Mike Nelson (Loughborough, 1967) lives and works in London.

Mike Nelson is known for complex large scale installations created by layering elements drawn from literature, cinema, cultural and social symbols, evoking a sense of unreality suspended between mystery and marginality. Spaces, both in Museums and galleries, as well as off site redundant buildings, are each time radically transformed by architectural interventions. The effect is that of totally altering their original perception, and involving the visitor in the physical experience of a place that amplifies the concept of sculpture through the construction of labyrinthine sequences of rooms and the presence of disparate objects that lead to multiple associations and interpretations.

His work has been shown in solo exhibition in international public and private Institutions, including: Hayward Gallery, London, UK (2023); Palazzo dell’agricoltore, Parma, Italy (2021); Town House Building, Kingstone University, London, UK (2020); Protocinema, Istanbul, Turkey (2019); Tate Britain, London, UK (2019; 2010); OGR - Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, Italy (2018); The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, USA (2017); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2016); NMNM - Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco (2016); Tramway, Glasgow, UK (2014); The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada (2014); Kunsthalle Münster, Münster, Germany (2014); CAG – Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (2013); Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden (2012); MoMa PS1, New York, USA (2011); Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (2009; 1999); ACCA - Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia (2007); The British School at Rome, Rome, Italy (2005); Mamco - Musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (2005); CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA (2004); Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK (2001); Camden Art Centre, London, UK (1998); Galerie im KunstlerHaus, Bremen, Germany (1997); Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK (1994).

His work has been shown in Biennials and international group exhibitions such as: 12th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea; 13th Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France (2015); 2nd Mardin Biennial, Mardin, Turkey (2012); 54th Biennale di Venezia, British Pavilion, Venice, Italy (2011); Singapore Biennale, Singapore (2011); Prospects New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans, USA (2010); Tate Triennale, London, UK (2009); 26th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil (2004); 8th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey (2003); 13th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (2002).

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