Mute No.2 artists

Candice Breitz was born in 1972 in Johannesburg, and currently lives and works in Berlin. She has participated in many major exhibitions including the Johannesburg, São Paulo, Istanbul, Kwangju, Taipei and Venice Biennales. She has had solo exhibitions at De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (2001), Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2004), Modern Art Oxford (2003); Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2005) and Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2005).

Born in Visalia, CA, 1969. Lives in Los Angeles. He graduated BA, University of California at Berkeley in 1991 and MFA, School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 1994. Calvin has had solo exhibition at Anton Kern (New York), Corvi-Mora (London), and Marc Foxx (Los Angeles). He appeared in "Dinner and a Group Show" at GBE@passeby (New York), "Pretty Ugly" at Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Maccarone, (both New York) and "Live Undead", at Transmission Gallery (Glasgow).

Born 1967 in Pembury, UK. Studied at Saint Martins School of Art, London in 1986-89.Lives in London. His recent solo exhibition is "The Opening", traveling exhibition at Galerie Mitterrand + Sanz (Zürich), Galerie Christian Nagel (Berlin), Overduin and Kite (Los Angeles) and Reena Spaulings Fine Art (New York).

Enlightenment is a design/art collective of Hiro Sugiyama , Akiyoshi Mishima and two others. They have had solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Shanghai, Naples and Nagoya. The latest solo exhibition was "The Borderline" at hiromiyoshii (Tokyo, 2007). They also have participated group exhibitions: "After The Reality 2" at Deitch Projects (NY, 2008), "Roppongi Crossing" at Mori Art Museum (Tokyo, 2007), "Shanghai Cool" at Shanghai Duolun Museum Of Modern Art (2005), and "JAM" at Tokyo Opera Art City (2002).

Konishi was born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1980. Completed Postgraduate Studies, Musashino Art University, Tokyo (MFA) in 2008. Lives and works in Tokyo. He had solo exhibition at ARATANIURANO in 2008 and Gallery ES in 2004 (both Tokyo).

Landy was born in 1963 in London, where he continues to live and work. Recent solo exhibitions include 'In Your Face' at Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, 'Three Piece' at Sabine Knust, Munich, 2008, and 'Michael Landy: H2NY' at Alexander & Bonin, New York in 2007. His 2001 monumental installation for Artangel, 'Break Down', was a systematic destruction of his possessions in a former department store in London. In 2004, he created 'Semi-detached', a full scale model of the front and back facades of his parents’ house, shown at Tate Britain. Michael Landy’s works are held in many public institutions including the Tate Collection, London; the Arts Council England; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. 

Born in Butte, Montana, 1969. Lives and works in Los Angeles. 
He graduated Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis in 1988. His recent solo exhibition is Deadly Friends, Western Project, Culver City, California in 2007, and group exhibition is "Not Without Form: Recent Drawings and Works on Paper" at Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery and University of Nevada Las Vegas,  Las Vegas, Nevada in 2008. He won Peter S. Reed Foundation Achievement Award in 2006, Nikon 2000 Grand Prize Winner in 2000 and Tom of Finland Emerging Artist Award in 1995.

Born in 1975 in Düsseldorf, Germany. In 1995, she began to studying at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Art Academy Düsseldorf)
She had solo exhibitions at Rubell Family Collection (Miami) and Anna Klinkhammer Galerie (Düsseldorf), klinkhammerprojects, (Berlin), and Saatchi Gallery (London). She participated group shows at Kravets/Wehby Gallery (NY),  Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Kultusministerium (Praha), Galerie Klinkhammer und Metzner (Düsseldorf).

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1962. He Studied at San Francisco Art Institute, BFA in 1984 and now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has had solo exhibitions at Anton Kern Gallery (NY) since 2000, Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève (Paris,2007), Galerie Gebr. Lehmann (Dresden, 2006), Annet Gelink (Amsterdam, 2006), Galería Marta Cervera (Madrid,2006). In 2007, McCarthy participated Silicone Valley exhibition (P.S.1 MoMA, NY). In the same year, The Journal and Anton Kern Gallery co-published his art book "Dan McCarthy".

McMonagle was born 1977 Letterkenny. Ireland. Lives Melbourne. She has Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting, Victorian College of the Arts. She had solo exhibitions at Rex Irwin Art Dealer in Sydney, Crossley & Scott Contemporary, Melbourne. She has won Maude Glover Fleay Award and PROUD. Paper prize in 2000.

Born in 1964, Porto Alegre, Brasil. Studies at Kunstakademie Karlsruhe under Prof. Max Kaminski and Prof. Helmut Dorner. Meyer has exhibited at Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf since 2000. He also exhibited at Galerie Jarmuschek & Partner, Berlin. Heads”, James Coleman Gallery, London. He has participated in art fairs such as Art Cologne, Art Brussel and Art Basel Miami.

Born 1977, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, lives and works in Los Angeles.
Since he graduated MFA California Institute of the Arts in 2004, Rogers had solo exhibitions at Praz-Delavallade (Berlin and Paris), and The Approach (London) and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles.

Shaobin was born in Tangshan, Hebei Province，China in 1963. He graduated from the Polytechnic University, Hebei in 1983. He had solo exhibitions at Houston Museum of Fine Art in USA, Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum, and ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES Berlin. He also participated Venice Biennale, Art Basel and other international exhibitions.Shaobin received Prize for Contemporary Chinese Art (CCAA) in 2000, and in many public/private collections.

Born in Miyazaki, Japan in 1967. Graduated from an oil painting course at Musashino Art University in 1990. Among his publication,"Travel"(PictureBox）was named one of the ten best graphic novels by New York Magazine, and nominated for two awards from The Eisner Awards. Yokoyama participated in group shows internationally: Aomori Musemu of Art in 2006, 798 and Guangdong Museum of Art, Mori Museum, Vancouver Art Gallery, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto.
His latest works are "Baby boom" on Web Designing magazine and "Outdoor" on a web-zine "ECOLOGUE".