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Nathaniel Mellors, Installation, The Nest (installation), 2011

Nathaniel Mellors


Nathaniel Mellors creates films that spill into the gallery in the form of animatronic sculptures and installations. He draws his subjects from television culture, providing viewers with immersive environments filled with options for entertainment—based on game shows, sitcoms, nature programs, melodramas, and even snuff films. Mellors blends together the familiar and the absurd to create narratives that unravel over time, incorporating elements of satire and the grotesque. He writes and edits the scripts and music for his episodic absurdist films, finding influences in mainstream entertainment, but also in meditation, UFOs, and artists such as Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and the avant-garde music and art collective Throbbing Gristle.

Nathaniel Mellors lives and works in Los Angeles (US) and Amsterdam (NL).

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Nathaniel Mellors, Resin, steel, paint, false teeth, Half-Drunk Purple-Orange Shakespeare (with Teeth & 3 Straws), 2014

HALF-DRUNK PURPLE-ORANGE SHAKESPEARE (WITH TEETH & 3 STRAWS), 2014

Resin, steel, paint, false teeth
Nathaniel Mellors

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HALF-DRUNK PURPLE-ORANGE SHAKESPEARE (WITH TEETH & 3 STRAWS)

Resin, steel, paint, false teeth

Nathaniel Mellors

Nathaniel Mellors, Prehistoric, Photogrammic Originals, Hippy Dialectis and Venus of Truson  (installation), 2011

HIPPY DIALECTIS AND VENUS OF TRUSON (INSTALLATION), 2011

Prehistoric, Photogrammic Originals
Nathaniel Mellors

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HIPPY DIALECTIS AND VENUS OF TRUSON (INSTALLATION)

Prehistoric, Photogrammic Originals

Nathaniel Mellors

Nathaniel Mellors, HD Film, Our House Episode 1 (still), 2011

OUR HOUSE EPISODE 1 (STILL), 2011

HD Film
Nathaniel Mellors

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OUR HOUSE EPISODE 1 (STILL)

HD Film

Nathaniel Mellors

Nathaniel Mellors, HD Film, Our House Episode 4 (still), 2012

OUR HOUSE EPISODE 4 (STILL), 2012

HD Film
Nathaniel Mellors

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OUR HOUSE EPISODE 4 (STILL)

HD Film

Nathaniel Mellors

Nathaniel Mellors, Animatronics and Film, The Object and Our House Episode 2 (still), 2011

THE OBJECT AND OUR HOUSE EPISODE 2 (STILL), 2011

Animatronics and Film
Nathaniel Mellors

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THE OBJECT AND OUR HOUSE EPISODE 2 (STILL)

Animatronics and Film

Nathaniel Mellors

Nathaniel Mellors, Animatronic, The Object (detail),

THE OBJECT (DETAIL)

Animatronic
Nathaniel Mellors

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THE OBJECT (DETAIL)

Animatronic

Nathaniel Mellors

Nathaniel Mellors, Installation, The Nest (detail), 2011

THE NEST (DETAIL), 2011

Installation
Nathaniel Mellors

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THE NEST (DETAIL)

Installation

Nathaniel Mellors

Nathaniel Mellors, Prehistoric, Photogrammic Originals, Venus of Truson, 2011

VENUS OF TRUSON, 2011

Prehistoric, Photogrammic Originals
Nathaniel Mellors

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VENUS OF TRUSON

Prehistoric, Photogrammic Originals

Nathaniel Mellors

Nathaniel Mellors, HD Film, Our House Episode 1 (installation), 2011

OUR HOUSE EPISODE 1 (INSTALLATION), 2011

HD Film
Nathaniel Mellors

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OUR HOUSE EPISODE 1 (INSTALLATION)

HD Film

Nathaniel Mellors

Nathaniel Mellors, 35 mm HD transfer, 22 mins, The Sophisticated Neanderthal Interview, (Still), 2014

THE SOPHISTICATED NEANDERTHAL INTERVIEW, (STILL), 2014

35 mm HD transfer, 22 mins
Nathaniel Mellors

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THE SOPHISTICATED NEANDERTHAL INTERVIEW, (STILL)

35 mm HD transfer, 22 mins

Nathaniel Mellors

Nathaniel Mellors, Installation, The Nest (installation), 2011

THE NEST (INSTALLATION), 2011

Installation
Nathaniel Mellors

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THE NEST (INSTALLATION)

Installation

Nathaniel Mellors

Solo Shows:

