MARK LECKEY
Born 1964
Lives and works in London
Education
1990 BA, Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2004 ‘Septic Tank,’ Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
‘Parade’, Cabinet Gallery, London, UK
‘Sound System’, Mercer Union, Toronto
2003 Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland (cat.)
Locust Project room, Miami (curated by Gean Moreno)
Tate Event, Tate Britain, London
2002 ‘Sound System’, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
'Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore', Project room, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2000 ‘London, My Part in its Downfall’, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Koln, Germany
'Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore', Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
1994 'The Model', Gavin Brown's enterprise in San FranciscoGroup Exhibitions
2004 ‘Faces in the Crowd,’ Castello di Rivoli, Torino; Whitechapel, London (cat.)
‘Meeting at Conway Hall,’ Book Works, London, UK, curated by Mark Beasley
‘Mullberg,’ Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Koln, Germany
‘Manifesta 5, European Biennial of Contemporary Art,’ San Sebastian, Spain
2003 ‘Fast Forward. Media Art Sammlung Goetz,’ ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany (cat.)
‘Inaugural Exhibition,’ Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
‘Sound Systems,’ Salzburg Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Objekte in Ton (Arbeitstitel), Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria
“Il Quarto Sesso,” Stazione Leopolda, Florence
‘Mixtape,’ CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA, curated by Matthew Higgs
‘The Fourth Sex: The Extreme People of Adolescence’, Pitti Immagine, Florence, Italy, Curated by Francesco Bonami (cat.)
‘20th Anniversary- Welcome home,’ Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
2002 de appel, Amsterdam, NL
‘Electric DREAMS,’ Barbican Art, London, UK
‘Remix,’ Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (cat.)
‘supersonic & alien,’ Galleria s.a.l.e.s., Roma
‘Contemporary Art and Pop’. Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
‘Three Videos’, Low gallery, Los Angeles
‘Shoot the Singer: Music on Video,’ Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Benett Simpson (cat)
2001 ‘Printemps de Septembre,’ Programmation Video, Video and Film Festival,Toulouse, France (cat.)
2001 ‘Brown,’ The Approach, London, UK, curated by Gary Webb
‘Century City’, Tate Modern, London, UK
'Sound and Vision', Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK, curated by Matthew Higgs
2000 ‘Protest & Survive’, The Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
‘Discovery’, w/ Phillipe Parenno, Pierre Huyghe, Pitti Imagine, Florence, Italy
1999 'Village Disco', Cabinet Gallery, London, UK
'Crash', Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
'See the people stare', Open City, New York, NY
1996 Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
1994 Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
1990 'New Contemporaries', Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UKBibliography
2004 Higgs, Matthew, “Best of 2004,” Artforum, December, p. 156
Eberhart, Matthew, Review, Flash Art International, November-December, p. 69
Higgie, Jennifer, “Meeting at Conway Hall,” Frieze, Issue 85, p. 77
‘7 Windmill Street W1,’ published by Migros Museum Fur Gegenwartskunst and JRP/Ringier & Koenig Books, Zurich, London
McFarland, Dale, Review, Frieze, Issue No. 81, March, p. 96
Sladen, Mark, ‘Reasons to be Cheerful,’ Art Review, March, p. 31
Gingeras, Alison, “Manifesta 5”, Art Press, June p. 16
Wood, Catherine, ‘Horror Vacui’, Parkett, No. 70, p. 157-163
2003 ‘Fast Forward. Media Art Sammlung Goetz,’ published by Ingvild Goetz, Munich, Germany
“The Fourth Sex: Adolescent Extremes,” edited by Fransesco Bonami and Raf Simons, published by Charta and Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery, Italy
Electric Earth: Film and Video from Britain, British Council, pp. 46-47 (catalogue)
del Vecchio, Gigiotto, “Surround Sound,” Tema Celeste, January/February, pp. 54-59
Project, Flash Art, January/February, pp. 66-69
Bishop, Claire, “Video Killed the Radio Star,” Flash Art, January/February, pp. 70-73
2002 White, Ian, “Jet-Packed Nomads,” ArtFoto,. 2002, pp. 30-33
Lewisohn, Cedar, “Mobile Worship,” Contemporary, November, pp. 56-57
Koether, Jutta, Texte zur Kunst, June, p. 142
‘Remix,’ published by Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Summers, Frances, “Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore,” Sleazenation, May 2002, pp. 76-8.
LaFreniere, Steve, ‘Top Ten,’ Artforum, May, p. 47
Burton, Johanna, ‘Art Reviews’, Time Out NY, April 25 – May 2, p. 61.
Higgs, Matthew, ‘Openings,’ Artforum, April, pp. 128-129
2001 Moisdon-Trembley, Stephanie, in ‘Printemps de September/ Theatres du Fantastique,’ catalogue, p. 97, Actes Sud, Nantes
‘Pogointogo,’ Self Service, No. 15, Fall / Winter, p. 46
Mellors, Nathaniel, ‘Revolutions per Minute,’ Frieze, October, cover and pp.72-75
Lafreniere, Steve, ‘Mark Leckey,’ Index, January, p. 119
1999 Open City, No. 9, Fall