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Born: London, 1963
Elected: May 29, 2008
Category of Membership: Painter
Michael Landy trained at Loughborough College of Art (1981-3) and Goldsmiths College, London (1985-8). In his final year he contributed to Freeze and in 1999 his work was included in Sensation at the Royal Academy of Arts: an exhibition of Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection.
Landy has used monumental installations/performances to explore political and social issues, such as the nature of consumerism, the commodification of art and the value placed on human beings in the corporate world. He is also a draughtsman, making intimate portraits of his familiars and meticulously rendered botanical drawings.
Read an interview with Michael Landy in RA Magazine Spring 2009
VIDEO: Michael Landy discusses his project 'Acts of Kindness'
Selected solo exhibitions:
2013 Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
National Gallery, London
2011 Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Art on the Underground, Various Tube Stations, London
National Portrait Gallery, London
2010 South London Art Gallery, London
2009 South London Art Gallery, London
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
2008 Sabine Knust, Munich
2007 Art Basel, Miami
Alexander and Bonin, New York
2004 Thomas Dane, London
Tate Britain, London
2003 Sabine Knust/Maximilianverlag, Munich
2001 C&A Store, Marble Arch, London
2000 Approach Gallery, London
1995 Tate Gallery, London
1993 Karsten Schubert, London
1992 Karsten Schubert, London
1990 Building One, London
