Michael Landy
Born in London, England, 1963
Lives and works in London, England
Education
Goldsmith's College, London, England 1988
Solo Exhibitions
2023
EXFORM, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
2021
Michael Landy's Welcome to Essex, Firstsite, Colchester, England
Michael Landy's Break Down: 20 Years, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, England [travelled to: Firstsite, Colchester, England]
2020
What's Left?, Andriesse - Eyck Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018
Scaled-Down, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, England
2017
Michael Landy. Breaking News, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York NY
DEMONSTRATION, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Michael Landy: Breaking News-Athens, Diplarios School presented by NEON, Athens, Greece
2016
Out of Order, Tinguely Museum, Basel, Switzerland
2015
Breaking News, Michael Landy Studio,London, England
Breaking News, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
2014
Saints Alive, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico
2013
20 Years of Pressing Hard, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, England
Saints Alive, National Gallery, London, England
Michael Landy: Four Walls, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England
2011
Acts of Kindness, Kaldor Public Art Projects, Sydney, Australia
Acts of Kindness, Art on the Underground, London, England
Art World Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, England
2010
Art Bin, South London Gallery, London, England
2009
Theatre of Junk, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
2008
Thomas Dane Gallery, London, England
In your face, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Three-piece, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
2007
Man in Oxford is Auto-destructive, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia
H.2.N.Y, Alexander and Bonin, New York NY
2004
Welcome To My World-built with you in mind, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, England
Semi-detached, Tate Britain, London,
2003
Nourishment, Sabine Knust/Maximilianverlag, Munich, Germany
2002
Nourishment, Maureen Paley/Interim Art, London, England
2001
Break Down, C&A Store, Marble Arch, Artangel Commission, London, England
2000
Handjobs (with Gillian Wearing), Approach Gallery, London, England
1998
Michael Landy at Home, 7 Fashion Street, London, England
1996
The Making of Scrapheap Services, Waddington Galleries, London, England
Scrapheap Services, Electric Press Building, Leeds, England, [travelled to: Chisenhale Gallery, London, England]
1995
Multiples: Editions from Scrapheap Services, Ridinghouse Editions, London, England
Scrapheap Services, Tate Gallery, London, England
1993
Warning Signs, Karsten Schubert, London, England
1992
Closing Down Sale, Karsten Schubert, London, England
1991
Appropriations 1-4, Karsten Schubert, London, England
1990
Market, Building One, London, England
Galerie Tanja Grunert, Cologne, Germany
Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
1989
Karsten Schubert, London, England
Sovereign, Projects for the windows of the Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York NY
Group Exhibitions
2022
The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain, Somerset House, London, England
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
Dream On, Tobacco Factory, presented by the Hellenic Parliament and NEON, Athens, Greece
2021
UnNatural History, curated by Invisible Dust, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, England
2020
Cranach: Artist & Innovator, Compton Verney Art Gallery, Warwickshire, England
Duchamp Threads the Needle, David Nolan Gallery, New York NY
2019
Should I Stay or Should I Go?, Patrick Heide Gallery, London, England
Drawing Biennial 2019, The Drawing Room, London, England
Winter Garden, Lindsey Ingram Gallery, London, England
2018
Open for Business, Riga Bienniale, Riga, Latvia
In My Shoes: Art and the Self since the 1990s, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, England; [travelling to: Attenborough Arts Centre, University of Leicester, England; Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England; Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, Wales; The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire; England]
2017
New Sculpture, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England
Dizziness: Navigating the Unknown, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
Drawing Biennial 2017, Drawing Room, London, England
2016
A Weed is a Plant out of Place, Lismore Castle, Waterford, Ireland
PRIÈRE DE TOUCHER -The Touch of Art, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland
2015
Summer Exhibition 2015, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
Seven Artists from the John Kaldor Family Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Reflections on the Self: From Dürer to Struth, Christie’s Mayfair, London, England
2014
ART Fahrenheit 415: Sailing Into The Sea of Oblivion, Yokohama Triennale,Yokohama, Japan
2013
Art under Attack: Histories of British Iconoclasm, Tate Britain, London, England
Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950, Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. [travelled to: Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria]
2012
Edgelands - Prints by George Shaw and Michael Landy, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England
Summer Exhibition 2012, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
On the Edge of the World, Selected works from the British Council Collection, Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen, England
2011
Faster and Slower Lines, From the Collection of Pétur Arason and Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Listasafn Reykjavikur, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Made in Britain: Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection 1980–2010, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong, SAR
Under Destruction II, SI Swiss Institute, New York NY
Drawing 2011, Biennial Fundraiser, The Drawing Room, London, England
Under Destruction, SI Swiss Institute, New York NY
2010
Fresh Hell, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Under Destruction, Tinguely Museum, Basel, Switzerland
2009
Projections, Carré d’Art, Nîmes Museum of Contemporary Art, Nimes, France
Joyous Machines: Michael Landy and Jean Tinguely, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England
Sicilia 1968/2008: The Spirit of Time, Riso, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, Italy
Comisariada, MasArt Galeria, Barcelona, Spain
The Third Dimension, Whitechapel Gallery, London, England
2008
Safe as Houses, Karsten Schubert, London, England
Art, Price and Value, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
2007
To Burn Oneself with Oneself: The Romantic Damage Show, de Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Selected Works by Gallery Artists, Alexander and Bonin, New York NY
2004
Bad Behaviour, Arts Council Collection exhibition, Hayward Gallery, London, England; [travelled to: Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, England; Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, Wales; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales; The Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, England]
2003
L'Air du Temps, Bloomberg Space, London, England
Shopping: Art and Consumer Culture, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; [travelled to: Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England]
Micro/Macro: British Art 1996-2002, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2002
From Blast To Frieze: A Century of British Art, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg and Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
Face/Off, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, England
XXV Bienal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2001
Out of line: Drawings from the Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London, England; York City Art Gallery, York, England; Tate Modern, London, England
Field Day: Sculpture from Britain, organized by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum and the British Council
La Otra Britania, Centro Cultural Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain
2000
British Art Show 5, Edinburgh; Cardiff; Birmingham, England
Diary, Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, England
Puerile 69, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
1999
Waste Management, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Trace and Art Lovers, The Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, England
Flower Show, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, England
1998
London, UKNow, Saks Fifth Avenue, New York NY
Interactive: An Exhibition of Contemporary British Sculpture, Amerada Hess Limited, London, England
Feeringbury VIII, Cultivated, Feeringbury Manor, Minories Art Gallery, Colchester, England
1997
Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, Royal Academy of Arts London, England; [travelled to: Hamburger Bahnhof-Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany; Brooklyn Museum, New York NY]
Material Culture: The Object in British Art of the 1980s and 90s’, Hayward Gallery, London, England
Dimensions Variable: New Works for the British Council Collection, British Council exhibition, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Follow Me: British Art on the Lower Elbe, organized by Landschaftsverband Stade; billboard at Kaemmererplatz, Cuxhaven, Germany
Contemporary British Drawing, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York NY
1996
Acel: Arts Council Collection New Purchases, Arts Council; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, England; Oldham Art Gallery, Sheffield, England; Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, England; Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast; Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England
Plastic, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery; Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England
From Figure to Object: A Century of Sculptors’ Drawings, Frith Street Gallery and Karsten Schubert, London, England
