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Cyprien Gaillard was born in Paris in 1980 and currently lives in New York and Los Angeles. He has been the recipient of a number of awards including the Preis der Nationalgalerie für Junge Kunst (2011), the Prix Marcel Duchamp and the Karl-Ströher-Preis (2010), the Prix academie les David (2010), the Prix Audi Talent Award (2007), the Aide individuelle à la création (2006), and the Aide à l'édition (2005). Solo exhibitions include MoMA PS1 (2013), Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2013), Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan (2012), Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2012), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2011, 2008), KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, and Centre Georges Pompidou, Metz (both 2011), Zollamt/Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, and Kunsthalle Basel (both 2010). Major group shows include the Manifesta 10 - The European Biennial of Contemporary Art in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (both 2014), the National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan (2013), the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India (2012-2013), S.M.A.K. Gent and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (both 2012), the 54th Venice Biennale, and Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (both 2011), Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, MoMA, New York, Gwangju Biennal, South Korea (all 2010), Tate Modern, Turbine Hall, London, and Generali Foundation, Vienna (both 2009), the 5th Berlin Biennale (2008), and the Biennale de Lyon (2007).