Liane Lang

Liane Lang (b. 1973, Germany) studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, received a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, London, and earned an MFA from the Royal Academy Schools, London, graduating in 2006. She lives and works in the East End of London. Lang is a mixed media artist whose practice focuses on the conversation between sculpture and photography. She frequently prints images onto unusual materials and objects to explore the tension between the narrative and historical dimension of the image and the texture, scale, and presence of the material world. Lang takes a particular interest in monuments, statues, and historic spaces and employs a wide range of materials from bark, lead, and leather to marble and bronze.

 

Solo and duo exhibitions include (Upcoming) London Crucible, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2026); Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland (2024); Touch Stone, Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery, Rossendale, Lancashire (2024); Touch Stone, Maltings Gallery, Wirksworth Festival, Wirksworth (2022); Glorious Oblivion, James Freeman Gallery, London (2021); Lianzhou Foto Festival (Solo Presentation), Lianzhou, China (2018); Old School, James Freeman Gallery, London (2018); Old School, Eton College Gallery, Windsor (2017); MEM Bilbao Photography Festival (Prize Winner Exhibition), Bilbao, Spain (2015); The Saints, START Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London (2015); An Idle Brain is Satan’s Shoppe, House of St Barnabas, London (2014); Monumental Misconceptions, Rosenberg Gallery, New York City (2013); Fallen, Art First Projects, London (2013); House Guests, WW Gallery, London (2011); Monumental Misconceptions, KvH Projects, London (2010); Shadows and Stowaways, Squid/Tabernacle, London (2010); Mesmeric Monument, Supernova Gallery, Riga, Latvia (2010); Artist at Apsley, Flora Fairbairn Projects, London [location to confirm] (2008); Fondling Germanicus, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (2007).

 

 

Group exhibitions include Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (2026); Earthbound, Derby Museum of Making, Derby (2025); Solo Exhibition, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London (2025); Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2025); Dark Peak, Photography Festival, Glossop (2024); The New Hero, Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, CUNY, New York City (2023); Unreal, James Freeman Gallery, London (2023); Solo Exhibition, Vanguardia Gallery, Bilbao (2023); Oliver Projects at Woolwich Print Fair, London (2023); Roots (with Wency Lam), MEM Festival, Bilbao (2023); Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2023); Mañana Incierto, Outwith Festival, Dunfermline (2023); Reasons to Tremble, Management, New York City (2023); Exhibition curated by Hugh Mendes, Tremenheere Gardens, Cornwall (2023); PowerPlay, Oliver Projects, London (2023); Girl Meets Girl, Kunstlaboratorium Vestfossen, Vestfossen, Norway (2022); Mythical Political, Firestation Creative, Dunfermline, Scotland (2022); Epilogue, Willesden Gallery, London (2022); On Time, James Freeman Gallery, London (2020); Exhibition, Iași Museum of Art, Iași, Romania (2020); Heterotopia, Sarean Artspace, Bilbao (2019); Permanent Collection Display, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2019); Ghost Tide, curated by Sarah Sparkes and Monica Bobińska, Thames-Side Studios, London(2018); Kukuli Velarde and Liane Lang, James Freeman Gallery, London (2018); From Life, Sackler Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2018); Exhibition, Kunstverein Bregenz, Magazin 4, Bregenz, Austria (2018); Grisaille, Leila Heller Gallery, New York City (2017); You See Me Like a UFO, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Ascot (2017); Enthüllt: Berlin and its Monuments, Museum Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin (2015–17); Der Zauberberg, Iavomirovic-Hughes Gallery, London (2017); Exhibition curated by Leigh Clarke, Marion De Cannière Gallery, Antwerp (2016); Perfectionism III, Griffin Gallery, London (2016); Ikons, Candida Stevens Fine Art, Chichester, West Sussex (2016); Intruder Alert (with Nigel Grimmer), James Freeman Gallery, London (2016); Neo Realism, GiG Gallery, Munich (2016); Adolph Menzel Ausstellung, Märkisches Museum, Berlin (2016); Sigmund Freud and the Play on the Burden of Representation, Belvedere 21, Vienna (2014); Monument, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Calais (2014); Folkestone Triennial Fringe, Folkestone (2014); Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2014); Froward (exhibition of women artists), The Drawing Schools Gallery, Eton College, Windsor, UK (2014); Salon 67, SoHo, New York City (2014); Onsite, TAP Southend, Southend-on-Sea (2014); Brighton Photo Fringe, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton (2013); Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2013); The Last Days, German Historical Museum, Berlin (2013); A Change of Heart, Leicester University Botanic Gardens, Leicester (2013); Summer Show, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (2013); Kiss Me Deadly, RAC Club, London (2013); AMPS Exhibition, Photofusion Gallery, London (2012).

 

 

Highlights and Collections

Lang was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 2025. She is the recipient of the Photofusion Award, the Tooth Travel Award, and the Selina Cheneviere Prize. In 2019, she completed a fellowship at Fundación BilbaoArte in Spain. In 2022, she presented a video, sound and sculptural performance at the Museo Guggenheim Bilbao as part of the TopARTE programme. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections including the Royal Academy of Arts (UK); Museum of Modern Art (USA); Victoria and Albert Museum (UK); The Art Institute of Chicago (USA); Arts Council England (UK); Saatchi Collection (UK); Deutsche Bank (Germany); Kunstverein Bregenz (Austria); Ernst & Young (UK); and the Collection of the Kunstamt Spandau, Berlin (Germany).