Some Drawings: From London, Kate Bernard, London, England
The Meaning of Life, The Art Nolde Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
Screening of Artist’s Film and Video, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
Made In London, Simmons & Simmons, in collaboration with the British Council, EXPO 98, Museu de Electricidade, Lisbon, Portugal
Plastic, organized by Richard Salmon, London, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery; Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England
1995
‘Brilliant!’ New Art from Britain, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN; Contemporary Arts Museum,
Houston TX
12th International Biennial of Small Sculpture, Murska Sobota, Slovenia
Here and Now, Serpentine Gallery, London, England
Contemporary British Art in Print, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven CT
Brilliant (drawings), Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis MN
LA International, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica CA
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, England
1993
You’ve Seen the Rest Now Try the Best: Keith Coventry, Michael Landy, Mark Wallinger, City Racing Gallery, London, England
Five Works: Keith Conventry, Michael Landy, Bridget Riley, Rachel Whiteread and Alison Wilding, Karsten Schubert, London, England
Visione Britannica, Valentina Moncada and Pino Casagrande, Rome, Italy
Karsten Schubert at Aurel Scheibler: Keith Coventry, Angus Fairhurst, Michael Landy, Bridget Riley, Rachel Whitehead, Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Cologne, Germany
Restaurant, curated by Marc Jancou, La Bocca, Paris, France
The Two Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London, England
Unfair, Cologne, Germany
1992
Instructions Received by Liam Gillick: Angela Bulloch, Adam Chodzko, Matthew Collings,Jeremy Deller, Douglas Gordon, Gary Hume, Michael Landy, Jonathon Monk, Simon Patterson, Brendan
Quick, Phillip Riley, Caroline Russel, Giorgio Sadoti, Gavin Turk, Gillian Wearing, Galleria Gio
Marconi, Milan, Italy
Commissions and Collaborations: the BBC Billboard Project, Mills and Allen, London, England
Nayland Blake, Harald Braun, Meg Cranston, Peter Fend, Beate Gunther, Tobias Hauser, Lisa Hein, Gary Hume, Michael Landy, Abigail Lane, Thomas Lawson, Thomas Locher,Sarah Lucas, Raimund Luckwald, Dan Peterman, Andrej Roiter, Julio Rondo, Joe Scanlan, Thomas Stimm, Rudolph Stingel, Rolf Walz, Peter Weibel, Kevin Wolff, Iskender Yediler, Peter Zimmermann, Galerie Tanja Grunert, Cologne, Germany
Summer Group Show: Robert Barry, Keith Coventry, Angus Fairhurst, Michael Landy, Stephen Prina, Bridget Riley, Rachel Whiteread and Alison Wilding, Karsten Schubert, London, England
London, UKPortfolio: Dominic Denis, Angus Fairhurst, Damien Hirst, Langlands and Bell,
Michael Landy, Nicholas May, Marc Quinn, Marcus Taylor, Garvin Turk, Rachel Whiteread and Craig Wood, Karsten Schubert, London, England
Fifth Anniversary Exhibition: Mat Collishaw, Keith Coventry, Tobias Eyferth, Nicholas Fudge and Sarah Lucas, curated by Michael Landy, Karsten Schubert, London, England
1991
Confrontaciones, Palacio de Velasquez, Madrid, Spain
We’ve Lost ET but the Boy’s Coming Back: Peter Cain, Michael Jenkins and Michael Landy, Karsten Schubert, London, England
Centenary Exhibition: Michael Craig-Martin, Michael Landy and Julian Opie, Goldsmiths’ Gallery, London, England
Broken English: Angela Bulloch, Ian Davenport, Anya Gallaccio, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Michael Landy, Sarah Staton and Rachel Whiteread, Serpentine Gallery, London, England
Michael Landy, Chrsitian Marclay, Peter Nagy, Andreas Schon and Steve Wolfe, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York NY
Unknown Europe, Miedzyhardow e Stowarzysznenie Krytykow Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
1990
East Country Yard Show, London, England
A Group Show, Karsten Schubert, London, England
Multiples, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York NY
Supply: The Köln Show, Galerie Jablonka, Cologne, Germany
Artificial Nature, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
1989
Young British Art Show: Angela Bulloch, Michael Landy, Gary Hume, Esther Schipper, Cologne, Germany
Home Truths, Castello di Rivara, Turin, Italy
La Biennal de Barcelona, Spain
Dan Flavin, Michael Landy, Thomas Locher, Karsten Schubert, London, England
1988
That Which Appears is Good, That Which is Good Appears, Galerie Tanja Grunert, Cologne,
Germany
Ian Davenport, Gary Hume & Michael Landy, Karsten Schubert, London, England
Freeze, Surrey Docks, London, England
Public Collections
Arts Council of England
Royal Academy, London, England
Tate Collection, London, England
British Museum, London, England
The Whitworth, Manchester, England
The British Council, England
The Government Art Collection, England
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, England
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
Rijksmusem Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown MA
Awards
2021
CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
