Artist CV

(b 1973DE. Lives and works in London)

Lang’s work revolves around the figure in sculpture: its animacy, its verisimilitude, and its complex relationship to the real human body. In recent projects, she has approached the figurative statue as a focus for memory and legacy, societal and political power, and the detritus of the past. “I think of my work as iconoclasm,” she says, “as thought experiment and performance without performers.” Lang is fully aware of the universality of statuary and figurative monuments, having existed in almost every culture for thousands of years, yet they remain a fraught subject. They are objects of empires, of misrepresented history and erasure. Lang hopes her creations can spark conversation in the here and now about what a contemporary monument might look like.

2021

Wirksworth Residency Exhibition

Glorious Oblivion, James Freeman Gallery 

2018

Lian Zhou Festival of Photography, China, solo presentation by international artist

Old School, James Freeman Gallery, London 

2017

Old School, Eton College Gallery, solo exhibition, curated by Marcelle Joseph 

2015

MEM Bilbao Photography Festival, Prize Winner Exhibition

Saatchi Gallery, The Saints 

2014

Amnesiac Patina, photographic works

An Idle Brain is Satan’s Shoppe, House of St Barnabas, solo presentation, curated by Marcelle Joseph Projects 

2013

Monumental Misconceptions, Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, New York,

Fallen, Art First Projects 

2012

Permanent Commission The Long Way Home 

2011

House Guests, WW Gallery, London 

2010

Monumental Misconceptions, KvH Projects, London

Shadows and Stowaways with Squid/Tabernacle, Dalston, London

Mesmeric Monument at Supernova Gallery, Riga

Talks accompanying the exhibition at KIM Institute

supported by the British Council, catalogue 

2009

La Muralla, Public Commission, Portobello Road, RBKC 

2008

Artist at Apsley, Flora Fairbairn Projects 

2007

Fondling Germanicus, Kunstverein Heidelberg  

2020

Iasi Museum of Art, Palace of Culture, Romania

On Time and Electric Avenue, James Freeman Gallery 

2019

We’re All In This Together, Kunsthalle Tübingen, James Simon Gallery, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nah am Leben

MEM Festival, Bilbao, Sarean Art Space

Heterotopia, Sarean Artspace, Bilbao

Royal Academy of Arts permanent collection display

Ghost Tide, curated by Sarah Sparkes and Monica Bobinska

Kukuli Velarde and Liane Lang, James Freeman Gallery

From Life, Royal Academy of Arts, Sackler Gallery

Kunstverein Bregenz, Magazin 4 

2017

Grisaille, Leila Heller Gallery, New York

You see me like a UFO at Marcelle Joseph Projects, Ascot

Enthüllt, Berlin and its Monuments, Museum Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin

Der Zauberberg, Iavomirovic-Hughes Gallery, London 

2016 

Marion de Canniere Gallery, Antwerp, curated by Leigh Clarke

Perfectionsim III, Griffin Gallery, curated by Becca Pelly-Fry

Ikons, Candida Stephens Fine Art, West Sussex

Intruder Alert with Nigel Grimmer, James Freeman Gallery, London

Neo Realism, GiG Gallery, Munich

Märkisches Museum Berlin, Adolph Menzel Ausstellung 

2014

Sigmund Freud, 21er Haus Berlin, curated by Joseph Kosuth

Monument, Musee de Beaux Arts, Calais

Folkstone Triennial Fringe, curated by Sarah Gillham

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

curation, Froward, exhibition of women artists at Eton College

Salon 67, new photographic works, SoHo, New York

Onsite, TAP Southend, curated by Mike Nelson and Andrew Hunt 

2013

Brighton Photo Fringe, Phoenix Gallery, curated by Daniel C Blight

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

The Last Days, Project for Kulturthemenjahr ‘Loss of Diversity’ German Historic Museum Berlin, Berlin

A Change of Heart, Leicester University Botanic Gardens, Sculpture Exhibition, curated by Almuth Tebbenhoff and Tom Flynn

Purdey Hicks Gallery, London, summer show; Kiss Me Deadly, RAC Club, curated by Jessica Holmes 

