Mike Nelson

My work has centred on the transformation of narrative structure to spatial structure, and on the objects placed within them, immersing the viewer and agitating their perception of these environments. I have exhibited widely across the world, including the recent solo exhibitions and projects: Extinction Beckons, Hayward Gallery, London (2023); The Book of Spells, (a speculative fiction), Matt's Gallery, London (2022); The House of the Farmer, Palazzo dell'agricoltore, Parma (2021); The Asset Strippers, Tate Britain Commission, London (2019); L'Atteso, Officine Grandi Riparazioni (OGR), Turin (2018); Cloak of rags (Tale of a dismembered bank, rendered in blue), Galleria Franco Noero, Turin (2017); tools that see (possessions of a thief) 1985-2005, neugerriemschneider, Berlin (2016); Cloak, Noveau Musee National de Monaco, Monaco (2016); Imperfect geometry for a concrete quarry, Kalkbrottet, Limhamn, Malmö, Sweden (2016); Amnesiac Shrine or The Misplacement... Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2016); Gang of Seven, 303 Gallery, New York (2015); Studio apparatus for Kunsthalle Münster, Kunsthalle Münster (2014); Eighty Circles through Canada, Tramway, Glasgow (2014); Amnesiac Hide, The Powerplant, Toronto (2014); Amnesiac Hide, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2013); More things (To the memory of Honoré de Balzac), Matt's Gallery, London (2013); M6, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK (2013); space that saw (platform for a performance in two parts), neugerriemschneider, Berlin (2012); 408 tons of imperfect geometry, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden (2012).

I represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2011 and have been twice nominated for the Turner Prize (2001, 2007). I am represented by 303 Gallery, New York; Galleria Franco Noero, Turin; Matt's Gallery, London; and neugerriemschneider, Berlin.