Thomas Hirschhorn (b. 1957, Bern, Switzerland) lives and works in Paris. Hirschhorn studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich from 1978 to 1983. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions including at Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland; Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Dia Art Foundation, New York; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany; Kunsthaus Zürich, Germany; MAXXI, Rome; Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China; Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona; Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany; and Secession, Vienna. Thomas Hirschhorn has also been the recipient of many awards including the Prix Meret Oppenheim Prize (2018); Kurt Schwitters Prize (2011); Joseph Beuys Prize (2004); Rolandpreis für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum (2003); and Marcel Duchamp Prize (2000). Hirschhorn’s work is held in museums and public collections internationally including: Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim, Brazil; Dia Art Foundation, New York; Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany; Musée d’Art Moderne Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Tate Modern, London; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, among others.