
Michael Landy
Selected Biography
Born in London, 1963
Lives and works in London
Goldsmith's College, London, 1985-88
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
Art BinSouth London Gallery
2009
Theater of JunkNathalie Obadia, Paris
2008
In your faceGalerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
Three-piece
Sabine Knust, Munich
2007
Art Basel, Miami
Michael Landy: H2NY
Alexander and Bonin, New York
Man in Oxford Street is Auto-Destructive
Sherman Galleries, Sydney
2004
Michael Landy: Semi-detachedTate Britain, London
Michael Landy: Welcome To My World built with you in mind
Thomas Dane, London
2003
Michael Landy: NourishmentSabine Knust/Maximilianverlag, Munich
2002
Michael Landy: NourishmentMaureen Paley/Interim Art, London
2001
Michael Landy: Break DownC&A Store, Marble Arch, London
2000
Handjobs (with Gillian Wearing)Approach Gallery, London
1999
Michael Landy at Home7 Fashion Street, London
1996
Scrapheap ServicesChisenhale Gallery, London
1995
Scrapheap ServicesTate Gallery, London
Multiples: Editions from Scrapheap Services
Ridinghouse Editions, London
1993
Michael Landy: Warning SignsKarsten Schubert, London
1992
Closing Down SaleKarsten Schubert, London
1991
Michael Landy: Appropriations 1-4Karsten Schubert, London
1990
MarketBuilding One, London Galerie Tanja Grunert, Cologne Studio Marconi, Milan
Supply: The Köln Show
Galerie Jablonka, Cologne
1989
Karsten Schubert, London
Sovereign, Projects for the windows of the Grey Art Gallery and Study Center
New York University
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
ComisariadaMasArt Galeria, Barcelona
2008
To Burn Oneself with Oneself: The Romantic Damage Showde Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art, Price and Value
Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
Safe as Houses
Karsten Schubert, London
2007
To Burn Oneself with Oneself: The Romantic Damage Showde Appel, Amsterdam
2004
Bad Behaviouran Arts Council Collection exhibition touring from the Hayward Gallery, London
2003
For the Record: Drawing Contemporary LifeVancouver Art Gallery
L'Air du Temps
Bloomberg Space, London
Shopping: Art and Consumer Culture
Kunstverein Frankfurt and Tate Liverpool
Micro/Macro: British Art 1996-2002
Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest
2002/3
From Blast To Frieze: A Century of British ArtKunstmuseum Wolfsburg and Les Abattoirs, Toulouse
2002
XXIV Bienal de São Paulo
Face/Off
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
2001
Out of line: Drawings from the Arts Council CollectionHayward Gallery: York City Art Gallery, York and tour
Field Day: Sculpture from Britain
Taipei Fine Arts Museum and the British Council
La Otra Britania
Centro Cultural Tecla Sala, Barcelona
2000
British Art Show 5Edinburgh; Cardiff; Birmingham
Diary
Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester
Puerile 69
Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
1999
New York Waste ManagementArt Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn
Flower Show
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Trace and Art Lovers
The Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art
Sensation: Young British artists from The Saatchi Collection
Brooklyn Museum
1998
Interactive: An Exhibition of Contemporary British SculptureAmerada Hess Limited, London
London Now
Saks Fifth Avenue, New York
Feeringbury VIII, Cultivated
Feeringbury Manor, Minories Art Gallery, Colchester
Sensation: Young British artists from The Saatchi Collection
Hamburger Bahnhof-Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
XXIV Bienal de São Paulo
1997
Material Culture: The Object in British Art of the 1980s and 90s’Hayward Gallery, London
Contemporary British Drawing
Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
Follow Me: British Art on the Lower Elbe
organized by Landschaftsverband Stade;
billboard at Kaemmererplatz, Cuxhaven
Dimensions Variable: New Works for the British Council Collection
British Council
exhibition, Helsinki Art Museum; touring Europe
Contemporary British Drawing
Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection
Royal Academy of Arts London
1996
PlasticWalsall Museum and Art Gallery; Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
The Meaning of Life
