Mateo Tannatt
Mateo Tannatt (born 1979) is an American artist based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He works in a variety of media and often creates sculptures, which incorporate live actions or performances. In one work, a baby grand piano is dropped from a height of 80 feet to create an audio "composition." Selected exhibitions. 2012 "When Attitude Becomes Form Becomes Attitude" – Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco 2011 "All of This and Nothing" – The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles 2010 "Rendezvous Vous" – Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles 2009 "Second Nature: The Valentine-Adelson Collection" – The Hammer Museum, Los  Angeles 2008 "Plein Air" – Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles "Present/Futures" – Artissima, Turin, Italy – winner of the Illy Present Future Prize 2007 "Brain Form" – Guild & Greyshkul, New York "Reality Disorder" – Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles 2006 "GRUPE", Gavin Brown's Enterprise at Passerby, New York City 2005 "Bigger than the Sun, Smaller than You", Guild & Greyshkul, New York "Put it in Your Mouth/I'll see you on the dark side of the prune", Rivington Arms, New York