(France, 1980), is an artist with strategies that oscillate from the iconoclastic, the minimalist, LandArt and romanticism, questioning the traces of mankind in nature. His practice comprises sculpture, video, performance and large scale interventions in public spaces. Concerned with matters of urbanism, the decadence of modernist utopias, ruined architectures or landscapes on the verge of disappearing, Gaillard points towards the inevitable destiny man faces in due time. He studied in Switzerland, at the École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL) (2005). He obtained the Marcel Duchamp award 2010. Among the various places his work has been shown are: Museum für Moderne Kunst, Zollamt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2010); Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland (2010); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain (2009); Tate Modern Turbine Hall, London (2009); Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany (2009). His work has been part of many collective exhibitions in several countries, currently shown is: Directions: Cyprien Gaillard and Mario Garcia Torres, at the Hirshhorn Museum and and Scuplture Garden, Washington. Gaillard lives and works in Berlin.