Artist
Mike Nelson
Born in Loughborough, 1967 and lives in London, UK
Mike Nelson came to prominence in the late 1990s, creating psychological environments by sifting through the debris of modern life. Working with figures and materials on the fringes of society, Nelson asks his viewers to spend time inhabiting worlds that, while could seem strange at the first glance, reveal intrinsic truths and modes of thought that affect even the most basic cultural activities. His work has been widely shown and collected by, amongst others, the Tate London and Moderna Museet, Stockholm.