Michael Pinsky is a renowned British artist whose international projects have created innovative and challenging works in galleries and public spaces. He has undertaken many residencies that explore issues which shape and influence the use of our public realm. Taking the combined roles of artist, urban planner, activist, researcher, and resident, he starts residencies and commissions without a specified agenda, working with local people and resources, allowing the physical, social and political environment to define his working methodology.
He has exhibited extensively in galleries and festivals such as TATE Britain, the Saatchi Gallery, the ICA, London; BALTIC, Gateshead; Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow; Modern Art Oxford, Milton Keynes Gallery, Cornerhouse, Manchester; Liverpool Biennial, Archilab, Orleans; CCC, Tours; France, Armory Center of the Arts, Los Angeles and the Rotterdam International Architectural Biennial.
Dr Michael Pinsky graduated from the Royal College of Art. He has given public talks for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, Institute of Contemporary Art, Finnish Academy for the Arts, Best of Heritage, Dubrovnik and V2, Rotterdam. He has received numerous awards including: RSA, Art and Architecture, Arts and Business, winner, Wellcome Trust, major production award and his exhibition Pontis was shortlisted for the prestigious Gulbenkian Museums Award.
