Cyprien Gaillard, born in 1980 in Paris, lives and works in New York and Berlin. He has had solo exhibitions at K20, Düsseldorf (2016); MoMA PS1, New York (2013); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2013); and Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2008). His awards include the Preis der Nationalgalerie für Junge Kunst, 2011 and the Prix Marcel Duchamp, 2010.