ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mike Nelson came to prominence in the late 1990s creating psychological environments by sifting through the debris of modern life. His installations are expansive dominions for assemblages of cultural detritus, often referencing specific works of literature and countercultural or failed political movements. Working with figures and materials on the fringes of society, Nelson asks his viewers to spend time inhabiting worlds that, while foreign on the surface, reveal intrinsic truths and modes of thought that affect even the most basic cultural activities.
SELECT PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Arts Council Collection, London, UK
Hayward Gallery, London, UK
British Council Collection, London, UK
Rennie Collection, Vancouver, Canada
Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK
Tate Collection, London, UK
MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
GALLERIES
303 Gallery, New York, NY
Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
Matt’s Gallery, London, UK
neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
