 7 in Rovereto, Italy (2008), Art Sheffield 2008, Goteborg Biennale (2009), October Salon Belgrade (2010), Aichi Triennale in Japan (2010, with Vlatka Horvat) and Manifesta 9 (Parallel Projects) in Genk (2012). Selected group shows include Netherlands Media Art Institute (Amsterdam), MUHKA (Antwerp), Galleria Raffaella Cortese (Milan), Sparwasser HQ (Berlin), MACBA (Barcelona), The Centre for Book Arts (New York), David Roberts Art Foundation (London) and Kunsthaus Graz.