Sam Taylor-Wood makes photographs and films that examine, through highly charged scenarios, our shared social and psychological conditions.
Sam was born in London in 1967, and she has had numerous group and solo exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale (1997) and The Turner Prize (1998). Solo exhibitions include Kunsthalle Zurich (1997); Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek (1997); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (1999); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (2000); Hayward Gallery, London (2002); State Russian Museum, St Petersburg (2004); MCA, Moscow (2004); BALTIC, Gateshead (2006); MCA Sydney (2006); MoCA Cleveland (2008); and the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston (2008). In 2011, she was made an Order of the British Empire (OBE).
