About

Photo by Jeremy Liebman
Mark Leckey (b. 1964, Birkenhead, United Kingdom) lives and works in London. Leckey’s dynamic practice takes various forms including video, installation, performance, and sound, to address notions of memory and class, desire and identity. His work focuses on the effects of technology on popular culture, often through the rhetoric of British youth and subcultures.
Leckey’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Espace Louis Vuitton, Tokyo (2024); Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin (2022, 2020); Tate Britain, London (2019); Glasgow International, Scotland (2018); MoMA PS1, New York (2016-2017); Museo Madre, Naples, Italy (2015) Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2015); WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium (2014); the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2013); Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, United Kingdom (2013); Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada (2012); Serpentine Gallery, London (2011); Abrons Art Center, New York (2009); and the Guggenheim Museum, New York (2008); He has participated in the Belgrade Biennial (2021), Carnegie International (2013), 55th Venice Biennale (2013), and 8th Gwangju Biennial (2010). In 2008, Leckey was awarded the Turner Prize.
Exhibitions
Publications
Select Press
NM Greenroom: Mark Leckey (2025) + “3 Songs from the Liver” radio play
New Models ↗Caroline Busta
February 28, 2025
Download PDF ↓Mark Leckey: 3 Songs from the Liver
The Brooklyn Rail ↗Andrew Paul Woolbright
January 29, 2025
Download PDF ↓What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in January
The New York Times ↗Andrew Russeth
January 24, 2025
Download PDF ↓The Wow Factor: Brian Droitcour on Art and the Immersive Experience Industry
Cultured ↗Brian Droitcour
January 8, 2025
Download PDF ↓An Art Show That Smells Like Elf Bar and Sounds Like the Internet
i-D ↗Sophie Kemp and Matt Weinberger
November 25, 2024
Download PDF ↓Video