Mateo Tannatt

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Mateo Tannatt (born 1979) is an American artist based in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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He works in a variety of media and often creates sculptures, which incorporate live actions or performances. In one work, a baby grand piano is dropped from a height of 80 feet to create an audio "composition." [1]

Selected exhibitions

2012

"When Attitude Becomes Form Becomes Attitude" – Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco

2011

"All of This and Nothing" – The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

2010

"Rendezvous Vous" – Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles

2009 "Second Nature: The Valentine-Adelson Collection" – The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

2008

"Plein Air" – Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles "Present/Futures" – Artissima, Turin, Italy – winner of the Illy Present Future Prize

2007 "Brain Form" – Guild & Greyshkul, New York "Reality Disorder" – Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles

2006

GRUPE, Gavin Brown's Enterprise at Passerby, New York City

2005

Bigger than the Sun, Smaller than You, Guild & Greyshkul, New York

Put it in Your Mouth/I'll see you on the dark side of the prune, Rivington Arms, New York

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References

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  1. "UCLA Hammer Museum". UCLA. Archived from the original on April 23, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. "Focus: Mateo Tannatt". frieze. Retrieved July 17, 2016.