Mike Kelley (b. 1954 – 2012, U.S.A.) created a legacy that encompasses painting, sculpture, works on paper, installation, performance, music, video, photography, collaborative works and critical texts. He studied at the California Institute of the Arts and the University of Michigan. Major solo exhibitions include Catholic Tastes, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1993); Mike Kelley, Museu d’art Contemporani, Barcelona (1997); Framed and Framed, Test Room, Sublevel, MAGASIN, Grenoble (1999); The Uncanny, Tate Liverpool and Museum Moderne Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (2004); Profondeurs Vertes, Musée du Louvre , Paris (2006); Educational Complex Onwards: 1995-2008, WIELS Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brussels (2008) and Mike Kelley: Themes and Variations from 35 Years, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2012).