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Thomas Houseago (b. 1972 in Leeds, Great Britain) is a contemporary visual artist. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

He is a figurative sculptor who uses lo-fi materials such as plaster^[1] and plywood.^[2] His work references genres such as Cubism and Futurism and plays on the history and tradition of statues.^[3]

Thomas Houseago studied at Central Saint Martins in London and the Ateliers in Amsterdam. After completing his studies, he lived and worked for several years in Brussels before moving to Los Angeles. During the past year, the work of Thomas Houseago has been shown in Glasgow, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Milan, Berlin, Arnhem (Sonsbeek 2008) and Brussels.

Thomas Houseago is represented by Hauser & Wirth.

2012

Hauser & Wirth, London, England

2011

The Beat of the Show, Inverleith House / Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland
What Went Down, Centre International d'art et du Paysage de l'Ile de Vassivière, Vassivière, France
What Went Down, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany

2010

What Went Down, Modern Art Oxford and Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England
Thomas Houseago: The Moon and the Stars and the Sun, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Giant Geiant, 2010, Art 41 Basel, on Messeplatz, sited directly in front of the buildings hosting the Art 41 Basel

2009

Two Face, with Aaron Curry, Ballroom Marfa, Texas
There is a Crack in Everything, That's How the Light gets in, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
TWOFACETWO: Aaron Curry & Thomas Houseago, VW (VeneKlasen / Werner), Berlin
Ode, ZERO, Milan, Italy

2008

Serpent, David Kordansky, Los Angeles, CA, USA
When Earth fucks with Space, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgien
Bastards, Herald Street, London, England

2007

A Million Miles Away, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Großbritannien

2004

Art Brussels*, Solo-Präsentation, mit Xavier Hufkens, Brüssel, Belgien

2003

Thomas Houseago, I am Here, Selected Sculptures 1995 - 2003, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (SMAK), Gent, Belgien

2002

with Amy Bessone, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium

2000

Something to Be, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1996

Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tattoo Mum's, with Matthew Monahan, guest curator Luc Tuymans, Si en La, Antwerpen, Belgien
Selected Group Exhibitions

2010
“2010: The Whitney Biennial”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

2009
Thomas Houseago, Dieter Roth, André Thompkins, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster, Glasgow
Construct and Dissolve, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich
Beaufort03. Art by the Sea, Blankenberge, Belgium
The Craft of Collecting, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
California Maximalism, Nyehaus, New York
Beg Borrow and Steal, The Rubell Family Collection, Miami

2008
Black Swan, Michael Werner gallery, Projectspace, London, Great Britain
Academia : Qui es-tu ?, la Chapelle de l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner, Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin, Germany
KABUL 3000. Love among the Cabbagesi, Galleria Zero, Milan, Italy
Sonsbeek 2008: Grandeur, Arnhem, the Netherlands

2007
Strange things permit themselves the luxury of occurring, Camden Arts Center, London, UK
Sculptors’ Drawings: Ideas, Studies, Sketches, Proposals, And More, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Personal Belongings – Contemporary Sculpture from Los Angeles, Sabine Knust Galerie Maximilian Verlag, Munich, Germany

2006
Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL, USA
Making and Finding, The Foundation To-Life, Mount Kisco, NY, USA
Transformers, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA
The Glass Bead Game, Vilma Gold Project Space, Berlin, Germany

2005
Both Ends Burning, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Six Outdoor Projects, L.I.U., Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA

2003
Passie in Beeld, Ruimtelijk werk uit de collectie van de Nederlandsche Bank, Maliebeeld, The Hague, the Netherlands
Group show/artists of the gallery, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2002
Stedelijk Museum in De Nieuwe Kerk, Beelden/Sculpture 1947-2002, curated by Rudi Fuchs, Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2001
Rondom Jheronimous Bosch, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

1999
Glad IJs, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Werk boven de bank, Archipel, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands

1998
Morning Glory, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Summer Show, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Acquisitions 1997, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

1997
New Acquisitions, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Jean-Marc Vivenza, né en 1957 à Vinay (Isère), est un philosophe, écrivain, et musicologue français dont les travaux se sont orientés vers l'ésotérisme. S'étant consacré tout d’abord à la musicologie, il fut également compositeur, chercheur en électroacoustique et théoricien du « bruitisme futuriste ».

Son travail sur le bruit se concrétise sous plusieurs formes, notamment... sonore. L’originalité de Vivenza est d’utiliser du matériel sonore industriel au sens propre du mot (machines, ouvriers au travail, usines) et enregistre dans des usines des sonorités industrielles réelles. Vivenza explique que le processus de transformation et d'organisation du tellurisme industriel nous plonge au plus profond de la matière domestiquée d'où surgit l'immense écho du langage de la terre, qui accouche du bruit qui est son langage, du bruit qui est son cri, son sens et sa forme. Ce concept de « matérialité objective du bruit » renvoie à l'esprit révolutionnaire du bruit et à l'emploi dynamique du bruit comme masse, comme essence physique où la matière affirme son existence. Le bruit est utilisé comme essence concrète, et Vivenza ordonne avec rigidité la fureur dynamique des bruits mécaniques, telle une cheville ouvrière du bruit organisé.