Mark Leckey
Born 1964
Lives and works in London
Education
1990 BA, Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2012
“Stills & Trailers,” Galerie Buchholz, Berlin
2011
Serpentine Gallery
2010
"GreenScreenRefrigeratorAction," Gavin Brown's enterprise, NY
"Concrete Vache," Cabinet Gallery, London, UK
“The Life and Times of Milton Keynes Gallery,” Milton Keynes Gallery, UK (co-curator
with Martin McGeown)
2009
‘Mark Leckey In The Long Tail,’ Abrons Art Center, NY, presented by the Museum of Modern Art
‘and possibly but not certainly Mark Leckey and Frances Stark,’ Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin
‘Mark Leckey In The Long Tail,’ Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
2008
‘Cinema-in-the-Round,’ Guggenheim Museum, NY, presented by Creative Time
‘Resident,’ Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
2007
‘Industrial Light & Magic,’ Le Consortium, Dijon, France
‘Dead or Alive,’ Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
2006
‘Drunken Bakers,’ Passerby, New York, NY
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
2005
Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
Cabinet Gallery, London, UK
2004
‘Septic Tank,’ Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
‘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 Francisco
Group Exhibitions
2012
“White Ford Cotton,” Cabinet, London, Great Britain
2011
“Push and Pull,” The Tate Modern, London
“Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven,” Beareau for Open Culture
2010
“10,000 Lives: The Eighth Gwangju Biennale” Gwangju, South Korea
"Moving Images: Artists & Video/Film", Museum Ludwig, cologne
2009
“Beg Borrow and Steal,” Rubell Family Collection, Miami FL
“Playing Homage,” Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery, Canada
2008
Turner Prize 2008, Tate Britain, London
“Tarantula,” Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan, Italy
“Hey Hey Glossolalia,” presented by Creative Time, NY, curated by Mark Beasley
“Egypted,” Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
2007
“Sympathy for the Devil,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
“Sound of Music,” Broelmuseum Kortrijk, Belgium (cat.)
“Pale Carnage,” Arnolfini, London
2006
“Defamation of Character,” PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
“Music is a Better Noise,” PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Galerie Daniel Bucholz, Koln at Metro Pictures, Metro Pictures, NYC
“Filmen Opera Video #1” Castel Sant’Elmo, Naples, curated by Gigiotto del Vecchio
Tate Triennial of Contemporary British Art 2003, Tate Britain, London
‘Music for People,’ Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland
2005
Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
British Art Show 6, BALTIC Gateshead, traveled to Manchester, Nottingham, and
Bristol
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.)
‘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, UK
Bibliography
2012
Gasparina, Jill, "Mark Leckey," Volume, April
Harbison, Isobel, "Stock Piles," Frieze, April
Huston, Carol, “Mark Leckey’s ‘Work and Leisure’ – Contemporary Art Show, FLUX magazine, February 28
2011
Bankowsky, Jack, "Best of 2011," Artforum, December
Gilligan, Melanie, "Mark Leckey: Serpentine Gallery," Artforum, November
Kwan, Denise, "See, We Assemble - Mark Leckey at the Serpentine Gallery: Review," Breese Little, October 1
Cruz, Lenika, "British Artist Mark Leckey to speak as part of UCLA Department of Art”s guest lecture series at the Hammer," The Daily Bruin, October 5,
Casavecchia, Barbara, “Lost in the Supermarket,” Kaleidoscope, Issue 11, Summer
Harbison, Isobel, "The Browser Is A Portal," Kaleidoscope, Issue 11, Summer
Fisher, Mark, "Art Stigmery," Kaleidoscope, Issue 11, Summer
Milliard, Coline, "The Domestication of Mark Leckey: A&Q With the Turner Prize Winner About His Quest Not to Make New Art," ArtInfo, June
Nanny, Mallory, "Mark Leckey”s Fusion of Technology and Theatricality: SEE, WE ASSEMBLE, Serpentine Gallrey, London," Aesthetica Magazine, June 7
Fisher, Mark Fisher, "Art Stigmergy," Kaleidoscope, Summer
Laura Mclean-Ferris, "Brand awareness makes for a blockbuster show," The Independent, May 20
Luke, Ben, “Mark Leckey, See, Wee Assemble,” The Evening Standard, May 27
Moran, Jarret, “Mark Leckey Made Me Hardcore,” Artlog
Davies, Lucia, “Mark Leckey, SEE, WE ASSEMBLE,” AnOther, May 20
Kuo, Michelle. “Mark Leckey,” Artforum, February