2019 Our House, I.C.A., London, UK.
2018 Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam
2018 Nathaniel Mellors, New Museum, New York
2017 57th Venice Biennale, Finnish Pavillion with Erkka Nissinen
2017 Monitor, Rome
2017 The Aalto Natives by Nathaniel Mellors & Erkka Nissinen, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen
2016 Prequel Dump, The Box, Los Angeles
2014 e Sophisticated Neanderthal Interview, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, IE
2014 NEW_CAVE_ART_NOW, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Nathaniel Mellors, Art:Concept, Paris, FR
2014 Hammer Projects: Nathaniel Mellors, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US
2013 Nathaniel Mellors & Jimmy Joe Roche, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, US
2012 Ourhouse E3 feat, BAD COPY, Salle de bains. Lyon, FR
2012 Ourhouse E3 feat, BAD COPY, Matt's Gallery, London, UK
2012 Malmo Konsthall, Malmo, SE.
2012 Recent Collaborations Before THE SAROPHAGE, Monitor, Rome, IT 
2011 The Nest, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, NL. 
2011 Hypercolon, Smart Project Space Amsterdam, NL.
2010 Our House, De Hallen, Haarlem, NL.
2010 The 7 Ages of Britain Teaser, Kiasma, Helsinki, FIN.
2010 The 7 Ages of Britain Teaser, MONITOR, Rome, IT. 
2009 Giantbum, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, NL.
2009 Giantbum, Lombard – Freid Projects, New York, USA.
2009 The Time Surgeon, South London Gallery, UK.
2007 The Time Surgeon, ArtSway, Sway, Hampshire, UK.
2006 Hateball, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK.
2005 Nathaniel Mellors / Maaike Schoorel, Ibid Projects, Vilnius, LT.
2005 Hateball, The Collective, Edinburgh, UK.
2005 Brain One / Mózg Jeden, Galeria Potocka, Krakow, PL.
2005 The Pink Mist, Playstation, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL. 
2004 Profondo Viola, Matt’s Gallery, London, UK .
2003 Prince Lightning – The Long Scratch, Touring: The Changing Room, Stirling, UK
2003 Prince Lightning – The Long Scratch, Touring: Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, UK
2003 Prince Lightning – The Long Scratch, Touring: The Brewery, Kendal, UK.
2002 IBID Projects, London (with Dan Perjovschi), UK.
2001 Black Gold, Matt’s Gallery, London, UK. 

Group Shows:

2016 Nothing happens twice: Artists explore the absurdity of life, Harris Museum, Preston
2014 Taipei Biennial, TW.
2014 How Soon is Now? Manifesta Foundation, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Alter-Heroes, MAC USP (Sap Paulo Contemporary Museum), Sao Paulo, BR
2014 Magnus - Scènes de l'imaginaire automate, Villa Bernasconi, Geneva, CH
2014 Impakt Festival, Utrecht, NL
2014 Weberwoche, Stroom, The Hague, NL
2013 The Long Leash, The Ister, Brussels, BE
2012 Radical Languages, Cricoteka, Krakow, PL
2011 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, Prague, CZ.
2011 ILLUMInations, Venice Biennale, Venice, IT.
2011 Un' Espressione Geografica, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudegno, Torino, IT.
2010 British Art Show, Hayward Gallery, London & UK touring.
2009 Recent Acquisitions, De Hallen, Haarlem, NL.
2009 Contour 2009, 4th Biennial of Moving Image, Mechelen, BE.
2009 Art & Research 2008, Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES.
2009 The Time Surgeon, ArtSway’s New Forest Pavilion, Venice Biennale, IT. 
2009 Altermodern, Tate Triennial 2009, Tate Britain, UK. 
2009 Out of Line, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York, USA.
2008 Art Now, Tate Britain (curated by Ryan Gander), UK.
2008 Deep Screen-Art in Digital Culture:Proposal for Municipal Acquisition 08,Stedelijk Museum CS, Adm,NL
2008 Agrifashionistas, Grizedale Arts / A Foundation, Rochelle School, London, UK.
2007 Expect Nothing, Gallery for One, Dublin, IR.
2007 Open 2007, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL.
2007 00s THE HISTORY OF A DECADE THAT HAS NOT yet BEEN NAMED, Biennale de Lyon, FR.
2007 The Present Order is the Disorder of the Future, De Hallen Haarlem, Nl.
2007 Design for Living, Initial Access, Wolverhampton, UK.
2007 The Return of the Seven Samurai, Galerie Lucy Mackintosh, Lausanne, CH.
2007 Final Exhibition at 4 Clifford Street, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK.
2007 The Scandinavian Underground...here...now, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, NL.
2006 Minotaur Blood, Jonathan Vyner / Fortescue Avenue, London, UK.
2006 Tokyo Rambo, Virtually Grizedale, A Foundation, Liverpool Biennial (screening), UK.
2006 Sculpture Garden, Phoenix Garden, London, UK.
2005 Encore, Byuk Londra Oteli, Istanbul Biennial, TR.
2005 If You’re Feeling Sinister Alona Kagan, New York, USA.
2005 Offside, Dublin Municipal Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin, IR.
2004 Romantic Detachment, PS1, New York, USA.
2004 Trailer, Man in the Holocene, London, UK.
2004 Distribution Fair  (with Junior Aspirin Records), Cubitt   Gallery, London, UK.
2004 No-How, The Collective, Edinburgh, UK.
2003 Pod War (The Landscape Critics), Leave The Capitol: Frieze Art, London, UK.
2003 Fair Film and Video Programme, London, UK.
2003 We’ll Meet You In The Lobby, Buyuk Londra Oteli, Istanbul, TR.
2003 Someplace Unreachable, IBID Projects, London, UK.
2003 Spiritual Hunger, Daniel Silverstein, New York, USA.
2003 Senso Unico. Italia Telecom Future Centre, Venice, IT.
2003 Bootleg, Spitalfields Market, London, UK.
2003 Roadshow, Touring: Grizedale Arts and Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK.
2003 Blennau Festinniog, Wales, Lickey Hills, 
2003 Birmingham, D.J.C.A.D., Dundee, UK.
2002 Lets Roll, Apex Arts, New York, USA.
2002 Junior Aspirin Promotional Video, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL.
2002 Band in Crisis, Cooper Gallery, D.J.C.A.D., Dundee (with Skill 7 Stamina 12), UK.
2002 It Rocks But Gently, Folly Gallery, Lancaster, UK.

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