Pierre Huyghe was educated at the EEcole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. He has had numerous international solo exhibitions at such venues as Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 2014; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 2014; the Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2013; the Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, 2012; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2010; The Art Institute of Chicago, 2010; Tate Modern, London, 2006; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2005; the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 2005; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2003; the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 2001; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2000; and the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1998. He has also participated in major international art shows, including Documenta 11, 2002 and dOCUMENTA (13), 2012; Istanbul Biennial, 1999; Carnegie International, Pennsylvania, 1999-2000; Manifesta 2, Luxembourg, 1998; Johannesburg Biennial, 1997; and Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, 1995. He was the recipient of the Kurt Schwitters Preis, 2015; Roswitha Haftmann Preis Award, 2013; Smithsonian American Museum’s Contemporary Artist Award, 2010; Hugo Boss Prize, 2002; and DAAD Artist in Residence grant in Berlin, 1999-2000.
