Since the late 1990s, the work of Mark Leckey (*1964 Birckenhead, UK, lives and works in London) has looked at the relationship between popular culture and technology whilst exploring the subjects of youth, class and nostalgia. 

Leckey’s work explores the intersection of several cultures: youth, rave, pop and the history of Britain. His practice is similarly eclectic, bringing together sculpture, film, sound and performance. Leckey’s breakthrough film Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore follows Britain’s underground club scene from the 1970s to the 1990s. Using a compilation of found footage, Fiorucci came about long before the mash-up culture of YouTube and is a super-cut of shared and personal memory.

Mark Leckey graduated from Newcastle Polytechnic in 1990 and moved to London in 1997. dIn 2008, he won the Turner Prize. His work has been widely exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at Julia Stoschek Collection (2020) Tate Britain (2019),  MoMa PS1 (2016),, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2008), and at Le Consortium, Dijon (2007). His performances have been presented in New York City at the Museum of Modern Art, Abrons Arts Center; at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, both in 2009; and at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City (2008). His works are held in the collections of the Tate and the Centre Pompidou.