The Saatchi Gallery is pleased to present Both Ends Burning, an exhibition of new work by Amy Bessone, Thomas Houseago, Matthew Monahan and Lara Schnitger.

Thomas Houseago's Biography and Exhibitions

BIOGRAPHY

1972 Born in Leeds
Lives and works in Los Angeles

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles

2004
Solo presentation, Art Brussels, with gallery Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium

2003
Thomas Houseago, I Am Here, Selected Sculptures 1995-2003, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium

2002
Xavier Hufkens, (w/Amy Bessone), Brussels, Belgium

2000
Something to Be, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1996
Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mum's tattoo, Si en La, (w/Matthew Monahan, guest curator: Luc Tuymans), Antwerp, Belgium

After living and working in various countries after their time in Amsterdam, the four are once again in the same location, Los Angeles. Both Ends Burning is the first exhibition of all the artists together. Bessone, Houseago, Monahan and Schnitger are dedicated to exploring and challenging notions of the figure. Finding a lack of rigor in current trends regarding figuration they look to face their practices without ironic distractions.

Thomas Houseago, Matthew Monahan and Lara Schnitger will each be presenting new sculpture and Amy Bessone will show new paintings. Amy Bessone had a solo exhibition (with Thomas Houseago) at Gallery Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium and was in the group show b.a.-ba, un choix dans la collection du Frac Bretagne, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan, France.

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Read more information about Thomas Houseago paintaings and ehibitions at
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/thomas_houseago.htm