Beasley, Mark. "Mark Leckey," Frieze, January-February
2010
Maltz-Leca, Leora. "Mark Leckey," Critic's Pick, Artforum.com, December 2010 Harbison, Isobel. “Life and Times..." Frieze, September
Leckey, Mark. “The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things," Art Forum, September
Leckey, Mark, Martin McGeown and Milton Keynes Gallery. “Interview with Mark Leckey and Anthony Spria," Milton Keynes Gallery, 16 April- 27 June
Sheerin, Mark. “Mark Leckey and Martin McGeown reflect on the Life and Times of Milton Keynes Gallery," Culture 24, June 2
2009
"AO on site- New York: Mark Leckey's ‘The Long Tail' in MOMA's Performance Exhibition series October 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2009," ArtObserved, Oct. 10
Barrett, Mark, “Mark Leckey in the Long Tail,” Art Monthly, March, p. 39
Bilsborough, Michael, “Mechanical Animal,” School of Visual Arts Blog, Oct. 6
Charlesworth, J.J., “This Will End In Tears,” Artreview, April, p. 32
Droitcour, Brian. “Interview with Mark Leckey," Rhizome at The New Museum Blog, Spetember 30th
"Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore: The definitive view of British nightlife," Guardian.co.uk/music blog, August
Gavin, Francesca. “Mark Leckey in: The Long Tail," PonyStep, Feb. 2
Griffin, Jonathan, “Mark Leckey in a Long Tail World,” Frieze, February
Latimer, Quinn. “Performance Anxiety: Mark Leckey's Little Theatre of Gestures," Art in America, July
Mack, Joshua, “Mark Leckey in the Long Tail,” Artreview Blog, Oct. 6
Wilson, Michael, “An American Tail,” Artforum Diary, Oct. 8
2008
Bell, Kirsty, “Cinema-in-the-Round,” Camera Austria, May
Brown, Mark, “Modest Art,” Guardian, December 1
Campbell-Johnston, Rachel. “Eyes on the Prize,” The Times, Oct. 1
Falconer, Morgan, “New Work: Mark Leckey,” Art World, Dec/Jan, p. 102
Higgins, Charlotte, “I Was Shocked By the Hatred,” Guardian, December 3
Jones, Jonathan, “The Turner Should Go to Mark Leckey,” Guardian Online, May
Jury, Louise, “This Will Turner My Life Around,” Evening Standard, Dec. 2
Leckey, Mark. “Life in Film: Mark Leckey," Frieze, May
Lewis, Ben, “Race For the Prize,” Evening Standard, October 3
Thorel, Benjamin, Review, Flash Art, January/February, p. 152
“Totally Shock-Free,” ArtMag, December
2007
Myers, Terry R., Review, Sympathy for the Devil, Time Out, October 18
Allsop, Laura, “Make It New: Pale Carnage,” Artreview, March, p. 34
2006
Ritter, Michel; et. Al, “2003-2005,” published by Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
del Vecchio, Gigiotto “Filmen Opera Video #1” published by Castel Sant’Elmo, Naples,
Demand, Thomas; Mark Godfrey, Jorg Heiser, Jennifer Higgie, Adrian Searle, Polly Staple, and Tirdad Zolghadr, “Binary Fluffling,” Frieze, July/August, pp. 220-25
Speers Mears, Emily, Review, Artforum, April, pp. 259-60
Ruf, Beatrix, “Tate Triennial: New British Art,” published by Tate, London
Smith, Roberta, Review, New York Times, March 10, p. E34
Raum, Judith, Review, Flash Art, March-April, pp.114-16
Dorment, Richard, “Haunted by Concepts of the Past,” Daily Telegraph, March 7
2005
“100 Future Greats,” ArtReview, December, pp. 66-99
News: Istanbul Biennial, Contemporary no. 75, p.15
2004
Higgs, Matthew, “Best of 2004,” Artforum, December, p. 156
Gregos, Katerina, “Britannia Works,” published by British Council, Athens
Eberhart, Matthew, Review, Flash Art, November/December, p. 69
Higgie, Jennifer, “Meeting at Conway Hall,” Frieze, Issue 85, p. 77
2003
‘7 Windmill Street W1,’ published by Migros Museum Fur Gegenwartskunst and JRP/Ringier & Koenig Books, Zurich, London
Project, Flash Art, January/February, pp. 66-69
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
2002
‘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
Bishop, Claire, “Video Killed the Radio Star,” Flash Art, January/February, pp. 70-73
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, September, p. 119
Bishop, Claire. “Screen Testing: Andy Warhol & Sound and Vision,” Evening Standard, London, August 24 2001
1999
Leckey, Mark, “The Casuals,” Open City, No. 9, Fall, pp. 119-128
Public Appointments
2005 – 2009 Professor of Film Studies, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Awards
Turner Prize 2008
Central Art Award, Kolnischer Kunstverein 2008
Public Collections
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum Het Domein Sittard, The Netherlands
Tate Gallery, London, UK
The Trussardi Foundation, Milan, Italy
Walker Art Center, · Minneapolis, MN