Mateo Tannatt


Mateo Tannatt is an American artist based in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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."

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