2012

Photofusion Gallery, AMPS Exhibition 

2020

Elephant Lab Residency, West London

The Lodge Project, Derby 

2019

AN Bursary Award Winner

Fundacion BilbaoArte, Spain 

2018

Julia Margaret Cameron Photo Award Finalist 

2017

Espositivo Madrid 

2016

Cointreau Creative Crew Finalist 

2015

MEM Photography Festival Bilbao 1st Prize

Eton College Residency Fellowship

Vermont Studio Centre Fellowship 

2014

Birgit Skiöld Memorial Award of Excellence

Bogliasco Foundation Artist Fellowship, Genoa

Museum Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin 

2013

Art Omi International residency program, Upstate New York 

2012

Hotshoe Photography Award 2012

Willums Foundation, Provence

Heart House, residency at Westmoreland Heart Hospital 

2011

Matthew Bown Gallery, Berlin 

2010

British Council Award, Riga

Gallery Supernova Riga, Latvia 

2009

RBKC Artists Award, Budapest

Memento Sculpture Park, Budapest 

2006

Selina Cheneviere Fellowship

Hugh Merrell Dissertation Award 

2005

Henry Moore Foundation Production Award 

2018

ComeBack, Kunsthalle Tübingen

LianZhou Festival of Photography 

2017

From Life, Royal Academy of Arts

Old School, artist’s book

Printmaking in the Expanded Field, Ed Jan Pettersson; Garageland Magazine, essay by Anna Kim 

2016

Elephant Magazine, Feature article

Vrij Nederland Magazine

Enthüllt, ein anderer Umgang mit Denkmälern, Museum Zitadelle Spandau Berlin

Intruder Alert, catalogue James Freeman Gallery, Liane Lang and Nigel Grimmer 

2015

One Minute Story, curated by Maria Kapajeva, online audio recording

Interview with Yale University Radio, Brainard Carey 

2014

Amnesiac Patina, A Sculptural Photobook, Kaleid Editions, Arts Council England 

2013

Hotshoe Magazine Feb/March Issue

Studio International, online video interview

Change of Heart, Catalogue, Leicester University Press 

2012

Royal Academy Website, Video Interview

BBC Culture Show, presented by Alastair Sooke; Vis Loci, geography of the artist’s studio, catalogue

once upon a time in the west, limited edition

What is an Artists Book? Published by Modern Language Experiment 

2010

October, Eyemazing Magazine, Amsterdam

Monumental Misconceptions, Liane Lang, Catalogue 

Royal Academy of Arts  

MoMA  

Victoria and Albert Museum 

Kunstamt Spandau 

Deutsche Bank 

Saatchi Collection 

Ernst and Young 

Jay Joplin 

Artscouncil England 

BilbaoArte Fundacion 

Kunstverein Bregenz 

Art Omi Collection 

Numerous private collections 

2020

Bideodromo Experimental Film Festival, Artists Workshop, Bilbao 

2016-2020

The ESOP Contemporsry Fine Art 

2020

The Elephant Academy 

2015- 2020

LCC University of the Arts London, BA Photography VL  

2014-2018

Visiting Lecturer, University of the Creative Arts, Farnham VL 

2011-19

Frieze Art Fair Tour Guide for Deutsche Bank 

2017-present

Essential School of Painting, Visiting Lecturer 

2016

visiting lecturer Atelier at Ecole de Beaux Arts, Caen

lecture at Corner College Zürich 

2001-2018

University of Greenwich, BA Graphic Design, Architecture, VL  

2012-2017

Royal Academy Schools, Postgraduate Fine Art, VL 

2014

John Jay, City University New York, Adjunct Professor
Fixed Term J1 Visiting Scholar  

2013

Lecture Spence School, New York City

Lecture Aicad New York Studio Program, Brooklyn, Graduate Program

Lecture Hofstra University, Long Island City 

2006

Royal Academy Schools, Postgraduate  

1998

Goldsmiths’ College, London, BA Hons. Fine Art 

1995

National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Foundation Course