The Art Nolde Foundation, Stockholm
Arts Council Collection New Purchases
Arts Council; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne; Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston; Oldham Art Gallery, Sheffield; Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham; Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast; Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
Screening of Artist’s Film and Video
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
From Figure to Object: A Century of Sculptors' Drawings
Frith Street Gallery and Karsten Schubert, London
Some Drawings: From London
Kate Bernard, London
Made In London, Simmons & Simmons
in collaboration with the British Council, EXPO 98, Museu de Electricidade, Lisbon
1995
British ArtNew Haven, CT
Brilliant: New Art from Britain
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
LA International
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica
12th International Biennial of Small Sculpture
Murska Sobota, Slovenia
Contemporary British Art in Print
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh;
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT
Here and Now
Serpentine Gallery, London
1994
Not Self-Portrait: Larry Clark, Angus Fairhurst, Gilbert and George, Gary Hume, Michael Landy, Abigail Lane, Sarah Lucas, Marc Quinn, Cindy Sherman, Mark Wallinger, Gillian Wearing,Karsten Schubert, London
1993
Visione BritannicaValentina Moncada and Pino Casagrande, Rome
Restaurant
La Bocca, Paris
You've Seen the Rest Now Try the Best: Keith Coventry, Michael Landy, Mark Wallinger
City Racing Gallery, London
Five Works: Keith Conventry, Michael Landy, Bridget Riley, Rachel Whiteread and Alison Wilding
Karsten Schubert, London
Unfair, Cologne
The Two Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy of Art
Karsten Schubert at Aurel Scheibler
Rachel Whitehead, Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Cologne
1992
§Summer Group Show: Robert Barry, Keith Coventry, Angus Fairhurst, Michael Landy,Karsten Schubert
Fifth Anniversary Exhibition
Karsten Schubert, London
Instructions Received by Liam Gillick: Angela Bulloch, AdamChodzko, Matthew Collings, Jeremy Deller, Douglas Gordon, Gary Hume, Michael Landy, Jonathon Monk, Simon Patterson, Brendan Quick, Phillip Riley, Caroline Russel, Giorgio Sadoti, Gavin Turk, Gilli
Galleria Gio Marconi, Milan
Commissions and Collaborations: the BBC Billboard Project
Mills and Allen, London
Group Show: Nayland Blake, Harald Braun, Meg Cranston, Peter Fend, Beate Gunther,
Galerie Tanja Grunert, Cologne
London Portfolio: Dominic Denis, Angus Fairhurst, Damien Hirst, Langlands and Bell,
Karsten Schubert, London
1991
Centenary Exhibition: Michael Craig-Martin, Michael Landy and Julian OpieGoldsmiths' Gallery, London
Broken English: Angela Bulloch, Ian Davenport, Anya Gallaccio, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Michael Landy, Sarah Staton and Rachel Whiteread
Serpentine Gallery, London
Confrontaciones
Palacio de Velasquez, Madrid
Michael Landy, Chrsitian Marclay, Peter Nagy, Andreas Schon and Steve Wolfe
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York
Unknown Europe
Miedzyhardow e Stowarzysznenie Krytykow Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
We've Lost ET but the Boy's Coming Back: Peter Cain, Michael Jenkins and Michael Landy
Karsten Schubert, London
1990
East Country Yard Show, London
Multiples
Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York
Artificial Nature
Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens
A Group Show
Karsten Schubert, London
1989
Young British Art Show: Angela Bulloch, Michael Landy, Gary HumeEsther Schipper, Cologne
Home Truths
Castello di Rivara, Turin
Dan Flavin, Michael Landy, Thomas Locher
Karsten Schubert, London
La Biennal de Barcelona, Spain
1988
Ian Davenport, Gary Hume & Michael LandyKarsten Schubert, London
Freeze, London
That Which Appears is Good, That Which is Good Appears
Galerie Tanja Grunert, Cologne
Collections
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis
The Government Art Collection
London
Tate Collection
London
The British Council
London
Art Council England
Museum of Modern Art
New York
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