Michael Landy

Not for purpose, 2009, Oil stick on paper

Michael Landy was born in 1963 in London, where he continues to live and work.Recent solo exhibitions include Thomas Dane Gallery, London, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam and Sabine Knust, Munich, 2008; Man in Oxford Street is Auto-Destructive at Sherman Galleries, Sydney; and Michael Landy: H2NY at Alexander & Bonin, New York in 2007.
His 2001 monumental installation for Artangel, Break Down, was a systematic destruction of his possessions in a former department store in London. In 2004, he created Semi-detached, a full scale model of the front and back facades of his parents‘house, shown at Tate Britain.
His work has been in numerous group shows since 1989, including the 1997 Sensation exhibition at the Royal Academy, London and Brilliant: New Art from Britain at the Walker Art Center in 1995. Michael Landy‘s works are held in many public institutions including the Tate Collection, London; the Arts Council England; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.