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Michael Landy

Selected Biography

Born in London, 1963
Lives and works in London
Goldsmith's College, London, 1985-88

Selected Solo Exhibitions



2010

Art Bin

South London Gallery


2009

Theater of Junk

Nathalie Obadia, Paris


2008

In your face

Galerie 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-detached

Tate Britain, London


Michael Landy: Welcome To My World built with you in mind

Thomas Dane, London


2003

Michael Landy: Nourishment

Sabine Knust/Maximilianverlag, Munich


2002

Michael Landy: Nourishment

Maureen Paley/Interim Art, London


2001

Michael Landy: Break Down

C&A Store, Marble Arch, London


2000

Handjobs (with Gillian Wearing)

Approach Gallery, London


1999

Michael Landy at Home

7 Fashion Street, London


1996

Scrapheap Services

Chisenhale Gallery, London


1995

Scrapheap Services

Tate Gallery, London


Multiples: Editions from Scrapheap Services

Ridinghouse Editions, London


1993

Michael Landy: Warning Signs

Karsten Schubert, London


1992

Closing Down Sale

Karsten Schubert, London


1991

Michael Landy: Appropriations 1-4

Karsten Schubert, London


1990

Market

Building 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

Comisariada

MasArt Galeria, Barcelona


2008

To Burn Oneself with Oneself: The Romantic Damage Show

de 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 Show

de Appel, Amsterdam


2004

Bad Behaviour

an Arts Council Collection exhibition touring from the Hayward Gallery, London


2003

For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life

Vancouver 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 Art

Kunstmuseum 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 Collection

Hayward 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 5

Edinburgh; Cardiff; Birmingham


Diary

Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester


Puerile 69

Living Art Museum, Reykjavik


1999

New York Waste Management

Art 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 Sculpture

Amerada 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

Plastic

Walsall 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 Art

New 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 Britannica

Valentina 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 Opie

Goldsmiths' 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 Hume

Esther 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 Landy

Karsten 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


Zabludowicz

London